tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post1514681432743633747..comments2024-03-27T11:04:31.390-04:00Comments on From the Sorcerer's Skull: Weird Revisited: The Hidden Country SettingTreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-22835649167829169512020-05-11T20:08:32.607-04:002020-05-11T20:08:32.607-04:00@Allandaros - I think it would depend on how you r...@Allandaros - I think it would depend on how you ran the campaign. If the characters are generally in their own separate locations (world within a world) and ignoring the wider world, it would be, but not if they're more just a secret society in the normal world. Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-82836590599142917792020-05-11T19:58:43.402-04:002020-05-11T19:58:43.402-04:00When Africa wasn't big enough, Tarzan traveled...When Africa wasn't big enough, Tarzan traveled to Pellucidar as well. Which might have been the first example of cross appearances in an established series.<br /><br />I thought Tarzan also made it to Mars / Barsoom, but that appears to have been done much later by a different writer.<br /><br />Technically, you could say that Westworld is a type of hidden world. In the real world, but with enough barriers and window dressing to immerse the characters in the trappings of the hidden world.<br /><br />I remember TORG and RIFTS taking this concept to a crazy level, but I could never really wrap my head around what the basic world was supposed to be.Jason Galterio (Legionair)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09118321482215643221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-57907514014195216262020-05-11T18:04:05.486-04:002020-05-11T18:04:05.486-04:00Would something like Ars Magica or Mage: Sorcerer&...Would something like Ars Magica or Mage: Sorcerer's Crusade qualify as wainscot fantasy? Both supposing a supernatural world overlaid onto medieval Europe, but not necessarily *hidden away* as such. Allandaroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01046079318999891967noreply@blogger.com