A Question About Foreign RPGs

[Tequila Sunrise]

I'm hoping someone who role plays outside the U.S. can answer this for my group and I:

Do translated D&D books use the metric system, or stick with our weird American units? If the metric system, is each square a meter or two meters?

Thanks!

 

[pawsplay]

I'm not a foreigner, but d20 Star Wars uses 2m steps.

 

[Peraion Graufalke]

German AD&D 2e and D&D 4e use the metric system (IIRC 3e does too, but I can't confirm). One square = 1.5 meters.

 

[Turbiales]

Devir (The spanish Publisher) doesn't translated any of the measure units.

I cannot say i liked it. Any other d20 game has the units translated to metric.

 

[Jhaelen]

German AD&D 2e and D&D 4e use the metric system (IIRC 3e does too, but I can't confirm). One square = 1.5 meters.

3e does, too.
And it gave me quite a few headaches, since my players tend to use German books while I, as the DM have been using the English books...

 

[Neubert]

Denmark doesn't have them in Danish - thankfully - so no conversions/translations here.

 

[Bedrockgames]

On that subject does anyone know what languges some of the major games like D&D, Gurps, etc are available in? Been trying to track down something is available in both Thai and English.

 

[jonesy]

BECMI Basic and Expert sets had Finnish translations and I think they also had one square as 1.5 meters.

But I'm not completely sure about it. I don't have the Finnish versions anymore and they are practically impossible to find nowadays.

 

[Traveller From Afar]

Older versions in Ireland didn't do the conversion, I'm not sure about later versions. And from where I'm sitting you're the foreigner buddy!

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Ironic the conversions to metric -- I'd think bizarre unit labels might be part of the setting charm. I'm just waiting to purchase an RPG that measures in cubits, furlongs, and leagues.