I started role playing in 1977 with Dungeons & Dragons and created many world settings over the years. My first 'world consisted of a 'Dungeon' and not much more.. No town or village, just hand drawn maps on poster board.. I soon graduated to maps on graph paper. My 'battlemaps' consisted of enlarged versions of my graph paper maps drawn on plastic sheets with grease pencils. I soon began creating my own worlds and then graduated to the venerable Judges Guild material for my world setting.. I soon discovered the Harn World material by Columbia Games and switched to their beautiful maps.