Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
EP 33: World Building Strategies
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The podcast presents approaches to world building, how to organize files and folders, ideas on partn...
EP 32: Other Systems
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how to create other systems, including legal, health, IT, education, and more. ...
EP 31.2: Magic Systems
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how to create magic systems, including a brief look at types of magic (brief), the principle...
EP 31.1: Magic Systems
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how to create magic systems, including whether we need to create them, sources of magic, whe...
EP 30: Creating Items
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how to create items. This includes regular ones, supernatural ones, and technological elemen...
EP 29: Creating the Supernatural
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how to create the supernatural. This includes supernatural energy, magic paths, alternate ...
EP 28: Creating Languages
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how to create languages, including whether we should, what’s involved, how to hire someone...
EP 27.4: Creating Culture
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how to create cultures, including rituals, pastimes, daily life considerations, and more.
EP 27.3: Creating Culture
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how to create cultures, including greetings, farewells, language issues, and more.
EP 27.2: Creating Culture
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how to create cultures, including how the body is part of culture, from clothing to hairsty...
EP 27.1: Creating Culture
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how to create cultures, including defining what culture is and is not, how to develop a cult...
EP 26: Creating Religions
19 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how to create religions, including its all important history, beliefs, worship practices, ...
EP 25: Creating Armed Forces
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how to create armed forces like the army, navy, and air force. This includes how to become a...
EP 24: Creating Organizations
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how to create organizations. This includes forces for good and evil, what they have in commo...
EP 23: Creating Names
07 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how to create fantasy and science fiction names using easy techniques that make it fun and u...
EP 22: Assign Senses to Your Species
08 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how to create your species' senses, from the five basics to other real senses humans and ani...
EP 21: How to Draw Maps
20 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how to create maps like continents, settlements, and dungeon maps, and learn whether you sho...
EP 20: Places of Interest
06 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how to create places of interest, including catacombs, interstellar sites, ruins, monuments,...
EP 19: Time and History
23 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how to create time and history, including why we should usually keep timekeeping like minute...
EP 18: Travel in Space
09 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Learn about travel in space. This includes the different types of engines, what to include inside a ...
EP 17: Travel By Water
25 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Learn how to determine travel times over water when using oars or the wind. This includes ship types...
EP 16: Overland Travel
11 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Learn how to determine travel times for horses, wagons, people and more through various kinds of ter...
EP 15.2: How to Create Settlements
28 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Learn how to create a settlement. This includes the differences between an outpost, village, town, c...
EP 15.1: How to Create Settlements
14 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Learn how to create a settlement. This includes the impact of location, population, zoning, its hist...
EP 14.3: How to Create Sovereign Powers
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Learn how population, location, climate, symbols, and tensions between a sovereign power and others ...
EP 14.2: How to Create Sovereign Powers
17 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how to create sovereign powers by understanding government types like federations, unitary s...
EP 14,.1: How to Create Sovereign Powers
03 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how to create sovereign powers like kingdoms, dictatorships, republics, and more. This inc...
EP 13,.2: How to Create Land Features
19 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Continue exploring how to create land features, including grasslands, deserts, and various kinds of ...
EP 13,.1: How to Create Land Features
05 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how to create land features, including mountains, volcanoes, rivers, lakes, and various ki...
EP 12: How to Create a Continent
22 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how to create a continent, including how hemispheres considerations, understanding plate tec...
EP 11 (Part 2): How to Create a Planet
08 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Continue exploring how to create a planet, focusing on climates. This includes understanding the ro...
EP 11 (Part 1): How to Create Planets
24 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how and when to create a planet. This includes talking about its rotation, other planets in ...
EP 10 (Part 2): How to Create Undead
10 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Continue exploring how and when to create undead. Learn about their goals, traits, how to kill them,...
EP 10 (Part 1): How to Create Undead
27 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how and when to create undead. Decide whether you should create undead at all, what their mi...
EP 9: How to Create Animals
13 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how and when to create animals. Consider the purpose your animals will serve for you as a cr...
EP 8: How to Create Plants
27 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how and when to create plants. Consider the purpose your plants will serve for you as a crea...
EP 7: How to Create Monsters
13 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how and when to create monsters. Learn the differences between monsters and animals, and mon...
EP 6: How to Create World Figures
30 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how to create world heroes, villains, martyrs, and more. This includes determining why they'...
EP 5 (Part 3): How to Create Species
16 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Continue learning how to create species and races, including how gods can influence them, how charac...
EP 5 (Part 2): How to Create Species
02 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Continue learning how to create species and races, including overall attitude and disposition, what ...
EP 5 (Part 1): How to Create Species
19 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how to create species and races, when to use which term, and how to structure your species a...
EP 4 (Part 2): How to Create Gods
05 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how to create gods, including whether they are good, evil, or neutral, and different ways to...
EP 4 (Part 1): How to Create Gods
22 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how to create gods, including whether they are good, evil, or neutral, and different ways to...
EP 3: How Many Worlds To Build?
07 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Explore how many worlds you should create over the course of your career. Is it better to build a wo...
EP 2: Using Earth Analogues
07 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Learn whether you need to build a world or not, and how and when to use Earth analogues as a springb...
EP 1: Introduction to The Art of World Building Podcast
07 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Learn the vision for The Art of World Building Podcast and what you can expect from the series and ...