Ravenloft: Strahd's Comparison

See below for the module's analogue. I enjoyed Ravenloft, but I'm not sure I would have enjoyed it as much if it had been my only exposure to the Ravenloft setting. In all Dungeons & Dragons computer games, there's a sense of being part of a larger, ongoing world, and the player's enjoyment of those games is heightened if he catches various allusions and references. I personally don't catch most of them, I hasten to add, but it happens a few times per game. A player who comes to Ravenloft solely through the CRPG doesn't learn that much about Strahd or his world. It's mysterious, somehow disconnected from the rest of the universe by magic mists, inhabited by classic Slavic mythological archetypes. Strahd von Zarovich's origins, his title of Count, his position of lord of the land, and other elements are never explained. We learn that Strahd had a brother named Sergei. Though destined to be a priest, Sergei fell in love with a peasant woman named Tatyana. Strahd scoffed at the match,…

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