Campaigns based on more obscure geographical regions

[jerichothebard]

... the vikingesque seafaring orcs.

The orcs in my campaign are what would have happened if the Vikings had taken polynesia.

Think - very large, very strong frenzied barbarians in grass skirts, sailing outrigger canoes with square sails.

It's an weird concept that for some reason I really like. Mostly because I find the idea of hula orcs to be very very funny.

It also means that the orcs occupy the best vacation spots in the world. Sad, really - they have no flair for the real estate market.

 

[talinthas]

it's my dream to one day build a campaign setting around the indian epic period, like the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, full of magic, lots of physical divine presence, and demons and stuff.

I mean, there's a reason fantasy never really took off in india; it couldnt compete with what's already there =)

 

[talinthas]

doublepost =)

 

[tarchon]

it's my dream to one day build a campaign setting around the indian epic period, like the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, full of magic, lots of physical divine presence, and demons and stuff.

I mean, there's a reason fantasy never really took off in india; it couldnt compete with what's already there =)

The thing that always bogs down Indian settings is that the characters are required to do a song and dance number every 10 rounds.

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

I'm familiar with all of the other lands you mentioned, but where is Ulimwegu? I don't remember it.

Ulimwengu (I spelled it wrong before, forgot the 'n') comes from the Champions of Mystara boxed set. The boxed set has a 64 page Explorers' Manual that covers Sind (and Jaibul), Graakhalia (a subterranean elf/gnoll nation), the Divinarchy of Yavdlom, and Ulimwengu.

Ulimwengu is the land of the Karimari people. It is on the Serpent Peninsula squeezed between Yavdlom and the Great Waste desert.


Regards,
Eric Anondson

 

[Hodag]

Sovereign Stone covered quite a few cultures as did Swashbuckling Adventures. Another good Africa source is AEsheba:Greek Africa. Created by Gary Gygax and published by Infinity Publications (Same group that did Cyborg Commando! )

I'm currently working on a game set in the South China Sea (Go Malay Pirates!) some interesting fantasy fiction set in that area is Michael Scott Rohan's Chase the Morning and Gate's of Noon. I used to run an exclusively sub-saharan Africa based Shadowrun game and a Thailand based Top Secret (Original) game.