Call of Cthulhu offers the entire Earth as a setting in a variety of different time periods. I am slowly building my own Mythos world and revealing the secret history and details of a world haunted by monsters and the Mythos to the PCs. I am working on creating a long term campaign.
The graphic is intended as a mind map or a checklist for kick-starting world-building exercises. At its heart, it reminds us that things are connected.
Advanced World Building uses the tools from 1981’s Basic Dungeons & Dragons and Expert D&D and re-imagined in Old School Essentials to build a starting campaign setting. It is further enriched with the Old School Essentials Advanced Fantasy, Advanced Fantasy Monsters, and Advanced Fantasy Treasures. Even though it is based on Basic D&D, it could be used with other D&D rules or fantasy RPGs.
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How complicated is your gaming world? Do you have multiple countries, factions, religions and secret societies tied together in an intricate web of promises, treaties and relationships?