How to calculate travel times in a fantasy world
Turn a mapped route into days on foot, horseback, by wagon, river or sea, then use terrain, season and rest for plot, trade and news.
Maps
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Choose a fantasy map maker by the map your story needs
A workflow-based shortlist of Inkarnate, Wonderdraft, Azgaar’s Fantasy Map Generator, Dungeondraft and pen and paper, organized by the map you need to make.
Choose a game master’s worldbuilding tool by what your players may see
A workflow-based shortlist of LegendKeeper, Kanka, World Anvil, Obsidian and Notion for tabletop game masters, compared on secrets, maps, session notes, collaboration and export.
Yazar.io vs World Anvil: a novel’s reference or a world to explore
Compare Yazar.io and World Anvil task by task: keeping a novel’s world beside the manuscript, public wikis, maps, linking, collaboration, private notes and export.
Draw a region map around a difficult journey
Make a working map that supports routes, obstacles, and decisions before adding decorative detail.
Obsidian vs World Anvil: choose the shape of your notes
Compare local connected notes with a world of reference articles, using the same small project and explicit decision criteria.