Campaign Settings
Explore the fictional worlds behind your favorite tabletop RPGs, from the Forgotten Realms to Ravenloft and beyond.
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A campaign setting is a pre-built fictional world — the stage where your story happens, already stocked with its own geography, history, factions, and tone. You don't need one to play. Most groups start by simply using whatever setting their adventure or starter set already takes place in, and that's a completely normal way to play for years.
Where a campaign setting earns its price is when you or your group wants more: a deeper well of lore to draw from, a distinctive tone that a generic fantasy backdrop doesn't give you, or a world built by a specific author, show, or long-running community you already love. Ravenloft trades typical high fantasy for gothic horror. Eberron blends magic with noir intrigue and pulp adventure. Exandria exists because thousands of people first fell in love with it by watching Critical Role.
None of these are required purchases — they're for players who already know they want more world to play in.
Below are the campaign settings we recommend, with notes on which base game or system each one requires, how much of the world is covered, and what kind of stories it's built to tell.