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<blockquote data-quote="Charles Rampant" data-source="post: 6929147" data-attributes="member: 32659">Another opinion: when I made my own homebrew setting, I made it the same size as the British isles. <img src="https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/21303_10153229385229136_94516544607283360_n.jpg?oh=ada3fdd8c8e47dfd9722e45602355024&amp;oe=5889A9E5" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />This seemed like a good size. For a start, my group and I all had a vague impression of how big the island is, so that kept things easy mentally. In addition, an area the size of Britain is manifestly big enough for multiple separate kingdoms, a la medieval Scotland and the English Heptarchies, but also is a small enough area that one can cross it in a couple weeks of hard travel, which is enough time for me to feel satisfied with the Exploration pillar. I think that unless you really want some kind of FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE style epic plot, an area the size of a typical medieval kingdom will probably do just fine.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Charles Rampant, post: 6929147, member: 32659"] Another opinion: when I made my own homebrew setting, I made it the same size as the British isles. [img]https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/21303_10153229385229136_94516544607283360_n.jpg?oh=ada3fdd8c8e47dfd9722e45602355024&oe=5889A9E5[/img] This seemed like a good size. For a start, my group and I all had a vague impression of how big the island is, so that kept things easy mentally. In addition, an area the size of Britain is manifestly big enough for multiple separate kingdoms, a la medieval Scotland and the English Heptarchies, but also is a small enough area that one can cross it in a couple weeks of hard travel, which is enough time for me to feel satisfied with the Exploration pillar. I think that unless you really want some kind of FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE style epic plot, an area the size of a typical medieval kingdom will probably do just fine. [/QUOTE]

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