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title="List of role-playing games">Tabletop games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_tabletop_role-playing_games" title="Timeline of tabletop role-playing games">Tabletop timeline</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below"> <hr /> <span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="WikiProject"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/People_icon.svg/16px-People_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/People_icon.svg/24px-People_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/People_icon.svg/32px-People_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Role-playing_games" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Role-playing games">WikiProject</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:RPG" title="Template:RPG"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:RPG" title="Template talk:RPG"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:RPG" title="Special:EditPage/Template:RPG"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A <b>campaign setting</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Setting_(narrative)" title="Setting (narrative)">setting</a> for a <a href="/wiki/Tabletop_role-playing_game" title="Tabletop role-playing game">tabletop role-playing game</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wargame" title="Wargame">wargame</a> campaign. Most campaign settings are <a href="/wiki/Fictional_worlds" class="mw-redirect" title="Fictional worlds">fictional worlds</a>; however, some are historical or contemporary real-world locations. A <i><a href="/wiki/Campaign_(role-playing_games)" class="mw-redirect" title="Campaign (role-playing games)">campaign</a></i> is a series of individual <a href="/wiki/Adventure_(role-playing_games)" title="Adventure (role-playing games)">adventures</a>, and a <i>campaign setting</i> is the world in which such adventures and campaigns take place.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap">: <span title="Page: 30
Quotation: "A series of interconnected adventures is called a campaign, and the shared setting of these campaigns is called a campaign setting"" class="tooltip tooltip-dashed" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed;">30</span> </sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap">: <span title="Pages: 12–13
Quotation: "Therefore a campaign setting denotes the storyworld that the role-playing game explores in order to construct a narrative through play... campaign setting can be seen as the world in which the Game Master (GM) and players populate with their player characters and non-player characters"" class="tooltip tooltip-dashed" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed;">12–13</span> </sup> A campaign setting is typically designed for a specific game (such as the <i><a href="/wiki/Forgotten_Realms" title="Forgotten Realms">Forgotten Realms</a></i> setting for <i><a href="/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons" title="Dungeons & Dragons">Dungeons & Dragons</a></i>) or a specific genre of game (such as <a href="/wiki/Historical_fantasy" title="Historical fantasy">historical fantasy</a> or <a href="/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">science fiction</a>), though some come from existing media (such as movies, shows, novels, or comic books).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 171">: 171 </span></sup> There are numerous campaign settings available for purchase both in print and online. In addition, many <a href="/wiki/Game_master" class="mw-redirect" title="Game master">game masters</a> create their own, which are often called "homebrew" settings. </p><p>Examples of major campaign settings include the <a href="/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_campaign_settings" title="Dungeons & Dragons campaign settings">Dungeons & Dragons campaign settings</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_of_Darkness" title="World of Darkness">World of Darkness</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Star_Trek" title="Star Trek">Star Trek</a> science fiction universe,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Avatar:_The_Last_Airbender" title="Avatar: The Last Airbender">Avatar: The Last Airbender</a> fantasy world.<sup id="cite_ref-ign_million_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ign_million-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Types_of_setting">Types of setting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Campaign_setting&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Types of setting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_role-playing_games" title="History of role-playing games">History of role-playing games</a></div> <p>Some games and settings only appear together, such as <i><a href="/wiki/Warhammer_Fantasy_Roleplay" title="Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay">Warhammer</a>.</i> Some games have multiple settings, such as <i>Dungeons & Dragons</i> or generic roleplaying systems such as <i><a href="/wiki/GURPS" title="GURPS">GURPS</a></i> or <i><a href="/wiki/Fudge_(roleplaying_game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fudge (roleplaying game)">Fudge</a>.</i> There are also stand-alone settings that can be used for multiple game systems. Often these are developed first for works of fiction, such as the <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars" title="Star Wars">Star Wars</a></i> universe<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <i><a href="/wiki/Middle-earth" title="Middle-earth">Middle-earth</a>,</i><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> then later adapted to one or more role playing systems. However, some system-agnostic settings are designed explicitly for gaming, such as <a href="/wiki/H%C3%A2rn" title="Hârn">Hârn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-designers_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-designers-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 182">: 182 </span></sup> </p><p>Games scholar Nikolai Butler distinguished two types of campaign settings, homebrewed and official.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap">: <span title="Pages: 13
