Worldbuild With Us
Where we create fantastical worlds with help from you, our listeners!
Listen on:
Episodes
Thursday Sep 14, 2023
Thursday Sep 14, 2023
In this episode, we delve deeper into this setting full of magic child soldiers and tachyonic geriatric lich kids, sprinkle new factions into the mix, and explore the origin—and potential end—of this seemingly-eternal war. Remember: whoever controls the Space W.H.A.L.E. controls the world.
Do you have a setting you'd like us to build? Send us your worldbuilding prompt! https://forms.gle/F4SNMH3k7ea5fr1F8And if you're feeling particularly generous, you can support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/worldbuildwithus
Chat with us on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/SRFhWV3Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@worldbuildwithusEmail us your suggestions: WorldbuildWithUs@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter: @LetsWorldBuild
Intro theme: "Half Mystery"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Outro Theme: "Study and Relax"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
A new prompt from patron Gluax brings us to a land of ✨magical children✨...who lack rights and are used as soldiers in a never-ending war. Fun! We start building out this setting with science (sort of), gerontocracies, ghosts, and the implications of immensely powerful mage-babies. But who's really behind this war?
Do you have a setting you'd like us to build? Send us your worldbuilding prompt! https://forms.gle/F4SNMH3k7ea5fr1F8And if you're feeling particularly generous, you can support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/worldbuildwithus
Chat with us on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/SRFhWV3Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@worldbuildwithusEmail us your suggestions: WorldbuildWithUs@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter: @LetsWorldBuild
Intro theme: "Half Mystery"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Outro Theme: "Study and Relax"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
This week, we're honored to have author, RPG designer, and Game Master extraordinaire Justin Alexander back on the podcast to discuss his upcoming book So You Want to Be a Game Master: Everything You Need to Start Your Tabletop Adventure for Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder, and Other Systems!
Justin gives us a tour of this step-by-step guide and how it can help GMs new and experienced alike run their best games, avoid railroading, do quick-and-dirty worldbuilding, and more! Plus: early misadventures with homebrew Batman RPGs, the unexpected power of TV trays, questions from our patrons, a worldbuilding jam featuring the waters of Europa, and heaps of other topics in this XXL episode.
So You Want to Be a Game Master? is due out in November, so be sure to preorder it today or pick it up from your friendly local bookstore when it hits the shelves! Check out https://thealexandrian.net/so-you-want-to-be-a-game-master for more info and links.
Do you have a setting you'd like us to build? Send us your worldbuilding prompt! https://forms.gle/F4SNMH3k7ea5fr1F8And if you're feeling particularly generous, you can support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/worldbuildwithus
Chat with us on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/SRFhWV3Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@worldbuildwithusEmail us your suggestions: WorldbuildWithUs@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter: @LetsWorldBuild
Intro theme: "Half Mystery"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Outro Theme: "Study and Relax"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Thursday Aug 24, 2023
Thursday Aug 24, 2023
In this episode, we're joined by Ian of the Undercommon Taste podcast for an exploration of a fantastical monster, and an oddly convenient die roll has us diving into one of his favorites: the kelpie of Scottish folklore! We chat about this criminally-underused creature's origins in water safety and its sneaky human-horse shapeshifting abilities, then build out two settings on the fly in the genres of paranormal romance and high fantasy. War crimes might take place.
Be sure to tune into the Undercommon Taste podcast, head over to the UCT Discord server, and check out all of the content on their Linktree at https://linktr.ee/undercommontaste.
Do you have a setting you'd like us to build? Send us your worldbuilding prompt! https://forms.gle/F4SNMH3k7ea5fr1F8And if you're feeling particularly generous, you can support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/worldbuildwithusChat with us on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/SRFhWV3Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@worldbuildwithusEmail us your suggestions: WorldbuildWithUs@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter: @LetsWorldBuild
Intro theme: "Half Mystery"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Outro Theme: "Study and Relax"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Thursday Aug 17, 2023
Thursday Aug 17, 2023
This week, we conclude this ancient alt history setting by building mecha and embarking on a globetrotting adventure with some very high stakes! So come on down to Atlantisville, where your mech can have a little human sacrifice, as a treat.
