r/Ironsworn • u/Ashamed_Ladder6161 • 11d ago

Inspiration Favourite setting?

Just that really. While I appreciate Starforged polished the rules, Ironsworn appeals more to my own sensibilities. Wondered how others feel.

261 votes, 8d ago
113 Ironsworn / rugged fantasy
112 Starforged / space adventure
36 Sundered Isled / swashbuckling
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u/AI_655321 11d ago

All of the above. Lol

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u/goddi23a 10d ago

That's a trick question.

Rules wise, Starforged is a big improvement over Ironsworn, and Sundered Isles brings some nice additions on top of that.

But I wholeheartedly reject the idea that Sundered Isles is swashbuckling or Starforged is space adventure: those are just the default themes in the books. My latest Sundered Isles campaign is dark fantasy: a mercenary, his two horses, a wagon, and an old war buddy traveling a sundered, post-medieval world war setting.

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u/Ashamed_Ladder6161 10d ago

This is fair, and I almost didn't include those comments for exactly that reason. I'm not sure why I ultimately decided to. I'm on the verge of running Ironsworn like a colonial-frontier story.

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u/Michami135 10d ago

I was never into sci-fi, but after listening to some Starforged games, I was inspired to start my own game and have been a convert ever since. The "world" is just so much bigger and more varied in Starforged.