Well, this is nice! Over at gaming manual distributor RPGNow, a customer named Ben K was so impressed with Richard C. White’s Terra Incognito: A Guide to Building the Worlds of Your Imagination—a how-to reference book for writers and gamers—that after he read it he was inspired to give us his impressions on RPGNow’s StarWarp Concepts product page:
“I really appreciated this book. It was an easy read with lots of details, depth and plot bunnies to chase. It had some new ideas to consider—currency, new forms of government—and made me rethink my ideas on religion…at least on its importance to the people in my stories and how to incorporate their beliefs into cultural backgrounds and character motives. It also made me think about the world beyond the one small continent I started from.”
On behalf of Rich White and the SWC staff, Ben K—thanks!
In Terra Incognito: A Guide to Building the Worlds of Your Imagination, Rich takes fantasy writers and gamers through the step-by-step process of constructing a world for their characters, from societies and governments to currency and religion. Included is an interview with New York Times bestselling author Tracy Hickman (Dragonlance) that discusses his methods of world building, as well as his creative experiences during his time as a designer for gaming company TSR, the original home of Dungeons & Dragons.
Terra Incognito was not just the hottest #1 title when it made its debut last October at RPGNow’s sister site, DriveThru Fiction, but it then held the #1 position for weeks as DTF’s hottest title for nonfiction books and writers’ reference guides!
And Ben K isn’t the only one who found Terra Incognito to be a valuable resource—so did the folks at a popular site for RPG players:
“I think Terra Incognito is a solid introduction to the subject of world building. The book succeeds in helping the aspiring writer in creating a skeletal framework for which to hang the moving parts required of a believable fictional setting.”—The Gaming Gang
Interested in building your own world? Well, Terra Incognito is available in print and digital formats, so visit its product page for ordering information and start creating today!
