KOBOLD Guide: Worldbuilding
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he Essential Elements for Building a World
Roleplaying games and fantasy fiction are filled with rich and fascinating worlds: the Forgotten Realms¸ Glorantha¸ Narnia¸ R'lyeh¸ Middle-Earth¸ Barsoom¸ and so many more. It took startling leaps of imagination as well as careful thought and planning to create places like these: places that readers and players want to come back to again and again.
Now¸ eleven of adventure gaming's top designers come together to share their insights into building worlds that gamers will never forget. Learn the secrets of designing a pantheon¸ creating a setting that provokes conflict¸ determining which historical details are necessary¸ and so much more. Even take that creative leap-and create dazzling worlds of your own!
Essays by Wolfgang Baur¸ Keith Baker¸ Monte Cook¸ David "Zeb" Cook¸ Jeff Grubb¸ Scott Hungerford¸ Chris Pramas¸ Jonathan Roberts¸ Michael A. Stackpole¸ Steve Winter¸ with an introduction by Ken Scholes.
Praise for Prior Design Guides"Class is in session... The Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding SHOULD be considered a textbook on intelligent setting creation."
--Dave Hinojosa¸ The Gaming Gang
"A fantastic resource"
--Skyland Games
"While the book is aimed at the RPG crowd¸ a huge percentage of the material would be just as valuable to an author writing a novel set in an original world.... For anyone who's ever had the drive to create a fictional place... The Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding will spark some new ideas and help you add the proper doses of verisimilitude and outlandishness."
--Ed Grabianowski¸ i09
"Highly recommended for gaming nerds everywhere."
-- CityBookReview.com
"If you're an aspiring pro this book is a must. If you're a rules hacker like me¸ this stuff is solid gold."
-- Berin Kinsman¸ UncleBear Media
"A fantastic collection... a solid 5 star rating."
-- Joshua Gullion¸ AdventureAWeek.com
"An amazing collection... from some of the best designers and writers creating role-playing game material today."
-- Brian Fitzpatrick¸ BlogCritics.org
Winner of 2 Gold ENnie AwardsRoleplaying games and fantasy fiction are filled with rich and fascinating worlds: the Forgotten Realms¸ Glorantha¸ Narnia¸ Rlyeh¸ Middle-Earth¸ Barsoom¸ and so many more. It took startling leaps of imagination as well as careful thought and planning to create places like these: places that readers and players want to come back to again and again.
"Now¸ eleven of adventure gaming's top designers come together to share their insights into building worlds that gamers will never forget. Learn the secrets of designing a pantheon¸ creating a setting that provokes conflict¸ determining which historical details are necessary¸ and so much more. Even take that creative leap and create dazzling worlds of your own!