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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 6161998" data-attributes="member: 6669384">The physical map is actually irrelevant, as is map scale.  How long does it take to get from where you were to where you need to get?  As long as the DM says.We've used Mordor/Middle Earth, we've used the real world, we've used Forgotten Realms, we've used something that got pulled from Steve Jackson's site.  I was even looking at a "map of the internet" over on XKCD, just for the giggles.All that's needed is a map with multiple lands, big enough to explore, and some indeterminate goal that needs to be achieved.Everything after that is game color.My "Orcworld" could just as easily be a space invasion, an Illithid occupation, or any form of political turmoil.The problem that I sometimes run into is that neat sounding world scenarios often have unseen factors that sharply limit the game.  For example, I once wrote up a world setting for a superhero game, Reichworld, the parallel world where Hitler won World War II, and the PC supers were part of a North American resistance.We ran out of plot development after about five outings.  The occupying forces' willingness to execute civilian hostages whenever we did anything significant kind of put a damper on things, and the fact that we couldn't turn any "bad guys" over to the police completely shut down any "recurring villain" story lines.  We either had to kill the bad guys or let them go, neither of which fit with the super-hero genre very well.That's the kind of thing I'm worried about in my Orcworld concept.  Any reputation the group gets as they advance will work against them, shutting down their access to resources of any significant kind.</blockquote>

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