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<blockquote data-quote="Alnag" data-source="post: 3486245" data-attributes="member: 10087">OK. Czech republic (Central European country) State of RPG Industry review:==========================================================After the fall of communist regime in 1989 first RPG is introduced. It is loosely based on Dungeons &amp; Dragons Basic Set (1981). Ironically authors could have based it on AD&amp;D if they had more money. This system &quot;Draci doupe&quot; (Dragon's Lair) has almost monopolised the whole RPG market.Several tries for creating local competition or import and translate foreign game (Shadowrun 2e) became a fiasco. The demands for license on AD&amp;D and or GURPS were to high for small local market. The running translation of AD&amp;D was scratched as well as another try of the same with D&amp;D 3e Intruductory Box.Currently the older and more experienced gamers are more fluent with English so the games like D&amp;D, AGOT d20, Engel d20, D20 Modern, True20, World of Darkness, Exalted, GURPS and Cadwallon are easier to find a players for.There is also quite a tradition of translating the free games - the Window, Risus, FATE, SRD etc. and not so free games as well.In 2006 the community of more experienced gamers was flooded and hardly damaged by missionary invasion of indie RPGs. The great outburst of emotion (greater than cancellation of Dungeon and Dragon here)was not yet calmed down absolutely. Lot of animosty stayed. The tradition of translation as far as I know lead to translating indie RPG - My Life With Master.The greatest influence is definitively from English-speaking markets of North America and GB and than also from our nearest neighbours Germany and Poland.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Alnag, post: 3486245, member: 10087"] OK. Czech republic (Central European country) State of RPG Industry review: ========================================================== After the fall of communist regime in 1989 first RPG is introduced. It is loosely based on Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set (1981). Ironically authors could have based it on AD&D if they had more money. This system "Draci doupe" (Dragon's Lair) has almost monopolised the whole RPG market. Several tries for creating local competition or import and translate foreign game (Shadowrun 2e) became a fiasco. The demands for license on AD&D and or GURPS were to high for small local market. The running translation of AD&D was scratched as well as another try of the same with D&D 3e Intruductory Box. Currently the older and more experienced gamers are more fluent with English so the games like D&D, AGOT d20, Engel d20, D20 Modern, True20, World of Darkness, Exalted, GURPS and Cadwallon are easier to find a players for. There is also quite a tradition of translating the free games - the Window, Risus, FATE, SRD etc. and not so free games as well. In 2006 the community of more experienced gamers was flooded and hardly damaged by missionary invasion of indie RPGs. The great outburst of emotion (greater than cancellation of Dungeon and Dragon here)was not yet calmed down absolutely. Lot of animosty stayed. The tradition of translation as far as I know lead to translating indie RPG - My Life With Master. The greatest influence is definitively from English-speaking markets of North America and GB and than also from our nearest neighbours Germany and Poland. [/QUOTE]

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