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April 20, 2021 41 mins

In this episode, I come face-to-face with a fear I haven't felt since high school: role-play. After a semi-tragic high school experience, I'm afraid of playing pretend with others, and as a result Dungeons and Dragons may be my hardest challenge yet. But that won't keep me from finding out why 13 million people worldwide are obsessed with this game!

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Thank you to all my guests and contributors!

  • Kate for all of her loads of help and time!
  • Seth for being an amazing DM!
  • Jake for joining our party
  • Caoimhe for telling me about Livvy and helping me build Spyro 
  • My mom, Cindy, for helping with background research
  • My wife, April, for being on
  • My brother, Jake, for transition music and for helping with background research research: https://www.instagram.com/jakeolivermusic/
  • Xalma M. for artwork design

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