According to Enworld:

http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?1111-Top-Ten-D-D-Settings-of-ALL-TIME!

It's wrong of course because it confused "best campaign setting" with "festering putrid turd" in the #1 spot.

I assume it was a clerical error and will be corrected soon.

"According to EnWorld" - well there's your problem right there.

Birthright or GTFO.

edit: also, if you're allowing third party settings with Kalamar, add Iron Kingdoms as well.

Don't know about the rest if the list but #1 sounds right to me. Though I would probably take into account other factors besides just which one I like the best: influence on the hobby, popularity, historical significance, etc.

Planescape, Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms, Dark Sun, Eberron, Ravenloft... That seems pretty accurate to me.

Planescape and Greyhawk tied for first!

My favorites are Ravenloft and Dark Sun... but I don't think either one is really a great match for D&D's default power level. Planescape and Spelljammer seem better suited... and I don't know much about any of the others.

Tekumel
Wilderlands
Blackmoor
Greyhawk
Forgotten Realms
Hollow World
Palladium World
Planescape? Dark Sun? (I haven't played either, but both look cool)
Brittania (computerized, close enough to D&D-land)
VARN and CRON (ditto)

I voted for the Wilderlands.


Or I would have, if the person who created the poll wasn't a mutton-head.

Wilderlands, Forgotten Realms, Mystara.

Planescape is easily my favorite D&D setting. If 5e resurrects Planescape, I will definitely be a customer. I've also deeply enjoyed Dark Sun and Ravenloft, but I never felt D&D as a system was a great match for either.

Anyone acquainted with The World Book of Khaas (Arduin)?

I voted for Eberron because I feel it did what it stated on the tin "a place for everything D&D". I also dig the higher magic pulpy feel of it that really fit the more super-heroic D&D characters of the 3.x era. The events and plots unfolding in that setting were epic without being out of reach of the heroes. It really tickled my fancy (and I still own a set because someday...  :-)

I am learning a LOT about Kingdoms of Kalamar because I'm getting into Hackmaster. This setting reminds me more of a Harn or Glorantha in detail and ascetics. It would actually make a fairly BAD D&D 3.x or 4 setting IMHO. It seems geared for grittier play, so I couldn't vote for it as a D&D setting, but as a "old school" feeling setting, I feel it's going to be perfect.

Forgotten Realms for 2e (the grey box) is how I started my GMing career with my first long-term campaign. I really loved FR. The changes later however and the long string of canon Nazis that plagued my table quickly turned me off it later in my 2e tenure (as it moved into 3.x and 4e I just completely lost interest). These days I believe it serves better as the IP backdrop to power-fantasy stories. We can read about Drizt and Elminster and the play our own heroes in a less demi-god riddled place. :-)

I have no idea how people could find Eberron even in the slightest 'the best', equally the same for Planescape. I can only assume that for the latter most people's experience comes from the computer game, which for me was an utterly shit too. I think these two would be my worst.

Of course as 'the best' is subjective I went with had the most fun DMing and playing in and for that it would be Ravenloft. The fear on PCs faces, healing not working, spells going wrong, things worse than death transpiring; all good evil stuff!  I also enjoyed the novels. I respect Forgotten Realms (grey box and time of troubles 'edition') and Dark Sun - I also had fun in these too. I was also fond of the Taladas box set for Dragonlance. I guess a lot of things that came out for 2nd Edition.

Quote from: vytzka;699493Birthright or GTFO.

edit: also, if you're allowing third party settings with Kalamar, add Iron Kingdoms as well.

Kalamar was officially licensed. WOTC logo and everything.