This is a list of

campaign setting A campaign setting is usually a fictional world which serves as a setting for a role-playing game or wargame campaign. A '' campaign'' is a series of individual adventures, and a ''campaign setting'' is the world in which such adventures and c ...

s published for role-playing games. Since role-playing games originally developed from

wargame A wargame is a strategy game in which two or more players command opposing armed forces in a realistic simulation of an armed conflict. Wargaming may be played for recreation, to train military officers in the art of strategic thinking, or to s ...

s, there are many historical and alternate-history RPGs based on Earth. The settings for such games are excluded from this list, unless they include significant fictional elements. 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 ''The Lord of the Rings'' is an epic high-fantasy novel by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. Set in Middle-earth, intended to be Earth at some time in the distant past, the story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 children's boo ...

'', '' Star Trek'', and

James Bond The ''James Bond'' series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have ...

, for example.

Fantasy campaigns

*Amber *''Alfeimur'' - Dark fantasy, '' d20 System'', L&A Media *''Avernos'' -

Medieval fantasy Historical fantasy is a category of fantasy and genre of historical fiction that incorporates fantastic elements (such as magic) into a more "realistic" narrative. There is much crossover with other subgenres of fantasy; those classed as Arthu ...

, The continent of Avernos, Rising Phoenix Games * Diablo universe (set on the World of Sanctuary) *''Dying Earth'' * Exodus (D&D set on the world of Exodus) *

Grimm Grimm may refer to: People * Grimm (surname) * Brothers Grimm, German linguists ** Jacob Grimm (1785–1863), German philologist, jurist and mythologist ** Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859), German author, the younger of the Brothers Grimm * Christia ...

*Magnamund (the world the Lone Wolf d20 rpg takes place in) *

Midgard In Germanic cosmology, Midgard (an anglicised form of Old Norse ; Old English , Old Saxon , Old High German , and Gothic ''Midjun-gards''; "middle yard", "middle enclosure") is the name for Earth (equivalent in meaning to the Greek term , "inhab ...

(

Alshard is a Japanese role-playing game designed by Jun'ichi Inoue and FarEast Amusement Research. It was released in July 2002. The current, version 1.5, known as was published in July 2005. It is a fantasy role-playing game with mechanical items lik ...

) *

Dragon Fist ''Dragon Fist'' (), also known as ''Dangsang Martial Arts'' or ''The Wild Big Boss'', is a 1979 Hong Kong martial arts film directed and produced by Lo Wei, starring Jackie Chan, Nora Miao and James Tien. The film was released in Hong Kong on 2 ...

Bushido (role-playing game) ''Bushido'' is a Samurai role-playing game set in Feudal Japan, originally designed by Robert N. Charrette and Paul R. Hume and published originally by Tyr Games, then Phoenix Games, and subsequently by Fantasy Games Unlimited. The setting fo ...

*''Creation'' is the name for the

Exalted ''Exalted'' is a high fantasy tabletop role-playing game originally published by White Wolf Publishing in July 2001. The game is currently in its third edition. It was originally created by Robert Hatch, Justin Achilli and Stephan Wieck, and w ...

series of RPGs scenario. * Weapons of the Gods

Horror

* The

Buffyverse The Buffyverse or Slayerverse is a media franchise created by Joss Whedon. The term also refers to the shared fictional universe in which the TV series '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and ''Angel'' are set. This term, originally coined by fans ...

( Buffy the Vampire Slayer/

Angel In various theistic religious traditions an angel is a supernatural spiritual being who serves God. Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Other roles inclu ...

) * Chill * The Chronicles of Darkness (

White Wolf Publishing White Wolf Publishing was an American roleplaying game and book publisher. The company was founded in 1991 as a merger between Lion Rampant

house setting introduced in the 2000s) * Cthulhu Mythos ** Delta Green (1990s/2000s) **

CthulhuTech ''CthulhuTech'' is a science-fiction and Horror fiction, horror roleplaying game created by Wildfire LLC and published by Sandstorm that combines elements of the Cthulhu Mythos with anime-style mecha, horror, magic and futuristic action. The set ...

by Wildfire - H.P. Lovecraft's horror with

Mecha In science fiction, or mechs are giant robots or machines controlled by people, typically depicted as humanoid walking vehicles. The term was first used in Japanese after shortening the English loanword or , but the meaning in Japanese is ...

and

Anime is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...

influences * Engel * The Esoterrorists (contemporary occult conspiracy, using the Gumshoe System) * The

GURPS Cabal ''GURPS Cabal'' () is a book by Kenneth Hite that features a customizable campaign setting for the ''GURPS'' role-playing game system, based on the first edition of GURPS Horror by Scott Haring and further developed in the second edition by J. M. ...

setting (contemporary monster conspiracy) * Kult a nightmare universe parallel to our own, heavily influenced by

gnosticism Gnosticism (from grc, γνωστικός, gnōstikós, , 'having knowledge') is a collection of religious ideas and systems which coalesced in the late 1st century AD among Jewish and early Christian sects. These various groups emphasized pe ...

* Little Fears where you play children haunted by horrors, supernatural or quite natural. *

Night's Black Agents ''Night's Black Agents'' is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by American writer Fritz Leiber. It was released in 1947 and was the author's first book. The book's title is taken from ''Macbeth'', Act III, scene ii. It was publish ...

contemporary horror/espionage, using the Gumshoe System *

Ravenloft Ravenloft is a campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' roleplaying game. It is an alternate time-space existence known as a ''pocket dimension'' or demiplane, called the Demiplane of Dread, which consists of a collection of land pieces ...

