Worldbuilding PDF From Bards and Sages

Martin-TT

July 7th, 2006 | Products for GMs | Printer Friendly

World Building is a new PDF from Bards and Sages.

According to the blurb, “Instead of offering a step-by-step blueprint, this product provides writers with a way of thinking in order to insure that your fantasy setting is realistic, consistent, and playable.”

Not having a demo available drives me nuts (why do PDF publishers do this?), but it does sound interesting.

Update: Julie Dawson, of Bards and Sages, has made a preview available.

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Martin-TT

"Martin Ralya (TT)" is two people: Martin Ralya, the administrator of and a contributor to Gnome Stew, and a time traveler from the years 2005-2007, when he published the Treasure Tables GMing blog (TT). Treasure Tables got started in the early days of RPG blogging, and when Martin burned out trying to run it solo he shut it down, recruited a team of authors, and started Gnome Stew in its place. We moved all TT posts and comments to Gnome Stew in 2012.

6 Responses to Worldbuilding PDF From Bards and Sages

Rick the Wonder Algae on July 7, 2006 at 8:34 am

I’d like to see a review and/or a sample. When I want to create a world, I still drag out my old 2nd eddition DnD World Builder’s Guidebook, though next time I may get my gaming group together for a few massive weekend sessions of dawn of worlds using a collection of 1″ square gridded presentation sheets taped together and wall-mounted.
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Zachary on July 7, 2006 at 10:37 am

I’d like to see a preview, too.

Heck, it’s 16 pages and $2.50. One of us will have to take the plunge. 🙂
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ScottM on July 7, 2006 at 10:42 am

If you want to be obsessive, the old Aria rules were great for generating a very thorough world. While it was very slow at the time, it discussed enough corner cases to really spark some unusual thoughts.

If it came out today, as a program to automate the generation– leading you through like the tax programs– it might be a hit today.
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Julie Dawson on July 11, 2006 at 6:21 am

OK, OK! I get the point! I’ll get a preview posted today! Geesh, some people want everything! 🙂

Julie Dawson
Bards and Sages
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Martin on July 11, 2006 at 3:07 pm

Julie: Glad to hear it. 😉 I’ll keep an eye out for it, but you might also want to pop back in and link to it in a comment. 🙂
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Martin on July 12, 2006 at 7:33 pm

Thanks, Julie. 🙂 I’ve updated the post to reflect the addition of the preview.
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