Editing Campaign setting (section)

===Fantasy===
{{See also|Category:Fantasy role-playing games}}
The first role-playing settings from the early 1970s (such as ''[[World of Greyhawk]]'' and ''[[Blackmoor (campaign setting)|Blackmoor]]'') were based on works in the fantasy [[literary genre]] by authors such as [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] and [[C. S. Lewis]]. As a result, common fantasy elements in campaign settings include [[magic (gaming)|magic]] and supernatural/mythological creatures, such as [[dragon]]s, [[elf|elves]], [[dwarf (folklore)|dwarves]] and [[orc]]s.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ewalt |first=David M. |author-link=David M. Ewalt |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NTtoAAAAQBAJ |title=Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It |publisher=Scribner |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-4516-4050-2 |location=New York |pages=103–104 |oclc=800031925}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gary Gygax - Creator of Dungeons & Dragons |url=http://archives.theonering.net/features/interviews/gary_gygax.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206212135/http://archives.theonering.net/features/interviews/gary_gygax.html |archive-date=December 6, 2013 |access-date=January 10, 2014 |work=TheOneRing}}</ref> The worlds in these games usually have a level of technology similar to that of [[Middle Ages|medieval Europe]]. Over the decades since, fantasy role-playing has evolved and expanded tremendously, developing sub-genres such as [[:Category:Dark fantasy role-playing games|dark fantasy]], [[High Fantasy (role-playing game)|high fantasy]], and [[:Category:Science fantasy role-playing games|science fantasy]].

Games such as ''[[Ars Magica]]'' popularized fantasy set within elements of real-world history.<ref name="reason">[http://www.redcap.org/page/World_of_Darkness "World of Darkness"] section of the ''Ars Magica'' FAQ. Retrieved 16 June 2013.</ref> Subsequent games updated this concept further, bringing fantasy gaming into the present day with [[urban fantasy]] (such as ''[[Mage: The Ascension]]'') or into the future with [[cyberpunk]] (e.g. ''[[Shadowrun]]'').