The Atlas Loom
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An exploration of worldbuilding for tabletop and beyond.
Join Endeavorance and Diana Fay (DianaOfTheRose) as they discuss the finer points of weaving worlds for tabletop campaigns, narrative fiction, or even just for the fun of it. They may also discuss a few off topic issues. Only the most pressing stuff, of course.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 71 minutes
- Episodes
- 11
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2024
The Voice in our Heads
You know how they look, you know who they are, but how do they sound?
In today's episode of The Atlas Loom, Dev and Diana are joined by the wonderful Sebastian Humphreys (aka HowToDoVoices) to discuss…
Diana Hates Factions
Factions! Those pesky organizations that kinda sorta usually exist. Be them governments, cults, shadowy groups, religions, a gang of goobers or just the local sports fans, factions are a way to add r…
Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites
Do you know what worlds tend to have in them? Creatures. Critters. Lil' guys. Loads of 'em.
Today, Dev and Diana talk about how you can design animals and monsters that fit into the ecosystems of your…
Player Characters & Psychotherapy (ft. ohheyitsgina_)
So you have a world and a story and that's all well and good. Time to sit down at the table and...
Uh. Wait, we're missing something. Oh! The players. And their characters. That does seem important, h…
Necessary Evil
The biggest. The baddest. The evilest guys. Today, Endeavorance and Diana dive into Big Bad Evil Guys (BBEGs): how to design them, how to portray them, how to hype them up, and how to handle their do…
Biblically Accurate Spooky
The time has finally come to breach Diana's favorite subject: Horror. How can you crank the spooky factor to 11 in your world, story, or campaign? How can you depict something innately terrifying, or…
Tone, Vibes & Backpacks
When building your world, you often need to walk a difficult line of maintaining a given tone, especially when weaving stories that seek to elicit emotional responses from the player, reader or whoev…
Stealing For Fun (But Not Profit)
Sometimes you just need to take some inspiration from another place and bring it into your world. And sometimes, you just like something so much that you take it and jam it into your world. Now, gene…
A World Full of Willies
Having NPCs in your world is pretty unavoidable. And, in most cases, you'll need to have a lot of them. Luckily, we're here to help. In this episode of the Atlas Loom, Dev and Diana walk you through …
How to Attack and Dethrone Gods
Worldbuilding is a daunting task, but we find it easiest to start all the way at the top. Join Endeavorance and Diana for the first-ever episode of the Atlas Loom, where we'll break down all the ways…
Welcome, Worldweavers
Welcome, Worldweavers, to The Atlas Loom: an exploration of worldbuilding for tabletop and beyond. In this "Episode 0," Dev and Diana talk through what to expect from the Loom and look forward to the…