Dragon Talk - An Official Dungeons & Dragons Podcast

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.

D&D Brand Director Nathan Stewart gives the inside scoop on what's up at Meltdown in the upcoming D&D Live from Meltdown event, in which we'll be announcing the newest D&D story and product line-up.

Another D&D alum, Mike Selinker, stops by to chat about his work on D&D third edition, the Betrayal at House on the Hill board game, and, more recently, the first expansion to Betrayal called Widow's Walk.

Wolfgang Baur returns to tell us some more crazy stories, sing some Hall & Oates, and talk about what Kobold Press is putting up on the DMs Guild.

Psychotherapist Dr. Raffael Boccamazzo visits the office to talk about using Dungeons & Dragons to help autistic kids learn social skills.

Yogcast folks Mark Hulmes and Kim Richards call in from across the pond in England to talk about playing their new but popular stream High Rollers.

Author Saladin Ahmed stops by to talk about how Dungeons & Dragons inspired his 2011 novel Throne of the Crescent Moon and what it's like playing with him at conventions.

Darius Kazemi and Courtney Stanton of Feel Train come on to talk about the Madame Eva Twitter bot, how bots might be used in D&D going forward and what the heck a "bot" is anyway.

Anna Prosser Robinson and Stephanie Powell, two of the cofounders of online gaming outfit Misscliks, call in to chat with us about coming to D&D late in life and their new projects.

Dungeon Masters Nadja Otikor and Jess Timmons from the Misscliks talk about what it's like to come to D&D late in life and play for a video streaming audience.

Lauren Urban came to the WOTC offices to talk with Shelly and Greg about what it's like to Dungeon Master for the Dungeons & Dragons & Drunks portion of the Glibshark podcast. We giggled a lot.

Husband and wife Kurtis Wiebe (writer of the comic Rat Queens) and Shannon Woodhouse (D20 Babe) split the party to talk about their livestream and the inspiration behind Rat Queens.

Comic book writer Jim Zub (Marvel, IDW, Image) joins us to talk about his new Dungeons & Dragons comic from IDW taking the characters from Legends of Baldur's Gate into Strahd's realm.

Executive Producer of Neverwinter, Rob Overmeyer calls in from Cryptic Studios to give us the lowdown on the upcoming expansion, The Maze Engine.

The play "She Kills Monsters" by Qui Nguyen is a weird combination of madcap comedy and heartbreaking coming-of-age drama all told inside a D&D module from the 90s. We talk to Lance Gharavi and Antoinette Martin-Hanson, the director and star of a new production at Arizona State University.

Wolfgang Baur, Kobold-in-Chief of Kobold Press, drops by the podcast to talk about his (long) history with Dungeons & Dragons, the success of the Dungeon Masters Guild and possibly rejecting Chris Perkins' first submission to Dragon Magazine in the 90s.

The DM of Godsfall Aram Vartian and puckish rogue Doug Horne join us to talk about the inspiration behind the world and how long it takes to carefully edit each episode.

Creative Director Shauna Narciso and Art Director Kate Irwin share insights on the visual look of D&D and the Curse of Strahd adventure.

RECORDED NOV. 2015. Gamer, Comedian and Writer for The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Mike Drucker has a pretty impressive resume. Hosts Trevor Kidd, Shelly Mazzanoble, and Greg Tito talk to Mike about his experience with Dungeons & Dragons, dealing with that one jerk in the party, and why he plays the most devout of clerics.

Gaming minds collide when Chris Perkins and Tracy Hickman talk about the return to Ravenloft in D&D's latest adventure, Curse of Strahd.

The Dungeon Masters Guild is live! Mike Mearls and Chris Lindsay from the D&D team talk about what it was like to bring this new marketplace for D&D material to life and why we opened up the Forgotten Realms.

Dungeon Master for The Adventure Zone podcast, Grifin McElroy, shares his D&D origin story, and professes his love of fifth edition.

Erin M. Evans, author of the Brimstone Angels saga, drops in to talk about her upcoming book, Ashes of the Tyrant, with hosts Greg Tito and Shelly Mazzanoble.

Tara Theoharis, also know as the GeekyHostess.com, takes a break from hanging out during the awesome Desert Bus fundraiser to chat with Shelly Mazzanoble and Greg Tito about great ways to entertain your gaming friends and family during the holiday season.

Rainn Wilson, who you may know as Dwight Schrute from The Office, speaks to hosts Shelly Mazzanoble and Greg Tito about his new autobiography, The Bassoon King.

Hosts Trevor Kidd and Greg Tito get on the horn with Rob Overmeyer, Executive Producer of Neverwinter at Cryptic Studios, to dish about what's happening in the Underdark.

Our intrepid hosts Greg Tito and Trevor Kidd pick the brain of stand-up comedian and TV writer, Jared Logan.

Hosts Greg Tito and Trevor Kidd speak to two of the awesome folks behind Sword Coast Legends, community manager Ash Seville and Ross Gardner, Technical Director.

Matthew Mercer, Marisha Ray, and Orion Acaba from Geek & Sundry's Critical Role call in to chat with hosts Greg Tito and Shelly Mazzanoble.

Learn how a Texas high school teacher is changing education through the power of D&D!

Canadian rocker Matthew Good has a new album coming out titled Chaotic Neutral. That piqued our interest, so we invited him on the show to talk D&D, music, and more.

In today's D&D podcast we talk to R.A. Salvatore and the Green Ronin team behind Out of the Abyss.

PAX Prime is right around the corner and we're interrupting everyone's frantic planning to chat about the highlights!

A look at the challenges of fantasy writing, and then how you can get involved in this year's D&D Extra Life charity event.

A conversation about the games developing storylines, and then teaching and playing D&D with kids!

A look at the game, including the latest psionics rules, and advice for running D&D sessions with kids!

After an overdue introduction of D&D's Greg Tito, we revisit the Neverwinter MMO and discuss the coming Strongholds expansion.

We talk to Tim Shwalk at n-Space, and then Gary Astleford leads us through earning a Girl Scout badge for tabletop RPGs!

We talk with Doug Davison from Fantasy Grounds, and then a visit from R&D Game Designers Chris Dupuis and Ben Petrisor.

We talk to veteran game designer Rich Baker about Princes of the Apocalypse. And then, a visit with Adventure Time's Pendleton Ward!

Chris Tulach and Chris Lindsay, from the OP and Brand teams, discuss the latest events taking place in the D&D Adventurer's League!