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 238 Roman Death Rituals broken down for Wordbuilders
The ancient Roman's have always interested me, so I choose the first look at a specific culture's death …
Episode 237 Jim IV on Worldbuilding and making Video Games part 2
Join Michael and I as we interview an old friend Jim VI aka Pez. He is not here to talk about a project just wor…
Episode 236 Jim IV on Worldbuilding and making Video Games part 1
Join Michael and I as we interview an old friend Jim VI aka Pez. He is not here to talk about a project just worl…
Episode 235 Deep Dive into Death Rites of Primitive Religions
Now we will talk about primitive death rites, no more teasing just doing. Join Michael and I as we look to have a deep dive into …
Episode 234 Bannocks go to Dalentown, Part 2
Join Michael and I as we interview Matthew Bannock and Tim Bannock about worldbuilding and there new Swords & Wizardry module called. "The…
Episode 233 Bannocks go to Dalentown
Join Michael and I as we interview Matthew Bannock and Tim Bannock about worldbuilding and there new Swords & Wizardry module called. "The…
Episode 232 How the orc race became 2 races
So way back in Episode 230, we talked about the development of mountain orcs in my fantasy world called Gardul. We discuss the actual ra…
Episode 231 The argument for playing Dungeons and Dragons
Imagine back decades in a family that has its roots in rural religious America then imagine the…
Episode 230 The Orcs of Gardul
This is a trick episode, I love orcs so much. I have two races, not one. However, let's start with the …
Episode 229 The Grand Finale of Marcus and the Jewels of Daivvavaahra
Almost a year after it began, we are reaching the exciting conclusion of Marcus and the Jewels of Daivv…
Episode 228 Let's Build a Fantasy Vehicle
So Michael and I have finally made it to our vehicle build. Join us as we brainstorm out what type of vehicle, and what problem it is solving for the cu…
Episode 227 Let's Build a Gnomish Culture
So this is the third part of our series on creating a gnome for my fantasy setting for Gardul. Join Michael and Jeff as they continue to jump into th…
Episode 226 Let's Build a Gnome Race
So we set off to build a vehicle. And now we are building a gnomish race, let this be a warning about the rabbit hole that worldbuilding can be if …
Episode 225 Let's Gnome up Gardul!
So, I was planning to create a vehicle this week for my gnomes in the world of gardul. Michael complained that he did not know much. This was tr…
Episode 224 A plague this way comes
Whenever the topic of a disease breaks into the news cycle I freak out a bit. I do not want Zika and as a father, I get more worried for my son. It freaks me out. What is this new strain, am I at ris…
Episode 223 Building Vehicles for your fictional setting
Vehicles can be iconic in fiction. Sometimes the can be real vehicles that just some to live in the stor…
Episode 222 Beware of myopic storytelling
So I was around the webernets and heard about a review from poly…
Episode 221 What do you call a monster?
Is a wolf a monster or just a dangerous animal in your fiction? In today's episode, Michael and I are going to look at what makes a monster. So listen now and…
Episode 220 Marcus and the Jewels of Daivvavaahra, Part 4
The fire has been lit and there is no going back. Marcus needs the Ax of Thormear and then the team can finally move on the Jewels of D…
Episode 219 Alternative sharing... not alternative facts
If you have ever gone to the Gardul.com and checked out my world tab. You would have noticed, it is very vague. I t…