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World Building Resources - A few handy links for mapping aficionados, including a downloadable list of place names and another enumerating geographical features (i.e., coast, point, bog, etc). Useful when trying to name features in large areas.
World Builder Projects - Starting place for information on how to build an imaginary setting.
The Fantasy World Builders Forum - A forum for fantasy world builders with supplement site.
Patricia C. Wrede's Worldbuilder Questions - Advice on creating a believable fantasy world, with a particular eye toward crucial yet easily overlooked details.
World Builders - Charter School of Education: California State University, Los Angeles. A website supporting an on-site Worldbuilding course, a distance education course, and serving as a resource for teachers.
World Building - Contains mainly links to world design related articles and pointers to interesting sites.
Rich Staats' RPG Articles - Many interesting original and adapted articles of all aspects of gaming worlds, with much of interest to world builders.
Guidelines for World Creation - Juha juuso Vesanto's classic primer in outline format, describing various approaches, resources, and advice about world design.
Constructed Human Languages - Comprehensive guide to various invented and artificial languages. Includes links to numerous invented language projects on the web.
Language Creation - Language creation is a fascinating hobby (or passion, or even obsession), which consists on the invention of a linguistic system, to enrich the fantasy of a story, or to share your thoughts to intimate friends, or for your amusement (not exclusively).
Fictional Linguistics: KICKS Academy Course - Online free course about creating languages, hosted at the KICKS Academy of the SciFiVine. Members of the SciFiVine may participate after a free registration in the class project for an invented language called "Trans-Galactic Lingo". KICKS stands for "Kenobi Intergalactic Council of Kindred Spirits".
The Language Construction Kit - Intended for anyone who wants to create artificial languages -- for a fantasy or an alien world, as a hobby, as an interlanguage. It presents linguistically sound methods for creating naturalistic languages -- which can be reversed to create non-naturalistic languages.
Model Languages - Free open source LangMaker software for Windows to help design consistent languages for all kinds of settings. Build a vocabulary from scratch or extrapolate from real examples.
Earth Minimal language - Are you feeling terse today? It may be hard to get any more precise than in an "Earth Minimal Language" expression. Check out this incredible language from EBTX.
Konka, The World of - The world of Konka is a fantasy world made in the spirit of the good old AD&D era. Get charmed by Tan'eldaron and float to our kingdom on the back of the ancient Dragon.
The World, An in-depth, interactive fantasy world - The World is designed to provide an environment for role-playing games. This project, while in its early stages, includes some interesting maps and high-leve information about religion, history & magic.
Pancreas - World under development designed for fantasy/adventure roleplaying. Includes rudimentary historical, geographical, ethnographical, zoological & political background information.
Peledir & Taramoon - This site features two separate FRPG campaign worlds, the Peledir AD&D Campaign World and the World of Taramoon. Peledir also features some information about its planetary system. The Taramoon Chronicle features stories and high-level maps.
Virtual Verduria - For scholars of Verdurian, RPG enthusiasts, tourists, and bemused spectators
Ki'larn Fantasy Role Playing World - Amorphous Blob Games is in the early stages of creating this fantasy role-playing world.
The Old Lands - A searchable encyclopedia of a D&D campaign world. Magic-rich, fairly detailed history. By Drew Shiel.
Andal - More a literary creation than a gaming one, this civilization draws inspiration from China and Nepal. Language, music, history and culture benefit from almost poetic depictions. No conversion notes, but it seems ideally suited for generic systems.
Meln - Maps, cultures, religions, History, Calendar, Magic, Links. English/Finnish.
Natahl - A long running fantasy world specifically designed for playing the role of sovereigns.
Carnelian Coast, Tales of the - A gritty swords-and-sorcery world. Includes five major regions, a free RPG, and stories from a PBEM game.
Eldahar, A Fantasy Campaign World created by the Dragon Baphomet - Out of the void, Baphomet the Dragon King created the World of Eldahar. A Fantasy Campaign World filled with maps, characters, events and 2616 years of history.
Kalyr - Here humans are a slave race, imported to an alien planet and overshadowed by several strange humanoid species. Psychic powers and ancient supertechnology are relatively common. Game notes make good use of GURPS, but could easily be converted to another rule system.
Arcallis, The World of - The world of Arcallis is one of deadly peril and heroic adventure. In the centuries since the Breaking of the World by the ancient Archmage Mithröde, baleful Horrors and dark Faerie creatures have ramed at will, unchallenged, unfettered, and unstoppable.
