Your Rivers Are Wrong

Merle and Dante
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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/@WintryRPG Contact us at: yourriversarewrong@gmail.com

  1. 05/15/2025

    #90 - Fan Prompts! Slippery Cities & The Eldritch Elderly

    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

    46 min

  2. 04/17/2025

    #89 - Storytelling in a World of Green! ft. The Wildsea

    How would you adapt to a world drowned in endless greenery? Today we tackle the challenge of navigating the realm of "The Wildsea", a setting where travel is nigh impossible except for the most innovative of explorers. Prompt: Travel gets dangerous! How do you protect what matters most?

    54 min

  3. 04/02/2025

    #88 - Decay, & The Little Guy Problem

    Time is a slow and deadly killer, and the world changes even as no one is looking. Today we talk through the impact of decay on stories and settings, and why the untold stories of long-since-lost artifacts are so "steeped with stuff" to be curious about. Today's Prompt: Explorers find a rotted locale, and a single curiosity that surely isn't the problem. New social media home on Bluesky! Find us at @YRAW https://bsky.app/profile/yraw.bsky.social

    43 min

  4. 02/03/2025

    #87 - Ability Scores, & Other Game Design Ramblings

    A blur of an episode as we talk about designing games with intent, and how "ability scores" play a role in that - how do game designers convey themes and genre through the mechanical aspects of their game? Prompt: What if everyone had their highest ability score floating above their head?

    41 min

  5. 01/12/2025

    #86 - The Good Kind of Sad, & The Wedding Crash

    Tragedy is a tale as old as time. How do we write melancholy in a satisfying and meaningful way? How far can we push tragedy before we lose the favor of the reader or audience? In this episode, we discuss what makes sadness "good" and how to use it to enhance our storytelling. Prompt: Start and end a (sad) story with the same sentence.

    49 min

  6. 12/16/2024

    #85 - Fan Prompts! Camp Crusades & Critter Unions

    One of the more unhinged episodes of ours, surely - welcome back to fan prompts, where we take your one-sentence ideas and improv with them off the deep end!

    52 min

  7. 11/24/2024

    #84 - Death Games, & The Cost of The Fight

    Twenty contestant, one prize, and a brutal path to victory - sound familiar? The thrill and horror of a well-written "death game" resonates in a morbidly exciting way. Why are we intrigued with these type of plotlines, and what themes does it distort? What is unique about this plotline that ultimately always leads to revolution? Prompt: Create your own death game!

    38 min

  8. 10/27/2024

    #83 - Immortality, & The Color of Life

    We've got a sleepy episode today about immortality! We're specifically focusing on the perspective of a timeless being in a world that relentless move forward without them - what values do they hold, how do they carry themselves, and how do they view their fleeting compatriots? All this and more on today's episode of Your Rivers Are Wrong c: Prompt: An immortal is no longer. Describe their first day.

    44 min
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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/@WintryRPG Contact us at: yourriversarewrong@gmail.com

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  • Creator
    Merle and Dante
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    95
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Merle and Dante
  • Show Website
    Your Rivers Are Wrong