Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Dungeons and Dragons

podcast in today's episode we speak with Mike Merles who is of course no

stranger to the podcast about the release of the fifth edition core

rulebooks. So without further ado, welcome Mike Merles to the D&D Podcast.

Yay!

Thanks for having me back on.

Yeah, well you've you passed the test.

We invited you.

You got the second invitation.

It's very hard to get a second invitation to this podcast.

Cool. excellent.

So I say of course that you're no stranger, Mike,

had been the host of the podcast for a very long time

until this pesky little thing called the development

of Fifth Edition tended to impact your schedule.

Just a bit.

But for those who might not have been as familiar with you, who are you?

What is your role at Wizards of the Coast?

So I am the senior manager for the R&D team working on Dungeons and Dragons.

So in essence, you can think of my role

as setting the strategic direction

for the Dungeons and Dragons gaming side of things,

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