Magic & Technology

This week, we supplement our Norse chaos replication nightmare island with dashes of movies, mythology, monsters, and even some comedy(?!).
 
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Join us on a sci-fantasy journey into a lost world shrouded in psychic storms, traversed only by the bravest of heroes in flying longships. What technological wonders lurk within?
 
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We eventually get to ghost dinosaurs as we finish up our live demonstration of CR Rowenson's "The Magic System Blueprint." Come give it a listen and support Clark on Indiegogo!
 
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Join us as we work through C.R. Rowenson's "The Magic System Blueprint" and create a world of Savage Tragedy, where blood sacrifice and carved totems fuel the world with magic. 
 
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I hope you're ready to get technical because in this week's episode we're sitting down with author and magic engineer C.R. Rowenson! We get down to the nitty gritty with magic systems and talk about how to best utilize them in your own worldbuilding. Please make sure to check out his new workbook, Restrictions May Apply: Building Limits for Your Magic on Amazon September 4th!
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In this week's episode, a listener email from Daniel (No not that one) prompts some discussion about how technology functions in fictional settings. We discuss some foundational principles of technology and bust out a whole bevy of cultural references to help us along the way. 
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We're back this week with our very first special guest on the podcast with Sci-Fi author Daniel Quinn! Daniel brings his genre expertise to the podcast and helps us create our very own BDO, Big Dumb Object. We break down what BDO's are and why they're so effective in fiction while creating something especially for the Land of a Thousand Gods. 
You can find all things Daniel Quinn at https://dquinn.net
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It's time to open your spellbooks and gather your component couch because this episode of Worldbuild With Us is all about Magic. Rob and Chris talk all about Godpacts the magic that flows throughout the world. We also talk rituals and how magic functions, and the problems with Vancian style magic. 
Links: https://brandonsanderson.com/sandersons-first-law/
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It's all about technology in this episode of Worldbuild With Us as Rob and Chris make the case for the types of technology that fits best within the world. We talk about how and why technology allows us to tell better stories, the role of technology in relation to magic and dire duck penises for some reason. We also get our first listener email so that's pretty cool too!
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In this groundbreaking episode of Worldbuild With Us Rob and Chris build a city venerating the god of Engineering. Bas Lag and China Mieville get yet another shout out as we talk about what we like in our fantasy cities. Listen to us create a literal city on a hill in our very first two-part episode.
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