Dragon Talk #374 - Samm Spearman, Meet Your Monsters on Draconians

99 min • 21 december 2022

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. For general inquiries or show messages, please email [email protected] 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:

Show open with Greg Tito and Shelly Mazzanoble - 0:00

Meet Your Monsters - 5:53

Interview - 32:32

Outro - 1:28:45

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Shelly Mazzanoble Twitter - twitter.com/shellymoo

Samm Spearman Twitter - twitter.com/lusttforlifeex

Dan Dillon Twitter - twitter.com/Dan_Dillon_1

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