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<blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 4828747" data-attributes="member: 2205">Fantasy settings absolutely can become dated, to the degree that they reflect concerns, attitudes, and tastes of the times in which they are created.&nbsp; Older D&amp;D settings have a very strong vibe of belonging to the kind of fantasy that was being published in short stories and short novels through the 60s and early 70s.&nbsp; The fantasy landscape changed since.&nbsp; Do these early D&amp;D settings reflect that change?It's easy for us to say, &quot;hey, these are classics, timeless!&quot; but are they?&nbsp; Or is it that most of us are middle-aged folks who's tastes crystalized when this type of fantasy was still current and have been somewhat frozen ever since?&nbsp; If I take Greyhawk to my 13 year old son, is he going to think it's intriguing?&nbsp; Interesting?&nbsp; Relevent to him?I dunno.&nbsp; I wouldn't ever do it, because my tastes have changed, and I prefer different types of settings myself.&nbsp; I guess I don't have any answers other than to say that there's a perception, at least, that settings like Greyhawk, for instance, is the setting of older grognards.&nbsp; This suggests that the setting is dated, and doesn't appeal to newer audiences.&nbsp; Is this true, though? I dunno.Not only that, as others have pointed out, some other settings have a timelessness to them.&nbsp; Hyborea is still cool.&nbsp; Middle-earth isn't dated.&nbsp; :shrug:</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desdichado, post: 4828747, member: 2205"] Fantasy settings absolutely can become dated, to the degree that they reflect concerns, attitudes, and tastes of the times in which they are created. Older D&D settings have a very strong vibe of belonging to the kind of fantasy that was being published in short stories and short novels through the 60s and early 70s. The fantasy landscape changed since. Do these early D&D settings reflect that change? It's easy for us to say, "hey, these are classics, timeless!" but are they? Or is it that most of us are middle-aged folks who's tastes crystalized when this type of fantasy was still current and have been somewhat frozen ever since? If I take Greyhawk to my 13 year old son, is he going to think it's intriguing? Interesting? Relevent to him? I dunno. I wouldn't ever do it, because my tastes have changed, and I prefer different types of settings myself. I guess I don't have any answers other than to say that there's a [I]perception[/I], at least, that settings like Greyhawk, for instance, is the setting of older grognards. This [I]suggests[/I] that the setting is dated, and doesn't appeal to newer audiences. Is this true, though? I dunno. Not only that, as others have pointed out, some other settings have a timelessness to them. Hyborea is still cool. Middle-earth isn't dated. :shrug: [/QUOTE]

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