Worldbuilder's Anvil

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) Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us in iTunes For complete Fantasy Worldbuilding show notes go to Gardul.com

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 Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us in iTunes For complete Fantasy Worldbuilding show notes go to Gardul.com

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 Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us in iTunes For complete Fantasy Worldbuilding show notes go to Gardul.com

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 Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us in iTunes For complete Fantasy Worldbuilding show notes go to Gardul.com

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 Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us in iTunes For complete Fantasy Worldbuilding show notes go to Gardul.com

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 Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us in iTunes For complete Fantasy Worldbuilding show notes go to Gardul.com

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 Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us in iTunes For complete Fantasy Worldbuilding show notes go to Gardul.com  

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 Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us in iTunes For complete Fantasy Worldbuilding show notes go to Gardul.com

Today's Topic - Books for Worldbuilder's to read The Rivan Codex Question from João E. Nascimento on Facebook.  If we follow David Eddings advice and not read fantasy, What books should we read? Types of books I read Books that better help me understand out world Dictionary of Symbols (Norton Paperback) Writing Systems: A Linguistic Introduction The Language Construction Kit Red Man's Religion: Beliefs and Practices of the Indians North of Mexico The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Penguin Classics) Gilgamesh: A New English Version Marcus Aurelius: A Life Fiefs and Vassals: The Medieval Evidence Reinterpreted Patterns in Prehistory: Humankind's First Three Million Years Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth Art History Architecture Roleplaying Games Aztec Art The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism (The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek) How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us in iTunes For complete Fantasy Worldbuilding

Today's Topic - The Rebuild After the world is blown up, and new groups start to form.   It is time to start rebuilding your fantasy world. Check out part one! and Part two What is a magic system Look to games and fiction for inspiration Or to systems that have been used in our world Tarot Nordic Runes Astrology and many many more Systems Extra Magical Innate Learned Science as Magic Illusion A Bonus system from the producer Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us in iTunes For complete Fantasy Worldbuilding show notes go to Gardul.com

Today's Topic - The Rebuild After the world is blown up, and new groups start to form.   It is time to start rebuilding your fantasy world. Check out part one! and Part two Mike Michael is proven to be a Waterworld lover. Society Redux Escape to Space Turning back on the technology A pooh story Two steps back Picking Scenario Battles Is it safe? Is the old world evil The deaths that come after a wave Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us in iTunes For complete Fantasy Worldbuilding show notes go to Gardul.com

Today's Topic - Societies and Culture after your big bang Michael and Jeffery talk about how worlds are reconstucted after they are destroyed in horrific ways in various forms of fiction.  If you missed our first apocalyptic look at fantasy worldbuilding.  Check out part one! a look back when Gardul blew up Fallout of my world into a look at society scenarios How much is left of your old world How many people are around Is the old world evil? How far are you from the evert? (Place and time) How does the new economy work? Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us in iTunes For complete Fantasy Worldbuilding show notes go to Gardul.com

Today's Topic - First you made your fantasy world... now blow it up.  Post apocalyptic views of fantasy realms Michael and Jeffery talk about various ways to blow up you fantasy world.  We look at diffrent ways and examples of those types of fiction.  The list is based on this a list from this Wikipedia article  Ecological Impact/Disaster War Aliens Psychological Technology  Supernatural Disease Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us in iTunes For complete Fantasy Worldbuilding show notes go to Gardul.com

Today's Topic - How to build the Buardrakkeniem Culture Part 3 Michael and Jeffery finish off with the history of the Buardrakkeniem culture. We discuss the invasion and the overreach of the orc tribes. From the orcish invasion we move to reconquest of the region by the Buardrakkeniem and discuss the rising threat of the Aeskrii to the east. We wrap up the pointing out how the events in the culture help shape the current form of the culture. They develop in history much the same way characters would develop in good story. Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us in iTunes For complete Fantasy Worldbuilding show notes go to Gardul.com

Today's Topic - How to build the Buardrakkeniem Culture Part 2 Micheal and Jeffery start going over the history of the Buardrakkeniem culture.  They start in the purple grasslands at the near the head waters of the Neski river.  And the follow the migration into the Arm of the Continent .   Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us in iTunes For complete Fantasy Worldbuilding show notes go to Gardul.com

Today's Topic - Presidential politics inspiring Fantasy Worldbuilding Inspiration old germanic tribes (Franks and Francisca) Forced migration of tribal cultures battle of teutoburg forest How would magic influence ancient cultures What is the goal of the culture? Create a old style germanic culture that is influenced by magic? Focus on hearth and home Episode 67: Baurhdrakkiem Calendars Episode 64: Baurhdrakkiem Carver Magic Episode 61: Kurriq Spirit Magic Episode 54: Welcome to Fantasy Kingdom of Baurhdrakkas Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us in iTunes For complete Fantasy Worldbuilding show notes go to Gardul.com 

Today's Topic - Presidential politics inspiring Fantasy Worldbuilding There could be internal faction problems in a state This is more plot then worldbuilding Fight for the Millennial voters by Veronique de Rugy Median voter Theorem - Learn Liberty Helps create rules for how people and factions react Need for support from people Two-axis system x-axis Harmony To Dominion over nature y-axis Conformity to Divergence over people What is the actual What is the ideal Personal Struggle Faction Struggle Culture Struggle Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us in iTunes For complete Fantasy Worldbuilding show notes go to Gardul.com

Today's Topic - Map 3,242 and other Fantasy Worldbuilding maps 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  Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us in iTunes For complete Fantasy Worldbuilding show notes go to Gardul.com

Today's Topic - What Type of Worldbuilder are you? 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 Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us in iTunes For complete Fantasy Worldbuilding show notes go to Gardul.com

Today's  Worldbuilding Topic - Let's build a new fantasy monster 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   Am I your avatar? 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 k