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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ymir" data-source="post: 7707082" data-attributes="member: 6872161">One reason might be that the three largest swedish RPG companies (Helmgast, Fria Ligan and Riotminds) have really just begun publishing stuff in english. This is a new thing; only two years ago, almost everything was in swedish, but with the tremendous success of especially Kult and Tales from the Loop, probably english is the language of the future for all swedish RPGs. I as an RPG writer have mixed feelings about this; on the one hand, this success is totally awesome, on the other hand I love writing in swedish but the market for that is now sure to be greatly diminished, and I've spent a decade working for Helmgast on an awesome game that is way too late in production (and uses way too special a language) to be translated. But whatever happens, it's bound to be interesting.Staffan's previous comment about the swedish association culture is another very good partial explanation, too. If you're below the age of 25 or thereabouts, and fill in some paperwork now and then, the government literally -gives you money- for playing RPGs. (One venerable swedish RPG unlikely to ever be translated is by the way a humongous, gorgeously illustrated, extremely well-researched and bizarrely well-supported Western game. I've always found that amazing: <a href="http://43710.shop.textalk.se/western/" target="_blank">http://43710.shop.textalk.se/western/</a> )</blockquote>