The Complete Art of World Building

Creating a unique immersive setting one world at a timeA guide for authors gamers and hobbyistsThe Complete Art of World Building brings together volumes 1-3 in The Art of World Building series. This how-to guide will make readers a master of inventing imaginary worlds and help a setting stand out from the multitude of fantasy and SF worlds audiences see.Creating Life (#1) teaches readers how to create gods species/races plants animals monsters world figures and even undead. Creating Places (#2) teaches how to create planets moons continents land features bodies of water sovereign powers settlements interesting locales and maps. Learn the different government types how climate impacts vegetation and consistently calculate how long it takes to travel by horse wagon sailing vessels dragon or in space. Cultures and Beyond (#3) teaches how to create cultures organizations armed forces religions the supernatural magic systems technological and supernatural items languages names and various systems our world will have from health educational legal and commerce to information systems.The series draws on author Randy Ellefsons quarter century of world building experience and will quickly turn a beginner into an expert making a time-consuming project more fun easier and faster. Ellefson shares his experiences lessons learned and insights including how much of your creations can realistically be mentioned during storytelling how far creators should go and what the benefits/risks to each approach might be. Elevate your work above the competition.Build better faster.