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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fuindordm" data-source="post: 9390255" data-attributes="member: 5435">Pre-industrial, human-dominated worlds are a nearly universal canvas for storytelling. As a DM you can draw on a multicultural canon of both real and mythic history as you create your own setting, while the players can find archetypes and tropes to latch onto making it easier for them to imagine themselves part of that setting. The breadth of the canon also makes disruptive elements entertaining without breaking the contract between GM and players to have a common understanding of the world.The more you deviate from history or pseudo-history, the more explanation is needed. As a worldbuilding DM, where do you really want to put your effort? In explaining the world or settting up interesting stories and challenges?Other genres tend to have either much narrower scope, or much smaller canon of common lore that players can form expectations around. They can be very entertaining but are also more dependent on having players who are deeply invested in the genre.</blockquote>