What settings are you most interested in?

[AdmundfortGeographer]

I think the term for this is Space Opera.

No.

Star Wars has Space Opera strong elements, sure. Space Opera is too broad for the setting I'm thinking of. Check the wikipedia entry for Space Opera for what I'm talking about. I'm excluding the hard science Space Opera, I'm excluding the military science fiction Space Opera, I'm excluding the space western Space Opera.

Personally, I'm one of those who distinguish "planetary romance" from Space Opera, which others lump together. And frankly I'm thinking of the smaller subset of planetary romance which has been termed Sword and Planet.

I'm sure when (if?) Adamant Entertainment's Mars book gets out of the lawsuit jungle, it'll meet this interest of mine! Polyhedron's Iron Lords of Jupiter was nice, but too brief. Fast Forward Entertainment put out something... Sundered Reaches I think, it was... below expectations. Bad Axe Game's Slavelords of Cydonia was perfect!

So, no... I'm not interested in Space Opera.

 

[JoelF]

How about a high magic fantasy setting advanced several thousand years from the pseudo medival setting typical of D&D? Somewhat like a modern fantasy setting, except set in a world which had always been high magic?

 

[Eltharon]

Low magic fantasy
high magic fantasy

Low magic more, though.

 

[Nyeshet]

Low and High Magic Fantasy, Historical, and Post-Apocalypse. I should probably amend the High Fantasy bit, as I voted for it mostly because of its inclusion of "The Lord of the Rings." While there is some notably high magic in it, the vast majority of it is low(er) magic. In most respects it is quite close to my ideal game setting. It needs a little more commonality of lower level magic spells and items, and perhaps a faint wild magical haze to keep casting uncommon despite the prevalence of low magic spells and items. Combine this with the very rare but similarly potent ancient high magic items and spells to be found and used at times by the lucky (or curst) few, and the setting would be complete.

 

[Nalfeshnee]

steampunk, modern supernatural/horror and post-apocalypse (in that order). I have an unhealthy fascination with steampunk/horror settings and am currently writing a novel with such a theme. My homebrew world is also a mix of those twoelements (with more standard fantasy ust for the sake of it).

having said that i do think that the best and easiest worlds to adventure/DM in are standard settings (by standard i would asume Greyhawk, and maybe FR)

 

[Ed Cha]

I'm kinda surprised Low Magic is #1 right now. I thought a lot of folks here like High Magic or Steampunk here.

 

[Afrodyte]

Aside from the options that were listed, these are the things I would like to see.

My first interest would be a setting that draws from cultures and mythologies outside of Wester Europe. I'm thinking something like pre-colonial America where the stories and folktales of say, the Iroquois, are verifiable historical events.

Something else I'd like to see is something that is out-and-out weird, something only tangentally related to reality. Think Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.

Something truly Gothic would be nice. Ravenloft inserts too many obvious D&Disms to satisfy me. I enjoy the supernatural elements, but I want something mysterious and ritualistic as opposed to the more mechanistic manner of magic prevalent in standard D&D.

A setting that deals heavily with creatures I'll call "The Shining Ones." In many cultures all around the world, there is a class of creature that is often translated as "shining one" or "shining host" or whatever, and they usually resemble idealized human beings or fantastic supernatural creatures. In other words, the Tuatha Da Danaan and the Elohim would be different names for the same creature. Perhaps put a spin on it to explain the origins of mankind's myths and legends about the fey, angels, demons, and so forth. This would be really cool.

Finally, I want to see something that uses 17th and 18th century Western Europe (or even the colonial period in America), but gives it a darker and more sinister edge. I suppose I should be ashamed of myself, but I want to see this because of the men's clothes. There's just something about men in frock coats, tight pants, and high boots that makes me want to keep looking at them.

 

[seskis281]

Given the 54% response so far to Low Magic Fantasy, I invite all to check out this setting:

Ilshara: Lands of Exile - it is a classic world setting in the spirit of the original Greyhawk, very light on crunch detail and heavy on the societal/political/geographical info - right now the Gazetteer and maps (including one city setting) are online at the website below, and in just a few days the snazier pdfs of all of this will be available both on the site and via Dragonsfoot.org.

P.S. While it states that this setting was written for C&C, it is generic enough to be used with ANY system with very minimal adaptation.

 

[Treebore]

It is very useable stuff. Anyone who doesn't check it out is shooting themselves in the foot.

Meaning Seskis' material. Very impressive, especially the hand drawn maps.

 

[Jolly Giant]

Historical low-magic for me please! It's nearly done now...