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<blockquote data-quote="Reynard" data-source="post: 8911679" data-attributes="member: 467">For many people, world building is a hobby in and of itself. it just so happens that it dovetails really well with both fiction writing and GMing. I think a good example of this is Ed Greenwood and the Forgotten Realms: he started creating the Realms long before he discoverd fantasy roleplaying.For my part, I tend to come up with an idea for a &quot;story&quot; (in the roughest meaning of that word) and build a world to fit it. But generally my worlds and campaigns are very short lived: I run mini-campaigns at conventions, encompassing 3 or 5 4-hour sessions, possibly double that if it goes two cons. the world exists to enable to themes, tone, action, and situation/plot I want for that specific purpose. Unsurprisingly, these worlds are shallow and have focused development in the parts relevant to what PCs are going to interact with.I do have an indie science fantasy novel out, though, and my world building was more detailed for that -- but I did most that world building as I wrote the first draft. I had broad ideas about the world, but whenever I needed detail I would create it largely at that time. Then I did continuity editing on the second draft.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Reynard, post: 8911679, member: 467"] For many people, world building is a hobby in and of itself. it just so happens that it dovetails really well with both fiction writing and GMing. I think a good example of this is Ed Greenwood and the Forgotten Realms: he started creating the Realms long before he discoverd fantasy roleplaying. For my part, I tend to come up with an idea for a "story" (in the roughest meaning of that word) and build a world to fit it. But generally my worlds and campaigns are very short lived: I run mini-campaigns at conventions, encompassing 3 or 5 4-hour sessions, possibly double that if it goes two cons. the world exists to enable to themes, tone, action, and situation/plot I want for that specific purpose. Unsurprisingly, these worlds are shallow and have focused development in the parts relevant to what PCs are going to interact with. I do have an indie science fantasy novel out, though, and my world building was more detailed for that -- but I did most that world building as I wrote the first draft. I had broad ideas about the world, but whenever I needed detail I would create it largely at that time. Then I did continuity editing on the second draft. [/QUOTE]

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