How to Create an Elemental Magic System
While it's easy to make these systems rational, a flawed set of elements will ruin the effect.
Worldbuilding: Page 4
Episode 345: Witches
Let the season of witchery begin!
Building Mass Effect: How Bioware Imagines the Future
Whatever the Reapers are working toward, it must be big!
Episode 343: Giants
What’s 20-feet tall, lives in the clouds, and can smell your nationality?
Episode 342: Divine Magic
If you’re out of spellbooks and fancy crystals, try praying to some powerful wizards.
Episode 338: Mysterious Magic
Keep it secret, keep it safe.
Building Age of Myth: How Sullivan Employs the Neolithic
Sullivan's setting has lots of novelty, but bronze and copper swords don't work that way.
Episode 334: Monarchy in Spec Fic
All hail the one true podcaster!
Episode 332: Unusual Settings
Castles, spaceships, and high tech cities are all great, but they can get a bit repetitive.
Episode 330: High Magic Settings
Sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from a broken setting.
Episode 327: What Are Wizards?
We were going to talk about wizards, but we couldn't agree on what they are.
Building Baubles: How Revenger Fails at Technology
Revenger's setting is both intriguing and highly confused.
Five Tips for Using an Arbitrary Magic System
Arbitrary magic systems can work, but they have some liabilities.
How to Teach World Terms Without Confusing Readers
Confusing new terms can make readers feel jarred and overwhelmed.
Episode 322: Urban Fantasy… Again
Werewolves with smartphones, vampires on motorcycles, mages at school, and so many nightclubs!
Oren Ashkenazi