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In every episode of The Art of World Building podcast, host Randy Ellefson discusses how authors, screenwriters, game designers, gamers, and hobbyists can do world building better, faster, and have more fun doing it. Popular topics include creating gods, species, animals, plants, races, monsters, undead, continents, settlements, kingdoms, star systems, time, history, cultures, magic systems, religions, the supernatural, naming everything, and travel estimates for land, sea, and space.
Episodes
Tuesday Sep 25, 2018
Tuesday Sep 25, 2018
Learn how to determine travel times over water when using oars or the wind. This includes ship types like the frigate, galley, ship-of-the-line, and more.
Tuesday Sep 11, 2018
Tuesday Sep 11, 2018
Learn how to determine travel times for horses, wagons, people and more through various kinds of terrains and what can slow us down, and how.
Tuesday Aug 28, 2018
Tuesday Aug 28, 2018
Learn how to create a settlement. This includes the differences between an outpost, village, town, city, and even settlements in space.
Tuesday Aug 14, 2018
Tuesday Aug 14, 2018
Learn how to create a settlement. This includes the impact of location, population, zoning, its history, and any secrets it holds.
Tuesday Jul 31, 2018
Tuesday Jul 31, 2018
Learn how population, location, climate, symbols, and tensions between a sovereign power and others can all enrich your kingdom, republic, dictatorship, and more. Why have them all be the same when little details can bring out the vividness.
Tuesday Jul 17, 2018
Tuesday Jul 17, 2018
Explore how to create sovereign powers by understanding government types like federations, unitary states, kingdoms, dictatorships, authoritarian states, oligarchies, republics, and more, including how they rise and fall.
Tuesday Jul 03, 2018
Tuesday Jul 03, 2018
Explore how to create sovereign powers like kingdoms, dictatorships, republics, and more. This includes what sovereignty is, how it is gained and lost, the divine right of kings, some roles like head of state and what each means, and branches of government.
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Continue exploring how to create land features, including grasslands, deserts, and various kinds of wetlands like bogs, fens, marshes, and swamps.
Tuesday Jun 05, 2018
Tuesday Jun 05, 2018
Explore how to create land features, including mountains, volcanoes, rivers, lakes, and various kinds of forests, from woodlands to savannahs, jungles, and run-of-the-mill forests.
Tuesday May 22, 2018
Tuesday May 22, 2018
Explore how to create a continent, including how hemispheres considerations, understanding plate tectonics, and when to use what term for bodies of water, like oceans, seas, bays, and more.