List of campaign settings
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The List of campaign settings is a listing of published role-playing game campaign settings.
Several of the listed settings are literary and media settings for which RPG material has been produced under license.
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[edit] Fantasy
- Al-Qadim (D&D Arabian setting, situated on Abeir-Toril)
- Aldea (the world of Blue Rose)
- Arelas (Fantasy D&D setting)
- Arborlaria (Fantasy d20 Setting)
- Arcanis (D&D, set in the continent of Onara on the world of Arcanis)
- Arcana Unearthed
- Aventuria (The setting of The Dark Eye)
- Banestorm (GURPS)
- Battleaxe RPG (set in the World of Mordredica)
- Birthright (D&D, situated on Aebrynis)
- Blackmoor (D&D)
- Caliphate Nights (a True20 setting [1])
- Castlemourn
- Council of Wyrms (AD&D, in which PCs play Dragons)
- Dark Sun (D&D, situated on Athas)
- Dragonlance (D&D, situated on Krynn)
- DragonMech (A D&D steampunk-fantasy setting with mecha)
- Diablo universe (set on the World of Sanctuary)
- Earthdawn (situated on Barsaive)
- Eberron (D&D setting that blends fantasy & technology)
- Empire of the Petal Throne (situated on Tekumel)
- EverQuest (situated on Norrath)
- Exodus (D&D set on the world of Exodus)
- Forgotten Realms (D&D, situated on Abeir-Toril)
- Forcelia (D&D (not TSR's official), Record of Lodoss War, Sword World RPG, Legend of Crystania and Rune Soldier)
- Gaea (the setting of Tales of Gaea)
- Glorantha
- Greyhawk (D&D, situated on Oerth)
- Grimm
- Hârn (situated on Kethira)
- Hexaville (D&D setting in the world of Arelas)
- Hyborian Age is the setting of Robert E. Howard's Conan, and, naturally, is the base for the following RPG adaptations: old TSR Conan RPG, GURPS Conan and Conan d20.
- Kara-Tur (D&D Oriental setting, situated on Abeir-Toril created for the 1st edition of 'Oriental Adventures' but not used for the 3rd edition product of the same name)
- Kingdoms of Kalamar (D&D, situated on Tellene)
- Known Realms (D&D setting, born out of the Dungeon Crawl Classics adventures, and situated in the world of Áereth)
- Layonara
- Magnamund (the world the Lone Wolf d20 rpg takes place in)
- Mundana (from the Swedish role-playing game Eon [2])
- World of Llowellen (an online collaborative d20 design project[3])
- Midgard
- Midgard (Alshard)
- Mystara (D&D)
- New Europa is the name of the European continent in Castle Falkenstein.
- Oathbound (D20)
- Planescape (D&D alternative dimension setting, which also allows crossover campaigns using multiple campaign settings)
- Ptolus
- Rokugan (of the Legend of the Five Rings used for the 3rd edition of the D&D 'Oriental Adventures')
- Scarred Lands (d20 setting, situated on Scarn) by Sword & Sorcery Studios (part of White Wolf)
- Shadow World (situated on Kulthea) (Rolemaster) by Iron Crown Enterprises
- Spelljammer (D&D fantasy-space setting, which also allows crossover campaigns using multiple campaign settings)
- Tékumel (The setting of Empire of the Petal Throne)
- The Kyngdoms (A very large, very detailed and complete d20 setting with a full color map, in depth national identities, interesting history, plus tons of information. [4])
- Tormenta (D20 and 3D&T, situated on Arton; a campaingn setting created in Brazil originally for GURPS, AD&D, Trevas)
- Thunder Rift (D&D)
- Uresia (BESM2 and d20)
- Warcraft (d20)
- Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (situated on The Old World)
- Westeros (A Game of Thrones)
- Wheel of Time (d20)
[edit] Horror
- The Buffyverse (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
- Chill
- Cthulhu Mythos
- Cthulhu Dark Ages (Middle-Ages)
- Cthulhu Invictus (Rome)
- Cthulhu by Gaslight (1890s London)
- Cthulhu Now (1990s)
- Delta Green (1990s/2000s)
- Engel
- Fellowship of the White Star (1905-1914, Thenodrin Presents)
- Kult a nightmare universe parallel to our own, heavily influenced by gnosticism
- Little Fears where you play children haunted by horrors, supernatural or quite natural.
