#90 - Fan Prompts! Slippery Cities & The Eldritch Elderly
May 15, 202545mEp. 90S8
It's time to close out Season 8, at long last! Join us as we tackle fan-submitted wordbuilding prompts, provided by listeners like you :D
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Hosted by Merle and Dante · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 95 episodes
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Two people across the ocean talk worldbuilding and storytelling!"The possibilities are truly infinite within the worlds built by one's imagination. Two very easily distracted people ponder on the impact and art form of worldbuilding in every medium of creativity, from TV to tabletop games. From New York to the Netherlands, every week we a new topic to the transatlantic table, and afterwards round out the episode with an improvised worldbuilding prompt."The Hosts:- Merle https://merlefindhammer.com- Dante https://youtube.com/@WintryRPGContact us at: yourriversarewrong@gmail.com
Merle and Dante hosts Your Rivers Are Wrong, a arts show with 95 episodes published.
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