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<blockquote data-quote="Jürgen Hubert" data-source="post: 4445092" data-attributes="member: 7177"><p>The <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage" target="_blank">TV Tropes Wiki</a> does an excellent job of dissecting fictional settings into their component tropes. And since the <a href="http://arcana.wikidot.com/" target="_blank">Arcana Wiki</a> is also slowly building a <a href="http://arcana.wikidot.com/trope" target="_blank">Tropes section</a> mirroring the TV Tropes Wiki, I want to dissect RPG settings in a similar manner and have created a <a href="http://arcana.wikidot.com/campaign-setting" target="_blank">campaign settings</a> section for this purpose. But I could use your help with this. If you are interested, please do the following:</p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Think of your favorite published setting.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Browse the <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage" target="_blank">TV Tropes Wiki</a> to find tropes which are particularly relevant to it.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">List them here (<em>exactly</em> as they are named on the TV Tropes Wiki) and add short descriptions of <em>why</em> they are relevant .</li> </ol><p></p><p>I will then add your lists to the Arcana Wiki as soon as possible. As an example, here is the list for <a href="http://arcana.wikidot.com/delta-green" target="_blank">Delta Green</a>:</p><p></p><p><strong>Body Horror</strong> (protomatter.)</p><p><strong>Cosmic Horror</strong> (already an intrinsic part of <em>Call of Cthulhu</em>)</p><p><strong>Eldritch Abomination</strong> (too many to count)</p><p><strong>Government Conspiracy</strong> (several around the world, including the "default" parent organization[/b] the player characters are members of)</p><p><strong>Mad Scientist</strong> (many of them work for Majestic-12)</p><p><strong>Masquerade</strong> (Majestic-12 doesn't want any competition in their field.)</p><p><strong>The Puppet Masters</strong> (the Mi-Go, again)</p><p><strong>Sealed Evil In A Can</strong> (Majestic-12 is far too fond of trying to open them)</p><p><strong>Squick</strong> (this has become a running gag[/b] on the Delta Green Mailing List)</p><p><strong>Sufficiently Advanced Aliens</strong> (the Mi-Go, among many others)</p><p><strong>Sufficiently Advanced Technology</strong> (Majestic-12 has a lot of this stuff lying around. Not that they would actually <em>understand</em> it...)</p><p><strong>The Government</strong> (one of the main differences between the original <em>Call of Cthulhu</em> is the frequent use of this trope. Not that it makes the situation any better...)</p><p><strong>Those Wacky Nazis</strong> (the Karotechia)</p><p><strong>Time Travel</strong> (the Philadelphia Experiment. <strong>It Got Worse</strong>)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jürgen Hubert, post: 4445092, member: 7177"] The [url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage]TV Tropes Wiki[/url] does an excellent job of dissecting fictional settings into their component tropes. And since the [url=http://arcana.wikidot.com/]Arcana Wiki[/url] is also slowly building a [url=http://arcana.wikidot.com/trope]Tropes section[/url] mirroring the TV Tropes Wiki, I want to dissect RPG settings in a similar manner and have created a [url=http://arcana.wikidot.com/campaign-setting]campaign settings[/url] section for this purpose. But I could use your help with this. If you are interested, please do the following: [LIST=1] [*]Think of your favorite published setting. [*]Browse the [url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage]TV Tropes Wiki[/url] to find tropes which are particularly relevant to it. [*]List them here ([i]exactly[/i] as they are named on the TV Tropes Wiki) and add short descriptions of [i]why[/i] they are relevant . [/LIST] I will then add your lists to the Arcana Wiki as soon as possible. As an example, here is the list for [url=http://arcana.wikidot.com/delta-green]Delta Green[/url]: [b]Body Horror[/b] (protomatter.) [b]Cosmic Horror[/b] (already an intrinsic part of [i]Call of Cthulhu[/i]) [b]Eldritch Abomination[/b] (too many to count) [b]Government Conspiracy[/b] (several around the world, including the "default" parent organization[/b] the player characters are members of) [b]Mad Scientist[/b] (many of them work for Majestic-12) [b]Masquerade[/b] (Majestic-12 doesn't want any competition in their field.) [b]The Puppet Masters[/b] (the Mi-Go, again) [b]Sealed Evil In A Can[/b] (Majestic-12 is far too fond of trying to open them) [b]Squick[/b] (this has become a running gag[/b] on the Delta Green Mailing List) [b]Sufficiently Advanced Aliens[/b] (the Mi-Go, among many others) [b]Sufficiently Advanced Technology[/b] (Majestic-12 has a lot of this stuff lying around. Not that they would actually [i]understand[/i] it...) [b]The Government[/b] (one of the main differences between the original [i]Call of Cthulhu[/i] is the frequent use of this trope. Not that it makes the situation any better...) [b]Those Wacky Nazis[/b] (the Karotechia) [b]Time Travel[/b] (the Philadelphia Experiment. [b]It Got Worse[/b]) [/QUOTE]
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