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24 alternatives to Kobold's Guide to Worldbuilding

Essays on the creation of worlds, from geology to politics

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Kobold's Guide to Worldbuilding launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Prosper!▲55
How to create a world worth inheriting
2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →
2
Sapiens▲185
A brief history of humankind
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
3
Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming▲69
How can design inspire us to think about our future?
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
4
Bushcraft 101▲54
A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
5
Inventology▲72
How we dream up things that change the world
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
6
Paul Rand: Conversations with Students▲69
Paul Rand's words and thoughts on varied topics
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
7
Design, Form, and Chaos▲80
A great source of design inspiration
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
8
Competing for the Future▲54
The art of planning for the future
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Designing Virtual Worlds▲61
The most comprehensive treatment of virtual world design
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
10
Wonderbook▲78
The Illustrated guide to creating imaginative fiction
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Quest▲62
Energy, security, and the remaking of the modern world
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The World of Tiers: Volume One▲54
Maker of universes, gates of creation, a private cosmos
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Making Ideas Happen▲75
Overcoming the obstacles between vision and reality
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
14
Dream Cities: Seven Urban Ideas That Shape the World▲56
Investigation of key ideas that have shaped our urban spaces
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
15
Theory of Fun for Game Design▲67
Thoughts on the most important element of any game's design
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Infinite Resource▲72
How we can innovate our way to solving climate change
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Deep Simplicity▲62
Chaos, complexity and the emergence of life
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
18
Energy: A Beginner's Guide▲57
Understand energy's place in both past & present society
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Truth, Errors, and Lies: Politics and Economics in a Volatil▲56
Politics and Economics of the Future
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
20
Maps of the Mind▲62
Charts and concepts of the mind and its labyrinths
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Geography of Genius▲61
A search for the World's most creative places
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Drawing On Our History▲60
An anatomical view of the world I was born into.
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World▲63
How to effectively champion a new idea.
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Art of Strategy▲68
A game theorist's guide to success in business and life
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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