World-Building Cohesion
📋 What it is
A believable game world hangs together — its history, places, cultures and rules all fit and make sense with each other.
🗣️ Coach says
A great world feels REAL because its parts connect. The desert kingdom trades with the port city; the old war explains today’s rivalry; the magic follows consistent rules. Cohesion — everything fitting together — is what makes a world believable.
🧠 Memory hook
A world feels real when its parts connect. History, places, rules all fit.
😂 Giggle
What did the cleric say when the party rolled a nat 20 on the healing check?
"That's divine timing!"
😲 Whoa!
The most beloved fantasy worlds have detailed histories and rules the creators rarely even show — but that hidden consistency makes everything feel real.
✅ Quick check: What makes an imaginary game world feel believable?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
Cohesion — its history, places, cultures and rules all fit together and make sense with each other, instead of feeling random.
World-building cohesion is higher-order creative and logical design.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Invent two things about a world (a place and a rule) and say how they connect.