A Creator’s Guide to Writing and Worldbuilding

April 2020: Building Character

May 2020: Rolling with the Punches

June 2020: Going to the Source

July 2020: Filling in the Gaps

August 2020: Showing Your Work

September 2020: History as a Source Pt 1

October 2020: History as a Source Pt 2

November 2020: History as a Source Pt 3

April 2021: Writing a Series

May 2021: Ordering a Society Pt 1

June 2021: Ordering a Society Pt 2

July 2021: Ordering a Society Pt 3

August 2021: Ordering a Society Pt 4

September 2021: Characterisation and Worldbuilding

October 2021: Ordering a Society Pt 5

November 2021: On Maps and Mapmaking

December 2021: Ordering a Society Pt 6

January 2022: Ordering a Society Pt 6a

February 2022: Ordering a Society Pt 6b

March 2022: Ordering a Society Pt 7

April 2022: Ordering a Society Pt 8

May 2022: Ordering a Society Pt 8B

June 2022: Ordering a Society -Settings and Storytelling

July 2022: Ordering a Society Pt 8C

August 2022: Introducing Your Setting

September 2022: Writing the Fighting

October 2022: Drawing the Battle Lines Pt 1

November 2022: Drawing the Battle Lines Pt 2

December 2022: A Brief History of Battle (and how to write it)

January 2023: The Anatomy of an Antagonist

March 2023: Introducing Your Antagonist

April 2023: The Changing Face of the Adversary

May 2023: Lords of Infinity – A Post-Mortem

June 2023: Work Ethic and Self-Care

July 2023: Antagonists Who Aren’t

August 2023: The Heroic Antagonist

September 2023: Die, Villain!

October 2023: Subplots Within Plots

November 2023: Modelling Scale

December 2023: The Measure of an Empire

January 2024: Sizing an Army Pt 1

February 2024: Sizing an Army Pt 2

March 2024: Addendum – The Sizes of some Historical Armies

April 2024: Indirect Wars

May 2024: On Insurgencies

June 2024: Scale-Modeling a City

July 2024: Narrative Design – Stats

August 2024: Narrative Design – Information Transparency

September 2024: Narrative Design – Choices

October 2024: Fighting in the Shadows

November 2024: Writing Downtime

December 2024: Using Genre Conventions

January 2025: Gameplay Design – Difficulty

February 2025: Let’s Make a Game!

March 2025: Shadow of the Eagles – Sources and Influences

April 2025: Shadow of the Eagles – Design Pillars

May 2025: Shadow of the Eagles – Outlines

June 2025: Shadow of the Eagles – Q&A

July 2025: Shadow of the Eagles – Character Creation

August 2025: Shadow of the Eagles – Advancement and Promotion

September 2025: Shadow of the Eagles – Battle Events

October 2025: Shadow of the Eagles – Campaign Events

November 2025: Genre Conventions, and How to Use Them

December 2025: Shadow of the Eagles – Development Plan