Wǔdé: The Five Powers – Exploring TTRPG Engines
Hessan Yongdi In Today's blog, I examine "五德: The Five Powers." Also known as WuDe, its Elemental Dice System is the basis for entries to the Five Powers Jam.
July 2021
Empire Builder: Settlement Overview – A World-Building Tool Review
The Empire Builder Kit is a set of tools created to help build out your historical fiction or fantasy world. We look at one part of it, the Settlement Overview.
Knight’s Ransom and Writing Too Close to History
Knight's Ransom and the First Argentines Series by Jeff Wheeler is modeled after the historical figure William Marshal. Does it follow history too closely?
World-building Currency: How We Pay
One thing to think about when worldbuilding is how citizens get the things that they need. These included cash currency, does it always evolve to that?