World Anvil is delighted to announce Worldbuilding Con 2026 - Gamemasters Edition!
The 4th annual event will be heavy on audience-participation, and split into separate Gamemaster and Writer-focused events.
Since 2023, World Anvil has presented Worldbuilding Con, a free, virtual online event as part of our effort to educate gamemasters and writers on worldbuilding topics.
Previous years have included Tabletop RPG and publishing industry experts including Tracy Hickman, R.A. Salvatore, Ed Greenwood, Mary-Robinette Kowal, Ginny Di, and C.L. Clark.
The event has grown each year. Last year saw twice as many attendees as 2024 (over 10,000 views compared to 5,400). Overwhelmingly, the feedback we got was that people wanted more.
But as a small team, the event was already as big as we could manage in a single week. So we had no choice... but to split Worldbuilding Con into 2 events.
● Our March 14-15, 2026 event is now dedicated to Gamemasters, laser-focused on providing tools to quickstart an amazing homebrew campaign.
● We're once again bringing in industry legends like Tracy Hickman, Andy Law, Cody Pondsmith, and Amanda Hamon.
● Our new format will be heavily audience-participation. Attendees will follow along as award-winning guests create a campaign setting, terrifying villain, adventure (with fun encounters), and a dungeon in just four 60 minute sessions.
● We’ll also provide downloadable worksheets to quickstart a homebrew campaign, using what was just learned.
● In time for Adventure April, we’ll send out a downloadable PDF of the adventure created during the event.
● We will be launching a writer-focused edition in September. Details to follow.
Links to the sessions on YouTube are below. We encourage attendees to click to be notified when sessions go live. They will also be available as video-on-demand for a limited time.
● Session 1: Build an RPG Setting... in 60 Minutes
● Session 2: Create a Villain... in 60 Minutes
● Session 3: Build an Adventure... in 60 Minutes
● Session 4: Build a Dungeon... in 60 Minutes
