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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sigbjorn_86" data-source="post: 6469776" data-attributes="member: 6784630">I would do this one of two ways:1) Populated world recently devastated by (insert catastrophe). Think a post-apocalypse in a fantasy setting. Use Fallout as a guide. The trappings of civilization still exist (perhaps in various states of disrepair). You could go for desolation (Fallout) or desertion / reclaimed by nature (see The Last of Us). What remains of the population live in fortified settlements.2) A world where the wilderness simply can't be settled. This would largely be a "man versus nature" story. Humanity mainly lives in a handful of large, self-sufficient, heavily fortified settlements. Isolated villages/tribes may exist in the wilderness, but if the characters leave and come back later, they may be gone. Whether they got up and left or were simply wiped out. What settlements do exist are constantly on the brink, whether from invasion, natural disaster, plague, or famine. For inspiration I would focus on some of the early attempts to colonize the Americas, such as the Lost Colony (Roanoke) or Jamestown.</blockquote>