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Old School "D&D" in Brazil

Started by Spinachcat, November 22, 2010, 10:22:22 PM

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The Butcher

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Quote from: silva;419634Nope, you summed it up nicely.

The general rule is: before internet, around early 90s, only national or officialy translated games were popular (mainly GURPS and Vampire). Since internet really spread out (around ยด00), D&D is king. I may be mistaken, but I think the 3rd edition of D&D may ve been the game with most sold copies in Brazil. Do you think thats is reasonable, Butcher?

Sounds about right, yeah. Part of the reason I don't frequent Portuguese-language fora is that, if you weren't playing D&D 3.x, you'd probably have no one to talk to. :mad:

Quote from: Jason Morningstar;419639Is there a culture of unofficial/fan translations in Brazil?

You mentioned that the scene was sort of fractured - are there dedicated gaming fora still around? Are there meetups and conventions?

I've never chanced upon unofficial translations... yet. But I've never actually looked around for them. I find it somewhat unlikely since the vast majority of Brazilian gamers I'm acquainted with have at least a partial understanding of written English.

As for online discussion, there are quite a few Brazilian, Portuguese-language RPG sites, some of which have fora. I don't frequent them, but they do exist. :D

I'm not sure whether the scene is fractious, or whether it's just me and my group who are "unplugged" from the greater RPG scene. The demise or decadence of our traditional game stores no doubt played a major role in this disconnect. Hell, some of my players haven't bought a new book in 10+ years, and only I and a couple of others have any idea what's being published.

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For the record, Butcher, most "gaming stores" that I've seen in North America and Europe, are exactly as you described: comic stores that also have RPGs and/or other games.

That's not unusual at all.

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Quote from: RPGPundit;419893For the record, Butcher, most "gaming stores" that I've seen in North America and Europe, are exactly as you described: comic stores that also have RPGs and/or other games.

That's not unusual at all.

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I've only been to two game stores abroad (The Compleat Strategist in New York, and Jeux Descartes in Paris), so I thought dedicated game stores were the rule, rather than the exception; I was obviously biased; I stand corrected.

boulet

Quote from: The Butcher;419975I've only been to two game stores abroad (The Compleat Strategist in New York, and Jeux Descartes in Paris), so I thought dedicated game stores were the rule, rather than the exception; I was obviously biased; I stand corrected.

I'm surprised you mention Jeux Descartes as "dedicated." Last time I visited  they seemed to make the bulk of their business on puzzles and board games, even if they have a decent RPG selection.

The Butcher

Quote from: boulet;420302I'm surprised you mention Jeux Descartes as "dedicated." Last time I visited  they seemed to make the bulk of their business on puzzles and board games, even if they have a decent RPG selection.

Which is why I said "dedicated game store" as opposed to "dedicated RPG store".

The same thing can be said of The Compleat Strategist in Manhattan, BTW.

boulet

Oh. To me it feels like puzzles are just as foreign as comics to RPGs. But I can see the distinction now.