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The flexibility of the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) game rules means that Dungeon Masters (DM) are free to create their own fantasy campaign settings.For those who wanted a pre-packaged setting in which to play, TSR, Wizards of the Coast (WotC), and other publishers have created many settings in which D&D games can be based; of these, the Forgotten Realms, an epic fantasy world, has been one of ...
The Dune saga is set thousands of years in humanity's future.Faster-than-light travel has been developed, and humans have colonized a vast number of worlds. However, a great reaction against computers has resulted in a ban on any "thinking machine", with the creation or possession of such punishable by immediate death.
Dune 3, Dune III, or Dune: Part Three may refer to: The proposed sequel to Dune: Part Two, a 2020s film project by director Denis Villeneuve based on the 1969 second novel Dune Messiah and proposed for 2026; Children of Dune, a 1976 novel by Frank Herbert, the third novel in the Dune series
Dune: Part Three seems to be based on Dune Messiah, which is the second book in Frank Herbert’s classic science fiction series. It was published in 1969 and is followed by 1976’s Children of ...
Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty, later retitled Dune II: Battle for Arrakis for the European release and the Mega Drive/Genesis port, was released in December 1992 from Westwood Studios/Virgin Interactive. [9] [10] Often considered to be the first "mainstream modern real-time strategy game", Dune II established many conventions of the genre. [9]
Dune was commercially successful, with sales of 20,000 units in its first week alone. By 1997, it had sold 300,000 units. [13] Cryo Interactive's Philippe Ulrich later noted that the company had "bet a lot on the explosion of the PC and the CD-ROM" with Dune, and that the game's hit status was heavily responsible for Cryo's quick growth. [14]
Dune was adapted as a 1984 film, [8] [9] and again in two parts, the films Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024). [10] [11] Additionally, the novel was adapted as a 2000 television miniseries, Frank Herbert's Dune, [12] [13] and the first two sequels were also adapted as a single miniseries, Frank Herbert's Children of Dune, in 2003. [14]
Prelude to Dune is a prequel trilogy of novels written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, set in Frank Herbert's Dune universe.The series takes place in the years leading up to the events in the original novel Dune (1965) and explores the origins of some of its characters.