World Building 5 – Mythology and Culture

One of the goals for my new homebrew world that I'm most passionate about is to remove many of the old fantasy tropes that bring all their baggage with them to any new edition.  I've talked about these in my last two World Building columns on Race and Culture. Now, I'm going to turn away … Continue reading World Building 5 – Mythology and Culture

Legolas and Gimli, Race, Racism, tabletop RPGs

World Building 4: From Races to Cultures

I know that I touched on Race and Racism in my last World Building post, but as I've thought about the issue more, I think that we, as gamers, can go beyond these basic descriptions in our manuals to create living, breathing, realistic worlds in which to tell our stories. We can create worlds that … Continue reading World Building 4: From Races to Cultures