Successful fantasy setting names?
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sidkfjjteidlkkf
Mongoose
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Taladas
Messentia
Palladia
Talaslantis
The Old World
Kingdoms of Kalamar
Ravenloft
Taladas
Messentia
Palladia
Talaslantis
The Old World
Kingdoms of Kalamar
Ravenloft
weasel_fierce
Mongoose
Allansia (hands up both of you who remember that one)
weasel_fierce
Mongoose
Quire said:
Old school represent!
weasel_fierce
Mongoose
I still have the Titan and Blacksand books on my shelf. Such a great little setting. I never did get the last of the Advanced fighting fantasy books though.
Hm, come to think of it, maybe there's a runequest setting hidden in there ?
I mean, based on the adventure books, it was a damn gritty place
Hm, come to think of it, maybe there's a runequest setting hidden in there ?
I mean, based on the adventure books, it was a damn gritty place
weasel_fierce said:
The spell system postulated in Dungeoneer (learn individual spells, powered by MP) certainly dovetails nicely. The "Sorcery!" version could convert across without too much trouble.
And it probably wouldn't take a massive amount of work to expand the simple stat-system to RQ standard.
In terms of non-gamebook publications, I have "Out of the Pit", "Titan", "Fighting Fantasy", "The Riddling Reaver", "Dungeoneer" and "Blacksand". I'd love to see someone convert the "Fighting Fantasy" dungeon across!
Carl Q.
weasel_fierce
Mongoose
I have Out of the pit, and Riddling Reaver too.
Damn, I'll have to pull out the books this weekend and take another look.
Damn, I'll have to pull out the books this weekend and take another look.
Utgardloki
Mongoose
I've been thinking of this. Taking into account settings that have established a fan base, it seems that three syllable names are a hit.
Other examples: Rokugan, Middle Earth.
There are some exceptions to the three syllable rule: Forgotten Realms and Iron Kingdoms come to mind. So does Diskworld. I won't mention World of Greyhawk because that apparently has trouble keeping the attention span of the guys at Wizards of the Coast, much less anybody else. (There is something intriguing about it, however.)
I guess if you want your fantasy setting to capture the imagination, giving it a three syllable name would be a good idea. But for some reason, I never think of three syllable names. Setting names I have come up with include:
Audor
Islar
Sedna D20 (Thought of this one when the discovery of Sedna was announced)
D20 Iron Mantra (I saw this title on a forum and thought it would be a cool name for a setting)
Atomic Kingdoms (Okay, this is an update of Iron Kingdoms)
Spacequest: Cluster (Okay, this combines two names I've seen -- spacequest which I first saw on a pinball game in the 1970s, and cluster, which is the title of a Piers Anthony novel.)
Other examples: Rokugan, Middle Earth.
There are some exceptions to the three syllable rule: Forgotten Realms and Iron Kingdoms come to mind. So does Diskworld. I won't mention World of Greyhawk because that apparently has trouble keeping the attention span of the guys at Wizards of the Coast, much less anybody else. (There is something intriguing about it, however.)
I guess if you want your fantasy setting to capture the imagination, giving it a three syllable name would be a good idea. But for some reason, I never think of three syllable names. Setting names I have come up with include:
Audor
Islar
Sedna D20 (Thought of this one when the discovery of Sedna was announced)
D20 Iron Mantra (I saw this title on a forum and thought it would be a cool name for a setting)
Atomic Kingdoms (Okay, this is an update of Iron Kingdoms)
Spacequest: Cluster (Okay, this combines two names I've seen -- spacequest which I first saw on a pinball game in the 1970s, and cluster, which is the title of a Piers Anthony novel.)
Quire said:
Thank you, Quire, this is very interesting!
I've just had a quick flick through, and I think this may occupy quite a bit of time - so I'll shelve that exploration until later in the week-end...after I get back from Alton Towers tomorrow (rapid regression to excited 10-year-old in progress)!
Carl Q.