Community Friends

Worldbuilding Magazine is proud to be partnered with these sites. Each of them offer valuable tools or resources to worldbuilders of all kinds. Please check out what they have to offer.

World Anvil

World Anvil is the ultimate worldbuilding tool for all kinds of worldbuilders—aspiring or professional—and perfect for any genre. Build, track, and showcase your whole world easily and quickly, with interactive maps, timelines, statblocks, and interconnected wiki-style articles—all for free! With a subscription, you’ll open up access to a tonne more features, including visual customization, private worlds, inline secrets, co-authors, advanced map hosting, and so much more. We also have a thriving Youtube Channel, a Podcast, and a community of half a million worldbuilders!

Mythcreants

Mythcreants creates articles, podcasts, and comics for speculative fiction storytellers. To better understand and tell the stories we love, we analyze popular works and explore techniques in writing, roleplaying, and worldbuilding.

Mythic Scribes

Mythic Scribes is a community of fantasy writers who are passionate about storytelling. We provide a platform for new and aspiring authors, as well as a meeting place for writers and fans of the genre.

Nerdolopedia

Nerdolopedia is a multimedia production group based around a community of fellow nerds. On our Twitch channel we play our favorite videogames, get crafty with miniatures and doodles, or group up to play tabletop games. On our discord we love to hang out and talk about writing, streaming, videogames, and whatever our fellow nerds find passion in. We like to hold community events like our monthly game (community picked!) and our monthly write in’s.

Fantasy Worldbuilding

Welcome to Fantasy Worldbuilding, a community of individuals who create a wide variety of worlds of different genres. We’re a laidback community that prides itself on the close knit nature of its members and the fact that you won’t vanish in a sea of comments. Come in and join us, we love both the experienced and the new. There’s something for everyone in FWB, and for those who like a little competition, you can even join our monthly contests.

The Writing Cartel
(Discord link)

The Writing Cartel is a group of writers trying to do the impossible—actually finish a project. Hosting discussion channels, weekly critique groups, a critique exchange channel, an optional word count tracker, seasonal events, and a lot of writing sprints.

Indie Authors: Discord chat for indie and self-published authors
(Discord link)

Indie Authors Discord is a community for indie authors, self-published authors, and those published with small presses. Whether you’re new to self-publishing, looking for marketing/promotion ideas, or a seasoned vet, we welcome you!

Our intention is to be a community where you can discuss the ins-and-outs of self-publishing. We are hoping to grow a community where we can help with promoting, sharing best practices and resources.

Want to write a tabletop RPG, but aren’t sure where to start? Join an active community of amazing creators and take your RPG from ideation to publication. The RPG Writer Workshop is an online learning community dedicated to helping tabletop RPG creators design, write, and publish new adventures and campaigns. The Workshop offers courses, forums, and resources for creators in the tabletop roleplaying industry.

Smunchy Games

Smunchy Games is a tabletop games publishing company working to bring worldbuilders, game developers, and players together. We focus on creating card games, role-playing games, and miniatures to fortify these experiences. Come by and share with us what you’ve been working on, play our community’s games, and join this community of supportive creatives!

Campfire Technology

Campfire Technology creates story design software that helps writers develop their stories. Its software includes tools for character development, story timelines, worldbuilding, and more, allowing storytellers to write better stories, faster. Campfire’s software streamlines the prewriting phase to make beginning your project more efficient and staying on track easier.