Learn to Build Worlds with Titans of Fantasy and Tabletop!
Middle-Earth, Faerûn, Westeros, Eberron, The World of the Wheel,
Exandria ... these richly-detailed fantasy worlds have captured the
imaginations of legions of fans worldwide. These settings offer
worldbuilding that launched a thousand--or a thousand thousand--dreams.
Whether you're worldbuilding because you want to write the next Game of
Thrones, intend to build a rich, vibrant world to enthrall the players
of an upcoming tabletop RPG campaign, or you're just curious to find out
how all these creators did it, the Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding, Volume
2, puts a team of master world-architects at your side.
Featuring practical essays and roadmaps for the intrepid worldbuilder to
follow, this anthology shows you how to:
- create a pantheon of gods
- incorporate technology into your fantastical environments
- build great settings that look beyond our own history and cultural
expectations
- design a world in just 30 minutes
- leave space when building a world so the characters can help bring it
alive
The Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding, Volume 2, features 15 stars of
tabletop roleplaying games and fantasy fiction, such as Gail Simone,
Keith Baker, Veronica Roth, Ken Liu, Kate Elliott, Mike Shea, Tobias S.
Buckell, Shanna Germain, Cassandra Khaw, Gabe Hicks, the Dungeon Dudes
(Monty Martin & Kelly McLaughlin) and more.
What worlds await? Let's find out!