Post originally by Matthew Mather at 2003-11-13 08:08:04
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The various D&D settings can be lumped into their own subgenres:

Tolkien-inspired: Greyhawk, Dragonlance and Realms

Cross-genre(fantasy crossed with something else): Ravenloft, Masque of the Red Death* Dark Sun,

Weird New worlds: Spelljammer, Planescape

*Technically Masque went beyond the Fantasy genre, but it still used the AD&D rules.