Viaggio in Italia
Viaggio in Italia Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Level
The game has two levels, A2 and B1. The teacher decides which level to use according to the class. The level can be identified by the stars on the back of the coloured cards: one star for A2, two stars for B1.
Using one level does not exclude the other. All cards may be shuffled together, which makes the game more accessible to weaker students and more challenging for students who already have a good command of the language.
Language Objectives
- Enrich the student's vocabulary.
- Encourage correct use of grammatical structures: definite and indefinite articles, adjectives, some high-frequency verbs, the interrogative and negative forms, numbers up to 100, and so on.
- Familiarise students with Italian culture.
- Promote learning of very common idiomatic expressions.
Materials
- One colour die with coloured faces (one yellow, one blue, one orange, one purple, one red, one green).
- One number die.
- One game board showing a map of Italy with 100 numbered squares: 35 photo squares, 51 yellow squares, and 14 red squares that refer to the route rules.
- 132 cards, divided into 6 decks with coloured backs, 22 cards per colour.
Players
Team or individual play:
- One game leader (teacher or student), and players who divide into two or more teams or play individually.
Rules of the Game
The game leader sets out all the material in front of them, including the 6 decks of cards. The teacher may choose the level best suited to the class, setting aside the cards of the level not wanted, or use the cards of both levels.
Each deck is shuffled and placed in front of the game leader.
The first player or team captain is chosen at random. They roll the colour die and answer the question for that colour, which the game leader asks them. Play proceeds clockwise.
- Yellow: Riddle (Indovinello)
- Blue: Geography
- Orange: The Odd One Out (L'intruso)
- Purple: Idiomatic expressions
- Red: History and Civilisation
- Green: Grammar
The correct answers are underlined on the card.
- If the answer is correct, the player may roll the number die and then advance on the board.
- If the answer is wrong, the player may not roll the number die.
- If the piece stops on one of the red squares, the route rule shown on the board must be followed.
Transcriber's note: the booklet does not contain the route rules ("regole di percorso") for the 14 red squares. They are printed on the board itself, not in this booklet, and are not reproduced here. This is a gap in the source.
The player or team that reaches the finish (Rome), or comes closest to it, wins.