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Yes, the MtG Settings have been wildly creative. Guildmasters Guide to Ravnica cemented James Wyatt as one of the most important...

On Ghostfire Gaming’s site they’ve got the pdf for their Drakkenheim Campaign Frame if anyone is curious how they’re adapting Fear/Hope...

Technically, it is 16 Settings: 15 mini-Gazateers for Prime realms (some might be on the same planet) and one hub city in the Deep...

Is there, though? Baker hasn't seemed to feel that way.

Thwt 4E Eberron and 5E Ebwerron (both mechanical expressions) are no more nor less "Eberron" than the "Everything in 3.5 is in Eberron"...

At this point, most of the people I know in person playing are women.

Frankly, they are still a little slow on the uptake. Despite progress, D&D players are still majority male. That’s a bunch of potential...

How many similar counterexamples can be supplied, however? Tailoring mechanics for a given Setting is as old as RPGs, but Eberron is...

...the radiant citadel flares in your general direction... (in my opinion ravnica and theros should count, too, but to your point, they...

...the labyrinth was created expressly to serve as a default setting for tales of the valiant...

Honestly, D&D has too many settings as it stands. Adding more will make that worse. Because fans want their favorite settings "in print"...

Based on WotC Instagram activity, someone in corporate agrees.

In terms of quality, not necessarily: but to call Wheel of Time, Dune, or Foundation obscure is...not accurate. Wheel of Time and Duje...

Indeed, but I think that’s kind of fitting for 5e. 5e tends to avoid being committal with its design, intentionally leaving itself open...

Yes, but there hasn't been any barrier to the Setting expressed outside that mechanical context.