Captain Anorak's Guide to Gaming
The Realm of World Background
More than anything else, the world background makes a particular game what it is. What a shame it is, then, that so many are so weak and poorly thought out.

Consistency. The feeling of involvement. Human inventiveness. Mythic grandeur.

Building from the ground up. Power structures. Economics.

Magic. Gods. Law and Chaos.

Historical gaming. Different assumptions for fantasy gameworlds.

Toward the supreme fantasy gameworld.