I know there are some people out there who play in some truly far-out fantasy settings.  I was wondering what everyone's candidates were for the most unconventional fantasy setting (published or homebrew) that they've seen or played?

I am currently working on a very far-out setting, based loosely around the cosmology of a psychedelic/progressive rock band named Gong. It has been on-hold for some time, but the leader of the band (Daevid Allen) is now back in contact and I'm doing some preliminary notes. Hopefully I can get on it sometime around the first of 2007. Basically it's set on earth circa the late 1960's/early 1970's and deals with comunication with this psychedelic planet called Gong, which includes such things as radio gnomes, love projectors, octave doctors and so on. So even though it's just in production, it will be the strangest fantasy setting I've ever seen.

As for ones that are already done, I prefer Dark Sun and Spelljammer for plain weirdness factor.

Jorune.

Most gimmicky settings are one-trick ponies, once the idea of playing a variation on a dwarf or an elf wears off, or the realisation that Monday is called Moogsday or some such crap - thats when players get smart and leave.
 
But Id second Jorune, for being so different, but there has to be a few others?

Earthdawn-Battle Angel Alita-Battletech-Spelljammer-Time Travel Crossover.

Tekumel is not only the oldest, but still one of the more unorthodox settings out there. I'm sure if you look at some of the new breed of unconventional settings, you'll see a little Tekumel staring back at you.

Wraethu?

Andy Hopp's Low Life does swords & sorcery with a cute twist, but it's certainly not to everyone's taste as it combines totally childish poo-poo humor with awesome epic adventure, all neatly wrapped in art that compares well to Crumb.

Quote from: Dominus NoxWraethu?

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Hey pundy, if you're going to plead with people to post here it helps not to bust on them when they do.

Duh.

I vote for Planescape (played) and Spelljammer (seen)... really cool and weird stuff.

Quote from: Dominus NoxHey pundy, if you're going to plead with people to post here it helps not to bust on them when they do.

I think you broke his brain. :heh:

For completeness one must place wraethu into the genre it belongs:
post apocalyptic.

"After the Analo-Caust.":cool:

Quote from: SettembriniFor completeness one must place wraethu into the genre it belongs:
post apocalyptic.

"After the Analo-Caust.":cool:

Hmm, it's got magic in it, makes it fantasy IMB.

Now, Aftermath was post apocalypse, even living steel was PA, on another planet.

QuoteHmm, it's got magic in it, makes it fantasy IMB.

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