literary campaign settings you'd like to see
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barsoomcore
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I can't believe no one's mentioned Steven Erikson's Malazan Empire! And only one vote for Dragaera?
Sigh. Sometimes I just don't understand the ways of the world.
So, Steven Erikson's Malazan Empire world -- the coolest magic, the craziest races, the most mind-blowing world history imaginable ("and then, 200,000 years later") -- dear lord.
Followed closely by Steven Brust's Dragaera -- can't beat it for sheer swashbuckling fun. Of course, you're never going to have a PC as clever and charming as Vlad or Khaavren, but you're not going to be as devious and original a DM as Brust anyway.
Sorry, once again, why is nobody voting for Steven Erikson? Am I all on my lonesome here?
Sigh. Sometimes I just don't understand the ways of the world.
So, Steven Erikson's Malazan Empire world -- the coolest magic, the craziest races, the most mind-blowing world history imaginable ("and then, 200,000 years later") -- dear lord.
Followed closely by Steven Brust's Dragaera -- can't beat it for sheer swashbuckling fun. Of course, you're never going to have a PC as clever and charming as Vlad or Khaavren, but you're not going to be as devious and original a DM as Brust anyway.
Sorry, once again, why is nobody voting for Steven Erikson? Am I all on my lonesome here?
Undead Pete
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Hmmmm.... I posted THE EXACT SAME TOPIC a week ago and it was summarily moved to a different board 
That said.....
China Mieville's Perdido Street Station
It should be required reading for all fantasy fans.
That said.....
China Mieville's Perdido Street Station
It should be required reading for all fantasy fans.
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I second 'The Malazan Book of the Fallen' series. If you haven't read this series (still on going) you are really missing something. Be forewarned, I have read the first three books 3 times each in the last year and each time my understanding of the 'world' has vastly increased. The first book is great, the second book is better and helps to explain many areas of the first, and the third book is sofar the best, again explaining parts of the first two books. Then read the series a second time and be amazed at what you missed the first time around.
The Cardinal
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1. Malazan - This may be the best piece of fantasy that has ever been written...
2. Ice & Fire - a close second
3. Black Company - a classic
...in fact I'm about to start a campaign that's heavily influenced by those three - and in this order (Kearney's Monarchies of God and Pressfield's Gates of Fire inspired me also - as did Xenophon's Anabasis and F.Miller's 300).
But both Martin and Erikson are *roleplayers*, and both use GURPS - and it shows! GURPS is a perfect fit for these bloody, gritty stories with their severely flawed and incredibly *human* protagonists ("heroes" would be misleading...).
2. Ice & Fire - a close second
3. Black Company - a classic
...in fact I'm about to start a campaign that's heavily influenced by those three - and in this order (Kearney's Monarchies of God and Pressfield's Gates of Fire inspired me also - as did Xenophon's Anabasis and F.Miller's 300).
But both Martin and Erikson are *roleplayers*, and both use GURPS - and it shows! GURPS is a perfect fit for these bloody, gritty stories with their severely flawed and incredibly *human* protagonists ("heroes" would be misleading...).
barsoomcore
Unattainable Ideal
It baffles me that Erikson does not have a US publisher. It's insane. It's as though we live in a world where utter idiocy and philistinism prevail -- as though Peter Jackson DIDN'T win the Best Director Academy Award for "Fellowship"...
Oh, wait...
Anyway, Americans, get your hands on these books. You can special order them all from Amazon -- don't delay! Steven Erikson is writer of rare talent and there's no question that he is the greatest writer currently working in fantasy -- the only question is how many fantasy writers in history have been better than him.
Read these books. You owe it yourself. Honestly.
Oh, wait...
Anyway, Americans, get your hands on these books. You can special order them all from Amazon -- don't delay! Steven Erikson is writer of rare talent and there's no question that he is the greatest writer currently working in fantasy -- the only question is how many fantasy writers in history have been better than him.
Read these books. You owe it yourself. Honestly.
Claude Raines
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I'm not sure if the world has an official name, but Robin Hobb's Assassin Series and Livetrader series has a great fantasy world in it that should lend itself well to d20.
Also the world of Elizabeth Moon's Paksenarrion series is very nice and paladin friendly.
Finally, after I get d20 Modern, I'm seriously going to consider Anita Blake d20.
Also the world of Elizabeth Moon's Paksenarrion series is very nice and paladin friendly.
Finally, after I get d20 Modern, I'm seriously going to consider Anita Blake d20.
MeepoTheMighty
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I'd definitely like to see a deathgate cycle game. My friends and I were trying to put together a multi-DM deathgate campaign, with each DM taking a world, but only two of us had ever read the novels, and that was 8 years ago...needless to say it never really got off the ground 
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