Summer Camp 2024 Reading Challenge
Summer Camp Reflections
July went by as a big blur of sun, health issues and furious typing. Still I would not want to have it any other way, except for my body cooperating more and not trying to kill me all of the time. But hey I guess that is life. Summer camp is still my absolute favourite worldanvil challenge and always fill me with excitement and the urge to make new worlds and new things and new problems for my players to solve. This time I was able to stick with the good old medieval world for all of 42 prompts and I am pretty proud about that.Reading Challenge
As is a tradition for me, all of the prompts and articles I have picked for this reading challenge were through a random number generator.This article is an absolute feast for the eyes and mind and definitely among my favourite I have read this year. I absolutely love the bits of prose, the structure, the design, the individual sections and how they flow so nicely together. The lesson here is: you can always do better. So do better.
Nice and concise, this article makes excellent use of the different template fields to give a complex picture of the location without actually giving us any pictures. A good reminder that text based articles can be well thought out and put together and not everything has to rely on more picturesque presentation.
Both delightful and slightly unhinged set of infographic that are so simple and yet so vivid in what they want to convey about the world. An excellent taste of the world that I am almost jealous of! A great example for myself that articles do not have to be just boring wikistyle account of fictional facts.
Species are another template that I tend to struggle with, I am usually more interested in writing about characters anc character centric things and I don't really feel comfortable venturing into the lands of nature too much. This unusual take on wolves is definitely a piece I want to keep around for inspiration. With it excellent structure, great use of sidebar and just enough information that would make you excited to read more about the world, it has all of that I look for when it comes to good worldbuilding.
I learnt that one should not be afraid to give out unique origin stories to common fantasy traits and mix genres together. Something I did not expect from an organization article and was pleasantly surprised with.
I always struggle with writing interesting vehicles so I am glad fortune made me land on this bite sized creation that was finally able to make electric scooters exciting and not a nuisance like they are in every day life, haha. Even ordinary things can be turned into fun little articles.
Every world needs islands for pirates and I should definitely include more of those.
Another great example of using a less popular template and all of its fields to your favour. I also appreciated a glimps into a sci-fi game and universe I would not really be that interested playing or running myself, it is always fascinating to see what are other GMs up to and how they choose to organize their things.
An absolutely hilarious and inventive take on an item and an important reminder that worldbuilding should be FUN.
A story within a story, not a thing you see done well a lot and definitely a bold move for such a small article. It made for a fascinating read that leaves you wanting more.
