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Hello and welcome to episode 170 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

Today on the show we'll be discussing the history of Dungeons and Dragons,

and I'm joined by two guests.

So first up we've got David Ewald. He's a contributing editor at Forbes magazine

and he blogs about games and technology for Forbes.com. He's also written for

New York magazine and the Wall Street Journal and he's appeared as a guest on NPR, CNN, and MSNBC.

His first book, Of Dice and Men, the Story of Dungeons and Dragons and The People

who Play It, was chosen by Amazon.com as one of the best books of 2013.

So David, welcome to the show.

Thank you for having me.

And also joining us today is Michael Whitworth.

He's a film and theater actor and marketing professional,

and also the brother of actor Sam Whitwer, who first introduced him to Dungeons and Dragons.

He holds degrees from Northwestern University and the University of Chicago, where he wrote his master's thesis on Dungeons and Dragons.

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