This episode I'm joined by Harlen Ogni, DM of previous guest Aaron's Games and prolific worldbuilder, with a staggering 250,000 words on World Anvil! Harlen joins me to to chat about our approaches to worldbuilding and what drives us to put pen to paper.

• 02:52 - Catharsis


• 13:22 - Letting Go of Your World


• 31:34 - Environmental Storytelling


• 46:03 - Of Gods and Kings

Find Harlen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OgniHarlen

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References:

• World Anvil worldbuilding tools


• 'Chaos' episode of Thinking Critically

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Intro Music: 'Local Forecast' by Kevin MacLeod

Intermission Music: 'Chill' by Kevin MacLeod

Outro Music: 'Local Forecast - Elevator' by Kevin MacLeod

Podcast art by Lily from https://www.beiworkshop.com/