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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 41: TAX Attack Apr 01, 2015

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Today's Topic - TAX Attack

How does your fictional government support its power?
Direct Taxes and duties
- Property Tax
- Income Tax
- Statute Labor
- Salt Tax
- Tenure Tax
- Tithe
- Tariffs
- Tribute
- Inheritance Tax
- Excise Tax
- Tolls
- Marriage Tax
- Minority Tax
Indirect Taxes
- Sales Tax
- Value Added Tax
- Goods and Services
- Inflation
- Subsidy
- Corporate Tax

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Episode 40: Types of Governments in Fantasy Worldbuilding Mar 30, 2015

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Today's Topic - Types of Governments in Fantasy Worldbuilding

Power of the state
- Anarchy
- True democracy
- consent of the governed
- Limited Monarchy
- Authoritarian
How do rulers come to power
- Birth
- Personal traits
- Appointed by divine source
- Appointed by previous leader
- Coup
- Random selection
- Election
How is the transitions of power handed
- Peaceful
- Violent
- War
How are rights earned
- Natural Rights
- Rights granted by rulers
  - Nepotism
  - Forced by the mob
  - Reward
Who owns what?
- Individuals own property
- State owns property
Is the stated tied to a religion
What do you call your state? List of common government types
Special thanks to Nick

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Episode 39: Interview Anna Questerly Mar 28, 2015

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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 A.J. Questerly

Introduction
Do you feel Orc or Elf today?
Tell us about your latest work.
How do you connect your worldbuilding back to The Story?
When did you know you had a love for worldbuilding?
Biggest achievement to date?
What real world advice do you wish you had known sooner?
Tell a quick STORY about some task that could have gotten you started sooner as a writer

Gauntlet round

What held you back from sharing your world(s)?
Favorite types of fantasy worlds: alien, earthlike, or earth-based?
What is your favorite time period for fantasy settings?
What is the most important habit or skill in creating a world?
What tool(s) could you not work without?
What is one resource you would offer to a Worldbuilder starting down your path?
If you ended up in the (a) world you created. What would be the first thing you would do? (Please keep it as clean as possible.)

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Episode 38: Worldbuilding Religions and Fantasy States Mar 27, 2015

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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 percentage of the population follows this religion
  - When did the religion first appear.
  - Does the state have influence over the religion
  - Is the religion approved by the state
    - If not what happens if you get caught engaging in worship.
  - Are there any parts of the religion that are not the same in this country
This could change overtime

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Episode 37: Worldbuilding Cultural and Racial Links in your Fantasy State Mar 25, 2015

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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 document
- Cultural links to track
  - When culture first joins the state.
  - Culture disappears from the state
  - What percentage of the population belongs to the state
- Racial links
  - All races should come from the cultural links
  - What percentage of the population in the fantasy country
This could change overtime

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Episode 36: Worldbuilding Trap: Paralysis by Analysis Mar 23, 2015

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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 time you start a revision
- When you avoid writing or storytelling because you have to work on the world
Telling the stories is the point
What is okay?
- If you pause to record newly minted words in a language
- Record new unexpected world elements
- You are worldbuilding as education and you are using stories to explore your world
Tips
- New world elements folder in your Scrivener file
- "GO GO GO" note
- record what you need for story.

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Episode 35: Interview Aaron Wood Mar 21, 2015

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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.

Introduction
Do you feel Orc or Elf today?
Tell us about your latest work.
How do you connect your worldbuilding back to The Story?
When did you know you had a love for worldbuilding?
Biggest achievement to date?
What real world advice do you wish you had known sooner?
Tell a quick STORY about some task that could have gotten you started sooner as a writer

Gauntlet round

What held you back from sharing your world(s)?
Favorite types of fantasy worlds: alien, earthlike, or earth-based?
What is your favorite time period for fantasy settings?
What is the most important habit or skill in creating a world?
What tool(s) could you not work without?
What is one resource you would offer to a Worldbuilder starting down your path?
If you ended up in the (a) world you created. What would be the first thing you would do? (Please keep it as clean as possible.)

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Episode 34: Worldbuilding Fantasy State History Mar 20, 2015

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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 Expansions
- War or land
- Trade
- Science
- Magic
- Exploration
Stagnant periods
Major new discovers
- New Power
- new type of geography
- new item in the night sky