Jacmus Prime

New Fictional World Building Space for Members

Recently we made a few changes to the site and if you are creating or have created a world page at Jacmus Prime, you will be pleased to know that we have succussfully migrated this information into our Guiki, giving you a lot more mobility and space to complete your project.

Conworld Editor - closed

Our conworld editor is currently closed while we migrate the user contributed Fictional Worlds to a new module. We expect this to take approximately 48 hours and apologise in advance for any inconvenience.

North and South

If your world is spherical in nature, including Poles will be a consideration especially if you are looking to achieve a natural world as we know it. Recently I did some research on Poles for a fantasy world and I found out some very interesting facts that were useful when considering the characteristics the Poles. The most significant finds that I hadn't previously considered were the distinctions between the Geometric Pole and the Magnetic Pole, and the Pole movement that occurs due to ice flows and other variations.

Geology - the impact on Fictional Worlds

Recently I joined a textual role-play realm to find out if, like eveyother "chat" community that I have breezed by lately it too had ground to a halt. I was very surprised to find this place actually had a dozen or so interested role-players who were able to meet about the same time online.

While there was no role-play occurring in chat, there was world building discussion going on, as the rpg was undergoing a rebirth of ideas and energy from both new and old players. The particular discussion focused on the map building of the world. One of the players was a geologist who with one glance at the current map, apparently went into fits and after further discussion was given the task of creating a new map for the rpg.

The geologist was quite vocal in condemning the current map as it had not been created with geologically sound reasoning. This brought to my mind, the question of whether geologically sound reasoning was a necessity for fictional world building?.

Our latest poll asks you to answer that question. We want to know your opinion. Are fictional worlds required to have geologically sound reasoning?.

If you'd like to back up your opinion with further discourse, the question has also been raised on our forum.

Table Top Roleplay Father, Passes Away

Ernest Gary Gygax known as the one of the Fathers of Table Top Roleplay, passed away on Tuesday March 04 aged 69 years. Gary was most famous for co-creating and pioneering the roleplay game, Dungeons and Dragons and was a co-founder in the company TSR Inc.

"I would like the world to remember me as the guy who really enjoyed playing games and sharing his knowledge and his fun pastimes with everybody else." Gary Gygax told Gamespy in a recent interview.

SATURN'S MOON RHEA ALSO MAY HAVE RINGS

PASADENA, Calif. - NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found evidence of material orbiting Rhea, Saturn's second largest moon. This is the first time rings may have been found around a moon.

WMAP REVEALS NEUTRINOS, END OF DARK AGES, FIRST SECOND OF UNIVERSE

WASHINGTON - NASA released this week five years of data collected by the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) that refines our understanding of the universe and its evelopment. It is a treasure trove of information, including at least three major findings:

NASA SPACECRAFT STREAMS BACK SURPRISES FROM MERCURY

WASHINGTON - The recent flyby of Mercury by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft has given scientists an entirely new look at a planet once thought to have characteristics similar to those of Earth's moon. Researchers are amazed by the wealth of images and data that show a unique world with a diversity of geological processes and a very different magnetosphere from the one discovered and sampled more than 30 years ago.

Astral Influences

Asteroids, shooting stars, star formations and comets have all had a major impact on the earth since its creation. This is true whether you uphold a religious understanding or align yourself with a scientific methodology of our world. From western Christianity to Islam, comets have played a central point in many religious events such as the birth of Christ, as they have in many ancient cultures, where comets were often considered on omen of ill times. The Ancient Mayans predicted that in 2012 a comet planet will hit the earth having a dramatic change on current civilizations.

Asteroid makes a date with Mars

WASHINGTON - Astronomers funded by NASA are monitoring the trajectory of an asteroid estimated to be 164-feet wide that is expected to cross Mars' orbital path early next year. Observations provided by the astronomers and analyzed by NASA's Near-Earth Object Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., indicate the object may pass within 30,000 miles of Mars at about 6 a.m. EST on Jan. 30, 2008.