7 Deadly Sins of Worldbuilding

Following the Golden Rules of Worldbuilding, io9 offered up 7 mistakes that writers forget about.  These are perfect for vetting your chosen RPG setting.

io9's Golden Rules of Worldbuilding

I find io9 to be a wonderful site about science fiction/fantasy in general.  They also provide great inspiration for stories, plots, and the such.  Occasionally, they discuss writing and developing fiction, and I found a rather old post of theirs establishing rules of worldbuilding.

The Nukemap is Updated!

In honor of the 8/6 anniversary of the drop of the first nuclear weapons, I have a nuke-themed worldbuilding aid.  A bit back, I mentioned an application that allowed you to map the damage and fallout resulting from nuclear explosions, called the Nukemap, in the context of a world-building aid.  The Nukemap has been updated, and now allows for multiple explosions, calculates airburst v surface burst weapons, allows you to see the damage at a particular location, estimates the windsock of fallout, and most importantly, has a link to the homework behind its estimate.  It can be found here, and there's even a 3D modeler should you use the Google Earth plugin.

For Future Future Use

A guide to drawing tectonic plates.