Outside the box: How Sweden conquered the world of role-playing games

by Magnus Seter, Francesco Nepitello (Foreword), Matt Forebeck (Foreword)

OUTSIDE THE BOX reveals the unique story of how Sweden’s tabletop role-playing game industry evolved, from the 1980s until today. In recent years, Swedish role-playing games not only hit jackpot in the influential ENnie Awards, but also frequent lists of the most anticipated titles.

But why now? Who were the early innovators? And how does Sweden’s TRPG history differ from other nations?

In this book, industry veteran MAGNUS SETER tells the tale of how a small Scandinavian country decided to stake out its own path – by combining stunning design with a long tradition of storytelling. And ducks!

Genres: Role Playing Games, Nonfiction, Sweden, History

256 pages, Hardcover

Published October 19, 2024

Reviews

[Jonas Alexanderson · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very informative and comprehensive book about the Swedish Roll playing scene. It may sound like a boring book if you are not a hardcore roll playing gamer, or Swedish, but actually it's very interesting.
How come Sweden became so big in this game genre? All the answers are here.

It's also an explanation how Sweden has become one of the biggest producers of computer games- it's all connected.
I give it four stars as it's a narrow, and geeky, subject. But if you are into these things, for you it will be five stars.