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**Last supported edition: [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]]
**Last supported edition: [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]]


*[[Mystara]]: One of the three original campaign settings, and the first one to be officially published and supported. Partially inspired Greyhawk, it paints a broad picture of the lands around Castle Greyhawk and was designed by David Cook and Tom Moldvay.
*[[Mystara]]: One of the three original campaign settings, and the first one to be officially published and supported. Partially inspired Greyhawk, it paints a broad picture of the lands around Castle Greyhawk and was designed by David Cook and Tom Moldvay. (Also includes the ''Hollow World'' and ''Red Steel'' settings.)
**Last supported edition: [[Dungeons & Dragons]]
**Last supported edition: [[Dungeons & Dragons]]


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*[[Ravenloft]]: You are evil and being punished in a magic Gothic world that hates you.
*[[Ravenloft]]: You are evil and being punished in a magic Gothic world that hates you.
**Last supported edition: [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]]
**Last supported edition: [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]]
*<s>[[Legend of the Five Rings|Rokugan]]</s>: blatantly copied by the 3rd Edition ''Oriental Adventures'' from [[Legend of the Five Rings]]. At least it led to the creation of ''Mahasarpa'', a related setting with a South-East Asia feel.
**Last supported edition: [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition]] (and every edition of [[Legend of the Five Rings|L5R]])


*[[Spelljammer]]: D&D IN SPAAACE!
*[[Spelljammer]]: D&D IN SPAAACE!
**Last supported edition: [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]], but homebrew conversion to [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition]] took place at [http://www.spelljammer.org/]. Rules for using a Spelljammer ship appear in [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]] ''Manual of the Planes''.
**Last supported edition: [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]], but homebrew conversion to [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition]] took place at [http://www.spelljammer.org/]. Rules for using a Spelljammer ship appear in [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]] ''Manual of the Planes''.
*[[Wilderlands of High Fantasy]]: based on the earlier single-city setting ''City State of the Invincible Overlord''.
**Last supported edition: [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition]]
== Modern & Futuristic Campaign Settings ==
*[[Call of Cthulhu]]: the [[d20 Modern]] version.
**Last supported edition: [[d20 Modern]]
*[[Dark Matter]]: an "all conspiracies are true" alternate version of Earth.
**Last supported edition: [[d20 Modern]]
*[[Gamma World]]: a post-apocalyptic future setting and one of the earliest.
**Last supported edition: [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]]
*[[Masque of the Red Death]]: a spinoff of [[Ravenloft]], set in [[Grimdark]] version of 19th century Earth. Has its own year 2012 spinoff in ''Gothic Earth Eternal''.
**Last supported edition: [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition]]
*[[Star Drive]]: main setting for [[Alternity]], later stripped of it's name for [[d20 Modern|d20 Future]].
**Last supported edition: [[d20 Modern]]
*[[Urban Arcana]]: Did you really need whole other book to add D&D elements to a [[d20 Modern]] game? Could've been called "Not [[Shadowrun]]".
**Last supported edition: [[d20 Modern]]


== Noteworthy/developed 'homebrew' settings ==
== Noteworthy/developed 'homebrew' settings ==
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*[[Uberstadt]]
*[[Uberstadt]]
*[[The Unified Setting for /tg/]]
*[[The Unified Setting for /tg/]]
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Revision as of 07:49, 17 April 2015

Dungeons & Dragons had always been replete with campaign settings, both those officially released and those created by DMs themselves. From the grim and dark world of Ravenloft, to the noble and chivalrous Dragonlance, they span all manner of interests and themes in order to provide as broad an attraction to players and DMs of all strips.

List of D&D Campaign Settings

  • Al-Qadim: A supplement to Forgotten Realms, taking place on the same planet. Fantasy medieval Middle East at the height of its wealth, science, and power.
  • Blackmoor: One of the three original campaign settings, developed by D&D co-creator Dave Arneson. Later retconned into Mystara as a Krull-esque distant past.
  • Ghostwalk: The one everyone forgets exists. The Ethereal Plane meets inverse Ravenloft meets Forgotten Realms, and players can play as ghosts.
  • Jakandor: Self-contained setting set on an island divided between magic-loving mage civilization, and magic-hating barbarian horde.
  • Kara-Tur: A supplement to Forgotten Realms, taking place on the same planet. Ancient fantasy China/Japan with some later material detailing India and Southeast Asia
  • Maztica: A supplement to Forgotten Realms, taking place on the same planet. Fantasy post-Columbian America, complete with paladins exterminating and suppressing the believers of native gods.
  • Mystara: One of the three original campaign settings, and the first one to be officially published and supported. Partially inspired Greyhawk, it paints a broad picture of the lands around Castle Greyhawk and was designed by David Cook and Tom Moldvay. (Also includes the Hollow World and Red Steel settings.)
  • Pelinore: For all you Britfag grognards out there. Somewhat similar to Ptolus in that it focused on a single city and it's surrounding environs.

Modern & Futuristic Campaign Settings

  • Dark Matter: an "all conspiracies are true" alternate version of Earth.

Noteworthy/developed 'homebrew' settings

Dungeons & Dragons Campaign Settings
Basic D&D Mystara (Blackmoor) • Pelinore • Red Sonja
AD&D Birthright • Council of Wyrms • Dark Sun • Diablo • Dragonlance • Forgotten Realms (Al-Qadim • The Horde • Icewind Dale • Kara-Tur • Malatra • Maztica) • Greyhawk • Jakandor • Mystara (Hollow World • Red Steel • Savage Coast) • Planescape • Ravenloft (Masque of the Red Death) • Spelljammer
3rd/3.5 Edition Blackmoor • Diablo • Dragonlance • Dragon Fist • Eberron • Forgotten Realms • Ghostwalk • Greyhawk (Sundered Empire) • Ravenloft (Masque of the Red Death) • Rokugan
4th Edition Blackmoor • Dark Sun • Eberron • Forgotten Realms • Nentir Vale
5th Edition Dragonlance • Eberron • Exandria • Forgotten Realms • Greyhawk • Ravenloft • Ravnica • Theros • Spelljammer • Strixhaven • Radiant Citadel
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