Month: May 2020

In the world of Chartagon there are many different cultures, and they speak many different languages. Eventually they evoled to the languages we speak today… and because we want to share the Chartagon game to everyone, we need to translate the cards and the rules. Right now we only have translations for English, German and Swedish, and therefore reach out to the community: can anyone help us translate Chartagon to more languages? Spanish? Portuguese? French? Once we have a translation it will be available for download for DIY people, and as an option in the online shop.

We also want to translate to languages which have different charsets (symbols/signs), such as Mandarin, Russian, Hindustani, Arabic, etc, but at the moment we only know how to translate into latin charaters. If you want us to try other charsets, just let us know, it would be super exciting to try!

It takes ~3 hours of work to translate, and you will get your credit on the contributor page, and a game box. Just send us an email if you are interested!

The other day was a great day! We found a new piece of the Chartagonian puzzle. One of the Queen’s explorers apparently took notes of the cultures he/she encountered during the exploration of Chartagon. As we are deciphering these notes we learn about the stories and customs at the time of the Queen’s reign. As an example, let us tell you about the “shadows crossing your path” superstition.

When the population of the mainland archipelago grew, villages appeared where there were enough natural resources. Naturally , people wanted to interact and paths between villages were established, often on ridges and high grounds. These paths remained over generations, and when settlements along the way disappeared, only stone artefacts stood the test of time. At the time of the Queen’s reign it was not uncommon to pass old stones that was placed next to the paths. By then, no one knew who placed those stones, or for what reason. However, what is known is that when the shadow of the stone crosses the path, you better walk on the other side of the stone. Chartagonian people believed that a curse fell on anyone who crossed the stone shadow, and especially when the shadow had crossed your path. Some claimed that entering the shadow gave an immediate chill down the spine, and that there was an urgent need to run. Others said that stopping in the shadow was a way of confronting and defying disease and bad luck. Of course, the Chartagonian scientists acknowledged the beliefs of other people, but rarely studied the phenomenon itself.

The Traces soundscape is available here! You can play it to get environmental sounds while playing the game, or anytime else when you want some Chartagonian atmosphere… We don’t know who originally composed this song, but we guess that it is not the Clerk/Writer, because of the rhythm and tempo. We speculate that it is an more “modern” Chartagonian tune from the time of the Queen’s reign, but because it comes from the Traces island it is also possible that it is much older.