***Under construction***
Physical World
Cities
Castles
Societies & Cultures
Heraldry: attitude (position)
Languages: Omniglot
Unseen World
Indonesian TTRPG Blogwagon: An Indonesian Magic System
What is your biggest ick when someone creates a fictional theology?
Builder Tools
Extras
Worldbuilding Questions at SFWA
25 Things You Should Know About Worldbuilding
Against Worldbuilding (caused quite a ruckus)
ProWritingAid’s Worldbuilding 101
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
Specifics
Military
How can I write better fictional militaries when worldbuilding?
Economics
Language
World Languages Electronic Resources
ConLang: How to Construct a Language (MIT Open Course)
BBC Pidgin – great study how language can change for regionality
Mistakes
5 Common Worldbuilding Mistakes in New Manuscripts (and a great blog)
Cartography
How Writers Map Their Imaginary Worlds
Map Generators/Builders
Medieval Fantasy City Generator
AutoREALM: Vector based drawing for RPGs (mapping)
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
Dungeon Ecology: 4 Ways To Build Living Worlds
Create a Kingdom | Easily Build Fully Developed and Unique City-States, Kingdoms, and Empires
Monetary Worldbuilding: What IS your Money and What CAN it buy?
Armour illustration from a 1932 edition of the Larousse du XXème siècle, France