List of campaign settings
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This is a list of campaign settings published for role-playing games.
Many RPG campaign settings are based on fictional universes from books, comics, video games, or films. Campaigns have been created for Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, and James Bond, for example.
Contents
Fantasy campaigns
| Campaign setting name | Subgenre | Setting location | Game system | Publisher(s) | Period published | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agone | ||||||
| Alfeimur | Dark fantasy | D&D | L&A Media | |||
| Al-Qadim | Arabian fantasy | The planet Abeir-Toril | AD&D | TSR | ||
| Arcanis: the World of Shattered Empires | Medieval fantasy | The continent of Onara on the world of Arcanis | d20 System, Arcanis rules system | Paradigm Concepts | Focuses on moral ambiguity and politics | |
| Arcana Unearthed | Medieval high fantasy | d20 System | 2003 | |||
| Ars Magica | Medieval heroic cult fantasy | Mythic Europe | Ars Magica rules | Lion Rampant, White Wolf, Wizards of the Coast, Atlas Games | ||
| Avernos | Medieval | The continent of Avernos | Rising Phoenix Games | |||
| Birthright | Medieval epic fantasy | The continent of Cerilia on the planet Aebrynis | AD&D 2nd edition | TSR | 1994-2005 | Players each run their own country, and vie economically, politically, and militarily with or against each other and the rest of the countries on the map. |
| Blackmoor | Medieval high fantasy | The planet Mystara | D&D | TSR | First role-playing game campaign setting (long before being placed on Mystara) | |
| Blue Rose | Romantic fantasy | The planet Aldea | True20 | Green Ronin Publishing | 2005-? | |
| Conan Role-Playing Game | Sword and sorcery | Earth during the Hyborian Age | CRPG rules | TSR | Based on Robert E. Howard's Conan stories | |
| Conan d20 | Sword and sorcery | Earth during the Hyborian Age | d20 System | Based on Robert E. Howard's Conan stories | ||
| Council of Wyrms | Dragon fantasy | AD&D | Players roleplay dragon characters | |||
| Dangerous Journeys | High fantasy | The planet Aerth | Game Designers' Workshop | Developed by Gary Gygax before and after he was forced out of TSR. | ||
| The Dark Eye | Aventuria | |||||
| Dark Sun | Sword and sorcery | The planet Athas | AD&D 2nd edition | TSR | ||
| Dragonlance | High dragon-centric fantasy | The planet Krynn | AD&D | TSR | 1982-2007 | Sovereign Press, Inc developed Dragonlance between 2001 and 2007. |
| Earthdawn | province Barsaive | |||||
| Eberron | D&D 3rd edition | WTC | ||||
| Empire of the Petal Throne | The planet Tekumel | |||||
| EverQuest | The planet Norrath | |||||
| Forgotten Realms | Medieval high fantasy | The continent of Faerûn on the planet Abeir-Toril | AD&D, AD&D 2nd edition, D&D 3rd edition | TSR, WTC | 1987 to present | Originally created as a paracosm by Ed Greenwood in 1967 to provide a setting for his childhood stories. |
| Freeport: The City of Adventure | Swashbuckling Medieval fantasy | Generic local setting | d20 System, Pathfinder | Green Ronin Publishing | As a generic setting, Freeport can be expanded by the gamemaster, or inserted into another campaign setting. | |
| A Game of Thrones | Epic fantasy | Westeros | Based on the setting of American author George R. R. Martin, as featured in his series of high fantasy novels titled A Song of Ice and Fire. | |||
| Garweeze Wurld | Hack and slash satirical high fantasy | The planet Aldrazar | Hackmaster 4th edition | Kenzer & Company | Based on the main setting played by the characters of the Knights of the Dinner Table comic series. It is strongly characterized by Hackmaster's wuss slapping honor system, +12 swords, sidewinder fireballs, etc. | |
| Glorantha | Medieval high fantasy | The planet Glorantha | RuneQuest | Chaosium | ||
| Greyhawk (aka World of Greyhawk) | Medieval high Tolkienesque fantasy | The planet Oerth | AD&D | TSR, WTC | 1980-2008 | |
| GURPS Conan | Sword and sorcery | Earth during the Hyborian Age | GURPS | Steve Jackson Games | Based on Robert E. Howard's Conan stories | |
| GURPS Discworld | High fantasy | Discworld | GURPS | Steve Jackson Games | Based on Terry Pratchett's Discworld series | |
| Hackjammer | Hack and slash aerial and space fantasy | The sky, Wildspace, the Phlogiston | Hackmaster 4th Edition | Kenzer & Company | Parody of Spelljammer, and add-on to Garweeze Wurld | |
| Hârn | Low magic medieval fantasy | The planet Kethira | HârnMaster | Columbia Games | ||
| Hollow World | Ancient fantasy (Roman, Greek) | inside the planet Mystara | D&D | TSR | ||
| Iron Kingdoms | Technofantasy | Privateer Press | ||||
| Kara-Tur | Medieval Asian fantasy | east end of Faerun continent on planet Abeir-Toril | AD&D | TSR | 1985 | Located on the same coninent and world as Forgotten Realms and Al-Qadim. Created for the 1st edition of Oriental Adventures but not used for the 3rd edition product of the same name |
