A brief play through of "Invincible Armada - 1588". A dandy little game from designer Mark McGlaughlin. The subject is Spains naval invasion of England in 1588.
Great review/play through, Gilbert! You’ve actually sparked interest in this game in me. Never been an Armada fan before, but after seeing this video I’m considering getting this.
Well, I checked up the proper pronunciations and there are two official ways of saying it. There are alway local variations of any name. I apologize if my pronunciation of the word gives you such grief.
@@XLEGION1 Sorry to be a language snob. Next to war-gaming and history, linguistics is one of my hobbies. The Spanish word "Armada" is actually an adjective meaning "she who is armed." Spanish nouns have only male and female gender (no neuter), and the Spanish word for fleet is flota, a feminine noun, so "Armada" is short for "flota armada," or "armed fleet" and is a standard word used, even today, for "navy" in Spanish. As to phonology, you correctly pronounced the 1st and 3d A in Armada, but the 2d A is pronounced identically to the 3d. the nasally A sound, common in English and some other languages is not found in Spanish. GREAT review, other than that.
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Great review/play through, Gilbert! You’ve actually sparked interest in this game in me. Never been an Armada fan before, but after seeing this video I’m considering getting this.
Good review Gilbert, look forward to your next one.
Very clear and thorough review. Well done.
thank you
thanks for the video!
Ar-mah-duh, not ar-ma-da.
Gutes Spielsystem, könnte man auch für Operation Zerberus, den Kanaldurchbruch der Kriegsmarine nutzen. 🤔
I like your reviews, but I just couldn't take the constant mispronunciation of "Armada."
Well, I checked up the proper pronunciations and there are two official ways of saying it. There are alway local variations of any name. I apologize if my pronunciation of the word gives you such grief.
@@XLEGION1 Sorry to be a language snob. Next to war-gaming and history, linguistics is one of my hobbies. The Spanish word "Armada" is actually an adjective meaning "she who is armed." Spanish nouns have only male and female gender (no neuter), and the Spanish word for fleet is flota, a feminine noun, so "Armada" is short for "flota armada," or "armed fleet" and is a standard word used, even today, for "navy" in Spanish. As to phonology, you correctly pronounced the 1st and 3d A in Armada, but the 2d A is pronounced identically to the 3d. the nasally A sound, common in English and some other languages is not found in Spanish. GREAT review, other than that.