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Favorite RPG settings regardless of system.

Started by Schwartzwald, September 01, 2017, 11:30:48 AM

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Dumarest


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In no particular order:

A/State.
Kult.
Sla.
Symbaroum.
Vampire (Sabbat only tho').
WFRP (1e).
Lacuna.
Swashbucklers of the Seven Skies.
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Quote from: Dumarest;988508What are AErth and LEarth?

   I know Aerth was Gygax's setting for Dangerous Journeys: Mythus, and based on the pattern, I suspect LEarth is the setting for Lejendary Adventure.

cranebump

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The Known World, though all I did was read the supplements and admire the maps.

Greyhawk--I owned that massive map back in the day, and ran a few adventures in it over the years, none too wedded to the history. Again, I liked the map.

I liked the setting for Beasts & Barbarians, but again, never got to run anything there (though I made fruitless plans, as always).

My current setting is homebrew, with which I've used a couple of different systems. It's quite new--about 16 months from inception (Felston) to development of the East (the current group's locale).
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DavetheLost

Kult, much, much more of a horror game than Call of Cthulhu.

Blue Planet

Metamorphosis Alpha, the starship Warden is a great place for post-apocalypse sci-fi-fi adventure.

TrippyHippy

Certainly Kult. And In Nomine. The various World of Darkness games to a degree.

Dune. Eternal Champion stuff. Judge Dredd and 2000AD stuff.

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Calidar by Bruce Heard - very creative! Scratches my Mystara itch.

Eberron by Keith Baker, various - fell in love with the dragon marked houses, the intense religions, the fantastic details and dinosaur riding halflings! Extra points for the undead elves...

Scarred Lands (3.x) - dark, inventive and the underlying horror was delicious. Titans and an evil clown carnival in a bayou FTW!

Jorune by... I don't know off the top of my head... - strange, scientific, Edgar Rice Burrough's inspired, and unique. I will always be intrigued by Jorune.

Shadowrun! by various - The whole enchilada fascinates me. I love the ideas of smashing fantasy and cyberpunk together.

Aihrde by Chenault Publishing (Castles & Crusades) - a very detailed and well thought out fantasy setting. Tickles my Greyhawk button with some flavourful additions.

The Cabal by Kenneth Hite - this group of somewhat evil secret cultists tickles my fancy! I have tossed them in several modern conspiracy games.

The Diamond Throne (Arcana Evolved) by Monte Cook - The whole True Names feats and rituals, the struggle between the Giants and the Dragons, and the rich cultures and races... Monte Cook's imagination has continually inspired me over the years. TDT will remain one of my favs!

Hell Boy, by Mike Mignola - this take on modern fantasy is so superb and fun. I'll always have a soft spot for the BPRD.
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Dumarest

I always wondered about Jorune...I seem to recall an ad in Dragon for "the sky realms of Jorune" (?) with an incredible drawing of some alien creature comforting an injured person, or something on that order, almost in the style of a Renaissance oil painting. I seem to also recall seeing a boxed set (?) At the comic book-cum-game store I used to visit for my monthly fix of super hero hijinks. I never did learn what it was all about. No money to buy a game out of curiosity alone...it was hard enough whittling down the list of comic books I wanted into a number I could actually buy... ah, memories... same place I bought my first Dragon magazine and the old Games Workshop Golden Heroes boxed set (which I still have!).

DavetheLost

Sky Realms of Jorune has a fascinating setting. A long lost colony world, similar in some respects to Tekumel, a number of alien races, psycho-sensitive energy crystals, and fanastic art.

Dumarest

I was just Googling it...apparently it's "Skyrealms of Jorune" and I've conflated the box cover art with the ad art.

Caesar Slaad

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The Third Imperium universe (pre-virus) - Odd how what started as a few pastiche grew though loving designers into a deep, intriguing setting.

Second World - Sort of a love that few knew about, it gave life to a sort of "world next door" fantasy that was popular in literature but nearly ignored in gaming.

Numenera - Ever since Zothique, I was intrigued by the notion of "far future fantasy"

Bard Games' Atlantis - A bit Conanesque, but with lots of other nods to real world lore.

Planescape - I also dug the notion of fantasy in realms of the unreal.

Scarred Lands - Dark high fantasy built around the core assumptions of D&D.
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I think that Tekumel, Exalted's Creation, Lemuria, 17th Century France/Spain, 7th/9th/17th/early 19th/late 20th/early 21st century China, Mythic Rome, 9th/13th/19th/late20th/early 21st Century Balkan Peninsula, 21st century Southeast Asia, Sengoku/Edo/Current Age Japan, 2320 AD, Pendragon's Britain, (Mythic) Scandinavia, the setting of Crimson Blades, Blue Planet, Dragon Warrior's Legend, Eclipse Phase, The Known World and Glorantha would be the main ones, but I might be forgetting some stuff;).
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