We've got so much ground to cover in this week's opening D&D news segment! Greg & Shelly discuss D&D Live 2021, D&D Celebration, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos and much more! Afterwards we welcome the DM of Transplanar RPG, Connie Chang for another edition of How To DM! In this week's edition we cover how to create villains with complex motivations and backstories. For our special interview this week, we talk with two seasoned veterans in the RPG landscape as well as consultants for a D&D featured episode of Young Sheldon, Violet Fermin and Mike Olson! 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: D&D News with Greg Tito and Shelly Mazzanoble - 0:00 How To DM - 11:09 Interview - 47:14 Outro - 1:40:34 Greg Tito Twitter - twitter.com/gregtito Shelly Mazzanoble Twitter - twitter.com/shellymoo The Wild Beyond the Witchlight - https://gtly.to/S3nc7l9xk Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos - https://gtly.to/Hl2IDym2L D&D Live 2021 - https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/news/dndlive2021_announce D&D Celebration - https://dndcelebration.com Dragon Talk Live 300th Episode Celebration - www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL-uNpW6h0s D&D Monopoly - https://theop.games/products/game/monopoly-dungeons-dragons Dark Alliance - https://darkalliance.wizards.com/en Van Richten's Guide To Ravenloft - https://gtly.to/F6WZQivTz D&D Newsletter - dnd.wizards.com/newsletter Dragon+ - https://dnd.wizards.com/content/dragon D&D Official Discord - https://discord.com/invite/dnd D&D Virtual Play Weekends - https://dnd.wizards.com/virtual_play_weekends Connie Chang Twitter - twitter.com/byConnieChang Violet Fermin Twitter - twitter.com/viviolay Transplanar RPG Twitter - twitter.com/TransplanarRPG Fantasy Grounds Twitter - twitter.com/fantasygrounds2 Mike Olson Twitter - twitter.com/delvin Dragon Talk Show Page - https://dnd.wizards.com/dragon-talk/podcast-hub Siren Sound - www.sirensound.co