We've got so much ground to cover in this week's opening D&D news segment! Greg & Shelly discuss D&D Live 2021, D&D Celebration, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos and much more! Afterwards we welcome the DM of Transplanar RPG, Connie Chang for another edition of How To DM! In this week's edition we cover how to create villains with complex motivations and backstories. For our special interview this week, we talk with two seasoned veterans in the RPG landscape as well as consultants for a D&D featured episode of Young Sheldon, Violet Fermin and Mike Olson! Dragon Talk is executively produced by Greg Tito, Shelly Mazzanoble & Wizards of The Coast. Show production by Lisa Carr & Ryan Marth of Siren Sound. Podcast recording, editing, mixing and mastering by Ryan Marth & Siren Sound.
Here's your guide to when each segment begins:
D&D News with Greg Tito and Shelly Mazzanoble - 0:00
How To DM - 11:09
Interview - 47:14
Outro - 1:40:34
Greg Tito Twitter - twitter.com/gregtito
Shelly Mazzanoble Twitter - twitter.com/shellymoo
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight - https://gtly.to/S3nc7l9xk
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos - https://gtly.to/Hl2IDym2L
D&D Live 2021 - https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/news/dndlive2021_announce
D&D Celebration - https://dndcelebration.com
Dragon Talk Live 300th Episode Celebration - www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL-uNpW6h0s
D&D Monopoly - https://theop.games/products/game/monopoly-dungeons-dragons
Dark Alliance - https://darkalliance.wizards.com/en
Van Richten's Guide To Ravenloft - https://gtly.to/F6WZQivTz
D&D Newsletter - dnd.wizards.com/newsletter
Dragon+ - https://dnd.wizards.com/content/dragon
D&D Official Discord - https://discord.com/invite/dnd
D&D Virtual Play Weekends - https://dnd.wizards.com/virtual_play_weekends
Connie Chang Twitter - twitter.com/byConnieChang
Violet Fermin Twitter - twitter.com/viviolay
Transplanar RPG Twitter - twitter.com/TransplanarRPG
Fantasy Grounds Twitter - twitter.com/fantasygrounds2
Mike Olson Twitter - twitter.com/delvin
Dragon Talk Show Page - https://dnd.wizards.com/dragon-talk/podcast-hub
Siren Sound - www.sirensound.co
Welcome to Dragon Talk, the official D&D podcast. Hosts Shelly Mazzanoble and Greg Tito interview guests from the Dungeons & Dragons community on how they got started playing the world’s greatest roleplaying game, what creative endeavors D&D has inspired, and what tips they might have playing characters or weaving stories as the Dungeon Master. Check out Greg and Shelly’s book, Welcome to Dragon Talk, available everywhere now!