Quotation: "Campaign settings generally come in two variations: homebrewed or official."" class="tooltip tooltip-dashed" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed;">13</span> </sup> According to games journalist <a href="/wiki/David_M._Ewalt" title="David M. Ewalt">David M. Ewalt</a>, established campaign settings have the advantage of providing a wealth of material written by professional game designers. When creating a homebrew setting "you're on your own - but without limits and preconceptions", which can lead to more interesting games as the game master may be "more invested in the material and passionate about its development".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_history_of_genres_(1970s-1990s)"><span id="Early_history_of_genres_.281970s-1990s.29"></span>Early history of genres (1970s-1990s)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Campaign_setting&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history of genres (1970s-1990s)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Tabletop_role-playing_game#Campaign_settings" title="Tabletop role-playing game">Tabletop role-playing game § Campaign settings</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fantasy">Fantasy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Campaign_setting&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Fantasy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Fantasy_role-playing_games" title="Category:Fantasy role-playing games">Category:Fantasy role-playing games</a></div> <p>The first role-playing settings from the early 1970s (such as <i><a href="/wiki/World_of_Greyhawk" class="mw-redirect" title="World of Greyhawk">World of Greyhawk</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Blackmoor_(campaign_setting)" title="Blackmoor (campaign setting)">Blackmoor</a></i>) were based on works in the fantasy <a href="/wiki/Literary_genre" title="Literary genre">literary genre</a> by authors such as <a href="/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien" title="J. R. R. Tolkien">J. R. R. Tolkien</a> and <a href="/wiki/C._S._Lewis" title="C. S. Lewis">C. S. Lewis</a>. As a result, common fantasy elements in campaign settings include <a href="/wiki/Magic_(gaming)" class="mw-redirect" title="Magic (gaming)">magic</a> and supernatural/mythological creatures, such as <a href="/wiki/Dragon" title="Dragon">dragons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elf" title="Elf">elves</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dwarf_(folklore)" title="Dwarf (folklore)">dwarves</a> and <a href="/wiki/Orc" title="Orc">orcs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The worlds in these games usually have a level of technology similar to that of <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">medieval Europe</a>. Over the decades since, fantasy role-playing has evolved and expanded tremendously, developing sub-genres such as <a href="/wiki/Category:Dark_fantasy_role-playing_games" title="Category:Dark fantasy role-playing games">dark fantasy</a>, <a href="/wiki/High_Fantasy_(role-playing_game)" title="High Fantasy (role-playing game)">high fantasy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Category:Science_fantasy_role-playing_games" title="Category:Science fantasy role-playing games">science fantasy</a>. </p><p>Games such as <i><a href="/wiki/Ars_Magica" title="Ars Magica">Ars Magica</a></i> popularized fantasy set within elements of real-world history.<sup id="cite_ref-reason_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reason-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequent games updated this concept further, bringing fantasy gaming into the present day with <a href="/wiki/Urban_fantasy" title="Urban fantasy">urban fantasy</a> (such as <i><a href="/wiki/Mage:_The_Ascension" title="Mage: The Ascension">Mage: The Ascension</a></i>) or into the future with <a href="/wiki/Cyberpunk" title="Cyberpunk">cyberpunk</a> (e.g. <i><a href="/wiki/Shadowrun" title="Shadowrun">Shadowrun</a></i>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Science_fiction">Science fiction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Campaign_setting&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Science fiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Science_fiction_role-playing_games" title="Category:Science fiction role-playing games">Category:Science fiction role-playing games</a></div> <p><b>Science fiction</b> settings typically take place in the future. Common elements involve futuristic technology, contact with alien life forms, experimental societies, and space travel. <a href="/wiki/Psionics_(role-playing_games)" title="Psionics (role-playing games)">Psionic</a> abilities (i.e. <a href="/wiki/Extrasensory_perception" title="Extrasensory perception">ESP</a> and <a href="/wiki/Telekinesis" title="Telekinesis">telekinesis</a>) often take the place of magic. Similar to <a href="/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">science fiction</a> literature and film, the game genre contains sub-genres such as <a href="/wiki/Category:Cyberpunk_role-playing_games" title="Category:Cyberpunk role-playing games">cyberpunk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Category:Space_opera_role-playing_games" title="Category:Space opera role-playing games">space opera</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Category:Steampunk_role-playing_games" title="Category:Steampunk role-playing games">steampunk</a>. </p><p>Science fiction settings for role playing were introduced with <i><a href="/wiki/Metamorphosis_Alpha" title="Metamorphosis Alpha">Metamorphosis Alpha</a></i> in 1976—dungeon adventuring on a "lost starship"<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—and in 1977 soon followed with <i><a href="/wiki/Traveller_(role-playing_game)" title="Traveller (role-playing game)">Traveller</a></i>, a <a href="/wiki/Space_opera" title="Space opera">space opera</a> game. Its <i><a href="/wiki/Imperium_(Traveller)" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperium (Traveller)">Third Imperium</a></i> setting covered multiple worlds and <a href="/wiki/Extraterrestrials_in_fiction" title="Extraterrestrials in fiction">alien</a> races.