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The people are dark of hair and eye.
The men's names end with an 'o'.
The women are lovely, but be careful of their fathers.
The climate: sub-tropical. Hot, but not excessively so.
The terrain: A few trees, shrubs, rocks, and plenty of ocean.
The culture is strong in arts and philosophy, weak on actually getting shit done.
The music features lots of strumming.
Wine and cheese are more popular than beer and pork.
The warriors seem to like plumes, stripes, rapiers and halberds.
There are plenty of nobles, patricians and even dukes, but you probably won't meet any kings.
I recently played Blackguards and I enjoyed this aspect of it very much. What other games have a Mediterranean-flavored setting?
Off the top of my head, I can think of Baldur's Gate 2, although other than some character names, art and the music in Waukeen's Promenade, BioWare didn't try very hard to emphasize it.
(Do note that this is not the same thing as an Arabian Nights-type setting. The culture might be Arab or Muslim-flavored, but it's more Ottoman or Al-Andalus than Arabian or Persian.)
The men's names end with an 'o'.
The women are lovely, but be careful of their fathers.
The climate: sub-tropical. Hot, but not excessively so.
The terrain: A few trees, shrubs, rocks, and plenty of ocean.
The culture is strong in arts and philosophy, weak on actually getting shit done.
The music features lots of strumming.
Wine and cheese are more popular than beer and pork.
The warriors seem to like plumes, stripes, rapiers and halberds.
There are plenty of nobles, patricians and even dukes, but you probably won't meet any kings.
I recently played Blackguards and I enjoyed this aspect of it very much. What other games have a Mediterranean-flavored setting?
Off the top of my head, I can think of Baldur's Gate 2, although other than some character names, art and the music in Waukeen's Promenade, BioWare didn't try very hard to emphasize it.
(Do note that this is not the same thing as an Arabian Nights-type setting. The culture might be Arab or Muslim-flavored, but it's more Ottoman or Al-Andalus than Arabian or Persian.)
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