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Worldbuilder's Anvil - Podcast

Worldbuilder's Anvil

 Jeffery W. Ingram

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 39: Interview Anna Questerly

Episode 39: Interview Anna Questerly

Interview: Anna Questerly

Bookseller and bibliophile turned author, Anna Questerly writes medieval fiction and fairy tales for smart kids and young hearts. For adults, she creates Utopian fantasy as…

00:35:12  |   Sat 28 Mar 2015
Episode 38: Worldbuilding Religions and Fantasy States

Episode 38: Worldbuilding Religions and Fantasy States

Today's Topic - Worldbuilding Religions and Fantasy States
  • Create folder for your Fantasy religion in your Scrivener worldbuilding bible.
    • Add a religions document
    • Religion links to  track
      • What pe…
00:11:44  |   Fri 27 Mar 2015
Episode 37: Worldbuilding Cultural and Racial Links in your Fantasy State

Episode 37: Worldbuilding Cultural and Racial Links in your Fantasy State

Today's Topic - Worldbuilding Cultural and Racial Links in your Fantasy State
  • Create folder for your Fantasy country in your Scrivener worldbuilding bible.
    • Add a Cultural and a Racial links documen…
00:13:15  |   Wed 25 Mar 2015
Episode 36: Worldbuilding Trap: Paralysis by Analysis

Episode 36: Worldbuilding Trap: Paralysis by Analysis

Today's Topic - Worldbuilding Trap: Paralysis by Analysis
  • Worldbuilding helps create framework for story
  • When it is happening?
    • When you stop writing first draft.
    • When you remake the world every tim…
00:15:59  |   Mon 23 Mar 2015
Episode 35: Interview Aaron Wood

Episode 35: Interview Aaron Wood

Interview: Aaron Wood

Please listen to learn more about Aaron Wood.  A geek at heart and artist that has created some wonderful book covers and propaganda.

  1. Introduction
  2. Do you feel Orc or Elf today…
00:33:37  |   Sat 21 Mar 2015
Episode 34: Worldbuilding Fantasy State History

Episode 34: Worldbuilding Fantasy State History

Today's Topic - Worldbuilding Fantasy State History

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  • Important Things remembered
    • Truth according to the culture
    • based on norms
  • Wars
  • Turmoil
  • Major Ex…
00:15:42  |   Fri 20 Mar 2015
Episode 33: The Rise and Fall of a Fantasy State

Episode 33: The Rise and Fall of a Fantasy State

Today's Topic - The Rise and Fall of a Fantasy State

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  • When did it become a state
  • How did the state form
  • Golden Age(s)
  • State the collapse
  • What caused th…
00:11:30  |   Wed 18 Mar 2015
Episode 32: Fantasy States Revisited

Episode 32: Fantasy States Revisited

Today's Topic - Fantasy States Revisited

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  • History
  • Rise And Fall
  • Links to Cultures and Races
  • Tolerance
  • Types of governments
  • Taxes 
  • The Arts
  • Norms

Check…

00:14:09  |   Mon 16 Mar 2015
Episode 31: Interview Bill Treadwell

Episode 31: Interview Bill Treadwell

 

Interview: Bill Treadwell

Please listen to learn more about Bill Treadwell, the chief worldbuilder for Caladria

  1. Introduction
  2. Do you feel Orc or Elf today?
  3. Tell us about your latest work.
  4. How do …
00:28:26  |   Sat 14 Mar 2015
Episode 30: Fantasy Racial Appearances

Episode 30: Fantasy Racial Appearances

Today's Topic - Fantasy Racial Appearances

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  • Visual Appearance
    • Common skin colors
    • Common Eye color
    • Height and Weight
    • Hair
  • Keep in mind
    • Eyes
    • Smell
    • So…
00:11:20  |   Fri 13 Mar 2015
Episode 29: Fantasy Racial Traits

Episode 29: Fantasy Racial Traits

Today's Topic - Fantasy Racial Traits

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  • Physical
  • Mental
  • Social
  • Vocational
  • Allies/Enemies
00:12:59  |   Wed 11 Mar 2015
Episode 28: Fantasy Culture Arts, Dress, And Architecture

Episode 28: Fantasy Culture Arts, Dress, And Architecture

Today's Topic - Fantasy Culture Arts, Dress, And Architecture

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  • Specific until Incorporated into a state.  The
  • Symbology
  • Geography
    • Materials for clothi…
00:20:05  |   Mon 09 Mar 2015
Episode 27: Interview Dawn Metcalf

Episode 27: Interview Dawn Metcalf

Interview: Dawn Metcalf

Please listen to learn more about Dawn Metcalf, the Twixt, mutant lemmings, breaking stuff and much much more.  Listen for the special bonus discussion about a zombie mouse. …

00:45:11  |   Sat 07 Mar 2015
Episode 26: Racial Makeup of your Culture

Episode 26: Racial Makeup of your Culture

Today's Topic - Racial Makeup of your Culture

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  • What Races are part of the culture
    • Probable start with one culture
    • Migrations of tribes early on will c…
00:16:04  |   Fri 06 Mar 2015
Episode 25: Fantasy Cultural Traits

Episode 25: Fantasy Cultural Traits

Today's Topic - Fantasy Cultural Traits

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  • Racial before Cultural
    • Physical
    • Mental
    • Social
    • Vocational
    • Allies/Enemies
00:12:48  |   Wed 04 Mar 2015
Episode 24: Worldbuilding Cultural Evolution

Episode 24: Worldbuilding Cultural Evolution

Today's Topic - Worldbuilding Cultural Evolution

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  • Separation
    • Religious
    • Physical
    • Social
    • Mass immigration
  • Growth
    • New Contact
    • Taking land from othe…
00:18:44  |   Mon 02 Mar 2015
Episode 23: Fantasy Worldbuilding Cultural Fashion Show

Episode 23: Fantasy Worldbuilding Cultural Fashion Show

Today's Topic - Fantasy Worldbuilding Cultural Fashion Show

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  • Visual Appearance
    • Common skin colors
    • Common Eye color
    • Height and Weight
    • Hair
    • Once per ra…
00:14:36  |   Fri 27 Feb 2015
Episode 22: Cultural Relations in Fantasy Worlds

Episode 22: Cultural Relations in Fantasy Worlds

Today's Topic - Cultural Relations in Fantasy Worlds

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  • Internal Factions
    • Pro culture
    • Anti Cultural
    • Self-Serving
  • External Faction
    • Nearby Tribes
    • Nearb…
00:12:51  |   Wed 25 Feb 2015
Episode 21: Fantasy Cultural Norms

Episode 21: Fantasy Cultural Norms

Today's Topic - Fantasy Cultural Norms

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  • Values
    • Two-axis system
    • x-axis Harmony To Dominion over nature
    • y-axis Conformity to Divergence over people
    • What…
00:11:10  |   Mon 23 Feb 2015
20: Worldbuilding Trap Consistent = Fake

20: Worldbuilding Trap Consistent = Fake

Today's Topic - Worldbuilding Trap: Consistent = Fake

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  • Thinking that Consistent means cultures always follow the same logic
    • languages will always have…
00:13:13  |   Fri 20 Feb 2015
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