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As Pam mentioned in the very first comment, Valdemar has always been a setting that has a great deal of appeal, followed closely by Bradley's pre-Recontact Darkover. On the other hand, as much as I love McCaffrey's world of Pern, I've never been particularly interested in playing a game based on that universe. There hasn't been any other fantasy setting that's stuck in my mind well enough to care about.

Well, except for Tolkein... and I always have an irrational urge to bash hobbits over the head. Huh.

I must admit, as much as I like reading high concept fantasy settings like Darkover, Friedman's Coldfire Trilogy, etc., I find when playing, there's something more accessible about traditional D&D-inspired settings. I suppose they feel less restrictive because they're designed for the players to muck about in and make a mess of.

Yeah, I always wanted to play in the world of Greyhawk. I loved those colored maps when they came out with those odd names. Wanted to come from the Kingdom of Keoland or Geoff.

I've always had a hankering to play or run a game where today's modern technology (telephones, automobiles, medicine/pharmacy, electricity, weaponry, etc.) was the magical treasure that adventurers find in a medieval setting. The gods are people that traveled back in time. Kinda like Conan meets G.I. Joe.

Aye. That popped up a few times in the Mystara setting, but they never expanded on it. Dangerous territory for a D&D setting, I suppose.

I ran a Greyhawk Campaign world once upon a time. Last time I played in it was Neal's TVS game though.

Speaking of which, sure would be great to see that sequel

years ago i had considered running a Pern game.

and some 'way-back machine' kind of D&D basic always has a level of appeal to me.... Keep on the Borderlands. that brings back memories when role-playing was new to me.

I think I still have that module

i know i do- i have a big collection of old D&D and AD&D modules. i also bought the complete B1-B9 'in search of adventure' combo book.

I have enough AD&D and D&D modules, that if I decided to run face-to-face, every day, I might be done after a few years.

Because I need to tell you what it is ...

A Bordertown game ... a Neverwhere type game ...

Man, you guys are persistent!

Taking Wolf's examples, modern fantasy is a subgenre that's developed in interesting ways. On the one hand you have the folkloric angle, like Bordertown, The War of the Flowers, Fables, etc., and then there's the slightly more popular cult/sci-fi angle of Kraken, Neverwhere, Unknown Armies, that sort of thing.

Can anyone remember that d20 Modern setting, with the gnoll pimps? I think that was the most literal interpretation of modern fantasy I've ever seen. Similar to Shadowrun.

Hmm I remember a GRUPS book Goblins I think it was called where it was Victorian Steampunk type setting and everyone played a goblin. They were scheming, underhanded, blankity blanks. But it was a fun read.

Ah, here we go! It was called Urban Arcana apparently.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_Arcana