Thirty Minute Worlds

'Showbiz Kids'

What if plays performed in front of an audience of fairies had the power to shape your entire life? Though Zach is the Lad on this one, this is probably the most Belvin setting of all time--so much so that he will be taken off the next several episodes to allow the creative ecosystem to balance out.

Prompts: Marriage. Kabuki. Copy.

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'Doom Runner'

Chessman's in charge which means it's time to get weird. Using the Lore Lad's seldom used VIBE POWER, Chessman stipulates that this setting should have no people in it. In this one, a cognizant and not even really humanoid being travels through the end of every world to observe its destruction and pick up mementos. Belvin's little-known Katamari Damacy obsession rears its head here.

Prompt Words: Tie. Runner. Dissolve.

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'At The Table of The Baron"

SEASON THREE ARRIVES, and with it many formatting changes. With Walter as the lad, the guys conjure up a setting about a magical table owned by a scheming Baron--a table that allows him to see the secrets of all who dine there. Can he be stopped, or will his rapacious greed and animal cunning plunge the Twin Cities into peril? Soul-stealing, vigilantes, and intrigue play heavily into a setting that's definitely not at all derivative of The Scarlet Pimpernel. 

Prompt words: Table. Surveillance. Manor.

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Season 2 Finale (part 2): 'Bloodsplort'

This episode was delayed due to a protest of the final results that caused a month’s worth of legal arguing and court disputes.

Which world will the lads revisit? Which ones will be eliminated tragically? Will one of Chessman’s riffs finally land? 

Find out now—and see you next year in Season 3!

Season 2 Finale (part 1): 'Cricketworld'

The gang load up their guns and prepare to put some bullets in the heads of this latest season's least satisfactory worlds. Tune in next week for the main event of Season 2, when we decide which world will win the honor of an in-depth revisit next season. The remaining settings will be buried in a shallow grave, never to be seen or heard from again. 

If there's a world you're fond of and you don't hear it mentioned on here, don't worry. They're in the running for the finalist spot, and we wanted to keep our opinions on some of them until the actual finale.

Prompt words: No. 

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"Do Golems Dream of Concrete Caffeine?"

After secretly promising not to make a setting that's any good before the season finale, the guys immediately break that promise and design a concrete megacity patrolled by rebellious golems. Learn more about the DC-area train system than you ever wanted to know.

Prompt words: Caffeine. Concrete. Plague.

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"Juno Listens to Jupiter's Auroras", "Musical tones from Juno Waves Perijove 4 pass", and "Juno Crosses Jupiter's Magnetopause" by The University of Iowa are licensed under CC BY 3.0.

'Bayou Bailiffs'

Belvin swerves the setting toward familiar, swampy ground as he whips the world of Lura, a place where the truest art--gambling--is used to resolve all legal disputes.

Prompt words: Card. Bayou. Court.

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"Juno Listens to Jupiter's Auroras", "Musical tones from Juno Waves Perijove 4 pass", and "Juno Crosses Jupiter's Magnetopause" by The University of Iowa are licensed under CC BY 3.0.

'Hyperborea'

At last--long last--all is revealed, and the children of Abaris shall walk into the heavens. Global warming, the biblical flood, the miniature Ice Age, the presence of aliens on planet Earth, and the extinction of the dinosaurs are all explained plainly and logically through the writings of the Old Master, Herodotus.

Prompt words: Doctor. Smoke. Yummy.

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GREEN LEAVES is from Jason Shaw's album 'Audionautix: Acoustic'. You can find it and other music licensed under Creative Commons at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jason_Shaw

‘Celebrity Dump Spectacular‘

Belvin returns from the hospital to lead the crew. In this world, a galactic empire loves its celebrities; that is until they say something unpatriotic, at which they and all their branded merchandise are canceled and unceremoniously dumped on Trash Planet.

Prompt words: Idol. Dump. Flag.

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GREEN LEAVES is from Jason Shaw's album 'Audionautix: Acoustic'. You can find it and other music licensed under Creative Commons at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jason_Shaw

'The Benevolent Sun'

LATE EPISODE AHOY! With Belvin tragically dead in a car accident, the remainder of the crew tearfully construct a world in his memory. When a cataclysmic event pretty much severs the connection between the human world and the plane of fire, an enterprising group of djinn devise a creative and exciting solution to the our world's woes.

Prompt words: Fire. Bureaucracy. Numbers.

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Our amazing artist is Chelle Torre--follow her on twitter @jovialparadox