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World Anvil

Organizes and tracks worldbuilding across multiple templates for authors, gamemasters, and storytellers.

Made by World Anvil Ltd.

  • Writing tool

  • worldbuilding

  • Game

  • tabletop

  • Role-playing Game

  • game-design

  • Novel Authoring

  • Game Development

  • Interactive Maps

What is World Anvil?

World Anvil is a comprehensive platform that empowers authors, gamemasters, and storytellers to store, organize, and keep track of their worldbuilding efforts. The platform provides a suite of features designed to inspire and streamline the worldbuilding process At the heart of World Anvil lies its intuitive article writing system, which offers over 25 customizable templates. These templates are tailored to guide users through the process of detailing and documenting every aspect of their fictional worlds, from One of the standout features of World Anvil is its interactive mapping capabilities. Users can design and embed maps that are directly linked to their worldbuilding articles, enabling readers and players to explore the world in an immersive, interactive manner. The mapping tools can be used to create world maps, as well as more granular city or dungeon maps, providing a seamless navigation experience Keeping track of the intricate timelines and events that unfold within a fictional world can be a daunting task, but World Anvil simplifies this process with its comprehensive timeline management system. Users can create parallel timelines to track events in specific regions or for individual To further enhance the user experience, World Anvil offers a powerful search functionality that allows users to quickly find and access any information within their worlds. By simply typing three letters into the search bar, users can retrieve relevant articles, ensuring that their worldbuilding details are always at their fingertips, even during the heat of a game session or writing session

Highlights

  • Customizable article templates to guide and inspire worldbuilding
  • Robust linking system to create interconnected articles
  • Interactive mapping capabilities to seamlessly integrate maps with worldbuilding
  • Comprehensive timeline management system to track events and narratives
  • Powerful search functionality to quickly retrieve worldbuilding information

Platforms

  • Online

Languages

  • English

Social

Features

    • WYSIWYG Support

    • Campaign Management

    • Open World Game

    • Web-Based

    • World Building

    • Character database

    • Community-based