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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 3441241" data-attributes="member: 2067">It's a bit difficult to say, since D&amp;D itself is a hodge-podge of genres. There's aspects of it that resemble LotR, or Conan, or Final Fantasy, or the Iliad, or faerie tales, or Miyamoto Musashi, or even Star Wars and Amizov and and Arthur Conan Doyle and the Cthulhu Mythos. Bits and pieces here and there.I don't think many other RPG games touch upon D&amp;D's own melieu much. It's a pretty unique and exclusive blend -- even other &quot;medieval fantasy&quot; games tend to try to liberate themselves from D&amp;D rather than fit within it.You have various d20 &quot;non-D&amp;D D&amp;D's&quot; like Ravenloft (horror fantasy), Dark Sun (naturalistic fantasy), Planescape (urban fantasy), settings like the Scarred Lands or Morningstar or Midnight or Nyambe (african fantasy) or Northern Crown (colonial fantasy) or Oathbound (conflict fantasy). But I'm not so sure those are sub-genres of &quot;Game Fantasy&quot; as they are attempts to put a new gloss on &quot;Game Fantasy&quot; and turn it into something else entirely.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 3441241, member: 2067"] It's a bit difficult to say, since D&D itself is a hodge-podge of genres. There's aspects of it that resemble LotR, or Conan, or Final Fantasy, or the Iliad, or faerie tales, or Miyamoto Musashi, or even Star Wars and Amizov and and Arthur Conan Doyle and the Cthulhu Mythos. Bits and pieces here and there. I don't think many other RPG games touch upon D&D's own melieu much. It's a pretty unique and exclusive blend -- even other "medieval fantasy" games tend to try to liberate themselves from D&D rather than fit within it. You have various d20 "non-D&D D&D's" like Ravenloft (horror fantasy), Dark Sun (naturalistic fantasy), Planescape (urban fantasy), settings like the Scarred Lands or Morningstar or Midnight or Nyambe (african fantasy) or Northern Crown (colonial fantasy) or Oathbound (conflict fantasy). But I'm not so sure those are sub-genres of "Game Fantasy" as they are attempts to put a new gloss on "Game Fantasy" and turn it into something else entirely. [/QUOTE]

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