Worldbuilder's Anvil

• What are maps?
• Free maps with newsletter sign up
• Know your needs
  • What is it for?
  • What quality are you looking for?
  • Free form vs Fractals
  • Research
  • Google/YouTube
  • cartographers guild
• Options
  • Pen and paper
  • Generators @ Donjon.com
  • Paid software
    • Campaign Cartographer
    • Fractal Terrains 3
    • Photoshop Cloud
  • Free software
    • GIMP
  • Hire a mapmaker
    • DN Frost
  • Virtual RPG Tabletop software list

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• Inspiration for the topic
  • The Building of Worlds by by Rajan Khanna
• The Architect(WhatI call framework worldbuilding)
  • Pros
  • Cons
• Gunslinger
  • Pros
  • Cons
• The Gardener
  • Pros
  • Cons

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The Rating

Basic

• Hello World for New co-host, Michael Miller
• Let's build a new fantasy monster, Ant Zombie overlords
• Inspiration
  • Started out of a joke with Matthew Bannock
  • Old Zombie movies
  • Deer attack!
  • Original monster created was the salt zombie
• Goal
  • A that small is scarier then large
  • fear of loss of control
  • cause a moral dilemma
• Physical
  • tiny tan ant 5 mm
  • Eat brain matter
• Monster
  • Colony which builds harvesting outpost
  • Workers will create an outpost in the brain of a human.
  • Scouts will colonize human bodies to find more food.
    • return to harvest site before body loses body
  • victim will go crazy, die very quickly
  • food returned to nest
  • Will migrate if when food wiped out

• Who are you? Michael Miller
• Tell us a bit about your yourself?
• What is your current passion?
• What type are your favorite genre(s) or are you a one title person?
• What is your preferred media format?
• What is your first experience where you knew you loved speculative fiction?
• What is the first title that comes to mind?
• What is your favorite title?
• What would you as for more of from the people who create the content?
• What would you ask for less of from the people who create the content?
• Where is the best place for people to chat with you on the Internet?

• Show changes after our Worldbuilder's Topic
• Race to culture part 3 of Building and insect race
  • Norms
    • Duty to Colony
    • Job Choosing
      • Warrior Houses
      • Worker Houses
    • Leaderless
  • Information Check out episode 76
  • Religious Basics
    • Battle of the gods
      • Sun
      • The Planet
      • The Moon
  • Evolution
    • The multi-queen state
    • The Mountain vs the plains
  • Traits
    • Hatred of Dwarves
• Changes in format
  • Weekly based Thursday Release Date 12:00AM
  • Segments from a worldbuilding perspective.
  • The use of guest host... more to be announced on that going forward
  • Worldbuilding topic first every week
  • Segments tips on worldbuilding
    • Building a culture
    • Building a Race
    • Building a monster
    • Building a language
  • Am I your Avatar
    • Tips from lover's of Fantasy and Science Fiction about what they like
  • Art Tips
  • What coming up
  • Erratic Explores moments
  • Indie Games
  • Video Games
  • Books
  • Short Stories and mores
  • I will still do author interviews. They will be separate episodes released on Saturdays at 12:00 AM

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• Changes in the show format
• Learn about a few new features
• Check back after 12:00 AM EDT on Thursday for the next office episode

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• It has finally been teased
• Boston and More?
  • Hanover Street better be rocking
  • Does Springfield, the cape, and the Islands make
• Hoping for a Free State in New Hampshire
• Does on still use Vacationland
• Where there be any new mutated races
• What kind of eyebots will be around
• Will there be wooden jet powered flying ships
• Can I start to trust the Institute

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• Physical Size
  • Worker's
    • .5-1.5 Feet Tall and 1.5-2.5 feet long
    • 25 lbs
    • Can explode themselves to release toxic venom
  • Solider
    • 1.5-2.5 Feet Tall and 2.5-3.5 feet long
    • 45lbs
    • Nasty pinchers
  • Flying Male
    • 5 Feet Tall and 7 feet long
    • 100lbs
    • Winged that are remove when the fertilize a queen
  • Queen
    • 4 Feet Tall and 6 feet long
    • 40 lbs
    • Lay 100s of eggs a month ... not millions
    • Lay eggs
  • Short lived 5-35 years
  • Natural organs
  • Do not speak, use chemicals and writing to communicate
• Homes
  • Live in mainly build down colonies
  • Eat fungus from inside the nest
  • Queens to not leave unless the colony cannot support
  • Foreign quarters are near the surface
• Traits
  • Communal living
  • Curiosity towards plant life
  • Great strength can lift 15-30 times their weight
  • Colony first

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• Ant Style fictional fantasy race for Podcastia
• Inspiration
  • Weaver Ants
  • Grass cutter Ants
• Traits I want
  • Protected Food Supplies
  • Dense Urban Colonies
  • Farming
  • Crafting
  • Different body types
• Body Type
  • 4 Legs
  • 2 legs that can grasp
  • 2 Antenna
  • Different body types per social class, queen, flying male, soldier, gatherer, worker, and crafts man

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• The Chemistry of it
• The ability to grow or locate it
• What is cheaper
• A way to show status
• How it makes us feel
• The ability to protect it

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• Special thanks to Colorado State
• Mammal
  • Hair
  • Backbone
  • Warm-blooded
• Reptilian
  • Cold-blooded
  • Scales
  • Backbone
  • Eggs on land
• Birds
  • Feathers
  • Warm-blooded
  • Eggs
  • Backbone
• Insects
  • 6 or more legs
  • 2 antennae
  • Armored
  • Sectional
• Aquatic Animals
  • most have gills
  • Need to breathe
• Life (David Attenborough-Narrated Version) [Blu-ray]

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