What could possibly go wrong in a place where nobody can die? We're answering just such a question courtesy of patron DiploRaptor in the first episode of this two-part series where Death has loosened its grip on a single city! Rob brings the fun, Courtney brings the horror, and a very sleep-deprived Daniel brings...the gnomes. And tales of Disney employment. And questionable financial advice related to Peeps Pepsi. Daniel, please get more sleep. Do you have a worldbuilding prompt you want to send to us? Send us your prompt! Email us your suggestions at: WorldbuildWithUs@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @LetsWorldBuild Or come chat with us on our Discord server! Or if you're feeling particularly generous, you can support us on Patreon! Intro theme: "Half Mystery" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Outro Theme: "Study and Relax" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
A listener tasks us with building a post-human world where sentient animals have risen up to create something new...But how can entirely different types of creatures communicate, if at all? Tune in to find out, and hear the adventures of Marvin the Rat-Warrior and his friends as they seek out lost knowledge in a fantasy post-apocalypse! Do you have a worldbuilding prompt you want to send to us? Send us your prompt! Email us your suggestions at: WorldbuildWithUs@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @LetsWorldBuild Or come chat with us on our Discord server! Or if you're feeling particularly generous, you can support us on Patreon! Intro theme: "Half Mystery" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Outro Theme: "Study and Relax" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
This episode, we get to sit down with game designer, writer, teacher, and graphic designer Sam Sorensen! We chat about his projects like Seas of Sand and Time After Time, terrain as a source of fantastical adventures, the OSR and its zine scene, Kickstarter's negative impact on TTRPG creators, the ethics of piracy, and plenty more! Check out Sam on... Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeadOfTheGoat DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/14078/The-Goat039s-Head Itch.io: https://headofthegoat.itch.io His website: https://samsorensen.me Do you have a worldbuilding prompt you want to send to us? Send us your prompt! Email us your suggestions at: WorldbuildWithUs@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @LetsWorldBuild Or come chat with us on our Discord server! Or if you're feeling particularly generous, you can support us on Patreon! Intro theme: "Half Mystery" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Outro Theme: "Study and Relax" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
A listener prompt brings us to a supercontinent of steampunk tech and extreme weather, and we proceed to smash our action figures together to create heaps of DINOs (Dragons in Name Only™) in this brutal yet jubilant world. Do you have a worldbuilding prompt you want to send to us? Send us your prompt! Email us your suggestions at: WorldbuildWithUs@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @LetsWorldBuild Or come chat with us on our Discord server! Or if you're feeling particularly generous, you can support us on Patreon! Intro theme: "Half Mystery" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Outro Theme: "Study and Relax" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
It's judgment time. We conclude our communist space utopia with restorative justice, metaphorical monsters, the horrors of collectible toys, and facets of THE LAW. Do you have a worldbuilding prompt you want to send to us? Send us your prompt! Email us your suggestions at: WorldbuildWithUs@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @LetsWorldBuild Or come chat with us on our Discord server! Or if you're feeling particularly generous, you can support us on Patreon! Intro theme: "Half Mystery" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Outro Theme: "Study and Relax" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
In the latest patron-exclusive Aphid Lounge episode, we expand on our recent longform setting courtesy of ideas from some of our patrons! We talk about how to use this bustling den of vice in other genres and worlds, go deeper into topics such as culture, ruins, and housing, and create new and uplifting landmarks like a tower of corpses and an ever-dying angel. Happy Valentine's Day! 💕 You can unlock this episode by joining our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/worldbuildwithus
Step aboard the public rail and hail our AI overlord! A prompt from patron Commissar Whiskers takes us to an egalitarian utopia—but is it really as good as it seems on the surface?... (Spoilers: yes, yes it is.) Do you have a worldbuilding prompt you want to send to us? Send us your prompt! Email us your suggestions at: WorldbuildWithUs@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @LetsWorldBuild Or come chat with us on our Discord server! Or if you're feeling particularly generous, you can support us on Patreon! Intro theme: "Half Mystery" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Outro Theme: "Study and Relax" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
For our final episode of this series, we discuss apocalypse(s), demonic possession, and noir detective plotlines. Will you be the Mystery, the Investigator, or the...Other One? Do you have a worldbuilding prompt you want to send to us? Send us your prompt! Email us your suggestions at: WorldbuildWithUs@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @LetsWorldBuild Or come chat with us on our Discord server! Or if you're feeling particularly generous, you can support us on Patreon! Intro theme: "Half Mystery" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Outro Theme: "Study and Relax" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
This episode, we're taking a brief break from our longform series, and we're joined by C.R. Rowenson for a listener's alternate version of mythological Greece. Tune in for blood volcanoes, godly bodily fluids, imprisoned titans, and so much more! Check out Clark at https://crrowenson.com and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@themagicengineer5314 Do you have a worldbuilding prompt you want to send to us? Send us your prompt! Email us your suggestions at: WorldbuildWithUs@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @LetsWorldBuild Or come chat with us on our Discord server! Or if you're feeling particularly generous, you can support us on Patreon! Intro theme: "Half Mystery" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Outro Theme: "Study and Relax" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
In week three of our four-part series, we're focusing on factions, which unsurprisingly lead to grand conspiracies of both earthly and cosmic varieties. Can you hear the stars calling from above? Do you have a worldbuilding prompt you want to send to us? Send us your prompt! Email us your suggestions at: WorldbuildWithUs@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @LetsWorldBuild Or come chat with us on our Discord server! Or if you're feeling particularly generous, you can support us on Patreon! Intro theme: "Half Mystery" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Outro Theme: "Study and Relax" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0