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Historical reasons mostly, but also fantasy is a lot easier. You don't have to pretend to be realistic. That said, if fantasy is vanilla then sci-fi is chocolat

• krapp 7y ago
  >Historical reasons mostly, but also fantasy is a lot easier. You don't have to pretend to be realistic. I know what you mean to say but good fantasy tries as hard to be "realistic" (in terms of plausibility and internal consistency) as good science fiction. Although in terms of providing recognizable game mechanics that resonate with a genre, fantasy is definitely easier thanks to the influence of D&D.