Welcome back listeners to another episoede of World Forge!  This week Piper and I are continuing our discussion of the custom world building prompts we cooked up for each other.  We also may have accidentally included the first episode of our Hadestown fancast somewhere in the middle there. This weeks rec room is once again Pipers new podcast Eyre Buds!  Each week Piper and friend of the podcast, Lillian Cotter, dissect a different adaptation of the classic novel Jane Eyre!  Some are great, some are terrifying, but all are fun!  Give them a follow HERE and wherever fine pods are cast! We also have to recommend you go and listen to Hadestown if you haven't yet.  Not only is it one of our favorite pieces of media EVER but it also was clear inspiration for a lot of what we worked on in this episode! As always, if you enjoyed this episode or want to share any feedback please consider reaching to us on on social media!  How are your games going, and do you have any ideas about how to improve or expand upon our creations?  If so we can be found on twitter @worldforgepod and via email at worldforgepod@gmail.com!  We're always excited to hear from our listeners, and if you send us something really interesting we may just share it on air!  If you're feeling particularly generous, please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts, or your podcasting app of choice! Leaving us a review or sharing our show with a friend are the best ways to support this podcast completely for FREE, and really helps to get our show in front of new listeners! We of course want to thank you all for tuning in, and we also want to thank James Duke for our amazing theme music, he can be found at jamesduke.info! Talk to you again next week listeners!

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Home Brewed Writing Prompts Part 2 - Slugs in the Mist

Hello listeners and welcome back yet again!  We've taken a bit of an unexpected holiday hiatus but now we are back with a real humdinger of an episode.  This is part one of a 2 part series of episodes where Piper and I created prompts for each other to build upon.  This time Piper lays the foundation for a fascinating world of political intrigue and forbidden magic, next episode it's my turn! We also have to recommend you go and check out Pipers new podcast Eyre Buds!  Each week Piper and friend of the podcast Lillian Cotter dissect a different adaptation of the classic novel Jane Eyre!  Some are great, some are terrifying, but all are fun!  Give them a follow HERE and wherever fine pods are cast! As always, if you enjoyed this episode or want to share any feedback please consider reaching to us on on social media!  How are your games going, and do you have any ideas about how to improve or expand upon our creations?  If so we can be found on twitter @worldforgepod and via email at worldforgepod@gmail.com!  We're always excited to hear from our listeners, and if you send us something really interesting we may just share it on air!  If you're feeling particularly generous, please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts, or your podcasting app of choice! Leaving us a review or sharing our show with a friend are the best ways to support this podcast completely for FREE, and really helps to get our show in front of new listeners! We of course want to thank you all for tuning in, and we also want to thank James Duke for our amazing theme music, he can be found at jamesduke.info! Talk to you again next week listeners!

Home Brewed Writing Prompts Part 1 - In the Hall of the Shadow King

Hello dear listeners and welcome back to another episode of World Forge!  This week we're going international as we are joined by our friends from Pigmavision from way down in Chile!  Please go and check them out, they are wonderful people, podcasters, and supporters of the show!  They can be found on twitter @pigmavision and on all major podcasting platforms! As always, if you enjoyed this episode or want to share any feedback please consider reaching to us on on social media!  How are your games going, and do you have any ideas about how to improve or expand upon our creations?  If so we can be found on twitter @worldforgepod and via email at worldforgepod@gmail.com!  We're always excited to hear from our listeners, and if you send us something really interesting we may just share it on air!  If you're feeling particularly generous, please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts, or your podcasting app of choice! Leaving us a review or sharing our show with a friend are the best ways to support this podcast completely for FREE, and really helps to get our show in front of new listeners! We of course want to thank you all for tuning in, and we also want to thank James Duke for our amazing theme music, he can be found at jamesduke.info! Talk to you again next week listeners!

Building Stories Based on Local Holiday Traditions - Why We Light the Candles with Pigmavision

Welcome back listeners to another episode of World Forge!  This week we're taking on TWO topics for the price of one!  First we spend some time talking about our experience creating episodic adventures and finding ways to accommodate players with inconsistent availability.  We also take on a listener topic from our dear friend Angus who asks us to explore the idea of civilizations that predate known history!  We had a lot of fun with these ones and we hope you will as well! We also recommend you go and check out Arcane on Netflix it's...  just so good. As always, if you enjoyed this episode or want to share any feedback please consider reaching to us on on social media!  How are your games going, and do you have any ideas about how to improve or expand upon our creations?  If so we can be found on twitter @worldforgepod and via email at worldforgepod@gmail.com!  We're always excited to hear from our listeners, and if you send us something really interesting we may just share it on air!  If you're feeling particularly generous, please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts, or your podcasting app of choice! Leaving us a review or sharing our show with a friend are the best ways to support this podcast completely for FREE, and really helps to get our show in front of new listeners! We of course want to thank you all for tuning in, and we also want to thank James Duke for our amazing theme music, he can be found at jamesduke.info! Talk to you again next week listeners!

