D&D General A Chart of D&D Campaign Worlds (v 3.0)

[Mercurius]

I don't know what methodology (if any) Wikipedia is using, but this is their take on D&D settings, up to 2020;

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Yes, that was one of my resources - sort of "ground zero," if you will.

Two it lists that I didn't include are Dragon Fist and Mahasarpa. I didn't include them because they are online only, and it just didn't feel like they quite made the cut as even minor settings or "row worthy" (think Elaine from Seinfeld).

 

[JEB]

Chart is looking pretty good to me, now!

Two it lists that I didn't include are Dragon Fist and Mahasarpa. I didn't include them because they are online only, and it just didn't feel like they quite made the cut as even minor settings or "row worthy" (think Elaine from Seinfeld).

Yeah, I don't think I even agree with Wikipedia including Dragon Fist as a D&D setting; IIRC it was designed as a standalone game (albeit one based on D&D). And if you include Mahasarpa, an argument could be made for including settings that only popped up in, say, Dragon or Dungeon Magazine for one issue.

 

[Parmandur]

Alright, another revision (3.0).

Changes:

• Added in rows for the Mystara sub-settings, as well as Masque of Red Death under Ravenloft.
• Added thicker dividers for the "group settings" (FR, Mystara, Ravenloft
• A separate section for licensed settings.
• Removed Other Publishers, although mostly to make room as I can't fit them in my screenshot. I'll probably make a second list of "Notable Third Party Publishers" and add a bunch more (e.g. Iron Kingdoms), and maybe TSR/WotC non-D&D settings.

it's looking good now, makes it very clear.

 

[Parmandur]

Yes, that was one of my resources - sort of "ground zero," if you will.

Two it lists that I didn't include are Dragon Fist and Mahasarpa. I didn't include them because they are online only, and it just didn't feel like they quite made the cut as even minor settings or "row worthy" (think Elaine from Seinfeld).

Yeah, those are too far. Pelinore may even be in that category, it's officialness and content are pretty thin.

 

[Mercurius]

Chart is looking pretty good to me, now!

Yeah, I don't think I even agree with Wikipedia including Dragon Fist as a D&D setting; IIRC it was designed as a standalone game (albeit one based on D&D). And if you include Mahasarpa, an argument could be made for including settings that only popped up in, say, Dragon or Dungeon Magazine for one issue.

Yeah, I think there's something to be said about not including online-only, unless it is something big. Call me a luddite, but...

That said, if they polished up the notes for Nentir Vale Gazetteer and published it as a PDF, I'd totally put that on the list (and buy it).

Yeah, those are too far. Pelinore may even be in that category, it's officialness and content are pretty thin.

Yeah, true - but i like to include it as an example of a weird little corner in D&D history. Plus, it was UK made and in Imagine, so it is a nice way to give the Brits a nod.

 

[Parmandur]

Yeah, I think there's something to be said about not including online-only, unless it is something big. Call me a luddite, but...

That said, if they polished up the notes for Nentir Vale Gazetteer and published it as a PDF, I'd totally put that on the list (and buy it).

Yeah, true - but i like to include it as an example of a weird little corner in D&D history. Plus, it was UK made and in Imagine, so it is a nice way to give the Brits a nod.

Yeah, it probably worth noting.

As I understand it, the Nentir Vale Gazetteer didn't get enough work put into it to have anything to release.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I have no recollection of such an ad. My books are in storate, but I have the PDF version of all of them, do you rememebr which one might have this ad?

Most likely the DMG, at the back.

 

[Nikosandros]

Most likely the DMG, at the back.

I don't remember seeing it any of my copies and it's not it the PDF (I also have the one made by WotC before the premium reprint) and it's not there. I looked at the Acaeum (since the DMG had many printings back then), but it doesn't seem to be mentioned.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I don't remember seeing it any of my copies and it's not it the PDF (I also have the one made by WotC before the premium reprint) and it's not there. I looked at the Acaeum (since the DMG had many printings back then), but it doesn't seem to be mentioned.

I could be misremembering, or it could be a different print run. Where there any ads in the back of your copies? I remember thinking "What's this Waterdeep?" and it wasn't from Dragon (not easily available in the UK) and it was long before the FR setting was published.

 

[Echohawk]

I could be misremembering, or it could be a different print run. Where there any ads in the back of your copies? I remember thinking "What's this Waterdeep?" and it wasn't from Dragon (not easily available in the UK) and it was long before the FR setting was published.

I strongly suspect you are misremembering. The earliest mention of Waterdeep anywhere in a D&D source appears to be in Dragon #62 (June 1982) in Ed Greenwood's Pages from the Mages article.