<sup id="cite_ref-appelcline2016_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-appelcline2016-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Gamma_World" title="Gamma World">Gamma World</a></i>, introduced in 1978, explored the replacement of traditional elements of fantasy settings with the <a href="/wiki/Pseudoscience" title="Pseudoscience">pseudo-scientific</a> elements of <a href="/wiki/Apocalyptic_and_post-apocalyptic_fiction" title="Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction">post-apocalyptic fiction</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to the success of <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars" title="Star Wars">Star Wars</a></i>, and the franchise's impact on popular culture, many science fiction settings were introduced or adapted during the 1980s. Such settings often involved detailed accounts of military and/or trading operations and organizations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historical">Historical</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Campaign_setting&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Historical"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Historical_role-playing_games" title="Category:Historical role-playing games">Category:Historical role-playing games</a></div> <p><b>Historical</b> games are set in the past of Earth. Historical settings explored in 1980s-1990s roleplaying games include <a href="/wiki/Pendragon_(role-playing_game)" title="Pendragon (role-playing game)">Pendragon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Matter_of_Britain" title="Matter of Britain">Arthurian</a>), <a href="/wiki/Sengoku_(role-playing_game)" title="Sengoku (role-playing game)">Sengoku</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sengoku_period" title="Sengoku period">Japanese warring states</a>), <a href="/wiki/Recon_(role-playing_game)" title="Recon (role-playing game)">Recon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Tibet:_The_Roleplaying_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibet: The Roleplaying Game">Tibet</a> (historical <a href="/wiki/Tibet" title="Tibet">Tibet</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Horror">Horror</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Campaign_setting&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Horror"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Horror_role-playing_games" title="Category:Horror role-playing games">Category:Horror role-playing games</a></div> <p>Horror settings such as <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Cthulhu_(role-playing_game)" title="Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game)">Call of Cthulhu</a></i> were first introduced in the early 1980s, creating a hybrid of fantasy horror and modern thrillers. These settings tended to focus on organizations and societies in which generally normal people fight against malevolent <a href="/wiki/Supernatural" title="Supernatural">supernatural</a> entities. Another style of horror game reversed the roles, with player characters acting as supernatural creatures, such as <a href="/wiki/Vampires" class="mw-redirect" title="Vampires">vampires</a> and <a href="/wiki/Werewolves" class="mw-redirect" title="Werewolves">werewolves</a>. This style was popularized in the 1990s by <a href="/wiki/White_Wolf,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="White Wolf, Inc.">White Wolf</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Vampire:_The_Masquerade" title="Vampire: The Masquerade">Vampire: The Masquerade</a> and <a href="/wiki/World_of_Darkness" title="World of Darkness">World of Darkness</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-appelcineWW1_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-appelcineWW1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early campaign settings that combine horror and fantasy elements include the <i>Dungeons & Dragons</i> settings <i><a href="/wiki/Ravenloft" title="Ravenloft">Ravenloft</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Ghostwalk" title="Ghostwalk">Ghostwalk</a></i>. The D&D <i><a href="/wiki/Heroes_of_Horror" title="Heroes of Horror">Heroes of Horror</a></i> sourcebook also provided ways to emphasize horror elements within a more typical fantasy milieu. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Campaign_setting&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_world" title="Fantasy world">Fantasy world</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_campaign_settings" title="List of campaign settings">List of campaign settings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fictional_universes" class="mw-redirect" title="List of fictional universes">List of fictional universes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campaign_(role-playing_games)" class="mw-redirect" title="Campaign (role-playing games)">Campaign (role-playing games)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_campaign_settings" title="Dungeons & Dragons campaign settings"><i>Dungeons & Dragons</i> campaign settings</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Campaign_setting&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-:0-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBartonStacks2019" class="citation book cs1">Barton, Matt; 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