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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 310 Let's form a game story Jan 19, 2020

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Today's Topic – Finding the basic building blocks of stories

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What I know
- Background
- 1st Steps New Indie Single-Player RPG Video Game– Tuesday Tidbit for Episode 268
Before the Story (BS)
The Incident
The Strike
The Fallout
The Run
After The Story (AS)

WBT

Write a basic story

RW Task

Self-love

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Episode 268 Brainstorming video game content

1st Steps New Indie Single-Player RPG Video Game– Tuesday Tidbit for Episode 268

Episode 307 Story at the basics

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Episode 268 Brainstorming video game content https://www.gardul.com/blog/episode-268-brainstorming-video-game-content/

1st Steps New Indie Single-Player RPG Video Game– Tuesday Tidbit for Episode 268 https://www.gardul.com/blog/1st-steps-new-indie-single-player-rpg-video-game-tuesday-tidbit-for-episode-268/

Episode 307 Story at the basics https://www.gardul.com/blog/episode-307-story-at-the-basics/

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Episode 309 New Year's Holidays Jan 15, 2020

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Today's Topic - Why do you think 1/1?

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Why
1. Families are not just around in the holidays.
What are the problems
1. What if the family does not support my dreams?
2. Stopping the family drama
  - Learning, lack of impulse control and hormones raging.
3. What to do when you think your toddler or infant is out to get you?

How do I let go?
1. Let your kids be a kid, redirect them. They are not out to get you.
2. Manage yourself
3. Get your sleep (7-9) hours
4. Transition
5. Release meditation

WBT

Come up with a fictional New Year holiday

RW Task

Commit to improving yourself, do it for 60 days

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9 New Year's Traditions From Cultures Around The World

April Fools' Day: Origin and History

The Isaiah Show

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April Fools' Day: Origin and History https://www.infoplease.com/calendar-holidays/major-holidays/april-fools-day-origin-and-history

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Episode 308 Surviving the Family Jan 09, 2020

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Today's Topic – Dealing the family after the holidays

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Why
1. Families are not just around in the holidays.
What are the problems
1. What if the family does not support my dreams?
2. Stopping the family drama
3. What to do when you think your toddler or infant are out to get you?
  - Learning, lack of impulse control, and hormones raging.

How do I let go?
1. Let your kids be a kids, redirect them. They are not out to get you.
2. Manage yourself
3. Get your sleep (7-9) hours
4. Transition
5. Release meditation

WBT

Worldbuild or create when your are stressed or tired

RW Task

The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives That Make You Feel Alive by Brendon Buchard

Bonus Book for parents: No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline Without Shame by Janet Landsbury

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How to Stop Fighting

Not Naughty: 10 Ways Kids Appear to Be Acting Bad But Aren't

How to Deal with Negative People

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How to Stop Fighting

Not Naughty: 10 Ways Kids Appear to Be Acting Bad But Aren't

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Episode 307 Story at the basics Jan 02, 2020

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Today's Topic – Finding the basic building blocks of stories

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Why is it important to know what a story really is?
What a story is not?
- A structure
- Theme or meme
- Outline
- A Goal
- Elements (Setting, Characters, Plot, Conflict, Theme, Point-of-view, Tone, Style)
- This list can go on forever.
A story is an explanation of an event (Conflict) that is exchanged between people.
- You need to explain important points before, and give resolution to help the other people satisfaction that the story is complete
Jeff's 6 Steps to a complete story
1. Before the Story (BS)
2. The Incident
3. The Strike
4. The Fallout
5. The Run
6. After The Story (AS)
If you want a longer story repeat steps 3 and 4
Character arcs should be this structure inside if your story
Sub plots should follow steps 2-5

WBT

Write a basic story

RW Task

Look at your world and create a story to host your setting

Michael's Resources

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Fundamentals of Story Structure

8 Elements of a Story Explained

The Five Essential Elements Of A Story

Parts of a Story: The 11 Essential Story Elements You Need to Get Right

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Episode 306 Let's Make a Fantasy Robot, Part 2 Dec 22, 2019

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Today's Topic – a horrible job being outsourced to automation, part 2

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Episode 305 Let's Make a Fantasy Robot Dec 15, 2019

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Today's Topic – a horrible job being outsourced to automation

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A Fantasy Robot?
- Golems
  - Iron Golem
- Automaton
  - Dwemer Automaton
- Clockwork
  - Hugo
- What would the purpose of it?
  - Story / Theme
- What is our robot?
- Who made it?
- Strengths and Weaknesses
- Primary Material
- How does it function
- Is it charged? Does it need to recharge
- Back Story fun

WBT

Wait for part 2

RW Task

Wait for part 2

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Iron Golemhttps://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/iron-golem

Automaton https://www.greek-gods.org/greek-creatures/automatons.php

Dwemer Automaton https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Dwemer

Hugo https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970179/

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Episode 304 The Anvil Is Dead, long live the Anvil Dec 09, 2019

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Today's Topic – Fer Realz

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Why the Death
The Solution
The topics of undercroft
- Worldbuilding
- Storytelling
- Life
Episode types
- Worldbuilding Basics
- Worldbuilding Let's Build
- Worldbuilding Nerd Up
- Worldbuilding In the Wild
- Storytelling Mechanics
- Storytelling Writer Block
- Storytelling Characters
- Storytelling Let's Build
- Life Education
- Life Inspiration
- Life Relax
- Life Family

WBT

Let us know if you want more or less of something

RW Task

Join the undercroft, let us know what we are missing or… what we should eat

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Episode 303 Can your culture have legends about elves if they exist? Dec 01, 2019

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Today's Topic – The might be Giants, and what are we going to do if they are?

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What is a legend?
Are they based on reality?
How core is the belief or stories?
What happens if they meet the thing that exists?
What happens if they do not live up to expectations?

WBT

Make a legendary creature called Michael.

RW Task

Finish `NaNoWriMo then prepare for the holidays while layering.

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Episode 302 Zombies Are Real(ish) Nov 24, 2019

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Today's Topic – The Really Real Walking Dead

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Inspired by a Yahoo! News Article,
1. Zombie studies: The scientists taking the living dead seriously
Thank you Scientific American… Basically Episode 79 is real
1. Real-Life Zombies
2. Zombie Carpenter Ants
What is a zombie?
1. "someone who moves around as if unconscious and being controlled by someone else:" – Cambridge
Google Scholar 77,900
Types of Zombies
1. Undead Zombies
2. Magic Zombies
3. Parasite Zombies – Warm Bodies
4. Pathogen Zombies
5. Drug Zombies
6. Virus Zombies (Tech Zombies)
7. Media Zombies
8. Political Zombies
9. Worker Zombie
10. Electric Zombie / Science Zombie