Samm Spearman (she/they) is a tabletop RPG performer and screenwriter who’s a sucker for telling stories of romance, grief, found family and evolving into one’s true self through friendship and community. Their passion is creating and telling diverse stories in various forms of media with all types of creators but especially BIMPOC storytellers, writers and performers. Dan Dillon is a game designer for the D&D Studio. He discovered D&D at 8 years old when a family friend cleared out a bookshelf and gifted Dan some roleplaying game books, and he’s never looked back. A lifelong player and DM, Dan started professionally designing game material in 2013, and freelanced for various companies until he was hired by Wizards in 2019. He quested across the country to Seattle, and when he’s not writing for or playing D&D, he enjoys video games and movies, hiking forest trails, and exploring tabletop roleplaying games of all varieties.
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!