World Anvil Worldbuilding Podcast
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Welcome to a special Bonus Season! Enjoy these sessions from this year's Worldbuilding Con!
No genre is more closely associated with Worldbuilding than fantasy. Unfortunately, this can create a temptation to “play the hits,” following established tropes at the cost of innovation. In this session, we’ll discuss how to subvert audience expectations and deliver a fantasy world that’s both satisfying and surprising. Join Janet and Worldbuilding Con guests Gail Carriger and Amanda Hamon as they discuss fantasy worldbuilding:
🎙️Speakers:
Gail Carriger has multiple NYT bestsellers and millions of books in print in dozens of different languages. She writes book hugs - comedies of manners mixed with urban fantasy (and sexy queer joy as GL Carriger). She is best known for the Parasol Protectorate and Finishing School series. She was once an archaeologist and is fond of shoes, octopuses, and tea.
Amanda Hamon is a Senior Designer leading the production of Dungeons & Dragons books for Wizards of the Coast. An award-winning tabletop game designer, developer, writer, and editor, her work has appeared in dozens of releases from numerous publishers, including Wizards of the Coast, Paizo, and Kobold Press, and across many game systems, including D&D, Pathfinder, and Starfinder. The most recent title Amanda led is Wizards of the Coast’s Keys from the Golden Vault, an anthology of D&D heist adventures that released in February. She is the former Editorial Director for Kobold Press as well as the former managing developer and a co-creator of the Starfinder RPG by Paizo. She has appeared at dozens of events and on streams as a Game Master and player, and her weirdness knows no parallel. Amanda is absolutely not three opossums in a trench coat, though you can find her making screeching noises on Twitter at @amandahamon.
Episode 36, part 1: Avoiding GM Burnout with Dead Aussie Gamer
Episode 35, part 2: Adapting Real World Cultures with Basheer Ghouse
Episode 35, part 1: Adapting Real World Cultures with Basheer Ghouse
Episode 34, part 2: Kitchen Sink Fantasy Worldbuilding
Episode 34, part 1: Kitchen Sink Fantasy Worldbuilding
Episode 33, part 2: Dungeon-Based One-Shots with Duke Davis
Episode 33, part 1: Dungeon-Based One-Shots with Duke Davis
Episode 32, part 2: Querying a Literary Agent
Episode 32, part 1: Querying a Literary Agent
Episode 31, part 2: Traditional Publishing Pathways
Episode 31, part 1: Worldbuilding with Waterways
Episode 30, part 2: Novel Writing Basics | How to Write a Novel
Episode 30, part 1: Novel Writing Basics | How to Write a Novel
Episode 29: Airships & Dragons with Tracy & Laura Hickman
Episode 28, part 2: Hard vs. Soft Worldbuilding with Andy Law
Episode 28, part 1: Hard vs. Soft Worldbuilding with Andy Law
Episode 27, part 2: How to Create an RPG System
Episode 27, part 1: How to Create an RPG System
Episode 26, part 2: Creating Great Battle Maps (Even If You Can't Draw)
Episode 26 part 1: Creating Great Battle Maps (Even If You Can't Draw)
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