This very special episode I'm joined by Greg Tito and Shelly Mazzanoble, hosts and producers of the official Dungeons & Dragons podcast: Dragon Talk! They take us through how recording their podcast and writing their new book, Welcome to Dragon Talk, has shaped their D&D experience and shown them all the wonderful ways we interact as a community! 03:16 - D&D Community Archetypes 15:18 - Surprising Applications 25:08 - Complex Systems 32:39 - Lowering the Barrier to Entry 47:38 - Online Communities Find Greg and Shelly on: Greg's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gregtito Shelly's Twitter: https://twitter.com/shellymoo Dragon Talk podcast: https://dnd.wizards.com/podcasts/dragon-talk Welcome to Dragon Talk book: https://uipress.uiowa.edu/books/welcome-dragon-talk Find Thinking Critically online: https://www.thinkingcritically.co.uk References: Lucas Zellers: https://scintilla.studio/ 'Monster' episode of Thinking Critically 'Extinction' episode of Thinking Critically Patrons: Joe from The Fourth Leg @jcd0818: https://anchor.fm/james-h-anderson Optional Rule @optionalrule: https://www.optionalrule.com/ Matthew Perkins @mperkinsDM: https://www.matthewperkins.net/ Matt Street @mpstreet88: https://www.virtualtimehustle.com/ Intro Music: 'Local Forecast' by Kevin MacLeod Intermission Music: 'Chill' by Kevin MacLeod Outro Music: 'Local Forecast - Elevator' by Kevin MacLeod