Paltharas - A world of magic and wonder, found in a recently-discovered pocket of the Existence. An open realm which holds the potential to spawn infinite stories.
Jhendor - Jhendor is a harsh continent on the northern hemisphere of a small world. Humans vie with other, more exotic races for control of the land. Geography People Legends Adventures Inspirations.
KaranBlade - A D&D campaign with history, races, kits, ancient lores, characters, maps, adventures, original artwork, library, link directory, and games.
The World of Terèth End - A fantasy world for d20, Gurps, and Harnmaster roleplaying systems.
The Realm of Tragoth - The world of Tragoth. Based on John Norman's Gor series with elements of generic fantasy thrown in. It's still a work in progress.
Sylnae - An original fantasy world created for use with any system. Being created by three DMs in hopes of producing a completely free campaign world that anyone may use.
Runebearer - Runebearer is a dark fantasy RPG set in the ruins of an ancient world. In the world of Bostonia, the steel of swordsmen meets the advanced science of alchemy. Magic is mastered not by the scholarly, but by the daring and strong of will. The thatch roofs and cobblestone streets of the towns contrast the twisted stone and steel towers left behind by the mysterious ancients.
Avarlyn: Unholy Router Phantasy - Set in the rich fantasy world of Avarlyn, UR Phantasy offers wisdom from a hundred ages and a thousand worlds. A user-contributed spell and item database offers an amazing array of goodies. A vast library of role-playing information, from netbooks to original work.
Dunya, Tales from - Set in a fantasy medieval Africa, this AD&D PBEM campaign benefits from elaborate cultural descriptions, regional languages, religious orders, and unconventional player roles.
Manxx, The County of - The fantasy setting of Manxx lies in one of the outermost southwestern valleys of the Blue Sun Mountains in the Empire of Catalania in Three Suns. A great starting point for fantasy role-playing and more detail to anyone interested in the Three Suns Setting.
Khoras, The World Of - Forged from the fires of the Great War, the world of Khoras is reborn into the Age of Legends. It is a world haunted by the cataclysmic events of history and now left with a legacy of dark magic, lost legends, foul beasts bred for battle and long forgotten secrets waiting to be found.
Mythosa, Realm of - Mythosa is a fantasy world intended for use in a fantasy role-playing campaign. It is probably best suited for those systems that aren't tied to a prefabricated world (such as AD&D or Rolemaster), but it can be used for any system (RuneQuest, Warhammer FRP, etc.).
The Three Suns - Three Suns, the fantasy setting for role-playing games of all types, created in 1984, growing until this day. New classes, races, cultures and one of the most detailed campaigns out there.
Aretas D'Arghe - Originally designed as a setting for short stories, Aretas D'Arghe is a fantasy campaign setting useable with any gaming system. Currently, it is used for a PBeM game.
Audean: The Dark - A dark world of conflict, cults, disease and wars. Vampires, Orcs and Mochai terrorize the land. Audean features the titanic struggle between the Spirir and the Spiriru for Erled.
Aleder - This fantasy world is in an early stage of development. A regional map, an atlas with adventure hooks, and an overview of the country Eth Eytr constitute its only details.
Sarandur - An less magic-heavy campaign world for Runequest, Sarandur features colorful cultural detail, original gods and cults, representative NPCs, and some nice-looking maps.
Artisc - Artisc is a world where magic is distrusted. Armies are marching and the new frontiers in the south have just opened. Inhuman forces wait there for something to disturb them and bring them into action.
Geoza - A complete roleplaying environment created using the ARIA system by Last Unicorn Games. Filled with rich Narrative Environments and an intricate Reality system, Geoza features several unique system expansions, including an alternate system for handling psychic abilities without using the Reality creation rules or Omnessence.
Highland - An alternate version of our own world. The most radical diversion came with the Second Cataclysm (or third, depending on which schismatic order you talk to) in 1,000 AD when the world was destroyed by an angry god, gods, two thousand foot Arcturan goat...you get the picture.
Aerra, The Scrolls of - A growing online encyclopedia about the fictional world of Aerra.
Sulerin, World of - Hundreds of pages of original fantasy RPG material. Spells, magic items, rules, monsters, maps, and stories!
