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New game design book from Kobold Press!

Time to polish your game writing chops with the latest from the Kobolds!

You are the alpha and the omega of your game world—but where do you start? The Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding gives you eighteen different essays on how to build the world that's just begging to be let out of your imagination and into the wild! Eleven different authors—authors like Wolfgang Baur, Monte Cook, Chris Pramas, Keith Baker, and Michael Stackpole—give valuable insights on how to create the pieces that make a dynamic world. Learn how to craft guilds, make a post-apocalyptic world, figure out the technology level of your world—even mapmaking tips from cartographer Jonathan Roberts! Plot out mystery cults, plan your pantheon, or learn about playing in somebody else's sandbox with The Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding!

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The full Table of Contents was listed here, and I'll copy-paste:

  • What is Setting Design? – Wolfgang Baur
  • Different Kinds of Worldbuilding – Monte Cook
  • Worldbuilding Inside Out and Outside In – Chris Pramas
  • How Real is Your World? On History and Setting – Wolfgang Baur
  • Bringing History to Life – Keith Baker
  • Apocalypso: Gaming After the Fall – Jeff Grubb
  • Here Be Dragons: On Mapmaking – Jonathan Roberts
  • How to Design a City State, Tribe, or Nation – Wolfgang Baur
  • They Do What, Now? On Creating Societies and Cultures – Michael A. Stackpole
  • How to Make a High-Magic World- Keith Baker
  • Worlds and Technology – Wolfgang Baur
  • Why No Monotheism? – Steve Winter
  • Designing a Pantheon – Wolfgang Baur
  • It’s a Mystery! Designing Mystery Cults – David “Zeb” Cook
  • How to Design a Guild – Wolfgang Baur
  • How to Write a World Bible – Scott Hungerford
  • Playing in Someone Else’s Backyard – Janna Silverstein
  • The Limits of Design: Kitchen Sink Design – Wolfgang Baur

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