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That's a definite yes but. In this case, there was no Kingdom of Cornwall at that time so Tristan and Isolde could not have occurred in that historical period, even though it takes pace during the time of Arthur. Really, you are talking about the Arthur stories taking place in a fantasy version...

That's one of the things that makes it not steampunk. That outfit is early 20th century, not late 19th (he has no hat!). That's typical of Eberron (and always was if you ignored WAR and read the text). Beyond Eberron there are other even more modern fashion touches in the art, but modern isn't...

Is cricket a D&D thing?

That’s why WotC say there is no canon. The setting is yours, do what you want with it.

True, but a ruined urban landscape is at least cosmetically different from the usual D&D landscape, and the players get their guild special abilities to play with. And you can trot out the large selection of Ravnica themed monsters that are in the book. Not all D&D players want plots. Some just...

One thing to consider: some parts of Ravnica are completely ruined. So if you want a simple monster bashing game free of guild politics you could just send your PCs out into the ruins to kill monsters and recover loot. Hay, you could do Escape From New York!

If I'm not excited about a campaign idea myself, I can't expect players to be excited about it. I might be excited about two or three ideas at once, but five is more like "you choose, I don't care". When it comes to setting books, if I'm not already excited by the idea, I don't buy them.

With any setting that is unfamiliar, you have to sell it to the players with an elevator pitch to tell them why it's cool. Just because a setting has appeared in other media it still needs the DM to sell why its cool in D&D.

Ten seems rather high, but even if you don't see it happening now, its a pretty standard set up of for a cyberpunk game*. Which is where I suggested starting when looking for inspiration for Ravnica. *Also see: Alien: Earth.

And in the real world everything is controlled by corporations. It's still possible to do other things, and have the corporations as a background detail rather than the main story. Chaotic Evil PCs have always existed in D&D. I remember back in 1st edition Assassins were extremely popular...

D&D is Americana. It doesn't exist in a cultural vacuum. Other countries have their own take (e.g. Warhammer).

Nope. They can exist just fine as monster types. A great many things exist in D&D worlds that cannot be PCs.

I wouldn't not read Triplanetary. As I remember (I read them 40 years ago, so I am a little hazy) it was one of the better ones.

No, it that you haven’t a clue what Victorian looks like. No, it’s a using the right name for something thing.

It’s not me who doesn’t know their aesthetics from their elbows.

Well clearly, since The Culture isn’t medieval, it must be Steempunk.

Hopepunk fits.

As already pointed out, steampunk is Victorina. If the fashion in the art is not Victorian, its vibe is not steampunk. For example, the recent Eberron art is inspired by the early 20th century - Georgian, not Victorian. Ergo it is not Steampunk. Steampunk is a Science Fiction subgenre...

Yeah, I felt exactly the same about Last Kingdom. I have no interest rooting for some jerk whose problems are largely of their own making. And this was a completely fictional character, so he is only a jerk because the author wrote him that way. As for William, he was pretty much the trope...

But to me, it doesn't look like it's doing a Braveheart. It looks like it's trying to stick to what is in the record but making silly mistakes. Nothing is changed for a reason. There isn't much known about Harold's character, and what there is is mostly Norman propaganda. So there was a real...