Cel' Neoth, Land of Dreams - Somewhere in the twilight mists between sleep and wakefulness lies Cel' Neoth, a land of chaos and of imagination, where the eyes of the painter and the soul of the poet hold more sway than the steel of the keenest enchanted blade.
Dragonstorm: Tales of The Shattered Kingdoms - Dragonstorm takes place in the Shattered Kingdoms, a world where the main gods are at war and their children have been scattered across many connected floating island continents to continue the fight. It is a world nearing a great transition point.
Darksbane campaign setting - Darksbane is a dark medieval fantasy campaign world.
Domus Project - A fantasy world featuring a twin planet, ancient history and three different kinds of magic: the Spirit, the Fate and the Essaence.
East Ralios - A Gloranthan campaign: adventure and marriage set amidst cattle raids, chariot warfare, and clan politics.
Rekalos: The Age of Loss - The geography of this fantasy setting has been mapped to exacting detail with Campaign Cartographer. Maps of varied projections and perspectives are available for viewing or download.
Gorland, The World - World of Gor is a fantasy world, play-tested with (A)D&D, but suitable for any system. There is a well developed Gazetteer, new races & critters and very well developed clickable maps. Also some thoughts on World Creation.
Tu - Vignettes, short stories, and character profiles tell the story of the World Waterrimmed, with detail provided by a timeline and supplemental maps. No game mechanics, but suitable for just about any fantasy system.
Knights of Legend - A highly magical, mythical world that focuses on detail. There are 7 major countries inhabited by almost 200 different races.
Lastaria, The Realm of - A game world based on Celtic and Norse Mythology.
Thystra - Home of Wulf the Freelance and other colorful characters, Thystra is a place of adventure, danger and humor.
A'dohn, Realms of - The Realms of A'dohn is an original campaign world of my own creation, designed for Fantasy Role Playing Games.
Tarania - Tarania, Land of Endless Surprises (mostly mean ones.) An Advanced Dungeons and Dragons page with information on geography, races, and religions of Tarania, 250+ links, PBEM game, plus lots of house rules.
Metaphaze, World of Magic - A small world about 2700 miles in circumference. Circumnavigation of the world in a ship would take approximately 8 months.
Maelstrom - An original campaign setting for all role playing games. Maps, cities, castles, floorplans, countries, deities, and heraldries.
Narth Classic - Home page for Narth, an AD&D campaign which has run almost continuously for nearly two decades.
Cyuk - Misery Ascendant - Custom Dark Fantasy Campaign World for Dungeons & Dragons, using the best elements from the existing worlds to create a unique setting. The failed attempts at the lands of goodness.
Worlds in the Net - This page is dedicated to imaginary worlds - all those marvels of imagination that enthusiastic game masters and players have imported to the Net. The ultimate directory of links to created worlds.
Northlands, Welcome to the - Great but unknown forces stand to clash through the war-ravaged Northlands, but perhaps not all is lost. Come visit this beautiful, diverse world, and perhaps you will want to stay and change the course of history yourself.
Fargoth, Kingdoms of - A world under construction, with orcs, humans, and elves.
Sheinar, The Confederacy of - Born out of a cataclysm war, the Confederacy of Sheinar is located on a archipelago that floats among the clouds. A campaign with aeroships, Plains Elves, and mysterious Dwarves.
Stormlands: Tales of the Tempest - A fantasy campaign world overflowing with fantastic islands, ancient sorcery and lost gods.
Talar - The focus I've tried hardest to put over the world is its religions, and the beliefs of both the common man and the noble learned. The Gods exist, that is certain. But there are over half a dozen major sects in this part of the world, all of whom seem to worship the same Gods in different ways. Who is right?
Terra Dyne - A Land of Magic and Adventure developed over 14 years.
Terra Viejo - A representation of our middle ages earth with the tradtional fantasy elements added in. Geography and history, to a point, are much like our own, but unlike Earth, Terra Viejo feels the influences of more than just humans.
Witchgate, Through The - Gateway to explore two original Fantasy RolePlaying Worlds and their sourcepages.
Ca'Lore, Land of the Grand Adepts - This AD&D 2nd edition world was made using the same layout as many of TSR's most popular books.
Universe 13 - Universe 13 is a campaign source for roleplayers and referees. It is the result of 20 years of roleplaying by several members of our family.
