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How important is Medievalism to fantasy RPGs?

Started by TheShadow, May 28, 2008, 10:09:44 PM

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TheShadow

#30
June 02, 2008, 08:29:56 AM
Quote from: Drewalways had a soft spot for Dragon Warriors. I suppose I prefer a world to either hew quite closely it's medieval inspirations or not at all.

Dragon Warriors is a unique case. It's low on the Ren-Faire and the prithees, high on the folkloric atmosphere. The forests are dark and creepy, and you don't want to know what dwells at the bottom of the well. Now that's what I want to take out of my medievalism - shivering peasants huddling around the fire and swapping stories of the boggart that soured their milk, soulless otherly Elves, and kings buried in barrows. The game had a huge influence on my imagination.
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Drew

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June 02, 2008, 08:47:15 AM
Quote from: The_ShadowDragon Warriors is a unique case. It's low on the Ren-Faire and the prithees, high on the folkloric atmosphere. The forests are dark and creepy, and you don't want to know what dwells at the bottom of the well. Now that's what I want to take out of my medievalism - shivering peasants huddling around the fire and swapping stories of the boggart that soured their milk, soulless otherly Elves, and kings buried in barrows. The game had a huge influence on my imagination.

Me too. It taught me that truly evocative fantasy is as much about atmospherics and the impact the supernatural has on the mundane as it is about dragons and wizards. DW was a great little game, and I look forward to it's republication immensely.
 

Abyssal Maw

#32
June 02, 2008, 09:12:36 AM
I'll just answer for me:

"Medievalism is not important at all to me".
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Blackleaf

#33
June 02, 2008, 10:49:01 AM
I think The Lord of the Rings more than anything else has always been the central "inspiration" for how I approached D&D and what I wanted in settings / atmosphere etc.

Being older now I see more of the influences of Sword & Sorcery on the game -- but when I was a kid I saw Dwarves + Elves + Hobbits + Half-Orcs and thought "LotR".
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