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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Katerek" data-source="post: 636524" data-attributes="member: 5193">I think Force User summed it up pretty well.  Although I think I can add a few comments here.The same thing that pulls me to homebrew is the same thing that pulls me to games like SimCity4 (which totally rocks by BTW), Civilization, Black & White, et al.  The god design mode aspect.If you are seriously considering this, I STRONGLY advise that you track down a copy of the World Builder's Guidebook published under the 2ed Rules Set.  It is invaluable to a first timer.  The best thing that you could get from it probably is ideas and approaches that may have not occured to you yet, plus a structured chapter by chpater gradual approach to world building.This may be just the discipline approach that you need to get you motivated.  I know it really worked for me.  I have been running the same world for 20 some odd years now myself and when that book came out it helped me really flesh out some things that I had never really considered.Alsthough I haven't actually read it yet, that new book by Gygax sounds like it would be of use as well, but only after you have gotten started on the construction.Another thing I cannot urge strongly enough to the world builder is the Laws of Dungeonmastering as presented in the first 10 or 12 articles of Dungeoncraft when it first appeared in Dragon.  There are timeless tips, hints, and other advice there that if heeded will save you alot of headaches.to be perfectly rewarding, world design needs to be taken seriously enough so that you get the appropriate level of reward out of the time and energy that you invest in it.Good Luck if you decide to go this route!  It is very rewarding at times, but it can also be very frustrating.</blockquote>

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