Tzalmir - The tyranny of Ghoras, lich-king of Tzalin, has come to a mysterious end. In the last century of his thousand-year reign, Ghoras' conquests had nearly realized his mad vision. an Empire to span the Six Thrones of the Six Gods. But then, as the expanding psychic shock of his death claimed each of his bile-wormed vassals in turn, the face of the Empire was irrevocably changed.
Vale of Wizards - Anna's Fantasy Fudge. A campaign setting designed for high fantasy adventures. In other words, if the physics, geography and ecology is a bit on the dodgy side, you can put it down to magic.
Zam! Front Door - A new fantasy for a new reality! Encyclopedia Zammica.
Drak - The World of the Dragoncats - Drak puts a strong emphasis on story-telling. A world where 10 races are descended from ancient Drakatoj: humans, felines, elves, dwarves, orcs, vespers, spirits, and others. A medieval world with strangely modern devices that only recently suffered a massive environmental catastrophe. There are numerous pictures of characters and lots of love has been put to the little details. Maps and a concise history finish up Drak.
Aldor - Aldor started to take shape in 1978, the entire world consisted of a city (Quernest), a huge swamp, and a bit of forest. Now, the place fills an entire filing cabinent, consists of three fully mapped and (mostly) detailed continents, and several islands.
Fantasy World of Enubia - Emperion, gods, empires, inhabitants, history. For reading or roleplaying. Graphical site, not much text.
The Dark Forest Realm - This is a fantasy realm for roleplaying and chatting in Excite's Talk/VP Chatting community. It features medieval style scenes, avatars, gestures, historical and graphical links. The realm includes beaches, a village, lakes, bridges, forests, and a manor.
Kemen - These volumes of The Encyclopedia Kemen offer a glimpse into this fantasy campaign setting. The Atlas details the lands and people of Kemen. Also, found within are the game rules (with a heavy Rolemaster influence) and the Annals of the Immortal Company, the story's current "heroes".
Karech, World of - I am constructing a Fantasy World adaptable for most RPGs. I would apreciate your help too. It's still in its initial phase but the basics are already online.
Breminor - Fantasy stories, maps, and RPG gaming materials.
Amordian - Free gamers world. Multiple chat rooms available. If you want it, and it is not there yet, it will come.
Adaro, Jim's World of - Fantasy campaign world based on the GURPS roleplaying system.
Kián, The Land of - The lands of Kián consist of three great continents and many contrasts: from the rock and sand of the Great Aht'b Desert to the fertile river lands of Shaïre; the grassy plains of the Barroch, to the icy forests of the Northern Wilderlands; the high peaks of the mountains to the mysterious continent of Haven, where no men may travel. And within these lands live the varied peoples of Kián.
Dragonia - Fantasy world populated by dragons.
Arendra, World of - Arendra is a world marching towards its doomsday. Falei, the evil sun has returned to destroy the world. Nevertheless some ancient orders fight against the rising darkness.
Krell, The World of - A realm of fantasy, an original AD&D campaign world. Also host to a collection of downloads and artwork for every fantasy fan.
The World of Carador - Unique creatures and magics, maps, tales, and histories make up a comprehensive world. Updated weekly with new treatises. Includes an original RPG.
Adelfarn - A detailed fantasy town setting in a world caught in an epic struggle between good and evil.
Agyris - World of the Bell - FRP Setting - A decaying world torn asunder by now-dead gods. Explore the mysteries of a vast world on the brink of collapse. 150+ original illustrations, free desktops, new gods, archetypes, maps, monsters, newspapers.
Empire of the Jade Sea - The Empire of the Jade Sea occupies a fictional world of our own creation; we welcome visitors and encourage participation. Submit ideas which will enrich the world.
Jamboloydia - An AD&D 2nd edition world created for campaign use. Complete with unique worldmap, gods, and custom classes.
Kalida - the Legend of Blacksilver - An original campaign that details the fantasy world of Kalida. Details on heroes, villains, races, and magic.
The Lands of Dual - A Developing RPG Campaign World - A developing fantasy RPG Campaign World. Suggestions welcome from anyone.
Call of the Nightwalker - An AD&D role-playing adventure set on the world of Tellus. Includes information, background, characters and pictures. Also delves into the background and language of the High Elves of Aglarrana.