(D&D) ** Masque of the Red Death (1890s "Gothic Earth") *** Living Death * SLA Industries * The Weird West (''

Deadlands ''Deadlands'' is a genre-mixing alternate history role-playing game which combines the Western and horror genres, with some steampunk elements. The original game was written by Shane Lacy Hensley and published by Pinnacle Entertainment Grou ...

'') * The

World of Darkness ''World of Darkness'' is a series of tabletop role-playing games, originally created by Mark Rein-Hagen for White Wolf Publishing. It began as an annual line of five games in 1991–1995, with '' Vampire: The Masquerade'', '' Werewolf: The Apoca ...

(

White Wolf Publishing White Wolf Publishing was an American roleplaying game and book publisher. The company was founded in 1991 as a merger between Lion Rampant

house setting introduced in the 1990s) * Unknown Armies (contemporary underground occult) *

Witchcraft Witchcraft traditionally means the use of magic or supernatural powers to harm others. A practitioner is a witch. In medieval and early modern Europe, where the term originated, accused witches were usually women who were believed to have ...

* Witch Hunter: The Invisible World * The Yellow King (reality horror, using a modified Gumshoe System)

Science fiction

Imperium In ancient Rome, ''imperium'' was a form of authority held by a citizen to control a military or governmental entity. It is distinct from '' auctoritas'' and '' potestas'', different and generally inferior types of power in the Roman Republic a ...

( Dark Heresy/Rogue Trader/Deathwatch Warhammer 40K) * MechWarrior * Shatterzone * Terra Incognita (role-playing game)

Superhero

* Champions Universe uses

Champions (role-playing game) ''Champions'' is a role-playing game published by Hero Games designed to simulate a superhero comic book world. It was originally created by George MacDonald and Steve Peterson in collaboration with Rob Bell, Bruce Harlick and Ray Greer. The ...

rules. * Continuum is the name for a setting that spans three games: Adventure! (pulp-era),

Aberrant ''Aberrant'' is a role-playing game created by White Wolf Game Studio in 1999, set in 2008 in a world where super-powered humans started appearing one day in 1998. It is the middle setting in the greater Trinity Universe timeline, chronologica ...

(contemporary supers) and

Trinity The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (, from 'threefold') is the central dogma concerning the nature of God in most Christian churches, which defines one God existing in three coequal, coeternal, consubstantial divine persons: God th ...

(science-fiction). *

DC Universe The DC Universe (DCU) is the fictional shared universe where most stories in American comic book titles published by DC Comics take place. Superheroes such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Robin, Martian Manhunter, The Flash, Green Lant ...

had been licensed to the cancelled DC Heroes and

RPGs; the new DC Adventures RPG was released in late 2010. *

Freedom City Freedom City is a fictional, city-based campaign setting for the roleplaying game ''Mutants & Masterminds''. It was designed by Steve Kenson. Publication history Steve Kenson was working on ''Silver Age Sentinels'' and pitched Freedom City as a ...

( M&M) *'' Godlike'' is set in World War II, and inspired a modern-day game in the same setting, '' Wild Talents''. *''GURPS International Super Teams'' is the house setting for

GURPS Supers ''GURPS Supers'' is a superhero roleplaying game written by Loyd Blankenship and published by Steve Jackson Games. The first edition was published in 1989. Contents ''GURPS Supers'' is a supplement of rules for comic-book superhero characters an ...

* Heroes Unlimited, ''Villains Unlimited'' and ''Aliens Unlimited'' use Palladium's Rule System. * Marvel Universe had been licensed to the canceled Marvel Super Heroes, Marvel Universe Roleplaying Game and Marvel Adventure Game. * META-4 ( M&M) * Mutant City Blues, a near-future superhero setting using the Gumshoe System *

Omlevex ''Omlevex'' is a superhero role-playing game supplement published by Z-Man Games and Spectrum Games. The game mechanics are compatible with ''Champions'', ''Silver Age Sentinels'', and ''Mutants & Masterminds''. ''Omlevex'' is set on the fiction ...

(Third-Party M&M) *

Watchmen ''Watchmen'' is an American comic book maxiseries by the British creative team of writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons and colorist John Higgins. It was published monthly by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987 before being collected in a single-vo ...

, by Alan Moore, was released to the DC Heroes system. *

Wild Cards ''Wild Cards'' is a series of science fiction superhero shared universe anthologies, mosaic novels, and solo novels. They are written by a collection of more than forty authors (referred to as the "Wild Cards Trust") and are edited by George ...

(uses

GURPS The ''Generic Universal RolePlaying System'', or ''GURPS'', is a tabletop role-playing game system designed to allow for play in any game setting. It was created by Steve Jackson Games and first published in 1986 at a time when most such systems ...

or M&M)

Multi-genre

* Castle Falkenstein (role-playing game): New Europa *

* Feng Shui (role-playing game) * Over the Edge (role-playing game) *

Shadowrun ''Shadowrun'' is a science fantasy tabletop role-playing game set in an alternate future in which cybernetics, magic in fiction, magic and fantasy creatures co-exist. It combines genres of cyberpunk, urban fantasy and crime fiction, crime, with ...

* Tails of Equestria * TORG

Comedy/satire

* Alpha Complex (

Paranoia Paranoia is an instinct or thought process that is believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety or fear, often to the point of delusion and irrationality. Paranoid thinking typically includes persecutory beliefs, or beliefs of conspiracy co ...

) *

Discworld ''Discworld'' is a comic fantasy"Humorous Fantasy" in David Pringle, ed., ''The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy'' (pp.31-33). London, Carlton,2006. book series written by the English author Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat ...

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References

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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 Campaign settings