As it develops, our game Ulus is becoming ever more steeped in the traditional Mongolian culture we’re trying to bring to the world, and hoping to protect. Perfect example: by now you’ve probably heard that instead of dice we’re using shagai, the anklebones of sheep used for divination and for children’s games all across Asia. […]
Everyone likes a puzzle book for Christmas. How about one nobody has ever seen before–or even imagined? Endangered Alphabets Word Search Puzzles offers 20 puzzles in 11 languages that at first glance look like standard word searches: a grid with a mass of letters, out of which you have to find specific hidden words (listed beside […]
The most important feature of our game Ulus: Legends of the Nomads is the rich, amazing tapestry of Mongolian culture. The characters, drawn from Mongolian history and mythology, are full of fascinating gods, champions, and monsters. The game’s mystical and sacred locations alone, all of them factual, are amazing: the Mogao Caves, known as the […]
Language death and script death are often written about–most recently in The Economist–as if languages and alphabets die of natural causes, or misadventure. Not true. And if we discuss them in those terms, they are more likely to perish. I’d like to quote just three of the points made by Gerald Roche in this recent […]
