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Posted: Thu, 08 May 15:22:35
Category: Interviews
This “Mental Health May” guest post is from Jordan Yaklin of Phoenix Performance Coaching, whose Healthy Adventure project uses RPG concepts to promote better health! Jordan has a Masters degree in in Exercise Physiology and has helped train over 30 professional and Olympic level athletes. He’s also a true nerd at heart. He combines his […]
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Posted: Wed, 07 May 14:27:10
Category: Development News
Ready to power-up your article editing experience? In this feature update, you can now access article prompts, settings, and more from the new article edit modals! Let’s check out each of these changes in detail. Article prompts in the edit modal Until now, if you wanted to write in the article prompts, you had to […]
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Posted: Thu, 01 May 16:24:30
Category: Development News
Looking for the latest news and upcoming developments on World Anvil? You’re in the right place! This time, we’re talking major dev updates, online Worldbuilding Summer Camp (we’ve got ice cream!), and more. Let’s take a look at everything happening this May (the force be with you)! As always, our team has been busy improving […]
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Posted: Wed, 02 Apr 17:05:42
Category: Development News
We’ve just dropped our first update this spring! This time, we bring you a brand-new image picker, which makes article image management faster and much easier. Plus, as an extra spring present, we’ve made a couple of improvements to the To-Do List to make it even smoother to use. So let’s take a closer look […]
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Posted: Mon, 31 Mar 13:56:09
Category: Community Newsletter
Spring is here! 🌸 (Or not, depending on where you live!) And with it, we also bring you a worldbuilding course, a spring-themed challenge… and very soon, the winners of the Worldbuilding Awards! Let’s take a look at what’s new and what’s coming next. As always, our team has been busy improving World Anvil this […]
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Posted: Fri, 21 Mar 16:37:23
Category: Announcements
Overwhelmed by creating a new game or novel setting? We now have a free online course to get you from concept to usable basic world in 10 lessons! We’re excited to announce that our first free online course, How to Start Worldbuilding, is now available for World Anvil members! This is a great resource for […]
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Posted: Thu, 20 Mar 15:04:49
Category: Game Design, Worldbuilding
Today’s guest post is brought to us by the Eren Chronicles, the team behind the grim folkloric realm of ZAMANORA: Ballad of the Witch. Last time, in our exploration of the fables of yore, we established how classic tales provide a familiar framework that we can tinker with. But how do we move beyond mere […]
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Posted: Thu, 20 Mar 15:00:13
Category: Game Design, Worldbuilding
Today’s guest post is brought to us by the Eren Chronicles, the team behind the grim folkloric realm of ZAMANORA: Ballad of the Witch. When we started writing ZAMANORA: Ballad of the Witch, we decided to draw from the wellspring of folkloric tales that nourished our own childhoods, delve deeper into the trove of fables […]
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Posted: Tue, 18 Mar 15:51:39
Category: Events
Well folks, it’s been another exciting Worldbuilding Con! This year’s event was a huge success – we’ve already had many of you letting us know your favorite sessions, speakers and topics! Many of you found inspiration in our keynote address from Mary Robinette Kowal, were excited by the deep-dive into building cities, and related to […]
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Posted: Mon, 17 Mar 15:06:27
Category: Events
Congratulations to all the nominees who submitted an entry to the 5th Worldbuilding Awards! From January 4th to February 8th, many Anvilites submitted their best work to one of the Awards’ categories, and fives nominees were chosen in each category. Now is time for you to choose who should win! How to vote to the […]
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