I got the Brood War expansion for the great StarCraft board game for christmas from my beloved wife, how great is that. I’ll tell you: Totally awesome.

Whether you know the game or not, this FFG promo video is very well-made and worth watching either way:

Back when I got the original game, I invited some friends over to play it a couple of times, and we had a great time -- but people had problems wrapping their heads around the tech trees, and some would have preferred if I’d have bought the game in German. There’s plenty of cards that come with StarCraft, and having them just sitting there in a pile won’t help understanding which ones help which troops.

Furthermore, the expansion did add (of course) new cards, and even new faction-specific card types, so things didn’t get any easier. Having to mentally translate stuff all the time doesn’t help with forming strategies. So, here’s my newest little player aid:

A four-page spreadsheet that lists and translates to German all event cards, racial techs, leadership cards, abilities and modules (currently version 1.1).

I hope it helps my German-speaking, StarCraft-playing readers, all three of them