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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 330 Where in the world is the Steward's Son Jun 29, 2020

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Today's Topic – beware of the moth

PS yes this will be a lead into a discussion of diversity in fantasy

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Podcast Show Flow

The Experiment
Quick background
The Choice
The Reason
Why it was wrong
- TTRPG vs Story
The Butterfly Moth Effect
The Double Down
The Self beat
Michael
- Moments where stories have lost you because of lack of description
- Was Jeff wrong and was it understandable or silly
- Have you witnessed the Moth Effect in Stories, give examples?
- Parting shots and words of encouragement.

WBT

How have you decided to work with diversity in your world… or not

RW Task

Join the undercroft to share your sympathy with Michael for having this dumped on him half recorded at the time of recording

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Episode 329 Zombie Ant Overlord Destroyers Jun 14, 2020

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Today's Topic – Truth can lead to better fiction

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Inspiration from Curiosity Stream Bright on, "Fire Ant Invasion"
Zombie Fly!!!
Let the battle of the necromancers begin
Who is our Natural foe of the Ants
Character
Aeskrii Ambassador
A Lost Tribe United of Aeskrii
Tribal used
"Mummification" of bodies preserving and sealing it until it is needed"

WBT

Overrun a world or 2 with the undead

RW Task

Avoid the practice of necromancy

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Episode 328 The ultimate secret to relaxing Jun 08, 2020

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Today's Topic - The true path to relaxing

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Why do you need to know the true path to your relaxation?
- More Creative
- More confident
- More decisive
- Happier
The problem with not knowing your true path
- Attempts to relaxation leads to guilt. Guilt to fear and fear leads to the dark side
- Or really escapism which leads to Anxiety and then to Burnout
What is the true path to relaxation
- which future self excites you
- Living Above your μ (Mu) your X Bar
- Spending time actively visualizing it every day
- Taking a new step towards it.

WBT

Find out an important characters path to relaxation

RW Task

Check out the Brendon Show for some sciency woo woo

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Episode 327 5 Weird ways to break your writers block May 31, 2020

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Today's Topic – Breaking writers block

When

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And not for something completely different.
Brainstorm out with Why I am not writing freewriting
Change your plan
Worldbuild something not needed
Walk out in nature
Talk the day off

WBT

Create a story for a group to get stuck and see how they fix it

RW Task

Look for new solutions to problems plaguing you

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Episode 326 Thinking about all the characters May 24, 2020

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Today's Topic - BIG CHARACTERS!!!!

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There is no formula
Think of the cast as a whole
What your story needs
- Solo or Ensemble
- Create character before you create you character
Remember if they do not make the story better, they should not be in the cast
Types of characters you need
- Protagonist
- Antagonist
- Companions
- Side Characters
Job of character
- Love Interest
- Foil
- Family
- Mentor
- Extra
- Other tropes
Twist or two
Questions to ask
- Can characters merge
- Will people get lost in the cast

WBT

What is a good cast for your story

RW Task

Run your cast past a friend or someone you can trust

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Episode 325 How your world should speak to your message May 17, 2020

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Today's Topic – Themeing your world.

World and theme: How your world should speak to your message

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What is your message? Theme or sub-text (this could be the whole show really)
- Examples: Dune: Struggle, Wonderland/Oz :Wonder and escapism
Physical characteristics of your world can(should?) be metaphors for the conflicts of the characters within it
Re-examine. Why do you want the world to be a certain way? Does is align with the story/message you are trying to tell?
Change what needs to. This does not mean strapping a bunch of hard-worked world building, it could simply be a matter of changing a reason for things to be the way they are. Re-framing is a powerful tool in worldbuilding and in life. Broken wine glass story

WBT

Make sure your messaging makes sense

RW Task

Shop smart shop Smart

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Episode 324 How are you relaxing during the pandemic May 10, 2020

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Today's Topic – Let's Build the Before the Story

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No place to go or No one to see?
Here are some things We are doing to Relax
Family overstressed
- DANCE PARTY
- Drive to nowhere
- BBQ
- Tai Cheng
Jeff's
- Trying out new WB Software on a life stream
  - Wonderdraft
  - Vulgar
- ESO
  - WBA Guild … 18+ Social nothing more is intended the bsing. Question Application code: Mike
  - @GardulWorld
  - NA Server
  - Discord Server
- Video Chat
  - Magic (Cut name from comment)
  - Board Games
  - Mass Vid Party
- Wheel Of Time
  - Book 2 down to the final battle… so why are there like 300 books in this series (22)
- Michael

WBT

Family Game … ttrpg?

RW Task

Share you new relaxation tips with at least one other person… at a distant.

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Episode 323 A Very long night…so long May 03, 2020

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Today's Topic - Let's Build the Before the Story, part 2

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The Basics of the story
A story of Before the Story (BS)
WE need the elements of the story.
- Before the Story (BS)
- The Incident
- The Strike
- The Fallout
- The Run
- After The Story (AS)
What We know
Characters we need
The Same structure for the BS,
What is the family dynamic? The BS of the BS
- Father and/VS Mother
The 1st incident
- The Strike
- The Fallout
- The Run
- The After story (Leads the character to the setting for the Major Plot incident)

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Create a story within a story

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Episode 310 Let's form a game story

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Episode 322 A Very long night…er nights Apr 29, 2020

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Today's Topic - Let's Build the Before the Story

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The Basics of the story
A story of Before the Story (BS)
WE need the elements of the story.
- Before the Story (BS)
- The Incident
- The Strike
- The Fallout
- The Run
- After The Story (AS)
What We know
Characters we need
The Same structure for the BS,
What is the family dynamic? The BS of the BS
- Father and/VS Mother
The 1st incident
- The Strike
- The Fallout
- The Run
- The After story (Leads the character to the setting for the Major Plot incident)

WBT

Create a story within a story

RW Task

Share something you have learned or done because of the pandemic

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Episode 321 8 Tips to sharing your worldbuilding Apr 12, 2020

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Today's Topic – Forget those details and build

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You want to share your world without being an encyclopedia.
- Curious Characters
- Build groups up with diversity in mind
- Have big day coming up
- Fish(es) out of water
- Xeno phobia and philia
- Bards and wizards
- Other Elders
- Stories (overheard at taverns)

WBT

Create some good excuses

RW Task

Give us your tips

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