Hey, let’s create a compendium/library of resources for world-building that all the world-builders on this site can use, for settings for tabletop campaigns/sessions or otherwise. The /wbg/ thread has some in the opening post, sure, but what others would you recommend, be they books, random generators, podcasts, other websites or programs, etc., and for races, magic systems, geography, and more? Good luck with your endeavors, and happy hunting!
>>98027613>Worldbuilding ResourcesYeah, its called a Library. Go read books published before the 90s.
>>98027613>podcastsdo zoomers really?
>>98027613op i really need you to understand that people aren't going to contribute to a project if they don't see you working on it too.
>>98027613Try the worldbuilding general.
>>98027613go to the worldbuilding general, open the worldbuilding for newbies link, check out the resources.Everything you want already exists, you are just too lazy to find it. stop posting this stupid thread
>>98027861>>98027613Oops, I meant to add a few links to get it started, mainly some random generators, not sure why they weren't in the OP, sorry. >https://www.rangen.co.uk/world/worldgens.php>https://perchance.org/world-building-generator>https://springhole.net/writing_roleplaying_randomators/index.html>https://springhole.net/writing/index.html>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx3eLrbP0H0
>>98027613Do you actually want resources, or do you just want a pet thread that you can mindlessly spam with bumps for the next two months? Because if it's the former then you should've gone to /wbg/.
Saw a youtube vid about some new not etaking app for worldbuilding, called chronicler, but I don't know how useful that actually is, I use obsidian and will continue to do but perhaps it's interesting for someone else
>>98027613Does anyone have anything specifically for designing races please? I haven’t been able to really find anything that looks like it’s worth checking out.
>>98027613Doing that. It'll be a wiki. 392 links to go, plus a lot of the old list.
>>98027613I'm not sure where even to begin
https://www.alarichall.org.uk/forms.htm
>>98027855It's boomers and millennials who feel really into that shit the most
>>98027613What YouTube channels specifically would you recommend? OSP is a great one in my book, both informative and funny, lol.
>>98035401Thanks! Let us know when it’s done!
>>98045299Okay.>>98043389https://www.youtube.com/@TheEsotericaChannelhttps://www.youtube.com/c/AncientAmericashttps://www.youtube.com/c/whatdamathhttps://www.youtube.com/c/AztlanHistorianhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5Yo88QF-chdugJbAnB2tUwhttps://www.youtube.com/c/DanikLoginovhttps://www.youtube.com/c/KnyghtErranthttps://www.youtube.com/c/NathanaelFosaaenhttps://www.youtube.com/@Type56_Ordnance_Depthttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBAhttps://www.youtube.com/user/RoyalArmourieshttps://www.youtube.com/c/scholagladiatoriahttps://www.youtube.com/@QuadrinhosNaSarjeta/videoshttps://www.youtube.com/@morrodds/videoshttps://www.youtube.com/@Oliver_but_digital/videoshttps://www.youtube.com/c/TheGreatWarSerieshttps://www.youtube.com/user/jastownsendandsonhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMjTcpv56G_W0FRIdPHBn4A/playlistshttps://www.youtube.com/@cmkosemen/videoshttps://www.youtube.com/@PersonyPerson/videosBesides the channels, I'll add specific videos, like these:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRtV-ugIT0khttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR511iAedYU
>>98035401I'll be eagerly awaiting this.>>98043389If you're interested in religion and anthropology thereof, then I'll take the opportunity to shill these two:>Let's Talk Religionhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9dRb4fbJQIbQ3KHJZF_z0g>ReligionForBreakfasthttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCct9aR7HC79Cv2g-9oDOTLwThe latter has a PhD in religious studies, if that helps his credibility.
https://opendata.uni-halle.de/handle/1981185920/32811
>>98043389Just in time worldbuilding channel is legitimately decent and the person running it is extremely passionate about all aspects of worldbuilding.
>>98047509Yeah, I thought they were great for helping with worldbuilding.
>>98035401that's nice but does it actually have any succinct actionable resources like tables or quick workflows?
>>98049058Not sure, gimme an example of "succinct actionable resources" or "quick workflows", this shit sounds like stuff I read in Linkedln.
>>98046212>I'll be eagerly awaiting this.I'll do my best.
https://www.elmar-lorey.de/prozesse.htm
>>98049393I dont want to read 300 pages of some guy talking about how to worldbuild or 40 pages of some guy talking about population numbers of medieval towns. I dont want shit to be encyclopedic, I want quick actionable resources which actually let me get shit done. Every single thing I spend time on should result in my world being closer to be ready to use.
