KobiacJun 14, 2023

My solo journaling game is live on Itch -- in Norwegian (nynorsk) only for now.
You play as a young GM in 1989 who wants to finish a ttrpg campaign with three friends. Each week you write in your diary about how it went.
https://indre-auge-studio.itch.io/norwegian-atlantic-gamers-1989

If any Norwegian gamers see this, there's a hashtag as well: #AtlanticGamers1989

[Norwegian] Atlantic Gamers 1989 by Indre Auge Studio

Dette er eit skrivespel for éin spelar.

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Show threadPJ "Vote Green" Coffey

@Kobiac

What's the name for rpgs in Norwegian?

#rollenspiel and #jdr are #ttrpg in languages I'm aware of. Might be worth getting your post into the right # 😀

Jul 27, 2023 at 6:32amWeb
Show threadOrdoalea Publishing 🇭🇷Jul 27, 2023

@Homebrewandhacking @Kobiac Good question!

I mean we don't have a name for it in my language either.

Show threadPJ "Vote Green" CoffeyJul 27, 2023

@ordoalea @Kobiac

Well I don't know much about #Norway except they're super keen on #Larps and #Larping so maybe they'd like a cool solo rpg in #Norwegian

Show threadOrdoalea Publishing 🇭🇷Jul 27, 2023
@Homebrewandhacking @Kobiac would be cool! And would be totally cool to learn what name Norway uses for their ttrpg in their native tongue!
Show threadTheToblinJul 27, 2023
@Homebrewandhacking @Kobiac For Swedish, it'd be "rollspel". Quite literally, "role game".
Show threadPJ "Vote Green" CoffeyJul 27, 2023

@TheToblin @Kobiac

So #atlanticgamers1989 would be a solo #rollspel then? Thanks! 😀

Show threadTheToblinJul 27, 2023
@Homebrewandhacking @Kobiac in Swedish, yes. I don't speak enough Norwegian to give you a definitive answer there though :)
Show threadOrdoalea Publishing 🇭🇷Jul 27, 2023
@TheToblin just wana say that "literally" Roleplaying Game would be: Igra Igranja Uloga; in my language.
Show threadKobiacJul 27, 2023
@Homebrewandhacking Thanks for being the first person except me to use the hashtag :D
Show threadOskar GhotiJul 27, 2023
@Homebrewandhacking @Kobiac I'll add to that; in Icelandic we commonly use the word #spunaspil although I've heard other suggested words as well
Show threadPJ "Vote Green" CoffeyJul 27, 2023

@OskarGhoti

Ooh that is very cool.

@Kobiac

Show threadKobiacJul 27, 2023
@Homebrewandhacking "Rollespill" is the term, yes. It's basically just "roleplaying", except that in Norwegian "spill" is closer to "game" rather than "play". So "Rolegaming" could be the more direct English translation. However, "rollespill" is the same word that is used for corporate workshop or educational roleplaying activities too, so it's not a self-explanatory term in Norwegian. "Roleplaying game" directly translated to Norwegian would be "rollespill-spill" which sounds wrong. :D