A step-by-step guide for creating original settings and incorporating realistic details. Various resources and references. In English and Portugese.
http://criarmundos.do.sapo.pt/
Step-by-step tutorial for setting design, based on establishing a "world vision" for its cultural/geographic regions.
http://www.astrofantasy.com/fantasy_world_design/Fantasy%20Worlds/world_design.htm
Compiled suggestions and discussions about the design of magic systems for roleplaying games and literature. Applicable to all genres.
http://users.tkk.fi/~vesanto/link.useful/MagicHtmls/magic.html
Suggestions for creating consistent magic themes for fantasy settings, as well as general world building advice and resources.
http://www.web-writer.net/fantasy/
Advice on creating a believable fantasy world, with a particular eye toward crucial yet easily overlooked details.
http://www.io.com/~eighner/world_builder/world_builder_index.html
Many interesting original and adapted articles of all aspects of gaming worlds, with much of interest to world builders.
http://www.geocities.com/dr_games/staats2.htm
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.
http://www.fantasist.net/timeline.shtml
A website supporting a world building distance education course. Reference material, lessons, downloads, and sample worlds.
http://curriculum.calstatela.edu/courses/builders/
An example of designing a planet, from basic physical assumptions to geography to weather systems and archeological remains.
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/world_building
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