From D&D to Fiction

[EATherrian]

A few things I've read lately have got me thinking. How many fictional worlds began as D&D worlds? I've read in different places that Feist's Midkemia and Blizzard's Azeroth began as game worlds and grew from there. Anyone know of any others?

 

[Ed_Laprade]

Elizabeth Moon's 'Deed of Paksenarrion' started its life as a D&D game, so that world came from gaming. (Hey, it even has a thinly disguised Hommlet!)

 

[jdrakeh]

Well, Dennis L. McKiernan's world of Mithgar came (in part) from a long-running Rolemaster campaign of the same name. In manga, I understand that Record of Lodoss War and Bastard! both originally arose as the result of AD&D campaigns.

 

[WayneLigon]

Lawrence Watt-Evans 'Ethshar' setting started that way, or was influenced by his campaign.

The 'Wild Cards' series of books was inspired by George R R Martin's Superworld campaign.

Brust's 'Jhereg' series obviously owes it's roots to a D&D game.