Fantasy World of Adaro - Campaign setting for GURPS Fantasy
Dagon's OmniVortex WebZone - Gaming/Storytelling set dedicated to ongoing "An Age Of Nihilism" Chronicle set in New York 2045AD. Lots of Crossover material, including KULT and Cthulhu. Very extensive resources.
Amaraya - A fantasy-based role playing world for AOL Users. Requires dice, HP, and a level system. Make your OWN characters.
The Alpines Horse RPG - An RPG about wild horses.You can fight for territory and herd or meet interesting people there.
The World of Astlan - An introduction to the lands, culture, professions and history of Astlan. The site is maintained by the Wizard's Council's Department of Tourism. The site contains original artwork, fiction, maps and descriptions of Astlan and Animus The Role Playing Game.
Ascalon - Second Byzantium - Game background, maps, adventures, and history in the world of Ascalon - a late Dark Age parallel of the Byzantine Empire after Justinian.
Tékumel: The World of the Petal Throne - Lands, gods, history, and several new races may be found here.
TerraGloria : a d20 fantasy: world includes everything needed for a campaign: updated monthly - TerraGloria is a d20 fantasy world campaign setting complete with maps, creatures, NPC's, history, and artwork. This site is updated every month with a new featured creature, NPC, and map.
The World of Barador - A detailed, private-turned-commercial world that offers all world-related handbooks for download.
The steampunk world of Daleth - A world between fantasy, horror and science fiction. There are maps, detailed information and stories available.
Sedes Draconis - Sedes Draconis is a world built drawing on real science in biology, linguistics, geology, astrophysics, etc. (Not really a gaming world, though it started that way).
Withnada's World - Learn about this ancient/medieval campaign through the eyes of one of its player characters. The mythology and nation outlines which comprise the site's content are promising.
Land of the Six Guilds - Information about the region of the Six Kingdoms; derived from source information for the World of Olendiak and the World of Taundra.
The Complete Roleplaying System - A Role-Playing community that includes a world, simple system, and chat for fantasy roleplayers to use.
Orshka - A series of experimental studies in world building, sci-fi archaeology, and language creation. The site loads in a separate, pop-up flash window.
Delmop: Fantasy City - A unique insight into this city of wonders, from temples to trader organisations, including the Emperium and the Alchemists Guild too.
The Realm of Lorin - An original fantasy campaign setting. Details on setting, characters, game synopsis, and a message board.
Telvar - A fantasy campaign world that has evolved over the last decade through the play of numerous characters. The web site contains a virtual travelogue that allows visitors to wander and learn commonly known information about some of the countries of Telvar.
The World of Lune - A privately-created world. Offers map downloads, character sheets, an overview of the game system, and a discussion forum.
DwarvenWorld - A complete, detailed, low-magic fantasy setting for mature players, DwarvenWorld is free of Tolkien-like and commercial stereotypes. Please note this site's contents must be downloaded as a .zip file
Ynni, The World of - There are typical monster from dragons to orcs. At this time everything is in chaos and forces of darkness are growing stronger. Designed for Rolemaster play.
Fargoth World Building Project - Features some nice maps, graphics and political information with original races, monsters, and flora and fauna. A generic gaming world for all systems. A mailing list is available for would-be collaborators.
WebWorlds - Project Coordination Site - The WebWorlds were set up to produce a shared multiverse that is designed to be as flexible as possible, no matter what sort of universe or dimension, heaven or hell, weird science or weirder magic.
Celandra - the Unyielding Land - A world in which 4 PBEMs occur simultaneously, in each the players play the role of societies, rather than single characters, and the purpose of the game is to plot the way of those societies through time, as well as to develop them and the campaign world further.
Qaiyore - Qaiyore is a continent in the world of Celandra: the Unyielding Land, a game world based on the Fudgified Interactive History (FIH) system. Players take the roles of societies, rather than playing individual characters. Emphasis is placed on developing a detailed history and cultures for Qaiyore, along with myths and legends.
Unified Citizens of Earth - Finally end world government intervention through The Proclomation. Bring your persona. Now it's time to reinvent government and do it right.
The World of Conclave - Draws from Oriental, African, Polynesian and other non-Western influences. Contains a beginner's guide, character journals, glossary of people, places, and things, and forums.
ImagiNations Master Page - A series of planets, each with countries designed by their owners.
Quellorn - An attempt to create a fictional fantasy world harnessing the enormous creative potential of the World Wide Web.
