- World Builder Projects - http://hiddenway.tripod.com/world/
Starting place for information on how to build an imaginary setting.
- Patricia C. Wrede's Worldbuilder Questions - http://www.io.com/~eighner/world_builder/world_builder_index.html
Advice on creating a believable fantasy world, with a particular eye toward crucial yet easily overlooked details.
- World Building - http://www.hut.fi/~vesanto/world.build.html
Contains mainly links to world design related articles and pointers to interesting sites.
- World Builders - http://curriculum.calstatela.edu/courses/builders/
A website supporting a world building distance education course. Reference material, lessons, downloads, and sample worlds.
- World Building - http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/world_building
An example of designing a planet, from basic physical assumptions to geography to weather systems and archeological remains.
- Guidelines For Creating Magic Systems - http://www.hut.fi/~vesanto/link.useful/MagicHtmls/magic.html
Compiled suggestions and discussions about the design of magic systems for roleplaying games and literature. Applicable to all genres.
- Rich Staats' RPG / World Building Articles - http://www.geocities.com/dr_games/staats2.htm
Many interesting original and adapted articles of all aspects of gaming worlds, with much of interest to world builders.
- Criar Mundos - Building Worlds - http://criarmundos.do.sapo.pt/
A step-by-step guide for creating original settings and incorporating realistic details. Various resources and references. In English and Portugese.
- Fantasy World Building - http://www.astrofantasy.com/fantasy_world/fantasy_world.htm
Step-by-step tutorial for setting design, based on establishing a "world vision" for its cultural/geographic regions.
- Magical World Builder's Guide - http://www.web-writer.net/fantasy/
Suggestions for creating consistent magic themes for fantasy settings, as well as general world building advice and resources.
- Timeline Generator - http://www.fantasist.net/timeline.shtml
A web-based application that creates generic random events for a nation or region. The user can specify the starting year, number of years, and events per year.
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