- Ravenloft (D&D)
- Masque of the Red Death (1890s)
- Living Death
- Masque of the Red Death (1890s)
- SLA Industries
- The Weird West (Deadlands)
- The World of Darkness (White Wolf house setting)
- The 'new' World of Darkness (White Wolf new house setting)
- Unknown Armies
- Witchcraft
[edit] Oriental fantasy
- Kara-Tur (D&D, situated on Abeir-Toril)
- Dragon Fist
- Bushido (role-playing game)
- Rokugan is the name of the land of Legend of the Five Rings RPG, as well the name of this game's d20 adaptation iltself. It replaced Kara-Tur as official D&D oriental scenario.
- Sengoku uses a historical medieval Japan, though it has fantasy rules, according to Japanese old myths.
- 'The Creation' is the name for the Exalted series of RPGs scenario.
- Weapons of the Gods
[edit] Science fiction
- Alternity
- Babylon 5 d20
- Bubblegum Crisis
- Blue Planet (role-playing game)
- Centauri Knights
- Cyberpunk 2020
- Cyberpunk v3.0
- Cyberspace
- Dark*Matter
- Dawning Star (d20 Future)
- Dragonstar (D&D)
- Engel
- Ex Machina
- Fading Suns
- Firefly
- Fringeworthy
- FTL: 2448
- Gamma World
- Gear Krieg
- Heavy Gear (Silhouette)
- Imperium (Warhammer 40K)
- Jovian Chronicles (Silhouette)
- Infinite Worlds (GURPS)
- GURPS Lensmen is based in E. E. Doc Smith works.
- GURPS Planet of Adventure
- GURPS Terradyne
- Mekton Empire (Mekton)
- Mekton Zeta
- Serenity based on the television series Firefly (TV series) and the film Serenity)
- Shadowrun by Catalyst Games Labs
- Spacemaster by Iron Crown Enterprises
- Spacemaster: Privateers by Iron Crown Enterprises
- Star*Drive
- Star Frontiers (TSR)
- Star Hero - futurisc scenario of multi-genre Hero System
- Star Trek
- Star Wars
- Starblade Battalion (Mekton)
- StarCluster
- Stargate SG-1 (uses the d20 system)
- The Babylon Project (former Babylon 5 rpg, by extinct Chameleon Electric)
- Transhuman Space (GURPS)
- Traveller
- The Third Imperium
- The Shattered Imperium
- Mileu 0
- Tribe 8 (Silhouette. Post-apocalyptic world, situated in Canada)
[edit] Superhero
- Autumn Arbor is the setting published by Arbor Productions in RPGs (currently for M&M under the Superlink license) and novels.
- Continuum is the name for the scenario that spans for three games: Adventure! (pulp-era), Aberrant (supers) and Trinity (sci-fi).
- DC Universe had been licensed to the cancelled DC Heroes and DC Universe RPGs.
- Freedom City (M&M)
- Godlike is set in World War II, and inspired a modern-day game, Wild Talents.
- Marvel Universe had been licensed to the canceled Marvel Super Heroes and Marvel Adventure Game.
- META-4 (M&M)
- Empire City (Silver Age Sentinels)
- Omlevex (Third-Party M&M)
- Watchmen, by Alan Moore, was released to the DC Heroes system.
- Wild Cards (uses GURPS)
- International Super Teams/IST (GURPS)
- Millennium City (Champions/Hero System)
[edit] Comedy/satire
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- DnD wiki campaign listingsLinks to many homebrew settings
- RPG Gateway's campaign listings Links to many homebrew settings, with ratings and summaries
- RPG Net's list of homebrew campaign settings A lengthy list of homebrew settings available online
