Worldbuilder's Anvil
Do you have visions of fantasy world’s dancing through your head? Are you a gamemaster that wants to tell stories in your world? Are you a fiction writer who wants your next setting to be your best?
Do you want to build better fantasy worlds?
Then the Worldbuilder's Anvil podcast is for you. Learn to create the physical world, characters, cultures, kingdoms, races, species and monsters. Learn it all, with some banter to boot.
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 401
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2022
Episode 218 The most important tool in any worldbuilding project
We always look for tools to achieve things in life. It is no different when we create fictional worl…
Episode 217 Classic Character Archetypes: The Everyman
Back to the study of archetypes that can be stored in your storytelling and worldbuilding toolbox. The Everyman character is unique in the fact that this pattern is not meant to be exceptional. Liste…
Episode 216 Brains … Yeah Zombies
Michael loves traditional zombie fiction. He can be picky, for example, they must be dead a disease is not good enough for him. Join us as Michael talks about the zombie stories he loves the most an…
Episode 215 Let’s build an aquatic race
Michael and I often have many great ideas on shows. We talk about having the episode and then we forget. Thanks to Amanda for r…
Episode 214 Worldbuilder's Guide to Fantasy Map Making the Overland Edition
Okay! So you have checked out episode 213 and have realized you need to create an overland map. Then this is the ep…
Episode 213 Worldbuilder's Guide to Fantasy Map Making
Making maps is a passion of mine. So, Michael and I thought it was about time that we look how to create fictional fantasy ma…
Episode 212 Let’s Build a Fusellbüt
Michael and I always love making things up. So I started calling my newborn son a Fusellbüt. My wife looked at me and asked. "What is a Fusellbüt?" …
Episode 211 Worldbuilder's Best Friend a Fish out of water
This episode was inspired to help show worldbuilder’s there are tactical choices that can be made to help remove or reduce infodumps in their stories. I…
Episode 210 Building an Iron Age Gang
To further flesh out the world needed for the Marcus and the Jewels of Daivvavaahra heist story I k…
Episode 209 Marcus and the Jewels of Daivvavaahra, Part 3
Marcus raids the toom of King Hermann and learns a very dark secret about the heist he is planning with Gregor. Michael and I pick up o…
Episode 208 Classic Character Archetypes: The prophesiers, doomsayers, and soothsayers
Michael and I have been talking about starting an ongoing series about character archetypes. We understand the importance of cre…
207 Greatest moments of the first 200 episodes
Over 200 episodes and Michael and I have had a blast. However, the fun is not over. We are just getting started. So join Michael…
Episode 206 5 steps to great characters
I spend lots of time talking to people about the act of character creation. I think it is the purest and most important step of great…
Episode 205 Characters Living on the edge
There are so many wonderful character types that have been developed over the last 5,400 years of literature. Characters living on the edge is …
Episode 204 Creating holidays for your Fantasy cultures
Have you thought about the how the holidays are celebrated in your fantasy world? If not this is the episode for you. Michael and Jeffery look at …
Episode 203 Interview with Author Jeffrey Biles
From the depths of the Fantasy Worldbuilder’s Undercroft Jeffery Biles comes to us to chat about Worldbuilding and his personal journey from an Website Programmer to the Published Author of Mages Mus…
Episode 202 Pirates in Space... and the west... and everywhere
In this episode of the Worldbuilder's Anvil Podcast, We see pirates! Michael has been itching about this topic since we started talking about the s…
Episode 201 When should you stop worldbuilding
There comes a time we all need to stop worldbuilding and write. of course I am mainly talking to worldbuilders that want to be …
Episode 200 Let’s Build a Crypt
Today's Topic Creating a fantasy story from a world
So I was looking for a crypt to have Michael break into to help gather what is needed to pull off the heist for the jewels of Daivvavaahra. Crypts …
Episode 199 Marcus and the Jewels of Daivvavaahra, Part 2
Today's Topic Markie Markus gets a bit closer to his jewels
Join Marcus as he has a shocking meeting with his father and learns what he needs to do to get past the spirit guarding the Jewels of Daivv…