| Kingdoms of Kalamar | Medieval hack and slash fantasy | The planet Tellene | D&D 3rd edition, HackMaster 5th edition | Kenzer & Company | ||
| Lankhmar – City of Adventure | Sword and sorcery | The city of Lankhmar, on the world of Nehwon| | AD&D | TSR, Inc. | 1985 | |
| Legend of the Five Rings | Medieval Asian fantasy | Empire of Rokugan | L5R rules | Alderac Entertainment Group | 1997 | Rokugan was previously used for the 3rd edition D&D Oriental Adventures |
| Lord of the Rings (LoTR) | Tolkienesque fantasy | Middle Earth | CODA System | Decipher, Inc. | 2002-2006 | |
| Middle-earth Role Playing (MERP) | Tolkienesque fantasy | Middle Earth | MERP rules system | Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE) | 1984-1999 | |
| Mystara | Tolkienesque fantasy | The planet Mystara | D&D | TSR | Originally referred to as the "Known World". | |
| Oathbound | d20 System | |||||
| Palladium Fantasy | ||||||
| Pathfinder Chronicles | Multi-cultural Medieval fantasy | The planet Golarion | Pathfinder Roleplaying Game | Paizo Publishing | Strong development of European-, Arabian-, and African-like regions | |
| Planescape | Supernatural interdimensional fantasy | The Great Wheel, aka the Multiverse | AD&D | TSR | 1994 | Interconnects campaigns via pathways and portals but also by providing opportunities for characters from different worlds to meet in Heaven, Hell, and in the other planes on the Great Wheel. |
| Ravenloft | Gothic horror fantasy | Ravenloft, aka the Demiplane of Dread | AD&D, d20 | TSR | ||
| Scarred Lands | post-apocalyptic fantasy | The planet Scarn | d20 System | Sword & Sorcery Studios part of White Wolf Publishing) | The rights were acquired in 2013 by Nocturnal Media and Onyx Path Publishing to revive the setting | |
| Shadow World | High fantasy | The planet Kulthea | Rolemaster | Iron Crown Enterprises | ||
| Spelljammer | Aerial and space fantasy | The sky, Wildspace, the Phlogiston | AD&D 2nd edition | TSR | Solar systems contained within crystal spheres floating in the Phlogiston. Spelljammer interconnects other campaigns, by allowing characters to travel between crystal spheres. | |
| Thunder Rift | Medieval fantasy | Generic local setting | D&D | TSR | As a generic setting, Thunder Rift can be expanded by the gamemaster, or inserted into another campaign setting. | |
| Warcraft | d20 System | |||||
| Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay | The Old World | |||||
| Wheel of Time | Epic fantasy | d20 System | WTC | |||
| World Tree RPG | high fantasy | the World Tree | Padwolf Publishing | 2001 | Focuses on the culture and social structure of anthropomorf animals and monsters in a surreal setting where the world is a large living tree |
- Ave Molech - High fantasy setting with steampunk influences
- Banestorm (GURPS)
- Castlemourn(D&D)
- DragonMech (A D&D steampunk-fantasy setting with mecha)
- Diablo universe (set on the World of Sanctuary)
- Exodus (D&D set on the world of Exodus)
- Forcelia (D&D (not TSR's official), Record of Lodoss War, Sword World RPG, Legend of Crystania and Rune Soldier)
- Grimm
- Magnamund (the world the Lone Wolf d20 rpg takes place in)
- Midgard
- Midgard (Alshard)
- Midnight (D20)
- New Europa is the name of the European continent in Castle Falkenstein.
- Ptolus
- Shard RPG (anthropomorphic heroic-fantasy)
- Tagmar (GSA Games)
- Titan (setting for Fighting Fantasy game books / Advanced Fighting Fantasy RPG)
- Urban Arcana Earth (for d20 Modern)
- Uresia (BESM2 and d20)
Horror
- The Buffyverse (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
- Chill
- Cthulhu Mythos
- Delta Green (1990s/2000s)
- CthulhuTech by Wildfire - H.P. Lovecraft's horror with Mecha and Anime influences
- Engel
- 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 "Gothic Earth")
- Living Death
- Masque of the Red Death (1890s "Gothic Earth")
- SLA Industries
- The Weird West (Deadlands)
- The World of Darkness (White Wolf Publishing house setting)
- The 'new' World of Darkness (White Wolf Publishing new house setting)
- Unknown Armies
- Witchcraft
- Witch Hunter: The Invisible World
- Dragon Fist
- Bushido (role-playing game)
- Sengoku uses a historical medieval Japan, though it has fantasy rules, according to Japanese old myths.
- 'Creation' is the name for the Exalted series of RPGs scenario.
- Weapons of the Gods
Science fiction
Superhero
- Continuum is the name for the scenario that spans for three games: Adventure! (pulp-era), Aberrant (supers) and Trinity (science-fiction).
- DC Universe had been licensed to the cancelled DC Heroes and DC Universe RPGs; the new DC Adventures RPG was released in late 2010.
- 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)
- Omlevex (Third-Party M&M)
- Watchmen, by Alan Moore, was released to the DC Heroes system.
- Wild Cards (uses GURPS or M&M)
Comedy/satire
See also
External links
- DnD wiki campaign listings Links 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
