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<blockquote data-quote="Autumnal" data-source="post: 9304088" data-attributes="member: 6671663">Hmm. Not even trying to rank these…* J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium. I read the Silmarrion the year I discovered D&amp;D, and the two remained intertwined for me. * The three series of the Chronicled of Thomas Covenant the Umbeliever. Portal fantasy, epic operatic tragedies, the transcendent goodness in nature and magic, the unfolding deep history, the whole deal. * The Time of the Dark trilogy. More portal fantasy and saving the world via sound research methods. * The original Black Company trilogy. I love reading sword &amp; sorcery but don’t actually enjoy roleplaying it. This kind of dark fantasy, the stuff that became grimdark, is a favorite for both reading and gaming. * Metropolitan and City On Fire, by Walter Jon Williams. I love magitech and technomagic. * World of Warcraft, at least the first decade or so. I do not love the shoulder pads. But I do love the variety of species and cultures, and the look of the lands, the magic(s), and like that. * Joe Abercrombie’s First Law and Age of Madness trilogies, and in particular the epic plot unfolding behind the events of each until emerging as a surprise. A surprise to me, at least, and who cares about the rest of you? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />* Elric and a bunch of other incarnations of the Eternal Champion - Corum, Hawkmoon, etc.* Tekumel and the Great Courses series by Edwin Barnhart. A whole bunch of civilizations are really cool and interesting, and ready for gaming.&nbsp; * Tim Powers’ fantasies. darned if magic doesn’t get in everywhere if you don’t spray for it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Autumnal, post: 9304088, member: 6671663"] Hmm. Not even trying to rank these… * J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium. I read the Silmarrion the year I discovered D&D, and the two remained intertwined for me. * The three series of the Chronicled of Thomas Covenant the Umbeliever. Portal fantasy, epic operatic tragedies, the transcendent goodness in nature and magic, the unfolding deep history, the whole deal. * The Time of the Dark trilogy. More portal fantasy and saving the world via sound research methods. * The original Black Company trilogy. I love reading sword & sorcery but don’t actually enjoy roleplaying it. This kind of dark fantasy, the stuff that became grimdark, is a favorite for both reading and gaming. * Metropolitan and City On Fire, by Walter Jon Williams. I love magitech and technomagic. * World of Warcraft, at least the first decade or so. I do not love the shoulder pads. But I do love the variety of species and cultures, and the look of the lands, the magic(s), and like that. * Joe Abercrombie’s First Law and Age of Madness trilogies, and in particular the epic plot unfolding behind the events of each until emerging as a surprise. A surprise to me, at least, and who cares about the rest of you? :) * Elric and a bunch of other incarnations of the Eternal Champion - Corum, Hawkmoon, etc. * Tekumel and the Great Courses series by Edwin Barnhart. A whole bunch of civilizations are really cool and interesting, and ready for gaming. * Tim Powers’ fantasies. darned if magic doesn’t get in everywhere if you don’t spray for it. [/QUOTE]

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