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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kugar" data-source="post: 1393696" data-attributes="member: 442">Mostly because it works.  Medieval fantasy has very specific factors that other genres don't. 1) Background - Shared background that is not the modern day. There are castles out there and people wonder what it would be like to live then. 2) Magic - the merlin/wizard archetype was a fairly medieval concept. If you want magic, it always feels right living in ancient wizards towers. 3) Ease of running - If you have a king and a bunch of serfs you have a simple kingdom. Monsters roam the land like the Dragons of our legends. Suspension of disbelief works well in this genre also. 4) Role of heroes - Heroes are needed to just keep humanity going. Not like modern day where heroes may be hated for trying to change the status quo. Remember that DnD is also a mishmash of things. It might look like midieval fanatasy but add polytheism, non-feudal governments, and a post-renaissance thoelogical view you find a DnD world is it's own hybrid setting with a Knights and Wizards veneer applied.</blockquote>