Kingdom Building
Infrastructure: Roadbuilding
When you think of infrastructure, you should think roads. Roads were important to the Romans as well, and we’ll be using them for insight on how to design and build roads in a fantasy world.
Magic Systems
Resurrection and Loss of Experience
Death is usually something to avoid, but a world with resurrection magic means death does not have to be the end. That said, it can still be a costly proposition.
Economics
Economic Protectionism: Tariffs
So maybe you’ve heard of the word tariff or you’ve read about globalization but you don’t really know what that means. Or maybe you do know what those terms mean, but you are not sure how to apply them to a fantasy world economy. Let’s demystify these terms and gain a better understanding on how we might craft economic policy when swords and magic are commonplace.
Economics
Industrial Revolution With a Blast Furnace
Iron by itself is a valuable resource and critical to the defense and economic growth of any nation state – this is true in the modern world as well as the fantasy world. But how do you process the ore?
Skill Systems
Intro to Skills
Desiring more strength and seeking more power is a cornerstone of any successful fantasy world survival strategy, and the key lies in how one gains experience and learns skills.
Tips & Tricks
How to determine if you are in a fantasy world
If you find yourself in an unfamiliar place and you don’t know how you got there, it is possible you have been transported to a fantasy world, but how can you be sure? Let us first eliminate some obvious explanations.
Economics
Adventurers Guild
A hallmark of any fantasy world is the existence of Adventurers – people who make a living by hunting monsters. The organization that regulates them is called the Adventurers Guild.
Tips & Tricks
Have you tried pudding?
Pudding is one of countless foods that are easily accessible in the modern world that exist only in the legendary realm of possibility in a fantasy world.
Skill Systems
Status by the numbers
A set of numerical values that represents the abilities of a person. Values like these are commonly seen in role playing games (RPGs). Many fantasy worlds are built around a status system.
Divinity
What does it mean to be a creator?
Gods of a fantasy world are often fickle, self-serving, and in many ways, just as human as the mortals they created.