Wicht
Hero
I have, in my time, played in the Known World, Krynn, the Forgotten Realms, a smattering of Greyhawk, Ravenloft, Golarion, Kalamar, 1920s Cthulhu, the World of Darkness, the Wild West, Middle Earth, Smurf Village, Kaidan, the Realm of Dreams, New York with the Ghostbusters, a variety of homebrew settings, and probably a few others I am not remembering.
Of those, I think Kalamar remains my favorite published setting. I really like the way it was designed and every time I read any of the material for it, I want to go back to it.
For fantasy realms, Golarion is probably my second favorite setting, though I have fond nostalgia for the Forgotten Realms. My main problem with both settings however is the same: there is so much published stuff that its harder to make it your own. FR is worse than Golarion in this regards, which is why I probably prefer Golarion. That and I really like several of the Adventure Paths Paizo has done. Krynn was even worse than both of those, and I think that's why I never played more in it.
I have a natural soft spot for Kaidan, which is understandable as I wrote the campaign book, and I would like to write more adventures for it, but for various reasons I doubt that is going to happen.
I am also very partial to the Realm of Dreams, again having written material set there, and I have a grand campaign I would like to finish writing some day where the PCs are all dreamweavers, adrift in dream and able to shape it to their whims. I have it about 3/4ths finished, but alas, Covid stopped my work on it, and I've been slow to get back to it.
I also like the One Ring's Middle Earth, and 1920s Cthulhu, and I suspect the next two games I run will be in those settings respectively.
In the end, I think I its hard to pick just one when there are so many interesting stories to discover in multiple worlds and a myriad of games.
Of those, I think Kalamar remains my favorite published setting. I really like the way it was designed and every time I read any of the material for it, I want to go back to it.
For fantasy realms, Golarion is probably my second favorite setting, though I have fond nostalgia for the Forgotten Realms. My main problem with both settings however is the same: there is so much published stuff that its harder to make it your own. FR is worse than Golarion in this regards, which is why I probably prefer Golarion. That and I really like several of the Adventure Paths Paizo has done. Krynn was even worse than both of those, and I think that's why I never played more in it.
I have a natural soft spot for Kaidan, which is understandable as I wrote the campaign book, and I would like to write more adventures for it, but for various reasons I doubt that is going to happen.
I am also very partial to the Realm of Dreams, again having written material set there, and I have a grand campaign I would like to finish writing some day where the PCs are all dreamweavers, adrift in dream and able to shape it to their whims. I have it about 3/4ths finished, but alas, Covid stopped my work on it, and I've been slow to get back to it.
I also like the One Ring's Middle Earth, and 1920s Cthulhu, and I suspect the next two games I run will be in those settings respectively.
In the end, I think I its hard to pick just one when there are so many interesting stories to discover in multiple worlds and a myriad of games.