Shelly Mazzanoble and Greg Tito speak to Monica Valentinelli, a prolific creative writer with heavy involvement in all forms of D&D from adventure writing to running and playing games with new players. In Lore You Should Know – Matt Sernett and Chris Perkins jump into the Yawning Portal.
Shelly Mazzanoble and Greg Tito talk with an old friend of Dragon Talk, Mr. Jeff Greiner from second longest running D&D podcast: The Tome Show! In Lore You Should Know, Chris Perkins and Matt Sernett go over holidays and the calendar in the Forgotten Realms. Happy Holidays! We're taking a few weeks off but Dragon Talk will return in 2017!
Special guest David Eddings from Gearbox Software calls in and talks (a lot) about how he got way into D&D late in life, how he recorded the voice of an iconic character from Borderlands, and how he spoke about his cousin the fantasy author with George R. R. Martin. Before that, Lore You Should Know jumps into a pivotal moment in the Forgotten Realms with Matt Sernett and Chris Perkins – the Sundering!
We hear from some of the folks (DM Reid and Kelsey who plays Brenna) behind the awesome Sneak Attack Podcast, a live play but slightly edited D&D audio adventure. The return of Lore You Should Know! – Matt Sernett and Chris Perkins join Greg Tito to discuss the positive and negative planes in D&D cosmology.
D&D is all about creativity and David Reid from MetaArcade (@pokethulhu) talks about a product he's bringing to mobile and PC to help burgeoning D&D players write their own simple adventures for their friends to enjoy. Sage Advice - Jeremy Crawford (@jeremyecrawford) sheds some light on how the Lucky feat interacts with advantage and disadvantage rolls.
On this special Thanksgiving Day episode, we are proud to present a previously unknown part of D&D history – a pilot for a D&D radio show created in 1982 by TSR. Archivist Jon Peterson uncovered this recording and allowed us to present it in full, with plenty of commentary from Greg Tito and Shelly Mazzanoble.
Our friends from L.A., Satine Phoenix and Ruty Rutenberg call in to talk about starting a D&D live stream, playing Eberron in fifth edition and where to get good elf ears, not necessarily in order. We also introduce a new segment called Sage Advice with Jeremy Crawford, lead rules developer for D&D, to clarify rules that affect Armor Class like barkskin and cover.
Veteran author, Matt Forbeck, calls in to chat about his long history with D&D and what you can find in Dungeonology, an introduction to adventuring in the Forgotten Realms. Lore You Should Know – Goblins are crazy little jerks, but Matt Sernett and Chris Perkins talk about they sometimes work together with hobgoblins and bugbears.
The D&D team has honed the process of making books like Volo's Guide to Monsters down to a science and Jeremy Crawford and Emi Tanji are a big part of the reason why. Greg Tito and Shelly Mazzanoble get them to open up about what you can find in that book in this episode's interview. Lore You Should Know – Orcs are pretty cool in Volo's Guide to Monsters, says Matt Sernett and Chris Perkins.
Rock musician Ben Kweller has been a fan of D&D for a long time and we spoke with him about what it's like to play with his crew while on tour, and getting his kids into the game. Lore You Should Know – Chris Perkins explains what makes gnolls special in Volo's Guide to Monsters.
The author of the Legend of Drizzt Do'Urden finishes up the Homecoming series with Hero due out on October 25th, and R.A. Salvatore calls in to speak with Shelly Mazzanoble (@shellymoo) and Greg Tito (@gregtito) about the book. Lore You Should Know – Chris Perkins dishes about one of his favorite enemies appearing in Volo's Guide to Monsters, the yuan-ti. (No, thank you.)
The Decemberists are big fans of gaming and D&D, and they asked Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) of Eberron fame to design a game based on their album, The Hazards of Love. Shelly Mazzanoble (@shellymoo) and Greg Tito (@gregtito) asked guitarist Chris Funk (@MRCHRISFUNK) about that process and how the band unwinds playing games on the road. Chris Perkins gives some insight on Mindflayers in Lore You Should Know.
Erin M. Evans (@erinmevans) calls Trevor Kidd (@the_trevor_kidd) and Greg Tito (@gregtito) to chat about what it's like writing the conclusion to the Brimstone Angels saga. Chris Perkins goes over the Shadwfell in Lore You Should Know.
Kobold-in-Chief Wolfgang Baur (@monkeyking) drops by the D&D offices again to show off a copy of Tome of Beasts from Kobold Press to Shelly (@shellymoo) and Greg Tito (@gregtito). Lore You Should Know – Chris and Matt discuss the relationship between Volo and Elminster.
