Icepick Trotsky
Phobia of icepicks
Which is the greatest in the many different fantasy worlds.
I know my fave but what is yours?
I know my fave but what is yours?
Greatest Fantsy Setting
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Emperor
Ooo, hard one.
Greyhawk, Discworld, or Pern?
Ahh, I can't decide!
Okay, Discworld.
Greyhawk, Discworld, or Pern?
Ahh, I can't decide!
Okay, Discworld.
ComradeDavo
Formerly God
out of the choices I gotto say middle earth
But I think overall my favourite 'fantasy setting' would have to be the world of warhammer
But I think overall my favourite 'fantasy setting' would have to be the world of warhammer
atawa
Mastered by puppets
I addepted the D&D oriental adventures setting for the Khmer empire, rather like that one
but middle earth is fine too
but middle earth is fine too
How about the Wheel of Time world? I like the fallen tech (regressing world) tone of the series.
Hamlet
Manic Depressive
I voted for Middle earth.
DaEezT
Civ, Pizza, Spam, Repeat
Forgotten Realms
Artemis, Jarlaxle & Vangy all the way
Artemis, Jarlaxle & Vangy all the way
Middle Earth
I wish they made the worlds in RPG games bigger than they are.
Like in Final Fantasy and Zelda the worlds are pretty small.
Like more towns and cities would be really cool
Breath of Fire 3's world is pretty big!
Just my thoughts
I wish they made the worlds in RPG games bigger than they are.
Like in Final Fantasy and Zelda the worlds are pretty small.
Like more towns and cities would be really cool
Breath of Fire 3's world is pretty big!
Just my thoughts
Simon Darkshade
Mysterious City of Gold
In terms of FANTASY, one does tend to prefer the Forgotten Realms
Icepick Trotsky
Phobia of icepicks
No one like Chulthu?
That's a shame!
P.s. Darkshade where you from? You don't say snobby stuff like that any more
That's a shame!
P.s. Darkshade where you from? You don't say snobby stuff like that any more
andycapp
Grumpy Old Griper
No contest - Tolkien's Middle Earth.
Simon Darkshade
Mysterious City of Gold
"Darkshade where you from? You don't say snobby stuff like that any more"
We do where one comes from, the hearth of privilege, and the playing fields of the elite
Maybe youngsters like yourself do not speak in such a manner, but that hardly makes it snobby.
Personally, although I do like Middle Earth very much, and admire it as the root of modern high fantasy, it is a tad small, and, dare I say it, boring IMO, when compared to an Earth like setting, with variant cultures and millieu.
We do where one comes from, the hearth of privilege, and the playing fields of the elite
Maybe youngsters like yourself do not speak in such a manner, but that hardly makes it snobby.
Personally, although I do like Middle Earth very much, and admire it as the root of modern high fantasy, it is a tad small, and, dare I say it, boring IMO, when compared to an Earth like setting, with variant cultures and millieu.
Kev
Hired Goon
Looks like I'm the first vote for Greyhawk.
It was tough to choose a single setting. They are all so different and each has their own unique characteristics. I'm also not familiar with a few of them (like Discworld which I am now curious about as several posters have mentioned their liking this one).
So why Greyhawk?
First, I guess it's a bit nostalgic for me. I can remember so well how my friends and I would study the map in exquisite detail and reference the Gazette while deciding where our next campaigns would take place.
Further, what I think I liked most about it is that the whole world was basically open to my own storylines. The setting was there and established, but it was my own personal stories and ideas that really shaped it. I was not influenced at all by novels and short stories that were written with it, and it allowed me to have a greater and more varied effect in my musings.
I know that Gary Gygax, et. al. later published books based in Greyhawk, but by then my ideas were already firmly ensconced.
Ah well, a misspent youth perhaps.
It was tough to choose a single setting. They are all so different and each has their own unique characteristics. I'm also not familiar with a few of them (like Discworld which I am now curious about as several posters have mentioned their liking this one).
So why Greyhawk?
First, I guess it's a bit nostalgic for me. I can remember so well how my friends and I would study the map in exquisite detail and reference the Gazette while deciding where our next campaigns would take place.
Further, what I think I liked most about it is that the whole world was basically open to my own storylines. The setting was there and established, but it was my own personal stories and ideas that really shaped it. I was not influenced at all by novels and short stories that were written with it, and it allowed me to have a greater and more varied effect in my musings.
I know that Gary Gygax, et. al. later published books based in Greyhawk, but by then my ideas were already firmly ensconced.
Ah well, a misspent youth perhaps.
kundor
Chairman of the H.I.V.E.
The world of Eddings' Belgariad and Mallorean
The countries and cultures are well-defined, and the world is quite large, and the books are just great.
The countries and cultures are well-defined, and the world is quite large, and the books are just great.
omichyron
Highly-Pixelated Globe
I would have to say that the world from the Wheel of Time is the best of which I have any knowledge, but in all fairness, I have not been exposed to some of these choices.
Icepick Trotsky
Phobia of icepicks
Has no one heard of Lankhmar?
P.S. Darkshade when one must talk in a posh accent one must stay refined. This means that one must not jab at the younger population but must control themselves.
P.S. Darkshade when one must talk in a posh accent one must stay refined. This means that one must not jab at the younger population but must control themselves.
MustardStew
Chieftain
Wheel of Time and Forgotten Realms... can't decide between them
hmm, always was told I was indecisive, now I see why...
hmm, always was told I was indecisive, now I see why...
Robert E Howard's Hyborain Age (Conan)
(yes, I am that Smurfing old)
(yes, I am that Smurfing old)
Simon Darkshade
Mysterious City of Gold
You're ancient!No, actually, I liked the old lands of Cimmeria and Aquillonia, as they were somewhat earth like; there were many different cultures.
That is the thing that really gets me about a fantasy world, its level of complexity.
And to the boy, one is not talking "posh". One would never employ such a vulgar turn of phrase. I am speaking in the manner that befits my station, and with that comes a traditional contempt for the young and anyone else below me.
(Its what you would call a public school thing.)
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