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Message: <blockquote data-quote="buzz" data-source="post: 3443264" data-attributes="member: 6777">I don't think that there's an identifiable "Fantasy Gaming" genre, unless you're simply using the term to refer to "D&D-style Fantasy." I say this because most of the FRPGs I've encountered are either trying to mimic D&D's style, or else are attempting to emulate a specific mode or modes of literary/cinematic fantasy or mythology.I.e., D&D basically invented its own genre in the process of Gygax, Arneson, et al inventing it (as well as the accretion of development over its lifespan). I'm not sure I can think of another FRPG that did the same thing.Styles of play seems to be a separate issue from the whole question of genre. E.g., "hack n' slash" set in an SF genre might better be called "shoot n' loot," but the fundamental play experience is the same.</blockquote>