Easy answer, it is a setting, that a lot of people are familiar with. Everyone knows how the medieval times were, everyone understands the concept of knights, dragons, castles, kings, queens, princesses etc. Most of us also grew up with fairytales, that takes place in medieval times as well. Other cultures, such as South America, Africa, or Australia are much harder to work into a story or a fantasy setting, since we are not familiar with them. There are no well-known African stories worldwide, the biggest we have are probably Black Panther, The Lion King, and Madagascar 2, and that's it, and none of them are about African culture anyway.
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Re: Talking Point: Why Do So Many Japanese RPGs Take Place In European Fantasy Settings?
Easy answer, it is a setting, that a lot of people are familiar with. Everyone knows how the medieval times were, everyone understands the concept of knights, dragons, castles, kings, queens, princesses etc. Most of us also grew up with fairytales, that takes place in medieval times as well. Other cultures, such as South America, Africa, or Australia are much harder to work into a story or a fantasy setting, since we are not familiar with them. There are no well-known African stories worldwide, the biggest we have are probably Black Panther, The Lion King, and Madagascar 2, and that's it, and none of them are about African culture anyway.