Editing Campaign setting (section)

{{short description|Fictional environment setting for a role-playing game}}
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A '''campaign setting''' is a [[Setting (narrative)|setting]] for a [[tabletop role-playing game]] or [[wargame]] campaign. Most campaign settings are [[fictional worlds]]; however, some are historical or contemporary real-world locations. A ''[[Campaign (role-playing games)|campaign]]'' is a series of individual [[adventure (role-playing games)|adventure]]s, and a ''campaign setting'' is the world in which such adventures and campaigns take place.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Barton |first1=Matt |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k1OWDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Campaign+setting%22+game&pg=PP1 |title=Dungeons and Desktops: The History of Computer Role-Playing Games 2e |last2=Stacks |first2=Shane |date=18 April 2019 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-351-27339-8 |language=en}}</ref>{{Rp|page=30|quote=A series of interconnected adventures is called a campaign, and the shared setting of these campaigns is called a campaign setting}}<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Bjädefors Butler |first=Nikolai |date=2018 |title=From Rolling to Reading: An Analysis of the Adaptation of Narrative Between Role-Playing Games and Novels |url=http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/8945073 |website=Lund University Publications}}</ref>{{Rp|page=|quote=Therefore a campaign setting denotes the storyworld that the role-playing game explores in order to construct a narrative through play...  campaign setting can be seen as the world in which the Game Master (GM) and players populate with their player characters and non-player characters|pages=12–13}} A campaign setting is typically designed for a specific game (such as the ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' setting for ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'') or a specific genre of game (such as [[historical fantasy]] or [[science fiction]]), though some come from existing media (such as movies, shows, novels, or comic books).<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=171}} There are numerous campaign settings available for purchase both in print and online. In addition, many [[game master]]s create their own, which are often called "homebrew" settings.

Examples of major campaign settings include the [[Dungeons & Dragons campaign settings]], [[World of Darkness]], the [[Star Trek]] science fiction universe,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Modiphius Announces 'Star Trek Adventures RPG 2E' |url=https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56350/modiphius-announces-star-trek-adventures-rpg-2e |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=icv2.com |language=en}}</ref> and the [[Avatar: The Last Airbender]] fantasy world.<ref name="ign million">{{cite web |author=Moore, Jared Liam |date=2021-08-04 |title=Avatar & Korra Tabletop RPG Crowdfunds $1 Million in a Day |url=https://nordic.ign.com/the-last-airbender/48591/news/avatar-korra-tabletop-rpg-crowdfunds-1-million-in-a-day |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806082153/https://nordic.ign.com/the-last-airbender/48591/news/avatar-korra-tabletop-rpg-crowdfunds-1-million-in-a-day |archive-date=2021-08-06 |access-date=2021-08-06 |website=[[IGN]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]}}</ref>