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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greenstone" data-source="post: 1619909" data-attributes="member: 20712">My first post!I did the same thing for a homebrew setting that is now in its 10th (and final, thank heavens!) year of play. I named it Overearth (before I discovered there was a comic with the same name), and consider it to be an alternate Earth.Here are my continents, then the countries (from Europe, Asia and North Africa) with some very brief notes.Europe = Uropha (see below)Africa = Stygea (see below)Asia = Aysha (see below)N America = Athlan (actually used Darksun for this... post magical holocaust)S America = Maztlan (yeah, like TSR's Maztica)Australia = Anzorea (never actually used it, but always thought... dinosaurs!)Great Britain = Beorsca (Medieval)France = Averaigne (Medieval)Germany et al = Slavinia (Ravenloftish)Denmark = Vestmark (Vikings)Norway = Ostmark (Vikings)Spain = Kordava (think the Spanish Inquisition)Belgium et al = Beneluc (Papacy)Greece = Thracea (City States)Russian Steppes = Thanagar (Horsemen)Roman Empire = Mallenium Empire (Ruled by psionics, magic banned)Egypt = Stygea (cf. Ancient Egypt)Turkey = Malhassar (cf. Ottoman Empire)Persia (Iran) = Iphir (Slave Traders)Afghanistan/Iraq = Rhanistan (cf. Thay in Forgotten Realms)Mongolia = Mhingol Plains (Hordes)China = Shandakar (cf. Ancient China)Japan  =  Khittai (Feudal Japan)etc.To cut a (very!) long story short, the campaign involves the search for 13 magical orbs possessed by the elves in the days of Talaslanth (Overearth's Atlantis).When Talaslanth sank (due to the corruption of its leader, who became the campaign's {imprisoned} Big Evil Guy) the elves fled with the orbs in all directions across the globe.Over the intervening 4 000 years, many of these orbs have passed into other (i.e. evil) hands, and the elven race is dying out. Trouble is, each of the 13 orbs holds one of the demon servants of the Big Evil Guy. Some are now at large in the world (think Tolkien's Nazgul, Jordan's Forsaken...etc.), while others are still held in their orbs.However, there's this major astrological event coming, at which time the orbs better be in "good" (i.e. the PCs) hands or all hell is gonna break loose (literally)... this astrological event is the Omnihedron (name stolen from 2000AD comic), and my own group is but a few months away from it.I found the quest for the 13 orbs was the ideal vehicle for the epic, globe-trotting campaign I wanted. The PCs are now part of an elite group (the Big Good Guys of the campaign... the Keepers) who are the only ones aware of the imminenet Omnihedron.Although the PC's began from a simple start in Beorsca (England), they have now seen much of their world.IMO, there's nothing worse than designing a whole world and then battling to find reasons for the PC's to see all of it.BTW, be warned, this type of world-spanning campaign places a huge burden on DM and players alike. After this, my next campaign is going to be the complete opposite - a small location, low-key plots, etc.... Good Luck!Cheers <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /></blockquote>

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