Heroes & Thieves
A creative world building exercise led by brothers Michael and Greg Starks, in which they attempt to build fantasy and sci-fi worlds every week using only three words as the basis. Good, bad, and ugly ideas are all welcome here.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 59 minutes
- Episodes
- 73
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2023
Antihero Life Lessons
What makes a hero? What makes a villain? Answers to these and many more hard-hitting questions lie inside this episode. Also included: a crash course in some real world governing princi…
Wirey Boys
What's in a name? Why were we both given names that can be shortened? Is there a name that can't be shortened? Also discussed is the importance of hugs to the family unit. All important…
I Am The One Who Shuts
You know that phenomenon when you say a word so many times that it starts to lose meaning? That happened to us while recording this episode. Happened to Greg twice. Listen in to discove…
Retcon and Crypto
Prepare yourselves for another fantastic adventure into Artia, where NFT's make sense and the world is in balance. Also, we may need to rework some of our original lore. Things have got…
Secret of Evermore
In the first episode of our sidebar series called 'Just Talkin' About it', we would like to introduce you to the world of Evermore!
Thank you for listening. Find us on Sp…
Tall Grass And Snake Oil
There's a time and a place for door-to-door salesmen, and we decided Artia was the place, and this episode was the time. This is peak fantasy worldbuilding.
Thank you for…
The Maze Blunderer
The gang builds a maze, and then it gets dark. For all of you connoisseurs of the fine art of maze-ing, you're going to want to listen to the arguments put forth here - they may change …
Trade School Giants
In this episode we talk trade schools, giants, and pinching. Spoiler, if you are a pincher you rank very very low on our list of likable people! But listen in to find out our take on th…
Vampires, There Are Vampires
The title really explains it all here. If you like vampires, you're going to love Artia. Join us as Michael battles a flu in real-time while we discuss some of the finer points of world…
Are We Gaming Now?
As we delve deeper into the never ending black hole of worldbuilding, discussions rage about the four horseman and more bad guys. Also, how do you all define savage? We struggle on that…
Radio Creepin
This week's words are brought to you by... songs I heard on my drive home from work. Smash hits - every single one. Listen to the very end to hear some deep thoughts about friendship, e…
The Skate Shooting Festival
Welcome, again, to the great city of Umbra! Where elves are archery purists and conspiracy theorists have plenty to talk about! Come on in, put on the tinfoil hat, and join the action.
A Little Touch of Magic
Would your D&D character be eligible to be a part of a Hall of Legends? Maybe! If you've done some mighty deeds, they may consider it. We also finally get into some detail with races an…
The Weight of the Gods
We managed to lose an episode, but we make up for it in this one! Are kids capable of making good decisions? Are gods always supposed to answer their children? Find out in this episdoe …
The Pale City Recap
Join us in our wrap-up episode for The Pale City and introduce our special guest and resident Dungeon Master, Matt! Does everything get retconned? Or did we get everything right the fir…
Artia Takes Form
I think we still have some work to do on our epic announcer voices, but you have to start somewhere. Just like this world is starting to really come alive! Check out how soft worldbuil…
Hearing Silence
Silence is golden... or is it? In our case, it is. In other news, our headmistress gets some extra attention and the world is FINALLY given a name. Welcome to Artia!
Than…
Chain of Command
A new headmistress makes her way into The Pale City today, **insert name here**! And another thing - how many red herrings can we put into one city? Is there such a thing as too many?
No Pain No Gain
Today we enter into arena combat at the whim of a noble who gets a little too excited about seeing blood. Also, the philosophy of The Office fans everywhere: "Trust me, it gets really g…
Man of the Cloth
As we make our way through the major campaign questline, The Pale City gets detailed! Factions, noble houses, and handsome liches are the norm in this rainy nation. A real one-shot sess…