Lost Civilizations and Kingdoms, and Creating Episodic Adventures - The Fountain of Salt

Welcome back listeners to another episode of World Forge!  This week we've got another episode about creating characters of a VERY PARTICULAR CLASS!  We're talking about bards, probably for the first time, but honestly we're not sure. We also recommend you go and check out two of our favorite youtube channels: Sideways and Breadsword! As always, if you enjoyed this episode or want to share any feedback please consider reaching to us on on social media!  How are your games going, and do you have any ideas about how to improve or expand upon our creations?  If so we can be found on twitter @worldforgepod and via email at worldforgepod@gmail.com!  We're always excited to hear from our listeners, and if you send us something really interesting we may just share it on air!  If you're feeling particularly generous, please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts, or your podcasting app of choice! Leaving us a review or sharing our show with a friend are the best ways to support this podcast completely for FREE, and really helps to get our show in front of new listeners! We of course want to thank you all for tuning in, and we also want to thank James Duke for our amazing theme music, he can be found at jamesduke.info! Talk to you again next week listeners!

Creating Bards, Heralds, and Storytellers - The Exchange

Welcome back listeners to another episode of World Forge!  This week we're talking about the power of curses and haunted places.  We explore the various forms a curse or hex can take, and how to build interesting stories and adventures around them. As always, if you enjoyed this episode or want to share any feedback please consider reaching to us on on social media!  How are your games going, and do you have any ideas about how to improve or expand upon our creations?  If so we can be found on twitter @worldforgepod and via email at worldforgepod@gmail.com!  We're always excited to hear from our listeners, and if you send us something really interesting we may just share it on air!  If you're feeling particularly generous, please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts, or your podcasting app of choice! Leaving us a review or sharing our show with a friend are the best ways to support this podcast completely for FREE, and really helps to get our show in front of new listeners! We of course want to thank you all for tuning in, and we also want to thank James Duke for our amazing theme music, he can be found at jamesduke.info! Talk to you again next week listeners!

Curses, Hauntings, and Hexes - Enter the Food Hole

Welcome back listeners to WORLD FORGE SEASON 2!  Yes finally we return from the dead to bring you a very exciting episode about...  returning from the dead!  That's right we're talking zombies, ghouls, vampires, and some rather unorthodox examples of creatures and characters that have been given a second chance at life. We're so glad to be back, and we have some really fun plans for new segments and topics this season, but mostly we really just missed you all! As always, if you enjoyed this episode or want to share any feedback please consider reaching to us on on social media!  Where is your Big Bad Evil Guy currently living?  Do you have any ideas about how to improve or expand upon our creations?  If so we can be found on twitter @worldforgepod and via email at worldforgepod@gmail.com!  We're always excited to hear from our listeners, and if you send us something really interesting we may just share it on air!  If you're feeling particularly generous, please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts, or your podcasting app of choice! Leaving us a review or sharing our show with a friend are the best ways to support this podcast completely for FREE, and really helps to get our show in front of new listeners! We of course want to thank you all for tuning in, and we also want to thank James Duke for our amazing theme music, he can be found at jamesduke.info! Talk to you again next week listeners!

Bringing Characters (and Podcasts!) Back from the Dead - Suddenly, Lawyers!

Welcome back to another (rewind) episode of World Forge!  We're traveling this week and weren't able to get an episode out in time for release so we hope you enjoy this look back into another classic episode of the show.  This time we're talking about creating interesting evil lairs and bad guy hideouts.  The place you conduct your business out of says a lot about you as a supervillain, so we want to help make sure all you villains out there are fully equipped to carry out your dark deeds in style! We talk about some of our favorite evil hideouts, and then go on to create some of our own including: a speakeasy for creatures of the night, and a magical baseball stadium/casino! As always, if you enjoyed this episode or want to share any feedback please consider reaching to us on on social media!  Where is your Big Bad Evil Guy currently living?  Do you have any ideas about how to improve or expand upon our creations?  If so we can be found on twitter @worldforgepod and via email at worldforgepod@gmail.com!  We're always excited to hear from our listeners, and if you send us something really interesting we may just share it on air!  If you're feeling particularly generous, please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts, or your podcasting app of choice! Leaving us a review or sharing our show with a friend are the best ways to support this podcast completely for FREE, and really helps to get our show in front of new listeners! We of course want to thank you all for tuning in, and we also want to thank James Duke for our amazing theme music, he can be found at jamesduke.info! Talk to you again next week listeners!

