World Builder Projects Starting place for information on how to build an imaginary setting. http://hiddenway.tripod.com/world/

Patricia C. Wrede's Worldbuilder Questions Advice on creating a believable fantasy world, with a particular eye toward crucial yet easily overlooked details. http://www.io.com/~eighner/world_builder/world_builder_index.html

World Building Contains mainly links to world design related articles and pointers to interesting sites. http://www.hut.fi/~vesanto/world.build.html

World Builders A website supporting a world building distance education course. Reference material, lessons, downloads, and sample worlds. http://curriculum.calstatela.edu/courses/builders/

World Building An example of designing a planet, from basic physical assumptions to geography to weather systems and archeological remains. http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/world_building

Guidelines For Creating Magic Systems Compiled suggestions and discussions about the design of magic systems for roleplaying games and literature. Applicable to all genres. http://www.hut.fi/~vesanto/link.useful/MagicHtmls/magic.html

Rich Staats' RPG / World Building Articles Many interesting original and adapted articles of all aspects of gaming worlds, with much of interest to world builders. http://www.geocities.com/dr_games/staats2.htm

Criar Mundos - Building Worlds A step-by-step guide for creating original settings and incorporating realistic details. Various resources and references. In English and Portugese. http://criarmundos.do.sapo.pt/

Fantasy World Building Step-by-step tutorial for setting design, based on establishing a "world vision" for its cultural/geographic regions. http://www.astrofantasy.com/fantasy_world/fantasy_world.htm

Magical World Builder's Guide Suggestions for creating consistent magic themes for fantasy settings, as well as general world building advice and resources. http://www.web-writer.net/fantasy/

Timeline Generator A web-based application that creates generic random events for a nation or region. The user can specify the starting year, number of years, and events per year. http://www.fantasist.net/timeline.shtml

Hamete.org's Virtual Dice Server Generates online and by-e-mail dice rolls. http://hamete.org/dserver/dices