Newflash: RPG blogging generates negative income. To cover my hosting costs and pay the rent, I need to hold down a day job. My current job periodically requires me to travel overseas. During my last excursion, I learned there are countries outside of the United States where the people speak languages other than English. I went to the Google maps and discovered that searching for “game store” near me returned zero results.

At the time, I was in Luxembourg. I can speak and read a little french. My stylo is grand and all that business. I finally found the term I was looking for, “jeux de rôle.” It occurred to me that I should do some more research before my next trip so that I could get my proverbial “game on” if I should ever again find myself in a pastoral backwater, such as Luxembourg.

First off, go for the easiest terms first. Try searching for “RPG”, “D&D” or “Dungeons & Dragons”. You may get a hit on one of these terms depending on where you are. After that, try some of the terms below depending on the country you are in. Google may also come in handy to figure out what language is spoken in the region you are in.

Dutch – Rollenspel.

French – Jeux de Rôle.

German – Rollenspiele. Also, try Spielwaren which means toys/games in general.

Italian – Giochi di Ruolo.

Spanish – Juegos de Rol.

If you know terms for roleplaying games in other languages, please post them in the comments and I’ll add them to the list.

Special thanks to Martijn, New Nick, Sebastian and Sirio for their language arts.