Do you have a setting you'd like us to build? Send us your worldbuilding prompt! https://forms.gle/F4SNMH3k7ea5fr1F8And if you're feeling particularly generous, you can support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/worldbuildwithusChat with us on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/SRFhWV3Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@worldbuildwithusEmail us your suggestions: WorldbuildWithUs@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter: @LetsWorldBuild
Intro theme: "Half Mystery"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Outro Theme: "Study and Relax"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Thursday Aug 10, 2023
Thursday Aug 10, 2023
In the first part of a new series, patron Cam brings us into an alternate history where mecha were sent down to the Earth in 300 BC! Join us as we reforge history courtesy of these mechs and their many implications for warfare, labor, mathematics, and yes, human sacrifice.
Correction: Macedonians (led by Alexander the Great), not Romans, conquered Tyre in 332 BC.
Do you have a setting you'd like us to build? Send us your worldbuilding prompt! https://forms.gle/F4SNMH3k7ea5fr1F8And if you're feeling particularly generous, you can support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/worldbuildwithusChat with us on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/SRFhWV3Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@worldbuildwithusEmail us your suggestions: WorldbuildWithUs@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter: @LetsWorldBuild
Intro theme: "Half Mystery"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Outro Theme: "Study and Relax"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Thursday Aug 03, 2023
Thursday Aug 03, 2023
This week, we're joined by guest host and magic engineer Clark R. Rowenson for a summertime worldbuilding jam! We subvert some tropes and embrace others as dice rolls lead us into space western and cyberpunk territory, featuring a troublesome corporate heir and Box Tops for Immortality™. Plus: a sneak peak at what's in store for Mr. Beast videos in the ultra-dystopian future!
Check out Clark on YouTube and at https://crrowenson.com !
Do you have a setting you'd like us to build? Send us your worldbuilding prompt! https://forms.gle/F4SNMH3k7ea5fr1F8And if you're feeling particularly generous, you can support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/worldbuildwithusChat with us on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/SRFhWV3Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@worldbuildwithusEmail us your suggestions: WorldbuildWithUs@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter: @LetsWorldBuild
Intro theme: "Half Mystery"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Outro Theme: "Study and Relax"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Thursday Jul 27, 2023
Thursday Jul 27, 2023
Himbos. He-Mans. Roided-out Sailor Moons. Super nuns. In this episode, a long-time listener asks us to build a world where magic swords have mysteriously appeared with high fantasy powers, and we take things in a decidedly beefy direction.
Do you have a setting you'd like us to build? Send us your worldbuilding prompt! https://forms.gle/F4SNMH3k7ea5fr1F8And if you're feeling particularly generous, you can support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/worldbuildwithusChat with us on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/SRFhWV3Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@worldbuildwithusEmail us your suggestions: WorldbuildWithUs@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter: @LetsWorldBuild
Intro theme: "Half Mystery"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Outro Theme: "Study and Relax"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Thursday Jul 20, 2023
Thursday Jul 20, 2023
This week, forbidden teachings take root in a leadership academy run by the god of knowledge itself. Tune in to hear all about this school, its lofty goals, and its unlikely (and adorable) professors in a world otherwise encased in a dark age of false despots!
Do you have a setting you'd like us to build? Send us your worldbuilding prompt! https://forms.gle/F4SNMH3k7ea5fr1F8And if you're feeling particularly generous, you can support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/worldbuildwithusChat with us on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/SRFhWV3Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@worldbuildwithusEmail us your suggestions: WorldbuildWithUs@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter: @LetsWorldBuild
Intro theme: "Half Mystery"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Outro Theme: "Study and Relax"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Thursday Jul 13, 2023
Thursday Jul 13, 2023
In our conclusion to this intergalactic setting, we get downright mundane with psychonaut message boards and retired space cops. Pay no mind to the incomprehensibly large cosmic serpent in the background.
Do you have a setting you'd like us to build? Send us your worldbuilding prompt! https://forms.gle/F4SNMH3k7ea5fr1F8And if you're feeling particularly generous, you can support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/worldbuildwithusChat with us on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/SRFhWV3Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@worldbuildwithusEmail us your suggestions: WorldbuildWithUs@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter: @LetsWorldBuild
Intro theme: "Half Mystery"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Outro Theme: "Study and Relax"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0