It's World Forge Revisited - You Don't Mess with the Mer-Mafia

Welcome back listeners to another episode of World Forge!  This week we're talking about how we translate our characters into real world...  stuff.  Are cons real world?  Idk they're real to us. We also appeared recently/are about to appear on our dear friend Ben from We Speak Common's podcast...  We Speak Common!  Go and check them out on all major podcasting platforms or on twitter at @wespeakcommon As always, if you enjoyed this episode or want to share any feedback please consider reaching to us on on social media! We can be found on twitter @worldforgepod. We're also available via email at worldforgepod@gmail.com. We love to hear about all the ways you use and improve upon our ideas, and if you show us something really interesting we may just share it on air! And if you're feeling particularly generous, please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts, or your podcasting app of choice! Leaving us a review is the best way to support this podcast for FREE, because it helps get our show in front of new listeners! We also want to thank James Duke for our amazing theme music, he can be found at jamesduke.info! Thanks again listeners, we'll be back again next week!"

The Intersection of Roleplay and Cosplay - IDK Con Stuff

Welcome back listeners to another episode of World Forge!  This week we're telling stories based on a real life drunken purchase we made on the 4th of July.  Yep the limits of our inspiration know no bounds. We also appeared recently/are about to appear on our dear friend Ben from We Speak Common's podcast...  We Speak Common!  Go and check them out on all major podcasting platforms or on twitter at @wespeakcommon As always, if you enjoyed this episode or want to share any feedback please consider reaching to us on on social media! We can be found on twitter @worldforgepod. We're also available via email at worldforgepod@gmail.com. We love to hear about all the ways you use and improve upon our ideas, and if you show us something really interesting we may just share it on air! And if you're feeling particularly generous, please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts, or your podcasting app of choice! Leaving us a review is the best way to support this podcast for FREE, because it helps get our show in front of new listeners! We also want to thank James Duke for our amazing theme music, he can be found at jamesduke.info! Thanks again listeners, we'll be back again next week!"

Stories About Skeletons - The Skeleton Key to My Heart

Hello Listeners!  As you may have noticed we've been on a bit of an extended hiatus these last few weeks.  Life has gotten the better of us and unfortunately we've had to push our upcoming episode back a bit.  Don't you worry, more World Forge is coming soon, we just needed some time to rest and recharge, next week we'll be back with a full update on the state of the show as well as a fantastic guest episode with our friends from All My Fantasy Children! In the meantime please enjoy the rerun of a favorite episode of ours, based on our own and listener submitted dreams! As always, if you enjoyed this episode or want to share any feedback please consider reaching to us on on social media! We can be found on twitter @worldforgepod. We're also available via email at worldforgepod@gmail.com. We love to hear about all the ways you use and improve upon our ideas, and if you show us something really interesting we may just share it on air! And if you're feeling particularly generous, please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts, or your podcasting app of choice! Leaving us a review is the best way to support this podcast for FREE, because it helps get our show in front of new listeners! We also want to thank James Duke for our amazing theme music, he can be found at jamesduke.info! Thanks again listeners, we'll be back again next week!

Another World Forge Rerun - The Dream Police 2

Welcome back listeners to another episode of World Forge!  We're on the right side of episode 100 this week and we're quite pleased to be joined by our friends Zach and Chris from the Knights of the Rolled Table Podcast! This week we're plying our patented random prompt technology to building eccentric shopkeepers, and talking about the kinds of quests and adventures they can help provide us with.  We hope you find some of these useful, fun, and informative :) Our lovely guests can be found on twitter at @rolledtable and @dungeonheads, please consider reaching out to them and supporting their work if you enjoyed their insight here! As always, if you enjoyed this episode or want to share any feedback please consider reaching to us on on social media! We can be found on twitter @worldforgepod. We're also available via email at worldforgepod@gmail.com. We love to hear about all the ways you use and improve upon our ideas, and if you show us something really interesting we may just share it on air! And if you're feeling particularly generous, please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts, or your podcasting app of choice! Leaving us a review is the best way to support this podcast for FREE, because it helps get our show in front of new listeners! We also want to thank James Duke for our amazing theme music, he can be found at jamesduke.info! Thanks again listeners, we'll be back again next week!"

