I am surprised Greyhawk is such a big favorite. Although it is the traditional DnD setting, to me it always felt like Gygax tried to shoehorn a role-playing game into his medieval miniatures Chainmail game. I voted for Eberron, but Forgotten Realms has always seemed like the quintessential fantasy RPG world.
Yes, that's very odd. I'd love it if people who voted Greyhawk came here to explain why they think it would be a good choice (apart from tradition, which isn't really much of an argument.) Forgotten Realms I can understand, because although I find it bland and not very exciting, it provides a blank canvas for fantasy adventures that people may find attractive, but Greyhawk, I feel, has very few saving graces.I am surprised Greyhawk is such a big favorite. Although it is the traditional DnD setting, to me it always felt like Gygax tried to shoehorn a role-playing game into his medieval miniatures Chainmail game.