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The French TTRPG scene is substantial and completely alien to English speaking circles. For all the talk of advancing the art and hobby, shockingly few of my peers know much of anything about JDRs. Or about The Dark Eye and German scene. Let alone anywhere else.

Do you have any examples of games from this century?

On those "old" games: The Dark Eye and INS/MV both had new editions 10 years ago. INS/MV even released a revised edition of that version since. They're not bygone relics and they're still iconic of their scenes. Do you have a less loaded question? Any particular types of games you're looking for?

Yeah, while the question was a bit of a drive-by snark, I am curious: Do you think these games, or their current gaming cultures, have something new to teach us in 2026? Games, and their game play spaces certainly can evolve, and Lord knows D&D isn't the same as it was a quarter century ago.

Yes, absolutely. Much the same way Nordic gaming culture had (and has) things to share. Just like we had Usenet and rpg.net and The Forge and all, other places had their own gaming culture. Even UK gaming history and culture is a bit distinct from the North American mainline.

A lot of these scenes went through very different journeys in their systems from what's analogous to trad and what's comparably and similarly "modern". Like with INS/MV, the classic system up through the 00s was a system with an interesting chart (like old board games) for results and a check die.

The newest version is pretty comparable to Western indies at core (simple dice pool + successes). But a little different (fixed 3d6 pool, rolled against stat, each die can be a success). And the overall build is different from the norm on this side of things.

Touching on Nordic LARP because it's more familiar/known, the reason it ended up so distinct and different is because they went through their own whole series of essays, discourses, system evolutions, et al. We can learn similarly from others and their unique POVs.