Worldbuilder's Anvil

Today's Topic We Pick up with Marcus and Gregor stealing a bone

The fire has been lit and there is no going back. Marcus needs the Ax of Thormear and then the team can finally move on the Jewels of Daivvavaahra. Join Jeff as he runs Michael in the story of Marcus and the Jewels of Daivvavaahra.

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Episode 210 Building an Iron Age Gang

Episode 209 Marcus and the Jewels of Daivvavaahra, Part 3

Episode 200 Let's Build a Crypt

Episode 199 Marcus and the Jewels of Daivvavaahra, Part 2

Episode 194 Let's Build a Fantasy Villain's Lair

Episode 193 Marcus and the Jewels of Daivvavaahra, Part one

Episode 187 Pathway to DOOM

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Episode 200 Let's Build a Crypt http://gardul.com/blog/episode-200-lets-build-crypt/

Episode 199 Marcus and the Jewels of Daivvavaahra, Part 2 http://gardul.com/blog/episode-199-marcus-jewels-daivvavaahra-part-2/

Episode 194 Let's Build a Fantasy Villain's Lair http://gardul.com/blog/episode-194-lets-build-a-fantasy-villains-lair/

Episode 193 Marcus and the Jewels of Daivvavaahra, Part one http://gardul.com/blog/episode-193-marcus-and-the-jewels-of-daivvavaahra-part-one/

Episode 187 Pathway to DOOM http://gardul.com/blog/episode-187-pathway-doom

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Today's Topic How to share the details of your world without boring people to death

If you have ever gone to the Gardul.com and checked out my world tab. You would have noticed, it is very vague. I talk more about the story of my world-building than I talk about my world. It is deliberate. I want to share my world out slowly. It is massive, and to be honest. Most of it has never been made digital. Listen to the episode to learn why, and a workaround I have come up with to share more. It might inspire you on how you can share more of your world with others as well!

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• I have had lots of requests to share more details about my world.
• We are not talking about player guides that was in episode 152
• Dangers of sharing your world outside of creating works and hesitations
• What I think you should consider
• How I plan to overcome my dangers and hesitations
• I am climbing on the backs of giants The Gazetteer Writer's Manual: Creating Travel Guides to Fictional Worlds (World Building Series)
• • Deborah Teramis Christian aka Deborah Christian aka Terry Randall
  • Bruce Heard

The Worldbuilding Task for the Day

Create a plan on how you would share your world

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Today's Topic – Understanding yourself is the most important tool when creating a fictional world

We always look for tools to achieve things in life. It is no different when we create fictional worlds. And many times we want the tools to be shortcuts or magic bullets to perfection. I have found the perfect tool for worldbuilding. It is you! Listen to this weeks episode as Michael and I talk about you, and what you need to understand about yourself for worldbuilding purposes.

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• The most important tool on any worldbuilding project: Understanding yourself
• What is your personality, Check out this test
• What motivates you?
• What frightens you?
• What does your fear sound like?
• Why are you worldbuilding
• What context do you think influences your creativity?
• Understand what works for other people, might not work for you or vice versa.

The Worldbuilding Task for the Day Explore and practice, but ultimately your word is the highest power in your fictional setting. The Real-world Task for the Day Get a better understanding of yourself, have confidence in what you build. Michael's Resources

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Personality test

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Back to the study of archetypes that can be stored in your storytelling and worldbuilding toolbox. The Everyman character is unique in the fact that this pattern is not meant to be exceptional. Listen to Michael and I as we talk the everyman character archetype and how you can use it in your

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• What are character archetypes
• What is the Everyman
• • Nothing special about the character
  • Does not gain what is needed to solve the problems
  • An empty character that the audience can fill in the voids
  • Variations of Archetype

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Create a doomsayer

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Michael loves traditional zombie fiction. He can be picky, for example, they must be dead a disease is not good enough for him. Join us as Michael talks about the zombie stories he loves the most and I talk about the 2 lessons we can learn as storytellers from the genre.

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• Z Nation
• Walking dead
• Zombicide
• World war z the book
• Dead Alive
• Army of Darkness
• Shaun of the Dead
• State of Decay
• 28 Days Later
• Warm Bodies – Zombie Romance
• Dawn of the Dead
• The 2 Takeaways -What we can learn from zombie fiction

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Today's Topic Every Hero needs someone to guide them on their journey

Michael and I often have many great ideas on shows. We talk about having the episode and then we forget. Thanks to Amanda for reminding us that we need to create an aquatic race. Listen to this episode if you need direction or want to listen to our newest race.

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Create an aquatic race

The Real-world Task for the Day

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Today's Topic Worldbuilder's Guide to Fantasy Map Making, Creating an overland map

Okay! So you have checked out episode 213 and have realized you need to create an overland map. Then this is the episode for you. Michael and I talk about the process I use to create an overland map. I am talking about it in the from the context of creating a map in Campaign Cartographer 3+. However, the same principles worked for me with pen and paper and other software where I made maps.

So join Michael and I as we talk about how to make an overland map.

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• Order of Creation (Highest to coastline, Lowest to coastline)
• Create your coastline
• Mountains
• Rivers and lakes
• Vegetation
• Structures
• Roads
• Deepest ocean point
• Deep Currents
• Underwater structures
• Surface Currents
• Trade routes
• Other desired goodies or points of interests
• Important tips not to forget

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Episode 81: All these Freaking Maps!

Episode 81: All these Freaking Maps!

Episode 213 Worldbuilder's Guide to overland map making

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Today's Topic The start to our Worldbuilder's Guide to Fantasy Map Making

Making maps is a passion of mine. So, Michael and I thought it was about time that we look how to create fictional fantasy maps.

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• What type of map do you need?
• Your purpose for the map
• Who is the map for?
• What is the purpose of the map maker?
• Study some real maps over during the age
• Order of Creation (Highest to coastline, Lowest to coastline)
• Give it the finishing touches to feel right for the viewer Title, Scale bar compass rose

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Today's Topic A New Fantasy Monster the Fusellbüt

Michael and I always love making things up. So I started calling my newborn son a Fusellbüt. My wife looked at me and asked. "What is a Fusellbüt?" Pausing studying the confusion on my face until she noticed that some of the confusion was about her question and not all about a new dad surviving his new baby she continued, "Fusellbüt, it sounds like something from your world."

And at that moment this episode was born. Join Michael and I as we create a new fantasy monster for Gardul, the Fusellbüt.

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Create a character scene with a Fusellbüt

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Today's Topic Placing characters out of water

This episode was inspired to help show worldbuilder's there are tactical choices that can be made to help remove or reduce infodumps in their stories. I love my world! And I understand the desire to share as much as possible. I feel the pressure of my world trying to force it way out of my fingers. However, it can feel forced or worse yet, fake! So what we are proposing is find a way to work in a "fish out of water" character to accomplish sharing the world without large infodumps.

Join Michael and I in this episode as we discuss what a "fish out of water" character and different ways it can be deployed!

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