What non-european settings have/do you used?

[Ibram]

This realy should be multiple choice...

I've run a major campaign in a mythic China setting, and side campaigns in a SE Asia setting (as part of the China setting). I've also run side campaigns in a Middle East setting and a brief advendure in an India setting.

Right now I'm trying to get away from the General Issue D&D, so I'm trying to encorperate a wider range of settings. the next major campaign I work on should focus more on an Eastern European setting (right now I'm working on how to make it different from a Western European setting).

 

[Arnwyn]

Bad poll - it's not multiple choice... so I can't vote. (Methinks you missed the "multiple option" button by accident.)

Other than Western European, I use Asia (Rokugan and Kara-Tur), Middle East (Zakhara, Calimshan, Semphar), Africa (Chult), and South America (Maztica) in my giant FR campaign.

Other: I also use Egypt (Mulhorand) and a mangled Mesopotamia (Unther). Of course, the "bizarre/alien" culture option applies as well, since I also use Planescape and Spelljammer, along with the many monster societies (eg. Illithid) that can be found IMC.

My players love the variety.

 

[adwyn]

Right now I'm running a campaign set in a sea region that borders three continents - one quasi India ruled by Rakshasa, another arabic setting using much of the old Al Qadim, and an Oriental region, more Three Kingdoms/chinese than Rokugan.

As the players explore more I'll be introducing a jungle kingdom based on Angkor Wat and a desert empire modelled after the Sassanid Persians.

And for the players who can't/won't try something new I've left in more traditional "western" style pirates who are loose in the region.

It's great to be able to break out of the traditional medieval Eurpoean setting from time to time.

 

[Quick Leaf]

Khemit (a fantasy egypt with many ties to planescape). In fact, I played a mainly planescape game for a while. It rocked!

Though I have to say I've rarely forayed into traditional western fantasy, I did run a game for my friend and his girlfriend set in the city of Watership Vale based on the political fallout of a mage (rare) student from Suleistarn (my friend's character) being pursued by an insidious wizard/diplomat and the attempts of a local healer (his girlfriend) to heal him and keep him safe from the pursuing wizard by orchestrating his political and physical protection. It was great fun!

More traditional than anything else I've run at least!

 

[Samothdm]

I voted other.

My campaign world is like a microcosm of world cultures, and has different time periods of cultures interacting with each other (but with the weapons and industry standardized to an early-Renaissance era of technology).

So, there's a Western Europe type place (renaissance Spain, 1700s France, 700s southern Spain/North Africa, 1500s Flanders/Netherlands, 1000s Germany, 1500-1600s Holy Roman Empire), Central/Eastern Europe (800s Russia combined with 1800s Russia, and parts of the Eastern Holy Roman Empire from the 1500s-1800s, and Byzantine-era Greece), Africa (various medieval kingdoms represented), the Middle East (ancient Babylon/Sumeria type city-states and a "dead" 2500s BC Egyptian-style kingdom), India (a mish-mash of time periods, including medieval and the "Raj"-era of British control) and the Far East (three different eras of China represent three separate kingdoms, Shogun-era Japan from around the 1600-1700s, and also South-east Asia). Then there's a bunch of different barbarian hordes, tribes, nomads, gypsies, etc.

So far, the group has been to the Spain country and then traveled east through the southern part of the France country, the Germany country, and then into a Poland/Hungary/Czech combo country (where they stayed for a bit), and then "into the wilderness" before being magically transported to the India country (where they're currently going through the Banewarrens).

 

[rgard]

Okay the vast majority of RPG settings for the fantasy genre are based on Western Europe (ranging from Dark Ages to 15th century) or twisted variations there of

Have/do you ever actively campaigned in an area based on some other culture region ?

Which

Didn't vote as I have multiple responses:

Kara-Tur
Egypt
Atlantis

Thanks
Rich

 

[Psion]

Bad poll - it's not multiple choice... so I can't vote.

Ditto.

 

[The_Gneech]

For pure fantasy, my old homebrew had a lot of "early colonial America" feel to it -- like mid-1500's to early-1600's, just prior to the golden age of Caribbean piracy.

I played CoC-style Justice, Inc. in 1930's rural Virginia for a one-shot that I enjoyed quite a bit, also.

-The Gneech

 

[JoeGKushner]

This might've been better as a multi-option poll as I've GMed games set in Matica, Hordelands, Kara-Tur, Roguka, Aeishiba (Greek Africa), Nyambe and numerous others.

 

[Drifter Bob]

Bad poll

I agree, it should allow multiple entires. I've played Egyptian, Central American (Aztec), Chinese, Eastern European (historical) and Near East campaigns.

I would also like to add, it would be interesting to see an actual European campaign world done. I think the closest thing might be that Medieval Players Guide which recently came out. 99% of D&D campaigns I have ever seen (or any RpG for that matter) are set in some kind of "Xena, Warrior Princess" / Disney Dark Ages realm which has about as much to do with any European historical setting (love the idea of one generic Europe to begin with!) as it does with a setting in New Guinea or Burma. This ranges from the weapons and armor (15 pound swords, two ended axes, and "splint mail") through magic, religion, and everything else.

I have also incidentally played RPGs in historical settings which include ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, Roman britain, dark ages Russia (Kievan Rus), dark ages Arabia (1001 knights stuff), renaissance Italy, Elizabethan England, and 18th Century Canada, to name a few others..

DB