The Story Engine Blog

Solarpunk Your Fantasy
Guest blog by Brandon Crilly Solarpunk is still a fringe genre, with a body of work that will hopefully get unpacked in depth when I’m older and grayer. It gained...
Solarpunk Your Fantasy
Guest blog by Brandon Crilly Solarpunk is still a fringe genre, with a body of work that will hopefully get unpacked in depth when I’m older and grayer. It gained...

What Is Worldbuilding and Why You Need It
Guest blog by Héctor González Have you ever experienced a work of fiction so delicious, that by the end you only wondered how it felt so enjoyable and wanted to know...
What Is Worldbuilding and Why You Need It
Guest blog by Héctor González Have you ever experienced a work of fiction so delicious, that by the end you only wondered how it felt so enjoyable and wanted to know...

Kids Say (and Write) the Darnedest Things: How ...
Guest blog by Christine Hanolsy Anyone who has kids can tell you that they really put a crimp in your writing routine. Homework, flute lessons, soccer practice, and just basic childcare—it...
Kids Say (and Write) the Darnedest Things: How ...
Guest blog by Christine Hanolsy Anyone who has kids can tell you that they really put a crimp in your writing routine. Homework, flute lessons, soccer practice, and just basic childcare—it...

The Story Engine: Deck of Worlds Now LIVE on Ki...
I'm thrilled to announced that the standalone sequel to The Story Engine Deck has just launched on Kickstarter! Deck of Worlds helps you build lore-rich micro-settings in minutes and assemble them...
The Story Engine: Deck of Worlds Now LIVE on Ki...
I'm thrilled to announced that the standalone sequel to The Story Engine Deck has just launched on Kickstarter! Deck of Worlds helps you build lore-rich micro-settings in minutes and assemble them...

Confessions of a Procrastinator: How to Sit Dow...
Guest blog by Tommaso De Benetti, the head of The World Anvil Publishing and the new Broken Tales RPG Kickstarter. I am a terrible writer. Not in the sense that what I write is...
Confessions of a Procrastinator: How to Sit Dow...
Guest blog by Tommaso De Benetti, the head of The World Anvil Publishing and the new Broken Tales RPG Kickstarter. I am a terrible writer. Not in the sense that what I write is...

How (and Why) to Add Un-Random Encounters to Yo...
Whether you're a D&D player or a Dungeon Master, we've all been there: the party is camping between towns, or exploring a story sidepath, and the DM pulls out a...
How (and Why) to Add Un-Random Encounters to Yo...
Whether you're a D&D player or a Dungeon Master, we've all been there: the party is camping between towns, or exploring a story sidepath, and the DM pulls out a...