Gameworld

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A gameworld is a specific implementation of a world described in literature or other reference materials. Many servers provide a module which is based upon a particular game world. Each game world has its own flavor and theme. Many game worlds may be implemented on the different servers and will perhaps have differing themes. For example, one Dungeon Master's idea of how the Forgotten Realms should be run may be different than another's. Each may develop different modules to run on their own servers that portray the same place and time in particularly different lights. Even if each implementation was the same, each one is considered to be it's own, separate, game world.

The term "gameworld" is often used colloquially for "realm", or "campaign setting". A particular "world" is an implementation of some described setting. A "realm" is the "type" or "class" of that world.

Some commercially-published campaign settings, and active NWN gameworlds set in them are the following:

• Forgotten Realms
  • Amia
  • Anphillia Genesis
  • Arelith
  • Impiltur - The Forgotten Kingdom
  • Moonshae Isles
  • Tales of the Silver Marches
  • The Way Inn
• Krynn (Dragonlance)
  • Dragonlance Realm of Heros
  • Krynn's New Beginning
• Middle Earth (J.R.R. Tolkien)
  • Elrond's World
  • MERPUK
  • Return of Middle-Earth
• Oerth (Greyhawk)
  • World of Greyhawk
• Ravenloft
  • Ravenloft: Prisoners of the Mist

Some gameworlds set in homebrewed campaign settings are the following:

• Ancient Lands of Edon
• ArgentumRegio
• Avlis
• Edon Revisited

Some of the most popular gameworlds hosted with at least thirty players are:

1. Higher Ground found under "Action" (CEP required to play.)
2. Arelith found under "Role Play" (No haks required to play.)
3. Amia found under "Role Play" (No haks required to play.)
4. Heart of Winter found under "Action" (No haks required to play.)
5. Three Towns found under "PW Action" (No haks required to play.)
6. City of Arabel found under "PW Story" (No haks required to play.)
7. Harry Potter found under "Role Play" (CEP required to play.)
8. Neversummer found under "PW Action" (No haks required to play.)
9. Bastions of War found under "Arena" (No haks required to play.)
10. Forgotten Realms Cormyr found under "Role Play" (CEP required to play.)
11. Come to LaLa Land found under "Story" (No haks required to play.)
12. Arvale Reborn found under "Role Play" (CEP required to play.)
13. Krynn's New Beginning found under "Role Play" (CEP required to play.)
14. Ravenloft: Prisoners of the Mist found under "Role Play"