I wonder when DF will do non-European fantasy

[The Colonel]

Originally Posted by jason taylor

Well, just to start with, Zulus fought in regimentalized impis and Vikings did not. Vikings never had to run over hot coals and Zulus never tried to found colonies between New England and Russia. So there was a lot of difference in style.

On the other hand, we're not trying to write a book of ethnic clichés in the style of some of the more toe curling efforts from early D&D (or other systems) ... mechanically I suspect the differences can be quite small and, as noted, DF is no respecter of real world cultures.