>>98050389It's the link list, revised and expanded. I won't try to teach anyone. Some of the links might.I'm considering adding stuff like "why thermal vents don't work for underwater forging, stop spreading this shit" plus links for alternatives.
>>98049603>>98047392Thanks.
>>98027613The only resources you will ever need for this hobby.
>>98050600>I'm considering adding stuff like "why thermal vents don't work for underwater forging, stop spreading this shit" plus links for alternatives.I fully support that, thanks!
https://web.archive.org/web/20191208005719/http://www.shroudeater.com/cdatlist.htm
>>98057161Thanks!
>>98027613Is The Story Engine Deck worth checking out? I found them via a YouTube ad just now, and I figured I should ask if anyone here would recommend them.
>>98027613Does anyone have any magic-system specific resources? Besides Sanderson’s laws I mean.
>>98065508kill yourself bumpfag
>>98050671Not him, but thanks as well!
>>98063722Check the share thread.
>>98063722Huh, thanks for letting us know this exists.
Bump
>>98071362Thanks!
>>98027613What are some good resources specifically for designing the races for your worlds? A friend turned me onto Wakfu and it inspired me to try and make more original races, or at least take existing race concepts and make them more “me”. I’ve found a couple random generators of course, but I’m not really planning to use them unless I have to, I want my races to be designed by me, not a roll of the metaphorical dice, and I want to avoid just copy-pasting stuff from D&D books if I can help it. Any help would be greatly appreciated please!>https://toolsaday.com/writing/tools/pWeD2pY2byfIMmogFOR9>https://www.rangen.co.uk/world/racegen.php>https://fantasy-faction.com/2018/creating-a-fantasy-race
>>98035401Hope that this is going well! You are a god amongst anons!
>>98049538Thanks! What the heck are we looking at though? It's giving me cow Frankenstein vibes. Wait, there's an idea...
>>98051203>The only resources you will ever need for this hobby.Really? Just a notepad and pen? What have you made with those?
How aesthetic is your setting's empire?
I've been running a long-running sci-fi campaign, and the next arc is set on a planet that once had a kaiju infestation and has since been reclaimed by wilderness, with giant monsters roaming everywhere.I came up with the idea a while ago and dropped a bunch of hints that this was what was coming next, but now, for the life of me, I can't remember what I actually wanted to do with the premise.Any ideas for cool stuff I could do with this? The kaiju won, the world already ended, and the planet has been taken over by their ecosystem.
>>98103510crap, wrong thread.Disregard this post, I suck dicks
>>98027613I know that >>98103510 posted in the wrong thread by accident, but it got me thinking, what are some useful resources for creating Kaiju, other megafauna, and monsters/creatures in general? Or at least non-DnD compendiums of said monsters.
>>98103587It's okay, we've all done stuff like that.
>>98045881that's a lot of garbage
I'm that >>98103510 anon>>98104705 you got me down memory lane: over a decade ago, I made a kaiju generator IN COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING. I was a fine art student back then, so I had access to everything.The whole project got sidelined, so the only thing I can send you right now is this picture I took of the WIP.Curse me for not scanning the full thing back then.
>>98109092I forgot pic related
>>98109096alright, it's not uploading for some reasons. That will have to stay a mystery for now, I guess.>>98104705So here's everything I have on my computer that's both kaiju and /tg/ related https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1E-nC1HUs8zlxRb-XrMz_8wELago5rEal?usp=drive_linkBoth Horizon War and Ragnarok are wargames by Precinct Omega, in 6mm or so, where you can deploy kaiju units.Mecha and Monsters is a mini ttrpg for playing either kaiju or mecha. Most of the book is taken by ideas of settings.
