Vastways

A starting point for your next world

Vastways is our collection of procedural worldbuilding tools. Generate the raw material for a tabletop session or a setting of your own: characters, settlements, cultures, heraldry, star systems, and more.

It is freely available in your browser. Use a generator to answer an immediate question, or follow an unexpected result into a new part of your world.

Built for the table

• Game masters: find material for your next session, from a settlement to the people who live there.
• Worldbuilders: explore cultures, religions, regions, and the connections between them.
• Players: find a starting point for a character or their homeland.

From heraldry to star systems

The tools cover fantasy and science fiction. Start small with a name or a coat of arms, or work outward through settlements, planets, and starships.

A new name for a familiar project

Vastways is the new name for the worldbuilding site previously known as Iron Arachne. Iron Arachne is the studio; Vastways is the worldbuilding project. The studio site will launch alongside that change.