Justin Moore
United States
Louisville
Kentucky
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I contacted the people at Huch and Friends to inquire about an english edition. I got a nice reply from them saying it's in the works but it probably won't be available until Spring.
I thanked them and asked if the measurements will remain in Metric units. I'll post here if I get a response to my follow-up.
So if you can wait 9 months or so, our english version may be a reality!
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Chris Ferejohn
United States
San Francisco
California
Pitying fools as hard as I can...
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Great to hear! I heard The Spiel review and my mom and my niece are really going to like this one! Thanks for the update!
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Andrew MacLeod
Canada
London
Ontario
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Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! for this GLORIOUS news! I thought our hopes were dashed when Fauna failed to take SdJ. Being Canadian, though, I think I'd actually prefer metric. Being Canadian Part Two, seeing as how I was born almost a dozen years before the government started introducing the metric system, I think I'd actually prefer the imperial system: Rule Britannia!
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Justin Moore
United States
Louisville
Kentucky
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amacleod wrote: Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! for this GLORIOUS news! I thought our hopes were dashed when Fauna failed to take SdJ. Being Canadian, though, I think I'd actually prefer metric. Being Canadian Part Two, seeing as how I was born almost a dozen years before the government started introducing the metric system, I think I'd actually prefer the imperial system: Rule Britannia!
My question about the metric system was hopeful. I absolutely DO NOT want an edition in english units. If they release it in english without metric, I'll buy the german edition. I told them as much as well.
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Nick Stables
Australia
Pennant Hills
NSW
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Thanks for taking the effort of investigating this good news, truly you are a man of measure....
Nick
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Andrew MacLeod
Canada
London
Ontario
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I don't know why I didn't think of this when I first posted, but.....
It's easy enough to print an English edition of this game with both metric and imperial measures in it. You see this all the time (at least in Canada!) with things like kids' collectable animal cards: there will be the measure in one system, and right beside it, in brackets, there will be the alternative one. That way, there's no way the two systems can be confused. Obviously, players would have to decide in advance which system they'd use in a given game. ("Alright, the actual weight of the pygmy gorilla is five kilograms, not eleven, as you guessed, Ned." "Kilograms?! I guessed in pounds! I win!")
This is becoming a very weighty discussion. But what else can you expect? Give somebody an inch, and they'll take a kilometre.
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Justin Moore
United States
Louisville
Kentucky
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The problem with putting both on the cards is you'd have to put both on the board. With the way the ranges are, the translation would make no sense. 20-50 cm for instance becomes 7.87-19.70 inches. Too clunky to put on the board that way. If it's not on the board, there is no reason to have it on the cards.
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David Hoffman
United States
Briarcliff Manor
New York
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They should just leave it Metric, IMO. Everything I've heard says after a round or two, it's a non-issue and we Americans really should get better with our Metric system (what with, you know, the entire rest of the world using it other than us, and everything).
Spring, huh? The question is, if one is already studying German, would it be quicker to actually learn German or just wait for the game . . .
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Ken from Michigan
United States
Howell
Michigan
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Easy to handle this problem. Each player just needs a disc that they can flip that has metric on one side and imperial on the other. If, on a question, they're more comfortable switching, they could do so in mid game this way.
As easy as metric is, I might be playing the game with older family members who would be completely confused by it. I don't want to have to say, "Is anybody uncomfortable with the metric system here?" before starting a game.
Modified Example:
Jack: "Alright, the actual weight of the pygmy gorilla is five kilograms, not eleven, as you guessed, Ned."
Ned: "Kilograms?! I guessed in pounds! I win!"
Jack: "Well, that's too bad, Ned, because your disc is flipped to the metric side. I guess you forgot to flip it. You still lose!!"
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Tim Stellmach
United States
Arlington
Massachusetts
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tanzania wrote:
Modified Example:
Jack: "Alright, the actual weight of the pygmy gorilla is five kilograms, not eleven, as you guessed, Ned."
Ned: "Kilograms?! I guessed in pounds! I win!"
Jack: "Well, that's too bad, Ned, because your disc is flipped to the metric side. I guess you forgot to flip it. You still lose!!"
Doesn't work, given the way you actually record your guesses. You put tokens down on a box indicating a range of answers. Ned wouldn't have said "11" in the first place, but some range that did not actually map to a single other range in metric.
