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  • Season 2 - Episode 13: A Tavern is NOT a Hotel: Fix Your Fantasy Hospitality

    Season 2 - Episode 13: A Tavern is NOT a Hotel: Fix Your Fantasy Hospitality
    Sep 26 2026
    In this episode of Worldbuilding Blueprints Season 2 that eternal fixture of fantasy: The Tavern and how you can make far better use of fantasy hospitality to worldbuild your cities! Follow the Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/starvingwriterstudio/worldbuidling-blueprints-volume-2?ref=56ir2v Buy Worldbuilding Blueprints: https://www.mariemullany.com/category/worldbuilding-blueprints Join the Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxvBH0EkwuHsQ9ryHHQNi2Q/join My website: https://www.mariemullany.com/books Chapters 0:00 A Tavern Is Kinda Boring 1:45 Two Rules of Hospitality 4:05 Fast-Food City 7:36 Networks & Sanctuaries 11:50 Command Redistribution Hubs 15:39 Magic & Fantasy #worldbuilding #fantasy #fantasyworldbuilding #towns #authortube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    23 min
  • Season 2 Episode 13: How To Enter A City

    Season 2 Episode 13: How To Enter A City
    Aug 29 2026
    In this episode of Worldbuilding Blueprints Season 2, we'll discuss how a person might be orientated in your city. How do they get in? Where do they get lost? Where are they safe and where does danger lurk? How would a tourist cope in your city? Buy Worldbuilding Blueprints: https://www.mariemullany.com/category/worldbuilding-blueprints Join the Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxvBH0EkwuHsQ9ryHHQNi2Q/join Buy the worksheets: https://ko-fi.com/justintimeworlds/shop/worldbuildingforms My website: https://www.mariemullany.com/books Chapters 0:00 A Tourist's Guide 2:18 The City Gate 6:15 Local Laws & Customs 8:47 Just In Time Worldbuilding Membership 9:42 Trade & Customs 12:56 Safety & Security Referenced Videos: Cultural Norms: https://youtu.be/3_1ZXmG7h40 Sumptuary Laws: https://youtu.be/_QWjLo7Q4dA Build City Economies: https://youtu.be/32XtNxehV2Y City Cores: https://youtu.be/59EwVemECvc #worldbuilding #fantasy #fantasyworldbuilding #towns #authortube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    20 min
  • Adventurer Guilds Can Work In Fantasy Worldbuilding

    Adventurer Guilds Can Work In Fantasy Worldbuilding
    Aug 1 2026
    In this episode of Worldbuilding Blueprints Season 2, we'll discuss how to create an adventurer guild that feels like a natural part of your world and contributes to your plot and culture! Buy Worldbuilding Blueprints: https://www.mariemullany.com/category/worldbuilding-blueprints Join the Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxvBH0EkwuHsQ9ryHHQNi2Q/join Buy the worksheets: https://ko-fi.com/justintimeworlds/shop/worldbuildingforms My website: https://www.mariemullany.com/books Chapters 0:00 Historical Adventure Guilds? 2:00 Businessmen of War 6:21 Worldbuilding Blueprints 7:27 The Radical Infantry 11:38 Reality Check 14:05 Your Adventurer Guild #worldbuilding #fantasy #fantasyworldbuilding #towns #authortube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    21 min
  • Forget The Magic School, Let's Talk Universities!

    Forget The Magic School, Let's Talk Universities!
    Jul 4 2026
    In this episode of Worldbuilding Blueprints Season 2, we'll discus the development of city education, specifically at the university level. Check out Blood and Bloom on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/starvingwriterstudio/blood-and-bloom-in-las-vegas-award-winning-urban-fantasy?ref=5zcm27 Buy Worldbuilding Blueprints: https://www.mariemullany.com/category/worldbuilding-blueprints Join the Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxvBH0EkwuHsQ9ryHHQNi2Q/join Buy the worksheets: https://ko-fi.com/justintimeworlds/shop/worldbuildingforms My website: https://www.mariemullany.com/books Chapters 0:00 Schools are Cool 1:10 Historical Context 11:13 Three Models for Academies 26:31 Even More Worldbuilding 27:46 Fantasy Academies 35:16 Your Academy #worldbuilding #fantasy #fantasyworldbuilding #towns #authortube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    43 min
  • History Has Already Solved Your Thieves Guild Problem!

