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Welcome to Dragon Talk

By: Shelly Mazzanoble, Greg Tito
Narrated by: Greg Tito, Shelly Mazzanoble
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If it seems like everyone you know is playing Dungeons & Dragons, it's because they are! After nearly five decades, the iconic roleplaying game is more popular than ever. Famous Hollywood actors and directors, therapists, educators, politicians, kids, parents, and grandparents all count themselves as fans. In Welcome to Dragon Talk, hosts of the official D&D podcast Shelly Mazzanoble and Greg Tito and their surprising guests show how this beloved pastime has amassed a diverse, tight-knit following of players who defy stereotypes.

Shelly and Greg recount some of their most inspiring interviews and illuminate how their guests use the core tenets of the game in everyday life. An A-list actor defends D&D by baring his soul (and his muscles) on social media. A teacher in a disadvantaged district in Houston creates a D&D club that motivates students to want to read and think analytically. A writer and live-streamer demonstrates how D&D-inspired communication breaks barriers and empowers people of color. Listeners will see why Dungeons & Dragons has remained such a pop culture phenomenon and how it has given this disparate and growing community the inspiration to flourish and spread some in-game magic into the real world.

©2022 Shelly Mazzanoble and Greg Tito (P)2022 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
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Heartwarming

This book features a brief history of Dungeons and Dragons and focuses heavily on the social issues of the hobby and the expansion of the hobby to become more inclusive for marginalized groups. The Authors/Narrators have done an excellent job of presenting the facts and essays from said marginalized groups and those of celebrities who have made the hobby unique and more visible and valuable to everyone.

Thank you both for doing such a great job, I look forward to the future of the show and any other projects you two are producing.

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Love Greg Tito

Although I don’t listen to Dragon Talk I do play D&D and did my first major campaign by watching Greg play Out of the Abyss on YouTube.

This is a collection of essays by him and Shelly - who I’m not familiar with but seems okay. I really liked listening to him talk about his experience with the game over time.

Narration was a little shaky compared to normal book narrators but it didn’t detract from anything and I had a great time.

I look forward to the second volume which they’ve promised (in my headcanon).

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