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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nathal" data-source="post: 1584370" data-attributes="member: 1809">Gary Gygax's World Builder is $30, and is at the printer for its second run. <a href="http://www.trolllord.com/worldbuilder.htm" target="_blank">http://www.trolllord.com/worldbuilder.htm</a>The 2nd printing was announced a while back, but was delayed by various common factors. However, rather than being a "how-to guide" on creating cultures and ecologies, like the old "World Builder's Guidebook", the World Builder Descriptionary contains lists, tables, and illustrated glossaries covering equipment, geography (including herbs and trees listed by biome and other stats), arms and armor (illustrated), populace (forms of address for nobility, etc), dwellings, etc. It also covers architecture, building types and construction materials, a gems and mineral guide, lists for stocking interiors of dungeons, castles, etc. I believe the contents are pretty extensive. As an aside, the original title had been "The Book of Facts & Things", but we felt the volume was a good aid to any world builder brainstorming for adventures or the creation of setting locations.  In any event, Monte Cook had this to day about it on one of his old Line of Sight columns: "Gary Gygax's World Builder When Gary's name is on a d20 product, I'll always at least look at it. I've heard some people put down this product because it's not a guide to help you build a campaign, but instead a book of lists. Well, as it turns out, I think a book of lists is pretty cool. I used to love the appendices in the back of the 1st Edition DMG that were just lists of things, and that's basically what this book from Troll Lord Games is. They make for great idea generators when you're stuck as a DM or as a writer."</blockquote>

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