Worldbuilding

The Quiet Year

Kingdom

Artefact

Mappa Mundi: Exploration + Ecology

Dialect: A Game about Language and how it Dies

Microscope

Worldwizard

Worldbuilding Questions at SFWA

25 Things You Should Know About Worldbuilding

Against Worldbuilding (caused quite a ruckus)

ProWritingAid’s Worldbuilding 101

9 Elements of Worldbuilding

Author Advice

Patricia Wrede’s Thorough Fantasy Worldbuilding Questions

For N. K. Jemisin, World-Building Is a Lesson in Oppression

Nnedi Okorafor: Creating SciFi Worlds

Jill Williamson’s Worldbuilding Series

7 Deadly Sins of Worldbuilding

Process

Worldbuilding Guide: Excellent process – Part 1, Part 2

Fantasy World Building 101: how to create a breathing world for your fantasy novel

How to Build a Fantasy World

Specifics

Creating a Mountain Setting

Military

How can I write better fictional militaries when worldbuilding?

Economics

Economics: labour and wages

Fantasy Economics 101

Language

World Languages Electronic Resources

ConLang: How to Construct a Language (MIT Open Course)

Old Scottish Sayings

BBC Pidgin – great study how language can change for regionality

English to Tengwar

Mistakes

5 Common Worldbuilding Mistakes in New Manuscripts (and a great blog)

Combatting Common World-Building Pitfalls

How Writers Map Their Imaginary Worlds

Map Generators/Builders

Medieval Fantasy City Generator

Hexographer

AutoREALM: Vector based drawing for RPGs (mapping)

Azgaar Fantasy Map Generator

List of Map-Making Apps

World Machine

Townscraper

Terragen

AstroSynthesis (universe mapper)

Examples

National Geographic Vintage Map Archive

What does a fantasy map look like?

Matthäus Merian’s beautiful 1636 map of the Republic of Venice

Tools

Natural Terrain Feature Name Generator

MapFrappe: Compare two locations on Earth side by side.

How to Find Old Maps by Location with Map Warper

Resources

Cartography Resources

Sources of Mapping Assets