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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5317373" data-attributes="member: 22779">Sorry for the scare quotes in the title, but, I'm not really sure how to phrase this.&nbsp; Looking at D&amp;D settings, there's a metric butt load of them out there, but, one thing I've noticed is this:&nbsp; Many settings are ginormous.&nbsp; The bog standards, FR, Greyhawk, Eberron, whatever, are all complete worlds.&nbsp; They're huge.&nbsp; And that's great.But, that's not what I want.OTOH, there are many campaign settings which encompass a single city - Freeport, Thieves World, Bluffside.&nbsp; They might have a bit of countryside around them, but, for the most part, they are urban campaign settings.Again, not what I want.What I want is a campaign setting that encompasses, more or less, a single nation state (although that's a bit of a misnomer).&nbsp; Outside of this single state, there might exist other stuff, but, by and large, it's ignored.&nbsp; It's not meant to be part of the setting.&nbsp; I'm looking for something kind of isolated, like Dark Ages England or Japan, at least geographically.&nbsp; Something that takes a couple of weeks to ride across, but isn't this huge sprawling land.However, I want more than just a single culture too.&nbsp; England was comprised of all sorts of different little kingdoms, all pretty different from each other, but, more or less, sharing a fair number of traits as well - religion for example.&nbsp; Edo Japan was hardly homogenous.&nbsp; Each area was, more or less, fairly independent and culturally pretty distinct - linguistic differences (it was the enforcement of education in Edo of the noble classes which forced linguistic standards) for example, although religion remained fairly similar.&nbsp; But, you still had the Ainu in the north and various other groups as well.That's the kind of thing I'm looking for.&nbsp; A detailed treatment of a fairly isolated region that is not part of a larger campaign setting.Anything out there fit the bill?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 5317373, member: 22779"] Sorry for the scare quotes in the title, but, I'm not really sure how to phrase this. Looking at D&D settings, there's a metric butt load of them out there, but, one thing I've noticed is this: Many settings are ginormous. The bog standards, FR, Greyhawk, Eberron, whatever, are all complete worlds. They're huge. And that's great. But, that's not what I want. OTOH, there are many campaign settings which encompass a single city - Freeport, Thieves World, Bluffside. They might have a bit of countryside around them, but, for the most part, they are urban campaign settings. Again, not what I want. What I want is a campaign setting that encompasses, more or less, a single nation state (although that's a bit of a misnomer). Outside of this single state, there might exist other stuff, but, by and large, it's ignored. It's not meant to be part of the setting. I'm looking for something kind of isolated, like Dark Ages England or Japan, at least geographically. Something that takes a couple of weeks to ride across, but isn't this huge sprawling land. However, I want more than just a single culture too. England was comprised of all sorts of different little kingdoms, all pretty different from each other, but, more or less, sharing a fair number of traits as well - religion for example. Edo Japan was hardly homogenous. Each area was, more or less, fairly independent and culturally pretty distinct - linguistic differences (it was the enforcement of education in Edo of the noble classes which forced linguistic standards) for example, although religion remained fairly similar. But, you still had the Ainu in the north and various other groups as well. That's the kind of thing I'm looking for. A detailed treatment of a fairly isolated region that is not part of a larger campaign setting. Anything out there fit the bill? [/QUOTE]

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