Orions Arm - Science fiction space oriented multi-race universe. Site contains a beginner's guide, mailing list, FAQs, a timeline, maps, community news, and detailed information on all aspects of their universe and it's peoples.
ARWZ World - Alternative Reality Writer's Zone; Detailed fantasy and science-fiction worlds are created entirely by members. Anyone may join and add to the collaborative efforts in world creation.
The Santharian Dream - The Legacy to Tolkien's Fantasy - Always wanted to develop a complete fantasy world in the style of J.R.R. Tolkien? Santharian excerpts, poems, maps - you're welcome in our realm!
World of Dragons Breath - A collaborative fantasy writing project. Features a library, character profiles, galleries, online comic, map, forum, and chat room.
Local Group - A rare example of the original science fiction setting, the Local Group is well-suited to exploration and political intrigue. Its well thought-out future history, illustrative glossary, and brief notes on the Boolean race make this site worth a look.
Providence Station - The focus of humanity's hopes and dreams in an age of darkness, Providence Station stands as the gateway to the Rimward Frontier, thirty-six hours from earth and less than an hour from enemy space. This is its story.
Lungfish Alpha - A science-surrealist world that doesn't so much blur the lines between genres as pave over them, Lungfish Alpha combines space opera, cyberpunk, and fantasy into a unique world.
Ramaxia - An Empire sees the Last of Its Days...'a cross between I, Claudius and Walking with Dinosaurs'.
World-Building Home Page - The World-Building Email list is intended to serve as a public forum for discussion of topics concerning the writing of fantasy, science fiction, and horror. Topics discussed range from anthropological questions about creating a fictional culture, to historical questions about model cultures, to practical concerns facing every writer.
The Fantasy World Builders Forum - Fantasy world builders discussion about Deities, Races, Curious Characters, Classes, Locations, and more.
Creative Conclave - A collaborative effort to create an original fantasy world for use in role-playing games and writing.
Maps - Real Maps and Building Plans. A short article with links from the Vesanto Worldbuilding site.
3-D Starmaps - Lots of data and links for real space stars and star mapping in general.
Fantasy Mapmaking 101 - Map making is an art form dating back into the depths of time. Before there were GPS' (global positioning satellites), there were maps. It took a skilled mathematician and artist to create a precise map, and sailors and navigators around the world relied on exact accuracy. Maps can be symbolic, imaginary, or just plain useful.
Legolas' Fantasy and Medieval Maps - Historical Building Plans, Castle Plans, City Maps, Maps, Monument Plans, and Temple Plans. Fantasy Castle Plans, City Maps, Dungeon Maps, and other Maps. Glossary of Castle Terms. Old English Titles.
iG-Tools - Site sponsored by Irony Games that provides nifty ONLINE mapping utilities that generate maps from dungeons and hex-grid open spaces to simple 3-D terrain.
The Fractal Mapper - High-powered mapping system that lets gamers create any type of map desired - dungeons, continents, and cities. Offers trial download.
Explorations v3 World Building Tools - Build your custom hi-res landscapes, walls, buildings, and dungeons with Explorations World Building Tools.
RPGnet: Fractal Mapper v6.0 - Review by George Legeza. "Fractal Mapper isn't perfect, but it's pretty close to being my ideal rpg mapping suite. It is not as powerful as campaign mapper, but what it lacks in features and options it makes up for in ease of use."
RPGnet: Campaign Cartographer vs. Autorealm vs. Corel Draw - Review and comparision of the programs and how suitable they are for drawing maps.
Bejoscha's Fantasy Page - Home of TavernMaker, a freeware tool which generates floorplans, patronage and menues.
Builder Home Page - Shareware and freeware programs that build things. Castle, Galaxy, Nation, and World Builder are available.
McGraw's Miscellaneous - Homepage of mapAction.atn a PhotoShop action to generate a fantasy RPG map.
Izandawo - A RPG mapper. Gives list of features, downloads, documentation and screenshots.
Nation Builder - A shareware program which creates the history of human civilization on a world. Screenshots, user guide and download.
Lior's Map Creator - A freeware tool to design wilderness and dungeon maps. Includes sets of tiles and objects and editors to create additional ones.
AutoREALM - Official site with downloads of binary, source and add-on symbols.
Yahoo Groups: Autorealm - Mailing list for discussions about AutoREALM, link collection and downloads.