    History Has Already Solved Your Thieves Guild Problem!
    Jun 7 2026
    In this episode of Worldbuilding Blueprints Season 2, we'll discus the development of city crime and specifically the organizations that form around it. Check out Blood and Bloom on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/starvingwriterstudio/blood-and-bloom-in-las-vegas-award-winning-urban-fantasy?ref=5zcm27 Buy Worldbuilding Blueprints: https://www.mariemullany.com/category/worldbuilding-blueprints Join the Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxvBH0EkwuHsQ9ryHHQNi2Q/join Buy the worksheets: https://ko-fi.com/justintimeworlds/shop/worldbuildingforms My website: https://www.mariemullany.com/books Chapters 0:00 Why a Thieves Guild? 1:23 Historical Context 20:10 Blood and Bloom in Las Vegas 21:37 Narrative Function of a Thieves' Guild 33:05 Your Thieves Guild #worldbuilding #fantasy #fantasyworldbuilding #towns #authortube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    40 min
  • Are You Using Guilds Wrong In Your Fantasy City?

    Are You Using Guilds Wrong In Your Fantasy City?
    May 2 2026
    In this episode of Worldbuilding Blueprints Season 2, we'll discus trade organizations including guilds, mercantile organizations, banks, and even labor! Buy Worldbuilding Blueprints: https://www.mariemullany.com/category/worldbuilding-blueprints Join the Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxvBH0EkwuHsQ9ryHHQNi2Q/join Buy the worksheets: https://ko-fi.com/justintimeworlds/shop/worldbuildingforms My website: https://www.mariemullany.com/books Chapters 0:00 Guilds Are Used Wrong 1:31 Trade Organization Types 6:22 Get More Worldbuilding 7:50 Business Organizations 14:39 Logistics Organizations 22:21 Labor Organizations #worldbuilding #fantasy #fantasyworldbuilding #towns #authortube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    37 min
  • Beyond Symbols: Using Sociology to World Build Realistic Factions

    Beyond Symbols: Using Sociology to World Build Realistic Factions
    Apr 4 2026
    In this episode of Worldbuilding Blueprints Season 2, we'll discus the development of factions, their lore and lifecycle, using the ESA (Energy, Stability, Area) Model and taking into consideration the laws of niche competition and the iron law of oligarchy. Buy Worldbuilding Blueprints: https://www.mariemullany.com/category/worldbuilding-blueprints Join the Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxvBH0EkwuHsQ9ryHHQNi2Q/join Buy the worksheets: https://ko-fi.com/justintimeworlds/shop/worldbuildingforms My website: https://www.mariemullany.com/books Chapters 0:00 Build Living Factions 1:13 Anatomy of a Faction 6:25 Why Factions Exist 11:06 Worldbuilding Blueprints Is Cool 12:35 Why Factions End 18:25 Examples of Power #worldbuilding #fantasy #fantasyworldbuilding #towns #authortube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    35 min
  • Yes, You Can Have Historically Accurate City Guards!

    Yes, You Can Have Historically Accurate City Guards!
    Mar 7 2026
    Send a text In this episode of Worldbuilding Blueprints Season 2, we'll discus the development of city security and specifically a city guard force. Newsletter: https://www.mariemullany.com/newsletter My website: World Building | Marie Mullany WritingMy Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Marie-Mullany/author/B099QJMV6CJoin the YouTube Channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxvBH0EkwuHsQ9ryHHQNi2Q/joinBuy the Worksheets: https://ko-fi.com/justintimeworlds/shop/worldbuildingforms Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    33 min