Popularity of the Faerun Map?

[Boron]

Originally posted by tinkthank:

I know nothing about Faerun -- where does it come from? Is this some popular fantasy author?

Thanks very much in advance.

faerun is the main world of d&d .
you said in another post that you owned neverwinter nights . it plays on faerun too .

the swordcoast , baldurs gate , amn , beregost ... ( locations from bg 1 + 2 ) , icewind dale and neverwinter , waterdeep and so on ( locations from nwn ) , the aunaroch ( nwn shadows of unrentide ) all can be found on the faerun map

there are other planes like the ones where you play on planescape torment in the d&d universe too but it is the main world

unfortunately i am no d&d expert and know it only from pc games .
i myself played for a long time DSA aka Das schwarze Auge with friends as pen&paper rpg .

but d&d is the most known fantasy pen & paper rpg in the world i think