Worldbuilder's Anvil

Today's Topic - I forge this episode by the power of Thundera and Eterna

Michael and Jeffery go over the finer points of creating an Artifact or and extremally powerful magical item that to possess makes a character much more powerful but comes at a price. Oh, you want this marble. Mwhahahahaha. Sure.

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Podcast showflow

1. What is an Artifact?
2. What is it?
3. How does its will work?
4. What happens if you are controlled by it?
5. What are the benefits?
6. Are there other drawbacks?

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Monday Mini's is where I talk about something I missed in the latest episode or funny moment that I had to cut when I was recording with Michael. They will premier in Facebook live videos typically Mondays @ 11 AM unless My Baby says otherwise on our page Gardul and then moved to our YouTube channel and finally the audio will be released on Fridays @ 12 PM

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This missed moment: The Question missed

1. What was the biggest mistake I made starting the anvil?
2. No strategy to monetize from the start
3. ~ 200,000 downloads.
4. How much money spent on gear, hosting, and time spent?
5. How many relationships did I not build?
6. How many people could I have help better or more efficiently.

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Today's Topic - The Undercroft Strikes back.... with questions for Michael and Jeff

Michael and I have asked lots of questions in the first 254 episodes. So for this episode, we are trying something new. We let our Facebook group The Fantasy Worldbuilder's Undercroft ask anything and to our surprise, they had some fun, tough, and good questions for us to answer in this episode.

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Podcast Show Flow

• Facebook group thread with the questions
• • If you are not a member you will have to ask to join make sure to answer the three questions.
• The Very cool and needed "Seize the GM" podcast of the Undercroft comedian Derek.

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The Gazetteer Writer's Manual: Creating Travel Guides to Fictional Worlds (World Building Series)

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Monday Mini's is where I talk about something I missed in the latest episode or funny moment that I had to cut when I was recording with Michael. They will premier in Facebook live videos typically Mondays @ 11 AM unless My Baby says otherwise on our page Gardul and then moved to our YouTube channel and finally the audio will be released on Fridays @ 12 PM

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This missed moment: No Ghostbusters!!!!!

1. Shows the mixing of genres
   1. Comedy and horror
2. Simply worldbuilding that makes sense but is not over thought
   1. Realist does not make things better especially when dealing in fantasy, horror, or metaphysical
3. Excellent storytelling
   1. Great characters built up and central to the story
4. Mood was conveyed in lighting and camera angles
5. Turned a generation against the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man

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Today's Topic – We always worry if our stories are compelling, try these 5 steps

One of the most common worries I hear from creatives is they are worried about making more compelling stories. This could be a topic for an entire podcast. However, Michael and I identified the 5 most important ways you can make a more interesting story.

Join Michael and I as we discuss this topic.

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Monday Mini's is where I talk about something I missed in the latest episode or funny moment that I had to cut when I was recording with Michael. They will premier in Facebook live videos typically Mondays @ 11 AM unless My Baby says otherwise on our page Gardul and then moved to our YouTube channel and finally the audio will be released on Fridays @ 12 PM

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This missed moment: Do not let the games control you

1. Do you want to create or play video games?
2. Understand why you choose the game over worldbuilding
   1. Distraction can be good
3. Plan your time, understand what time you cannot control.
4. Have time planned to be creative and create during that time.
5. Have time for hobbies and relax in that time.
6. When your creative time happens, create for at least 15 minutes no matter how you feel.

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http://www.narnia.com/us/

http://www.cslewis.com/us/about-cs-lewis/

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Today's Topic – Video games that help teach you to be better worldbuilder's

There are many games that have taught me lessons about worldbuilding. Heck most things I do have an impact on how I worldbuild. I could have picked many games, however, I choose a few that I really think can help others better understand some systems that can give you information that helps make your worldbuilding better.

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Monday Mini's is were I talk about something I missed in the latest episode or funny moment that I had to cut when I was recording with Michael. They will premier in Facebook live videos typically Mondays @ 11AM unless My Baby says otherwise on our page Gardul and then moved to our YouTube channel and finally the audio will be released on Fridays @ 12 PM

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This missed moment was in the segment about Christian Fantasy not as Historical Earth Fantasy

The Chronicles of Naria By CS Lewis

Did I screw up by saying Christian Fantasy is like a subset of Historical Earth Fantasy?

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Articles mentioned in the mini

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http://www.narnia.com/us/

http://www.cslewis.com/us/about-cs-lewis/

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Today's Topic – Looking back to make it up with Historical Fiction

All the way back in episode 246 we set the stage for looking into the fantasy genre. This episode we take our look into the Historical Fiction Genre.

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Podcast Show Flow

• What is historical fantasy fiction?
• Tightly related genres
• Pros
• Cons
• Interesting works
• Interesting stories
• Who does it work for?

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Today's Topic – Many topics one episode

So we have done several episodes recently about individual questions from members of the undercroft. This episode will cover several questions that I did not think I could talk about for an entire episode. So other thanks must go out to our Facebook Undercroft Group.

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Podcast Show Flow

• Lee How to design a high magic world without creating "magic superheroes."
• Evan and Robert - influences by other author's work and concerns about being too similar 1) similarity with other's works, 2) use of ordinary fantasy terms/beings(i.e., elves, orcs, dwarves) and their characteristics 3) "influence/homage" versus "plagiarism/copycat" in one's work.
• Does seeing similar ideas (constructs, characters, deities, cultures, etc.) paralleled in separate worlds bother you?

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