Onyx Path: Episode 76: Save Against Fear Panel: Brick by Brick – Creative Worldbuilding

[Matt]

In which Dixie, Eddy, Neall, and Rich (at Save Against Fear) talk on a panel with other creators about worldbuilding.

• Eddy forgets someone’s podcast
• (Editing Note: Huge thanks to Josh Heath, for providing the audio. Because this was recorded with one mic, we’ve edited the audio to amplify when the speakers are quiet.)
• Panelists: James Kirk (moderator), Calvin Johns, Dixie Cochran, Neall Raemonn Price, Eddy Webb, Richard Thomas, and Doug Levandowski
• How important are world settings in a game?
• What are the most important parts of a world?
• What are your favorite aspects of worldbuilding?
• What motivates the creation of a world?
• Do worldbuilders feel responsibility to remove bias in their worldbuilding?
• What advice would you give to future worldbuilders?
• Community pruning
• Save Against Fear
• PDX Con
• Rich’s D&D game
• Matthew sneaks backstage at PDX Con

LINKS:
Save Against Fear: https://www.thebodhanagroup.org/about-the-convention

High Level Games Podcast: https://www.highlevelgames.ca/podcastingnetwork

Anthropos Games (Early Dark, Fantaji, Centennial Gothic): http://anthroposgames.com/

Kids on Bikes: https://www.renegadegamestudios.com/kids-on-bikes

PDXCon: https://pdxcon.paradoxplaza.com/

Parsely: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/248491/Parsely

Crusader Kings III: https://www.crusaderkings.com/