Dragon Talk: Violet Fermin and Mike Olson, How To DM with Connie Chang

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