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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.

Join Michael and Jeffery on the weekly podcast that looks at storytelling, game mastering, pop culture and life through the lens of fantasy world building. Subscribe TODAY!

Listen to new episodes every Monday and BUILD BETTER FANTASY WORLDS.

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Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
37 minutes
Episodes
401
Years Active
2015 - 2022
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Episode 138 Types of Fantasy Worldbuilding Projects

Episode 138 Types of Fantasy Worldbuilding Projects

Today's Topic – Types of Fantasy worlds to create

Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us on iTunesFor complete Fantasy Worldbuilding, show notes go to Gardul.com

We talk about all sorts of things on t…

00:37:18  |   Sun 04 Sep 2016
Episode 137 How do I use evolution to build naturalistic fantasy worlds?

Episode 137 How do I use evolution to build naturalistic fantasy worlds?

Today's Topic – Patterns for Fantasy Worldbuilding Evolution

Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us on iTunesFor complete Fantasy Worldbuilding, show notes go to Gardul.com

If you listen to this show; …

00:50:08  |   Mon 29 Aug 2016
Episode 136 The Basic Worldbuilding Questions To Ask Yourself When Beginning A New Fantasy Project, Part two

Episode 136 The Basic Worldbuilding Questions To Ask Yourself When Beginning A New Fantasy Project, Part two

Today's Topic – Part One Specific Questions to ask yourself when creating a new fantasy worldbuilding project

Questions are at the heart of any world building.  Back in episode 7 started the conversa…

00:42:15  |   Mon 22 Aug 2016
Episode 135 The Basic Worldbuilding Questions To Ask Yourself When Beginning A New Fantasy Project, Part One

Episode 135 The Basic Worldbuilding Questions To Ask Yourself When Beginning A New Fantasy Project, Part One

Today's Topic – Part One Specific Questions to ask yourself when creating a new fantasy worldbuilding project

Questions are at the heart of any world building.  Back in episode 7 started the conversa…

00:34:17  |   Mon 15 Aug 2016
Episode 134 Enter the Wine Steward Session 2

Episode 134 Enter the Wine Steward Session 2

Today's Topic – Session Two of Enter the Wine Steward

The beta testing of my world continues.  If you do not have a background in Roleplaying games, you might not have thought about testing your worl…

00:56:43  |   Mon 08 Aug 2016
Episode 133 Learn how I found 17 extra hours a week in 15 minutes

Episode 133 Learn how I found 17 extra hours a week in 15 minutes

 

Today's Topic – My success in NaNoWriMo starts with Time Management

Most of my life, I have waste and an incredible amount of time on because of the excuse. I do not have enough time.  Heck, if you…

00:31:14  |   Mon 01 Aug 2016
Episode 132 How do I write 50,000 words #NaNoWriMo when I work and have a life?

Episode 132 How do I write 50,000 words #NaNoWriMo when I work and have a life?

Today's Topic – If you work full time, there are things you can start doing now to lead to success in NaNoWriMo 2016

I can be a planner.  However, there are times I fall behind.  Like This month, I h…

00:35:26  |   Mon 25 Jul 2016
Episode 131 What Would a Worldbuilder Do with the leftovers?

Episode 131 What Would a Worldbuilder Do with the leftovers?

Today's Topic – What if 2% of your population just disappeared?

Before, I start yapping about worldbuilding. I need to take a moment to thank you for the listening to the show. We hit 40,000 download…

00:35:31  |   Mon 18 Jul 2016
Episode 130: The Balancing Act

Episode 130: The Balancing Act

Today's Topic – Finding the Balance needed in your fantasy story

As a Worldbuilder and a storyteller, there are many things to worry about. Does our story rock? Have we represented out fantasy world …

00:37:22  |   Mon 11 Jul 2016
Episode 129: How to make your fantasy world original?

Episode 129: How to make your fantasy world original?

Today's Topic – The Originality Trap And How To Avoid It! I have spent countless hours working on being original.  It was truly a concern.  I worried about my clothes, my music, my art, and my fantas…
00:46:07  |   Mon 04 Jul 2016
Episode 128: 7 worldbuilding questions, I wished I asked first

Episode 128: 7 worldbuilding questions, I wished I asked first

Today's Topic – Seven basic Fantasy Worldbuilding questions that would have made my life easier.

Worldbuilding is the art of creating a fictional setting. I achieve this by asking lots of questions. …

00:42:19  |   Mon 27 Jun 2016
Episode 127: Wine, Dine, and Testing Time

Episode 127: Wine, Dine, and Testing Time

Today's Topic – Our First story session of Enter the Steward.

Okay back in episode 124, Michael and I talked about live-playing a story to talk about the city of Qïmi. The point of the story was to e…

01:07:29  |   Mon 20 Jun 2016
Episode 126: Kaizen boards for Worldbuilding

Episode 126: Kaizen boards for Worldbuilding

Today's Topic – Kaizen boards can be used for an entire host of organizational needs

Have you ever wasted months trying to organize a path to get something done? And after spending hundreds of hours …

00:33:23  |   Mon 13 Jun 2016
Episode 125:Episode 125: Evolution, Stagnant, Microevolution and 3 hacks to make your fantasy world better

Episode 125:Episode 125: Evolution, Stagnant, Microevolution and 3 hacks to make your fantasy world better

Today's Topic – Learn to developer the world like a character  

Much like we can define the type of Worldbuilder we are.  It is important to know how we want to develop our world. We can use evolutio…

00:44:50  |   Mon 06 Jun 2016
Episode 124: The Pregame show

Episode 124: The Pregame show

Today's Topic – Showing the setup for using gaming to beta test a fantasy world  

Okay, we just want an excuse to play a game.  You got me. However, I truly believe that we can both have fun and work…

00:53:40  |   Mon 30 May 2016
Episode 123: Turn Your Geek into a small business

Episode 123: Turn Your Geek into a small business

Today's Topic – Make your geek official. 3 easy steps to start a small business and a path to marketing yourself

Hey, let’s start off serious.  How many authors have you read that you had never heard…

00:39:44  |   Mon 16 May 2016
Episode 122: How to Stop a Fantasy World Apocalypse?

Episode 122: How to Stop a Fantasy World Apocalypse?

Today's Topic – Preventing your fantasy world from blowing up

I am not going to talk about preventing errors in stories or fatal world building flaws that will lose you, readers.  I am talking buildi…

00:49:26  |   Mon 09 May 2016
Episode 121: Learn the most important key to building tension in your story

Episode 121: Learn the most important key to building tension in your story

Today's Topic – Humor in your fantasy world

An Orc walks into a bar.  He reaches over the bar and grabs a keg of ale and starts to walk out.  The bartender says, “Hey are you going to pay for that?” …

00:50:56  |   Mon 02 May 2016
Episode 120: The one thing you need to create a naturalist fantasy culture

Episode 120: The one thing you need to create a naturalist fantasy culture

Today's Topic - Creations Myths are the key to understanding your fantasy cultures

Creation myths are a great place to start when developing a new Fantasy Culture.  *Stops listens for a drum roll. Ho…

00:52:29  |   Mon 25 Apr 2016
Episode 119: The hidden art of better storytelling

Episode 119: The hidden art of better storytelling

Today's Topic - How I use Role-playing games to test out my world and practice my storytelling techniques

I love gaming. I have been running campaigns and stories since I was a preteen. They inspire …

00:43:35  |   Mon 18 Apr 2016
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