Topic: Building a world

[Gavstjames]

HI
Sadly I havent roleplayed for a good 10 years but I am looking to get back into it, specifically rolemaster.
Back in the day being a GM was my thing and I loved creating dungeons, worlds and races.

I seem to recall a ICE sourcebook that gave detailed instruction on how to geographically build a world, i.e mountains, rivers......

Can anyone recall what it was and if the rolemaster system is the best one available? I havent looked at GURPS or HARP.

Any replies would be greatly appreciated.

[intothatdarkness]

There were sections in the core RM2 stuff that went into this, and I recall Spacemaster had more detailed stuff (creating worlds in the plural is sort of a SciFi standard). Is it the best? It depends, frankly, on how much guidance you need when creating a world. I always believed in tailoring the environment to suit my campaign needs, so I didn't use much of that stuff. Others here really get into the nuts and bolts of (literal) world-building.

[terefang]

you mean "RM2 Campaign Law" my technical favorit.

resources i have found useful over the years:

RMFRP -- Gamemaster Law
Gary Gygaxs World Builder
Gary Gygaxs Living Fantasy

maybe after that you may also want to look at:

The KOBOLD Guide to Worldbuilding
Judges Guild -- Magical World Builders Guide
AD&D World Builders Guidebook

loots of random tables:

AEG -- Ultimate Toolbox

[Gavstjames]

Thanks to both of you.
Im picking Rolemaster back up because basically I want to get my kids into it and i really loved RPG's.
I told a white lie, its more like 20 years
I was looking at getting the rolemaster books, the companions, the individual magic companions and underground races.....then I saw the prices on ebay and Amazon.

Anyway, enough of me chunnering on, thanks again for the responses.

[Spectre771]

RM2 - Character Law & Campaign Law definitely. 

There is another RM2 Companion that has info for creating weather patterns I believe. 

Creatures and Treasures has charts for adding the wildlife and encounters.

It really depends on how granular you want to drill down into your gaming world.  I have a lot of this stuff photocopied and placed in a single 3-ring binder that I pull everything from in a jiffy.  I'd have to look at the charts and give you the source book it's from.

[OLF, i.e. Olf Le Fol]

I recall an old game of my youth, namely "Other suns", that had very extensive world-building rules.