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D&D does though. Conan has Atlantis and lost civilisations capable of building megastructures. The Forgotten Realms is quite unusual in...

Point: those tropes (at least with regards to things like how people dressed) were not specifically US. The tropes were the same in the...

You thinking of Blackmoor? That's a very common fantasy trope. It's in Conan and Lord of the Rings for a start!

Biased poll is biased. Unintentionally no doubt, designing a fair poll is hard. It's one of the things I've taught on occasion (it's on...

I've seen a fair bit, it was oen of my dad's childhood favorites when it was broadcast over here. There is a fairly large degree to...

Talking of which, did you ever see the 1950s British TV Robin Hood?

Different, but related both ways: so I think it makes sense for an American to see the commonality, and similar from a British point of...

Yeah, D&D itself is fundamentally pastiche. Taking your favorite ideas from a variety of sources and throwing them together into a soup...

Which don’t seem to differ in any significant way to someone from the UK. Gygax and co from Wisconsin - yeah, you can see some religion...

The is a non-evil Red Wizard party member in Masks of the Betrayer.

Cane sugar is rather less harmful than corn syrup.

It's inspired by Lankhmar, but its a lot more London. Pratchett's time playing D&D was before the Greyhawk setting was released, so not...

The poll assumes D&D is the only alternative. My group left the D&D fold when 4e came out. Switched to Pathfinder and others instead...

I’ve been through every edition of D&D, and 5e, although not perfect, is by far the best. I wouldn’t consider it worth checking out a...

Good. Even if the change wasn't canceled it's good to see WOTC listened to the fans and made minimal changes. It's still silly to have...