World Building: The Fantasy Role-playing Game vs. the Fantasy Novel

This is going to be another post on world building where I compare and contrast some of the differences between the world building involved in a fantasy role-playing game and that involved in a fantasy novel. I’ve had experience doing both and I have written elsewhere on this topic.

 

Generally speaking, the world building of a fantasy role-playing game (RPG) is more extensive than that of a fantasy novel. This is for two basic reasons. First, the world of a fantasy RPG is intended for multip...