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<blockquote data-quote="BigFreekinGoblinoid" data-source="post: 1320353" data-attributes="member: 5988">It doesn't have to be different to be good.But it probably does to get me to actually play it.I'll take a &quot;niche&quot; setting that offers a change of pace even if it doesn't get a while lot of support and &quot;dies&quot; soon. Fine by me - if the few books are good quality, I don't need 1000's of pages of material published every year. With the proliferation of setting material available, why not run a different campaign setting every year or two? Variety is good. It's not like we live in the age of Greyhawk or homebrew anymore. It turns out that most campaigns in practice don't get run for more than ten total levels anyway... FR and Greyhawk are commonly used for comparisons, because they are more widely known. (! Duh? !)&nbsp; Most people could probably also use Dawnforge/Scarred Lands/Arcanis/Kalamar for comparing &quot;standard&quot; Fantasy settings. They are all basically the same thing. BUT:&nbsp; Planescape - Oathbound - Dark Sun - Iron Kingdoms - Dragonstar - and to a lesser extent, Midnight - Those type of settings have something to offer a bit off the &quot;FR/Greyhawk&quot; path.&nbsp; Bring on the different.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BigFreekinGoblinoid, post: 1320353, member: 5988"] It doesn't have to be different to be good. But it probably does to get me to actually play it. I'll take a "niche" setting that offers a change of pace even if it doesn't get a while lot of support and "dies" soon. Fine by me - if the few books are good quality, I don't need 1000's of pages of material published every year. With the proliferation of setting material available, why not run a different campaign setting every year or two? Variety is good. It's not like we live in the age of Greyhawk or homebrew anymore. It turns out that most campaigns in practice don't get run for more than ten total levels anyway... FR and Greyhawk are commonly used for comparisons, because they are more widely known. (! Duh? !) Most people could probably also use Dawnforge/Scarred Lands/Arcanis/Kalamar for comparing "standard" Fantasy settings. They are all basically the same thing. BUT: Planescape - Oathbound - Dark Sun - Iron Kingdoms - Dragonstar - and to a lesser extent, Midnight - Those type of settings have something to offer a bit off the "FR/Greyhawk" path. Bring on the different. [/QUOTE]

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