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Tommy Rikberg
Finland
Espoo
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They could make the board double sided, with metric units on one side and imperial on the other. The cards of course can contain both units. Then the same version can be sold anywhere, the only limitation being that all players have to use the same units.
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David G.
United States
Moorpark
California
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It may be that separate versions is the better approach, perhaps a "Canadian" and "American" version or some-something. As for me, I prefer ounces, pounds, inches and feet.
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Justin Moore
United States
Louisville
Kentucky
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davebo wrote: It may be that separate versions is the better approach, perhaps a "Canadian" and "American" version or some-something. As for me, I prefer ounces, pounds, inches and feet.
I've found that a couple of simple approximate conversions are more than adequate:
2.5 cm = 1 In
1 Meter = 3 feet
1 kg = 2 pounds
The ranges are such that you almost never have to be anymore accurate than this...
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David G.
United States
Moorpark
California
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Well, that'll be real useful to you metric-lovers once the American version comes out with proper measurements, as God intended.
feydjm wrote: davebo wrote: It may be that separate versions is the better approach, perhaps a "Canadian" and "American" version or some-something. As for me, I prefer ounces, pounds, inches and feet. I've found that a couple of simple approximate conversions are more than adequate: 2.5 cm = 1 In 1 Meter = 3 feet 1 kg = 2 pounds The ranges are such that you almost never have to be anymore accurate than this...
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Tim Stellmach
United States
Arlington
Massachusetts
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davebo wrote: Well, that'll be real useful to you metric-lovers once the American version comes out with proper measurements, as God intended.
You want the American version to use cubits?
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Dustin Gervais
United States
Brooklyn
New York
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Has there been any new news on this?
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Dustin Gervais
United States
Brooklyn
New York
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Wow, I hate to bump my own reply, but it's been about 6 months.
Any word on this?
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Doug Adams
Australia
Oakleigh
Victoria
Boink
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ZargonDDG wrote: Wow, I hate to bump my own reply, but it's been about 6 months.
Any word on this?
Can't help, but I'd love to know too. Almost ready to track down a German language edition.
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W. Eric Martin
United States
Apex
North Carolina
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ZargonDDG wrote: Has there been any new news on this?
I posted a news item on Boardgame News in April 2010 that details all of the new editions of Fauna due out later in 2010. An English edition is not among them.
Eric
Editor, BoardgameNews.com
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Yours Truly,
United States
Gainesville
Florida
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Henry Rhombus wrote: ZargonDDG wrote: Has there been any new news on this? I posted a news item on Boardgame News in April 2010 that details all of the new editions of Fauna due out later in 2010. An English edition is not among them. Eric Editor, BoardgameNews.com
"Internal Server Error" if you haven't already been alerted to it.
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Dustin Gervais
United States
Brooklyn
New York
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Thanks a lot. That is a stunning development, though.
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Lasse Petersen
Denmark
Copenhagen S
A tip of the hat to papskubber.dk
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Can't belive this game has been published in 6 different languages, none of which are English.
Come on already! 
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Yours Truly,
United States
Gainesville
Florida
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PollutedMonkey wrote: Can't belive this game has been published in 6 different languages, none of which are English. Come on already!
Not only that but they've already come out with a "Junior" edition of it in Germany. Do they think Americans/English don't like animals or something? Don't like innovative trivia games?
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FoxMind Canada
Canada
Montreal
Quebec
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FoxMind Canada announce the launching of Fauna in an English version for 2011.
For all imperial lovers, it will be in imperial units.
For all metric lovers, it will also be in metric units.
The board will be double sided so you can choose the units you prefer to play with.
All cards will be in both metric and imperial units too.
Hope you'll enjoy!
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Scott Minkoff
United States
Eagleville
Pennsylvania
Don't you have better things to do?
Should you be reading this?
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FoxMindGames wrote:
FoxMind Canada announce the launching of Fauna in an English version for 2011.
For all imperial lovers, it will be in imperial units.
For all metric lovers, it will also be in metric units.
The board will be double sided so you can choose the units you prefer to play with.
All cards will be in both metric and imperial units too.
Hope you'll enjoy!
WOW! They actually listened to suggestions! I look forward to this.
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