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.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 401
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2022
Episode 19: Cultural Information in Worldbuilding
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- What I track when I create fictional cultures
- Brief pre-state history
- Important symbols
- Basics…
Episode 18: Evolution, Not just for your fantasy species
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- Not a creation vs evolution discussion about the real world. It is about things changing.
- Long-…
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Episode 17: What is the state of your nation(s)?
Today's Topic - What is the state of your nation(s)?
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- What are states?
- You should know the basics of one?
- What is the cultural makeup?
- What is the fo…
Episode 16: Laphinnesehïrïm errr Languages
Today's Topic - Laphinnesehïrïm errr Languages
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- Why are languages important and intriguing
- Languages are a common way for cultures to share ideas.
- Th…
Episode 15: Religions in your Fantasy World
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- Myths to Religion
- Common Rituals
- Common Beliefs
- Common Symbols
- Common Stories
- Possible belief in the S…
Episode 14: Races
- What are Races?
- Depends on how you define it for your world
- Common appearance of the grouping
- Not body height, weight, and intelligence should vary based on nutrition
- Share…
Episode 13: Cultures
- What is a culture?
- Shared Experience
- Shared symbolism
- Shared Beliefs and Norms
- Language
- Religion
- Common Food, and Rituals
- Art, Music, and Dress
- What culture is not?
- A co…
Episode 12: Wonders of Your World
- Why do I keep Coming Back to Wonders?
- Because they stick out in the world
- Some are natural
- Mount Fuji
- Great Barrier Reef
- Aurora Borealis
- Great Riff Valley o…
Episode 11: Maps and Fantasy Worldbuilding
- What are maps important?
- What should they show?
- What language should they be in?
- How much of the world needs to be on it?
- How can I map and store
- What …
Episode 10: Planetside Geography
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Episode 9: Cosmos
- Cosmos
- Sun
- Your Planet
- Other Planets
- Other Things in the night sky
- Comets
- Meteors & Asteroids
- Stars
- Star Clusters
- Nebula's
- Galaxies
- Your Galaxy
- Weather
Episode 8: The Places of your World
- Rules is the filter for each of your Basic topics
- Places = Physical Geography
- Cosmos
- Natural Wonders
- Oceans
- Land
- plate tectonics
- Mountains
- Plains
- Steppes
- De…
Episode 7: Worldbuilding Basics Breakdown
- Rules is the filter for each of your Basic topics
- Places
- Cosmos
- Natural Wonders
- Religion
- Language
- Races
- Culture
- States
- Faces
- Technology is the limit to when the W…
Episode 6: Makeover Session
- Name of my world: Gardul Earth-like Fantasy
- Sometimes: Podcastia
- Important Rules
- Recreation and Evolution
- The elements of the universe are spread out amongst the…
Episode 5: Technology Breakdown
- Stone Age
- Bronze Age
- Iron Age
- Early Medieval
- Late Medieval
- Renaissance
- Pre Industrial
- Industrial
- Early Global
- Global
- Solar System
- Short Interstellar
- Universa…
Episode 4: Rules Breakout!
- What are the laws of your World?
- Creation, Evolution or both
- Does your world have to end?
- Theory of relativity?
- Speed of light?
- How does magic word?
- Are the gods or …
Episode 2: Why are you building a Fantasy World?
- You want to write books
- You want to create Video Games
- You want to create Role-playing games
- You want to create Role-playing settings
- You want t…
Episode 1: What is Worldbuilding?
- What is Worldbuilding?
- A process for creating a natural setting for the world
- Rules
- Places
- Cosmology
- Geography
- Cultures
- Races
- Faces
- Happen…