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<blockquote data-quote="Chainsaw" data-source="post: 5301298" data-attributes="member: 70196">My original group's games were almost entirely homebrew. Although we read all the Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance and Dark Sun books, we never had much interest in actually PLAYING in those settings. We even owned all the box sets, but only used the hex-transparencies/maps from Forgotten Realms (serial numbers filed off, towns reimagined etc) and nothing at all from the other two. I think the players wanted something fresh and unfamiliar to explore, which was fine with me, because I was too lazy to bother with all the details in those box sets. It always seemed so much easier to just make up my own stuff. I've had a few experiences with published settings more recently.&nbsp;Greyhawk: Technically yes, as our current megadungeon campaign takes place there, but there's not really much Greyhawk-specific stuff (yet), other than an occasional reference to Cuthbert (my guy's a cleric).&nbsp;Forgotten Realms: Dozen or so sessions through 4E LFR. To be honest, there wasn't really a ton of actual gameplay that felt FR-specific, but there was a ton of distracting, out-of-character discussion/argument about FR history, setting details and stuff like &quot;ZOMG, you're from X?! People from X never ever do X or associate witih Y because of event Z!&quot; etc etc. It wasn't very flattering to the game and reminded why I like homebrew better (than any published setting - not just FR).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chainsaw, post: 5301298, member: 70196"] My original group's games were almost entirely homebrew. Although we read all the Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance and Dark Sun books, we never had much interest in actually PLAYING in those settings. We even owned all the box sets, but only used the hex-transparencies/maps from Forgotten Realms (serial numbers filed off, towns reimagined etc) and nothing at all from the other two. I think the players wanted something fresh and unfamiliar to explore, which was fine with me, because I was too lazy to bother with all the details in those box sets. It always seemed so much easier to just make up my own stuff. I've had a few experiences with published settings more recently. Greyhawk: Technically yes, as our current megadungeon campaign takes place there, but there's not really much Greyhawk-specific stuff (yet), other than an occasional reference to Cuthbert (my guy's a cleric). Forgotten Realms: Dozen or so sessions through 4E LFR. To be honest, there wasn't really a ton of actual gameplay that felt FR-specific, but there was a ton of distracting, out-of-character discussion/argument about FR history, setting details and stuff like "ZOMG, you're from X?! People from X never ever do X or associate witih Y because of event Z!" etc etc. It wasn't very flattering to the game and reminded why I like homebrew better (than any published setting - not just FR). [/QUOTE]

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