What? College is Useful for Gaming?

This semester of college is wrapping up and I find myself enjoying a class that would bore most to tears; Physical Geography. Honestly, I took the class because a math class wasn't available to fit my schedule. Never would I suspect that I would find nearly every lesson applicable to the gaming world. In most gaming circles I am involved in people enjoy running their own campaign settings, allowing us to tailor the world to the Players and the Characters they wish to play. Typically, details of the world are left rather vague for future races, and a simple map is drawn.

Maybe it's the writer in me, but I love to have the world as detailed as possible. A previous anthropology class helped me come up with  a more structured way to organize my world's races, and now Physical Geography is helping me with what my world looks like. It gives you all the puzzle pieces to create your own world, it's climates, weather patters, landforms, air currents, everything to create your own individual, unique setting. Seriously, if you have the time/money and need the credits anyways, try looking up a Physical Geography or an Anthropology Course; Make learning fun!