Half of hashtagthisyear /tg/ really are against anything constructive, creative, or on topic, aren't they?https://osricrpg.com/tools/index.phphttps://archive.org/details/galacticaliensalanfrank1979https://archive.org/details/terrantradeauthorityhandbookspacecraft2000to2100adhttps://archive.org/details/the-shaver-mystery-free-e-book/The%20Shaver%20Mystery%20Compendium%20Free%20eBook/https://archive.org/details/subterranean-worlds-100000-years-of-dragons-dwarfs-the-dead-lost-races-ufos-from-inside-the-earthhttps://archive.org/details/hollow-earth-tales-free-e-bookhttps://archive.org/details/the-extraterrestrial-species-almanac-craig-campobassohttps://archive.org/details/the-field-guide-to-extraterrestrialshttps://archive.org/details/barlowes-guide-to-extraterrestrials_202302https://archive.org/details/historyoffourfoo00topshttps://archive.org/details/the-gygax-75-challenge-ttrpg-worldbuilding-resourcehttps://archive.org/details/100-beach-encounters-dd-random-encountershttps://archive.org/details/2bardon-2018https://archive.org/details/dn-d-5e-running-a-kingdomhttps://archive.org/details/r-worldbuilding-resources-master-list
https://archive.org/details/bullfinchsmythol0000unsehttps://archive.org/details/declineandfallr00gibbgoog_202210https://archive.org/details/to_forge_a_fantasy_world-greyhawks_creationhttps://archive.org/details/gary-gygaxs-extraordinary-book-of-nameshttps://archive.org/details/osprey-warrior-048-english-medieval-knight-1200-1300-ocr-imageshttps://archive.org/details/28-medieval-mosaic-iii
>>98027613What resources would be good for learning how a fantasy world might handle mining? Wikipedia is a start, but when magic gets involved…
>>98114300Yeah, so annoying. Thanks for the links anon!
>>98117539>What resources would be good for learning how a fantasy world might handle mining? Wikipedia is a start, but when magic gets involved…Seconding this please.
OK. I filtered out the AI slop, hopefully.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQwYj_9YBI8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pLjzlSz4R4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALHipUNK3I4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg-9BeP2ZrIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwlipLOBBiYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqX_7IYKNgg
>>98124489Ah, cuntwaffle, I did one twice, well, I'm not doing it again.
>>98117539This is the specific stuff I'll add to the worldbuilding link list. Not sure it helps, because it will depend on you working out which sort of magic/beliefs/deities your world has and how they might affect mining or not. Would wild/High elf knowledge of plants allow them to create mangrove trees whose roots would leech gold from alluvial deposits, turn their leaves golden, and their bark as valuable as nuggets?https://web.archive.org/web/20101218004035/http://minelinks.com/alluvial/goldPrimitive.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20101125150200/http://minelinks.com/alluvial/goldClassic.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20101125151950/http://minelinks.com/alluvial/goldMedieval.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20101125151732/http://minelinks.com/alluvial/goldRenaissance.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20101218004214/http://minelinks.com/alluvial/goldLore.htmlhttps://mythicscribes.com/history/history-for-fantasy-writers-miners/https://mythicscribes.com/history/medieval-mines/https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/44861/how-do-underwater-societies-develop-mininghttps://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-34582013000300016https://web.archive.org/web/20191222074022/http://wiki.biomine.skelleftea.se/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
>>98043389Way to make your channel sound and seem insufferable from the very first impression.
Posting in a bumpchad thread
>>98043389My two cents:https://www.youtube.com/@AdoreaOlomouchttps://www.youtube.com/@armoredmmahttps://www.youtube.com/@dequitemhttps://www.youtube.com/@deutschesklingenmuseumsoli6044https://www.youtube.com/@holmganghamburghttps://www.youtube.com/@HorribleHistoriesOfficialhttps://www.youtube.com/@JillBearuphttps://www.youtube.com/@JohnClements3000https://www.youtube.com/@scholagladiatoriahttps://www.youtube.com/@TastingHistoryhttps://www.youtube.com/@ThePathOfFirehttps://www.youtube.com/@townsendshttps://www.youtube.com/@VintageEgyptologist
>>98126721Thanks anon!
>>98132572No wuckas. I just wish the badmins would let us post books again so I could share what I have saved.
>>98071362>arrived too late and two files are already in cold storage>need premium to get themFuuuuuuuckThank you for the other files though, amazing stuff.
>>98133428To be clear, I didn't POST the files there, just saw the link in the thread and mentioned it here, but thanks anyway! And yeah, that's annoying.
>>98133428Dang it, I saw this too late. Maybe someone else will repost them?
>>98027613any reason why this couldnt have been posted in /wbg/ >>98091157 ?
>>98143969It's not the thread topic.Any reason why you can't begin a sentence with a capital letter?
>>98027613Does anyone have any good resources for speculative evolution creature design and the like please?
>>98027613I am doing a small world of my own. Its technology level is victorian period, and i want to figure out what necessities are traded in that period. Stuff like:Coal, metals (copper, iron, etc), precious metals (gold and silver), wool, cotton, and what else?My mind keeps blanking out
>>98147572Why, yes, yes I do. Thank you for asking.
>>98149714NTA, but can you share them then please?
