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From the Ground Up – National Boundries
While I’ve spent the last few weeks talking about the types and styles of civilizations, from City States to Feudal Nations, and the populations that live in them, this week will bring a…
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From The Ground Up – Demography and Populations
The last few articles have revolved around how traditional civilizations exist. I do want to hit on a-typical civilization, like tribalism, nomadism, and other types of pre-modern societies pop up, but I…
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From The Ground Up – Feudal Society pt2 – Structure
Last time, I talked about what a feudal society was made up of, and it took so long, I wanted to start a second part on how it is all put together, and…
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From The Ground Up – Feudal Society Pt. 1 : Societal Layers
I talked a little bit, in Nations, about how our concept of nations and what normally exists, is a little bit flawed. I then went into city states, because they are a simpler…
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From the Ground Up – City States
Last week, I talked about the strange anachronisms that we as players and writers bring to our worlds regarding nations, and what nations are conceived to be. Today I want to take a…
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From the Ground Up – Nations, States, Kingdoms
In direct contrast to last weeks focus, this week I want to talk a bit about the concept, formation, and anachronisms surrounding some of the nations in our RPG campaigns and other worlds.…
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From the Ground Up – Points of Light
One of the greatest realizations about running a game came to me while reading my least favorite game to adjucate, D&D 4e. While the game had many flaws, its basic setting being…
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From the Ground Up: Technological Level
One of the selling points of many fantasy games is that they exist in an alternate world and an alternate time. The setting, the culture, and the world are all unique creations, reflections…
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From the Ground Up – Civilization and Barbarism
By now, having passed through the basic bedrock of a world. We’ve talked about the geological and physical aspects, how flora and fauna should be considered, and now we’ve even talked about how…
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From the Ground Up – Innate Magic
While I’ve focused on the Interaction between people and magic, as well as where magic comes from, there is another interaction with magic that must be looked at: That of Innate spell casters.…