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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.

Latest Episodes:

Episode 100: Am I evil? Nov 22, 2015

Show notes

The Rating:

This is an basic topic

Today's Topic - Let's Build a fantasy Villain

Types of Villains Reluctant, Psychopath, Sociopath, Supernatural, Accidental, Misguided, Fanatic and All in
- Our's is a Misguided Fanatic
Purpose - Protect family from Prince Hogar's family
Motivation - fear of family losing wealth and good name
Perspective - From the noble class of Baurhdrakkas
Attributes and Traits
- CW Princess
- Young Adult
- Naive
- Social Thief
- Askerii Agent
- Hand Maiden is only real friend
Quirks
- Hair Twirler
- Spitefully Fake
Big Actions (Larger than life)
- TBD in a future story

Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us in iTunes For complete Fantasy Worldbuilding show notes go to Gardul.com

Episode 99: Holding out for a hero Nov 15, 2015

Show notes

The Rating:

This is an basic topic

Today's Topic - Say hello to our newest Fantasy Hero, Ammalheim

Ammalheim, but you can call her Amm or Ammalheim
A Reluctant hero
Purpose - Prevent a war between Prince Hogar and his son
Motivation - Love for family and community
Perspective - From the peasant class of Baurhdrakkas
Attributes and Traits
- Thief-like with some basic magic skills
- Average Looking
- Smart and Physically strong
- Loved by community
Quirks
- 1st Born child
- Distrust all nobles
- Ordered preparation
- Focused Staring
Big Actions (Larger than life)
- TBD in a future story

Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us in iTunes For complete Fantasy Worldbuilding show notes go to Gardul.com

Episode 98: We Don't Need Another Hero Nov 08, 2015

Show notes

The Rating:

This is an basic topic

Today's Topic - The structure of a Fantasy Hero

Type of Hero
- Archtype - archetype - Boy Scout
- Greek
- Dark
- Reluctant
- Anti
Motivation
Purpose
Perspective
Traits
Quirks
Big Actions (Larger than life)

Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us in iTunes For complete Fantasy Worldbuilding show notes go to Gardul.com

Episode 97: A Creepy home for our boogeyman Nov 01, 2015

Show notes

The Rating:

This is an basic topic

Today's Topic - Let's Build a creepy place for a creepy monster for Halloween

PS this episode has very disturbing content
Name of our Boogeyman
- Ichvacher or Ichvacher or translates directly to weak dark man or shadowman
Location
Time???
Consequence for visiting

Results

A small plane of horror that has a will of its own
- Allows entrance or exit
- alerts Ichvacher about tresspassers
- Has an alter inside a steppe tent
- Light dims when you enter through a mist
- Turns to night when Ichvacher is encountered
- People who are sacrificed or die turn into living sands

Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us in iTunes For complete Fantasy Worldbuilding show notes go to Gardul.com

Episode 96: Something Not So Nice This Way Comes Oct 25, 2015

Show notes

The Rating:

This is an basic topic

Today's Topic - Halloween Let's Build a Boogeyman

This episode really might have dark matter
What is a boogeyman
- Motivations
- Attributes
- Powers
- Why do they appear
  - Why and When
- How to stop
Results
- Name see next Episode
- Feeds on fear
- Glowing steel eyes
- Shadow body and moves through shadows
- Punish children for disrespect or inhospitably
- Punishments start with stealing teeth and shock-white hair

Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us in iTunes For complete Fantasy Worldbuilding show notes go to Gardul.com

Episode 95: Fantasy Worldbuilding Economics 101 Oct 15, 2015

Show notes

The Rating:

This is an advanced topic

Today's Topic - Fantasy Worldbuilding Economics 101

This is not meant to judge the correctness of actual real world economics. GO MISES! (Except for this line)
Do pick a school or schools to evolve your economics. Cheat sheet Link form Pragmatic Capitalist
Do Not try and force everything to fit the schools you pick perfectly... That would be the pretense of knowledge
The Basic Path of how a economy grows Wiki Article on Economic Anthropology
- Collective sharing
- Value Theory
  - Intrinsic Value
  - Objective Value
  - Labor value
- Basic Exchanges start to form
  - Market
  - Gift
  - Commodity
- Barter
- Money
- Credit
- Banks
  - Fractional-Reserve Banking
  - Full-Reserve Banking
  - Free Banks Vs Central Banking
- Advance economics start evolving after the economy shifts from an agricultural to industrial
- Do not over think it, just understand the flow of it

Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us in iTunes For complete Fantasy Worldbuilding show notes go to Gardul.com

Episode 94: Basics of secret societies for SFF Oct 08, 2015

Show notes

The Rating:

This is an basic topic

Today's Topic - Basics of Secret societies

Brain Storming from Wikipedia
What are Secret Societies
Types of Secret Societies
- Political
- Academia
- Internet
- Supernatural/Religious
Where do they come from
How should we use them

Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us in iTunes For complete Fantasy Worldbuilding show notes go to Gardul.com

Episode 91: Why we play games Oct 07, 2015

Show notes

Today's Topic - Why we play games

Michael and Jeffery set a record of 37 seconds without trying to mess each other up.
Why we started playing games
- Sports / Hunting and running
- The Run down hunt method
- Games to learn how to fulfill basic needs
- Add in chance and game theory
Gamification
Using games to impress
Prosperity Tax
games show us what we are good at
We play games for relaxation and fun
Jeffery learns that real world time
The meaning of life