Dungeons & Dragons

Flightless Bird

David Farrier

Society & Culture, Documentary, Comedy

4.9 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s Flightless Bird, David meets Phil - a man who’s been playing the same Dungeons and Dragons campaign since D&D was first released in 1974. Phil explains what’s so important about the game, and the friends he’s made and lessons learnt along the way. David then talks to the team behind D&D, to discus how the game has transcended generations and continues to grow in relevance after 50+ years! Support Flightless Bird on Patreon: www.patreon.com/flightlessbird Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/flightlessbirdpod Email us your feedback: flightlessbirdchat@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi Dave.
0:06.0	Hi, Hayden, my little tasty smashburger.
0:09.5	Ah.
0:10.7	Happy New Year.
0:12.1	Happy New Year.
0:13.3	Uh, yeah.
0:14.1	Oh, no, happy New Year to you.
0:15.8	Happy 26.
0:17.0	It's looking like it's going to be a real good one.
0:19.2	Everything so far in America is just fine.
0:22.0	It's good.
0:22.9	There's nothing wrong.
0:24.3	Yeah, I've heard that I've been, because I was a little bit worried before, but now it seems real chill and sweet.
0:31.9	There's nothing to worry about.
0:33.3	Good.
0:33.8	Look, a hard-hitting topic on Flightless Bird today, it occurred to me that Dungeons and Dragons, the famous role-playing game, is 100% American.
0:44.0	And so I'm going to do a deep dive into D&D.
0:46.0	I'm wondering if my little nerdy friend Hayden D'Nell grew up with D&D in New Zealander if we didn't make it over.
0:53.1	Yeah, we do have D&D in New Zealand, but I didn't personally play D&D.
0:59.6	I think that I had interactions with a whole bunch of spin-offs of it.
1:03.7	Now, some of your listeners might remember an awesome board game named Hero Quest,
1:08.2	which is kind of D&D adjacent.
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