What if goblins, orcs, trolls and all those fantasy creatures trully existed? Couldn''t it be because of a certain ''goblin genocide'' that they all came to disapear? Maybe the ring melted in the pit of doom, and all the evil creatures died; humankind as we know it started to prevail, and elves and halflings & dwarfes declined, went away, or have been treated more & more as circus creatures! Because spells were not used anymore, wizards forgot them, and stopped training apprentices... The Paladin did not find anymore evil to slay, and became a peacefull fisherman?

Who knows

There''s lots of good historical RPG settings:

When was the last decent Robin Hood game? Anyone, anyone? (And before you argue, it is generally accepted that Robin was a historical person)

Wild West. ''nuff said.

A game based on the crusades could be way cool.

Take your pick of all the great wars.

Lewis and Clark type exploration adventure game. I''d love that.

Cold war spy game.

Samurai games and pirate games have been done pretty well in a couple of instances, but I for one will never have enough pirate games.

Other ideas?

- gollumgollum