Creating Eccentric Shopkeepers - There Amongst the Ducks with Zach and Chris from Knights of the Rolled Table

It's Episode 100, what more is there to say!  Thank you so much to all of you for your support and friendship these past 2 years, it truly means the world to us. As always, if you enjoyed this episode or want to share any feedback please consider reaching to us on on social media! We can be found on twitter @worldforgepod. We're also available via email at worldforgepod@gmail.com. We love to hear about all the ways you use and improve upon our ideas, and if you show us something really interesting we may just share it on air! And if you're feeling particularly generous, please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts, or your podcasting app of choice! Leaving us a review is the best way to support this podcast for FREE, because it helps get our show in front of new listeners! We also want to thank James Duke for our amazing theme music, he can be found at jamesduke.info! Thanks again listeners, we'll be back again next week!"

The World Forge 100th Episode Variety Hour Special Featuring... YOU!

Hello again dear listeners and welcome back to another episode of World Forge!  This week we are yet again taking a swing at helping one of our dear listeners add some spice to their world! Thanks so much to @kerfliggle on twitter for honoring us with the privilege of mucking about in your world for ~an hour and a half! Mostly we talk about dwarves, the blood of elves, and fountains of youth this week, but I think in general there's a lot here that could be fun to incorporate into ANY world in need of a few good adventures, so please let us know if you find ways to use any of our nonsense in your games! And not to keep going on about it or anything but we've got episode 100 coming up holy cats!  We have a lot of exciting plans for that but mostly we want to be able to include your random prompts and questions live on air!  So if there's anything you've been dying to know about us, or anything you want us to cover, please send in your questions, comments, and prompts to us on twitter @worldforgepod, or via email at worldforgepod@gmail.com!  If you send us a short (~1 minute) clip we'll do our best to listen to it live on air and respond!  We're really excited to see all the awesome prompts you send our way, and can't wait to see what the future holds for World Forge :) As always, if you enjoyed this episode or want to share any feedback please consider reaching to us on on social media! We can be found on twitter @worldforgepod. We're also available via email at worldforgepod@gmail.com. We love to hear about all the ways you use and improve upon our ideas, and if you show us something really interesting we may just share it on air! And if you're feeling particularly generous, please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts, or your podcasting app of choice! Leaving us a review is the best way to support this podcast for FREE, because it helps get our show in front of new listeners! We also want to thank James Duke for our amazing theme music, he can be found at jamesduke.info! Thanks again listeners, we'll be back again next week!"

Creating EVEN MORE Listener Worlds! - False Blood and the Search for Immortality

Hello listeners and welcome back to another very exciting episode of World Forge!  This week we're coming to you from...  well all over the place!  We took a road trip over the weekend and decided to try and tell stories from the road, from the top of a mountain, and from a rained out tent.  We had a lot of fun this weekend and we really hope you enjoy the change in format.  If you did please let us know and we can do more like this in the future! Speaking of the future...  we've got episode 100 coming up holy cats!  We have a lot of exciting plans for that but mostly we want to be able to include your random prompts and questions live on air!  So if there's anything you've been dying to know about us, or anything you want us to cover, please send in your questions, comments, and prompts to us on twitter @worldforgepod, or via email at worldforgepod@gmail.com!  If you send us a short (~1 minute) clip we'll do our best to listen to it live on air and respond!  We're really excited to see all the awesome prompts you send our way, and can't wait to see what the future holds for World Forge :) As always, if you enjoyed this episode or want to share any feedback please consider reaching to us on on social media! We can be found on twitter @worldforgepod. We're also available via email at worldforgepod@gmail.com. We love to hear about all the ways you use and improve upon our ideas, and if you show us something really interesting we may just share it on air! And if you're feeling particularly generous, please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts, or your podcasting app of choice! Leaving us a review is the best way to support this podcast for FREE, because it helps get our show in front of new listeners! We also want to thank James Duke for our amazing theme music, he can be found at jamesduke.info! Thanks again listeners, we'll be back again next week!"

It's World Forge on the Road - Our Trip to the Black Hills

World Forge is a comedy podcast for creators and world builders, each episode your hosts Sam and Piper are given a random prompt and tasked with creating a hero, a villain, a monster, or who knows what else! We hope our antics inspire you to create and expand your own stories and worlds! Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/worldforgepod Did we inspire you to create something? Send us an email at worldforgepod@gmail.com and tell us about it! We love fan art, fan fiction, and fan mail! If we really like it maybe we'll give you a shout out!

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