Favorite Non-Ravenloft Settings

Dominique · Post by **Dominique** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 4:57 pm

Praise Morrow! I'm not the only IK player on this board!

Trebor Minntt · Post by **Trebor Minntt** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 8:20 pm

I voted for Dragonlance but I also want to vote for Planescape because I love them equaly but in defferent ways.

Joël of the FoS · Post by **Joël of the FoS** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 8:48 pm

Planescape !

For me the ultimate fantasy world, where environment can drastically change in a blink.

Sigil and the Lady of Pain are too cool, too.

And do not forget the gythyanki !

Jo

The Nightmare Man · Post by **The Nightmare Man** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 11:48 pm

Ivana_Boritsi wrote:Way to go for 7th Sea!

Here's a vote for: Iron Kingdoms. Long live gobbers!

I've always been a fan of Iron Kingdoms to. In fact, I am a fan of any setting/wargame that has mecha-like war machines dominating the battlefields...Gotta love those SteamJacks...

Reginald de Curry · Post by **Reginald de Curry** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 5:03 pm

Deadlands gets my vote, though The Witchfire Trilogy has a high status as well....

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 7:43 pm

Reginald de Curry wrote:Deadlands gets my vote, though The Witchfire Trilogy has a high status as well....

I agree that Deadlands is awesome, though i prefer the original to the d20 system game, the idea of a western game that uses poker chips really appeals to me.

As for the Witchfire Trilogy and the Iron Kingdoms, well you can't get hold of them for love or money over in the UK, though I have afriend who has the Trilogy. Personally I don't like them and found them too stereo-typical and basic.

Trebor Minntt · Post by **Trebor Minntt** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 7:44 pm

The post above was me and I forgot I hadn't logged in.

Wiccy of the Fraternity · Wed Jan 28, 2004 8:04 pm

I put in another vote for Darksun, I just really liked that setting. It stepped very far from just about everything else and it struck a chord with me

ScS of the Fraternity · Thu Jan 29, 2004 12:50 pm

Bwa! No fair, I didn't know we could vote for Deadlands!

Can I change my vote?
No?
Okay then.

Darksun is a pretty darn good setting, but I must admit that Deadlands is an even better one. Deadlands is a lot like Ravenloft, in that the setting is so wonderfully flavoured by the theme. Just as Ravenloft is built from the ground up as an expression of the Gothic style, so too is Deadlands built to be a grisly, tongue in cheak slasher horror.

Sigh... if only weird wars had been as good....

Reginald de Curry · Post by **Reginald de Curry** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 3:24 pm

Since Weird Wars is being redone as a Savage Worlds setting, you may get your wish.

tec-goblin · Post by **tec-goblin** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 3:06 am

Ivana_Boritsi wrote:Way to go for 7th Sea!

Sniff, that was almost a second vote. Anyway, do you agree in throwng out FR and Al-Qadim which haven't taken a vote and insist that Iron Kingdoms and 7thSea get into the list???

By the way, what is Iron Kingdoms?

Reginald de Curry · Post by **Reginald de Curry** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 10:17 am

Iron Kingdoms is an industrialized fantasy campaign (or steampunk, if you prefer that term). Click here for more info.

jamieraleigh · Post by **jamieraleigh** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 11:15 am

1. Ravenloft
2. SpellJammer
3. Oriental Adventures (Kara-Tur)
4. Dragonlance (Pre-Fifth Age)
5. Anything else

I currently DM two campaigns. The first meets weekly (though we haven't played in a few weeks, since the baby was born) and is with experienced players. This is my Ravenloft campaign. The second, which is played monthly, is with less experienced players, like my wife and two pre-teens. I try to steer away from Ravenloft for this latter game, as it has a maturity level that I don't feel that the two kids (or my wife, for that matter) can handle. For this, we use a home-brewed world.

I also am a player in a Forgotten Realms campaign that involves six people from my Sunday School class. I like the FR as a player, but I don't think that I'd like to DM there.

Jason of the Fraternity · Fri Jan 30, 2004 12:31 pm

jamieraleigh wrote: 1. Ravenloft
2. SpellJammer

Sweet Ezra! We actually got a vote for SpellJammer!

Tadelin · Post by **Tadelin** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 1:00 pm

I liked some of the things that Spelljammer introduced to the system, specifically the crystal sphere theory. I never did manage to rationalize their version of gravity... Standing up on the bottom of a ship just doesn't sit well with me.

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