RPGnet: AutoREALM - Review by Mike O'Connor, "everything you'd expect, and more, for your money. The learning curve is low, the features are comprehensive, and the interface is intuitive and flexible.".
AutoREALM Web Ring - Web ring for sites with maps and symbols for AutoREALM.
Gaming Outpost: Autorealm - "AutoRealm, from Andy Gryc Software, aims to meet every GM's mapping needs. Well, it doesn't quite do that, but it comes rather close!" Review by Nick Zachariasen.
RPGnet: AutoREALM V1.19 - " If you are low on money there is no program to match AutoREALM. The user interface is also very intuitive and easy to learn. If you are a professional or have too much money you may want to check out the other programs that have larger symbol libraries, but for a hobbyist AutoREALM is a good choise."
AutoREALM - The Free GNU Mapper - Unofficial site with development information, FAQ and downloads.
Instant City Maker - Creates walled medieval cities with populations of about 20 thousand people. Cities are about a half square mile in size and have miles and miles of avenues and allyways for your players to explore.
Fantasy Village Generator - A CGI-program that generates a whole fantasy village with a map, castles, craftmen, farms and houses and villagers. It generates a family for every (almost) house and farm, with random names, profession, equipment etc. The village created is inspired by the Deverry books written by Katherine Kerr.
City Designer 2 - Add-on software to Campaign Cartographer 2 for designing city maps of any age or genre.
Star Generator - Generates non-graphic planetary systems for use in gaming. Output are tables of information that can be used in story creation.
Fictional Worlds - Home of Accrete, a Java applet to simulate the creation of planetary systems by accretion.
Terrain Maker - Terrain generator/editor for POVRAY.
Terragen - A near 'photo-realistic' scenery rendering program. Galleries, tutorial, user group.
MapMage - MapMage is a random dungeon generator that instantly generates dungeons, complete with room descriptions, items, sounds, and smells.
Dungeon Designer 2 - Software for creating floor-plans and dungeons. Compatible with Campaign Cartographer 2.
The Fractal World Explorer v1.1 - Generate and Edit incredible 3d shaded relief maps! And with the new v1.1, you can now display your world in an interactive globe!
Fractal Worldmap Generator - Creates fractal world maps in .GIF format.
Wilbur - An outstanding fractal-generating world mapping tool. Current development copy is freeware, and available for download. Instructions for interfacing with Campaign Cartographer 2 are included on the site.
Terranova: Planet of the Day - Generates .GIF and .JPG images of planets.
Fractal Planet Generator - A web interface for Torben Æ. Mogensen's fractal based planet generator. Produces PNGs only.
Alien Planet Designer - Online calculations facilitate the creation of astronomically credible planets. Examples from our solar system and science fiction provide a starting point; tinker with the numbers or build a new world from scratch.
World Builder - A shareware program to draw maps of worlds. It uses continental drift and true meteorological computations to provide realistic maps including mountain ranges, rain shadows and rivers.
Blue Mars as seen by Fractal Terrains - A simple exploration of what happens if Mars gets flooded with water to the 0 level of the MOLA Data Set. Samples of the type of mapping that can be done with the program, as displayed by the designer himself.
Fractal Terrains - Brief description of Fractal Terrains by ProFantasy.
Wanderer's MAPS Archive - Many examples of maps in Campaign Cartographer 2 format, ready for download, with thumbnails provided.
Profantasy Software - Creators of Campaign Cartographer 2 (CC2), Dungeon Designer 2 (DD2), and City Designer 2 (CD2), CAD-based map drawing software for RPGs and other purposes.
Alarian's CC2/DD2 Maps and Files - Various pictures using CC v.6.
CHMP's CC2/Hârn Mapping Project - This group's goal is to customize Campaign Cartographer 2 into the home mapper's premiere Hârnic map making software. Our secondary goal is to cross-pollinate CC2 users and Harn users.
The Drak Atlas - The world of Drak is mapped in detail using Campaign Cartographer 2. Maps are presented in .JPG or .GIF format, with zipped, downloadable copies in CC2's native .FCW format.
Buildings, Sites, Cities and Towns - A repository for maps and map symbols of all kinds, but especially for Dungeons and Dragons.
Thomas Schekelmann's CC2 Maps - Examples of .JPG and downloadable, zipped Campaign Cartographer maps of Egypt and the world of Mystara.
