Worldbuilder's Anvil

By Jeffery W. Ingram And Michael Miller

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?

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Worldbuilder's Anvil episodes:

November 22, 2015Episode 100: Am I evil?
The Rating:
This is an basic topic
Today's Topic - Let's Build a fantasy Villain

Types of Villains Reluctant, Psychopath, Sociopath, Supernatural, Accidental, Misguided, Fanatic and All in

Our's is a Misguided Fanatic

Purpose - Protect family from Prince Hogar's family

Motivation - fear of family losing wealth and good name

Perspective - From the noble class of Baurhdrakkas

Attributes and Traits

CW Princess

Young Adult

Naive

Social Thief

Askerii Agent

Hand Maiden is only real friend

Quirks

Hair Twirler

Spitefully Fake

Big Actions (Larger than life)

TBD in a future story

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59min
November 15, 2015Episode 99: Holding out for a hero
The Rating:
This is an basic topic
Today's Topic - Say hello to our newest Fantasy Hero, Ammalheim

Ammalheim, but you can call her Amm or Ammalheim

A Reluctant hero

Purpose - Prevent a war between Prince Hogar and his son

Motivation - Love for family and community

Perspective - From the peasant class of Baurhdrakkas

Attributes and Traits

Thief-like with some basic magic skills

Average Looking

Smart and Physically strong

Loved by community

Quirks

1st Born child

Distrust all nobles

Ordered preparation

Focused Staring

Big Actions (Larger than life)

TBD in a future story

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58min
November 08, 2015Episode 98: We Don't Need Another Hero
The Rating:
This is an basic topic
Today's Topic - The structure of a Fantasy Hero

Type of Hero

Archtype - archetype - Boy Scout

Greek

Dark

Reluctant

Anti

Motivation

Purpose

Perspective

Traits

Quirks

Big Actions (Larger than life)

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51min
November 01, 2015Episode 97: A Creepy home for our boogeyman
The Rating:
This is an basic topic
Today's Topic - Let's Build a creepy place for a creepy monster for Halloween

PS this episode has very disturbing content

Name of our Boogeyman

Ichvacher or Ichvacher or translates directly to weak dark man or shadowman

Location

Time???

Consequence for visiting

Results

A small plane of horror that has a will of its own

Allows entrance or exit

alerts Ichvacher about tresspassers

Has an alter inside a steppe tent

Light dims when you enter through a mist

Turns to night when Ichvacher is encountered

People who are sacrificed or die turn into living sands

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1h 1min
October 25, 2015Episode 96: Something Not So Nice This Way Comes
The Rating:
This is an basic topic
Today's Topic - Halloween Let's Build a Boogeyman

This episode really might have dark matter

What is a boogeyman

Motivations

Attributes

Powers

Why do they appear

Why and When

How to stop

Results

Name see next Episode

Feeds on fear

Glowing steel eyes

Shadow body and moves through shadows

Punish children for disrespect or inhospitably

Punishments start with stealing teeth and shock-white hair

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50min
October 15, 2015Episode 95: Fantasy Worldbuilding Economics 101
The Rating:
This is an advanced topic
Today's Topic - Fantasy Worldbuilding Economics 101

This is not meant to judge the correctness of actual real world economics. GO MISES! (Except for this line)

Do pick a school or schools to evolve your economics. Cheat sheet Link form Pragmatic Capitalist

Do Not try and force everything to fit the schools you pick perfectly... That would be the pretense of knowledge

The Basic Path of how a economy grows Wiki Article on Economic Anthropology

Collective sharing

Value Theory

Intrinsic Value

Objective Value

Labor value

Basic Exchanges start to form

Market

Gift

Commodity

Barter

Money

Credit

Banks

Fractional-Reserve Banking

Full-Reserve Banking

Free Banks Vs Central Banking

Advance economics start evolving after the economy shifts from an agricultural to industrial

Do not over think it, just understand the flow of it

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47min
October 08, 2015Episode 94: Basics of secret societies for SFF
The Rating:
This is an basic topic
Today's Topic - Basics of Secret societies

Brain Storming from Wikipedia

What are Secret Societies

Types of Secret Societies

Political

Academia

Internet

Supernatural/Religious

Where do they come from

How should we use them

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52min
October 07, 2015Episode 91: Why we play games
Today's Topic - Why we play games

Michael and Jeffery set a record of 37 seconds without trying to mess each other up.

Why we started playing games

Sports / Hunting and running

The Run down hunt method

Games to learn how to fulfill basic needs

Add in chance and game theory

Gamification

Using games to impress

Prosperity Tax

games show us what we are good at

We play games for relaxation and fun

Jeffery learns that real world time

The meaning of life

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1h
October 07, 2015Episode 90: Favorite Fantasy Fiction
Today's Topic - Favorite Fantasy Fiction and why they work.
Michael and Jeffery look at the fantasy titles that have had the most impact in their lives. Spoiler's abound

What stopped most of our people that we have interviewed.

Create it make it share it

Excalibur [Blu-ray] Jeff's number one

Zelda Games

The Baker's Boy (Book of Words)

Record of Lodoss War

Lord of the Rings, The: The Motion Picture Trilogy

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor Game of the Year - PlayStation 4

Dragonlance

Villains by Necessity

The Dark Crystal

Suikoden

Drizzt

Star Wars: The Digital Movie Collection

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1h 18min
October 01, 2015Episode 93: Worldbuilder's Survival Guide
Today's Topic - Books for Worldbuilder's to read

Living as a creative

Buy in

Defined Writing Time

Sharing

Giveback

Lead Don't Follow

Partners

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30min

FAQs about Worldbuilder's Anvil:

How many episodes does Worldbuilder's Anvil have?

The podcast currently has 404 episodes available.