Shelly Mazzanoble (@shellymoo) and Greg Tito (@gregtito) speak with a special guest Ben Cameron on his experiences running D&D for kids' events, as well as games for adults, all within the same shard universe created by his crazy imagination. Lore You Should Know – Chris Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnd) and Matt Sernett (@sernett) discuss the Feywild!
Recorded June 2016. Two of the cast members of Critical Role come on to chat about what it's like playing twin characters for more than three years, while in Lore You Should Know, Chris Perkins and Matt Sernett jump into discussing an elusive group in the Forgotten Realms called the Kraken Society.
A new D&D show emerges from FunHaus in L.A., and we speak to Dungeon Master Dan Schneider and player Elyse Willems about the crazy shenanigans on Twits & Crits. In LYSK, we delve into the final faction, the Emerald Enclave, and talk about what a new group is doing during Storm King's Thunder.
Shelly Mazzanoble and Greg Tito pick Chris Perkins' brain about how he writes such epic adventures like Storm King's Thunder, and what to expect in the book that will be available everywhere on September 6th. Lore You Should Know - Matt and Chris move on from last week's segment to discuss Waterdeep, City of Splendors.
The latest module for Neverwinter is out and it's a doozie. Thomas Foss, the new (old) lead designer of Neverwinter comes on Dragon Talk to talk about the three new zones, characters you'll meet and playing Chainmail in 80s. An apt Lore You Should Know segment has Perkins and Sernett discussing the history of the city of Neverwinter.
Caleb Gillombardo and Michael Ross from the RPG Academy podcast stop in to talk about Michael's Gen Con experience and their D&D origin stories. Lore You Should Know - Matt and Chris delve into the Zhentarim and the Order of the Gauntlet factions and what they are doing with Storm King's Thunder.
Binwin Bronzebottom himself, Scott Kurtz of PVP and Acquisitions Incorporated fame, calls in to Dragon Talk to chat about what's happening at PAX West 2016 with Acquisitions Incorporated appearing in movie theaters across the U.S on September 4th. Check out Fathom.com to buy tickets! Lore You Should Know - Matt and Chris discuss the Harpers and the Lords Alliance factions in Storm King's Thunder.
Stefan Pokorny, founder and chief sculptor of Dwarven Forge miniature scenery, calls in from Brooklyn along with the director of a new documentary, Josh Bishop. Shelly Mazzanoble and Greg Tito discuss Stefan's love of D&D and what it was like to work with Josh to create documentary, The Dwarvenaut. Lore You Should Know – Matt Sernett (@sernett) and Chris Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) tell us all about stone and hill giants.
Friend of the show, Ethan Gilsdorf, drops in to chat about his recent TEDx talk that shows the good that D&D can do for kids and adults. Lore You Should Know – Matt Sernett (@sernett) and Chris Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) elaborate on a magic item with a long history in D&D, the Ring of Winter.
Taking his character from Critical Role and previous gameplay, Orion Acaba talks about creating an audio narrative series called Draconian Knights centered around a family of dragonborn heroes. Lore You Should Know - Matt and Chris stop by to elucidate on what makes frost and fire giants unique.
The new head of Wizards of the Coast, Chris Cocks, comes to talk to Greg Tito and Shelly Mazzanoble about his gaming history and where he thinks D&D will go from here. In Lore You Should Know, Chris Perkins and Matt Sernett jump into discussing the lore behind storm giants and their closest brethren in the ordning, the cloud giants.
Ed Greenwood, Father of the Realms, graces us with his presence to discuss his newest novel, Death Masks, and why it's important to limit the powers of Elminster when you're telling a murder mystery. Before that, Lore You Should Know discusses the giant gods and their role in Storm King's Thunder.
After we learn about the background of Force Grey from Adam Lee and Matt Sernett in a new segment called Lore You Should Know, Greg Tito delves deep into the design and development of the new board game, Tyrants of the Underdark, published by Gale Force 9 and designed by Peter Lee, Rodney Thompson, and Andrew Veen.
We speak to a very special Dungeon Master, Robert Warbaugh, about his D&D campaign that's been running 2 sessions per week for 34 years. Jason Hashimoto provides the player's perspective to Warbaugh's campaign.
Tim Lanning and Micheal DiMauro from Dragons & Drunks call in to talk about their liveplay podcast that's super strong on story and silliness.
Screenwriters John August (Big Fish) and Craig Mazin (The Hangover Part II) from the Script Notes podcast come on to talk about their D&D group full of film and TV writers.