Mapping with Campaign Cartographer 2 - Examples of maps made with Campaign Cartographer2 and City Designer 2. Also, information about the World of Tarumar and in particular the Kendror Region.
Breminor's CC2 Page - Sample maps, downloadable symbols, and a database of tips and hints excerpted from the CC2-L users email forum.
Realms Overseer 3D - A stand-alone 3D Fantasy RPG map viewer, designed to view and travel fantasy worlds, towns and dungeons. It is fully compatible with Campaign Cartographer® 2 and partially compatible with Forgotten Realms® Interactive Atlas.
CC2 Mailing List Archive - Word-Searchable archive of email queries, responses, and comments by users of Campaign Cartographer 2, and other ProFantasy Software mapping programs.
Campaign Cartographer Resources - Maps, templates and links.
Hubertian Maps - CC2 maps and symbols.
CC2 World Maker - Offer maps for download.
Yahoo Groups: CC2-Macros - A discussion group concerned with Campaign Cartographer macros.
Shootme Dungeon Crafter Tiles - Offers land, building and scenic tiles.
Opan's Custom DC Tiles - Offers a tropical island tileset for download.
Efreit's DC Domain - Offers custom tiles and maps.
Celtic Lady's Dungeon Crafter Tiles - Offers Celtic and Egyptian tiles.
Wingnut's Custom DC Pages - Offers custom tiles, maps, and backgrounds.
Terra Incognita - A guide to Dungeon Crafter as well as tiles, maps and backgrounds for download.
The Dungeon Crafter Challenge - Offers downloads of winners of past challenges, an idea box and rules of the challenge.
Dungeon Crafter - Free tile based dungeon mapping utility featuring multiple tilesets and a very active community.
Tiles for Dungeon Crafter - Stone floor tiles and sample maps.
The Owl's Nest - A guide for creating fictional characters, full of tips, ideas, and links for fiction writers and roleplayers.
Random Fantasy NPC Generator - Although designed to create Non-Player Characters for RPG's, this software can assist in creating personalities, particularly for worldbuilding histories.
The Character Sketcher - You don't have to be an artist! Draw character and NPC portraits in seconds! Mix and match pre-drawn facial features to sketch out a composite portrait of your favorite character.
Hero Machine - Build a character online. Using Macromedia's Flash program, the HeroMachine lets you control all visual aspects of your character, from capes and boots to faces and weapons.
PCGen - An open source java based character generator and maintenance program aimed at supporting all d20 system.
An Onomastikon (Dictionary of Names) - A collection of names from around the world which was initially intended to help provide character names for live role-players. It includes short historical backgrounds, male and female first names or personal names, and surnames or family names, from many countries and periods.
Phantasy names index - Alphabetical sorted names suitable fantasy purposes.
Fantasy Name Generator - The name generator goes COM! Uses now a name- component from ASP instead of that old-style cgi-stuff. Generates a list of random fantasy names, created from different sets of "rule-files", not from a list of existing fantasy names as some people seem to think...
Chris Pound's Name Generation Page - Random names, bizarre vocabularies, do-it-yourself scripts, datasets for nearly 40 languages, word generator, related links, and names for characters from Hong Kong action movies to typical fantasy games.
The Page of Generators - A collection of name generators.
Everchanging Book of Names - A shareware random name generator for Windows.
Cities, Population, Subsistance and Land Area - This page provides guidelines to generate a rough, "it feels about right" guestimates about: the population of a region based on the amount of land area it occupies the area a city of given population occupies, and the amount of required rural land and population to feed the city some other figures; size of army, number of cities, population density, etc.
Medieval Demographics Made Easy - How many people in a medieval city? How many taverns? How many castles in those hills? This article will let you know.
Medieval English urban history - Historical information about English cities and towns in the Middle Ages, with emphasis on medieval boroughs of East Anglia and on political and constitutional history. Includes primary material.
Division of Territory in Society - Sociology-fluent designers will have a ball with Ed Stephan's population density research. For the rest of us, his notes on tribal territory sizes are enough to enhance the realism of low-technology settings.
A Medieval World: European Culture in the Middle Ages - A site devoted to Medieval Europe. Learn about Medieval culture, see images of Medieval art, browse through hundreds of links to other Medieval sites. Farming, Peasant Clothing, Medieval Faire.
Fargoth Materials Page - Downloadable information on creating kingdoms, races, inns & taverns, and other items.

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