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Dragon Talk - An Official Dungeons & Dragons Podcast

Ivan Van Norman & Caleb Cleveland on ABCs & 123s of D&D

Dragon Talk - An Official Dungeons & Dragons Podcast

Dungeons & Dragons

Hobbies, Leisure, Play, Video Games, Tabletop Games, D&d, Fantasy, Interviews, Celebrities, Dungeons & Dragons, Games

4.4861 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2018

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Summary

We at Dragon Talk believe the children are our future. We plan to teach them well and let them lead the way by reading them the amazing children's books – The ABCs of D&D and The 123s of D&D – out everywhere now. Author Ivan Van Norman & illustrator Caleb Cleveland join hosts Greg Tito & Shelly Mazzanoble for a fun interview detailing their experiences introducing D&D to their kids, what the challenges were putting the books together and important parenting advice by Shelly. Lore You Should Know – Ari Levitch talk about two guilds in Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica – the Orzhov Syndicate and shady House Dimir. Here's a guide to when each segment on the podcast begins: 00:00: Intro with Greg Tito & Shelly Mazzanoble 13:55: Lore You Should Know with Ari Levitch 47:20: Interview with Ivan Van Norman & Caleb Cleveland 1:39:55: Outro with Greg Tito & Shelly Mazzanoble

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0:00.0

Welcome to Dragon Tuck!

0:11.0

I wanted to go up and down just to make you laugh.

0:15.0

Didn't work.

0:16.0

Totally didn't laugh though.

0:18.0

That was coughing.

0:19.0

Choked on my spit.

0:20.0

You know whatever you do you should say don't laugh.

0:22.0

That's terrible advice nobody would do that.

0:26.1

Is this foreshadowing? It is foreshadowing for what's to come. Oh Dragon Talk listeners you're in for a good one.

0:33.3

We have a really good interview.

0:35.5

We spoke to Ivan Van Norman, who many of you have listened to on this podcast before.

0:40.8

A friend of the show by now.

0:42.2

Friend of the show. I think he's made it. Absolutely. He's of the show. Friend of the show?

0:43.0

I think he's made it.

0:44.0

Absolutely.

0:45.0

He's high-fievable as most of our cap star, but he's amazing.

0:49.8

And he wrote a children's book or two children's books and they were illustrated by

0:55.4

Caleb Cleveland who also joins us for this interview. Very talented young man.

0:59.6

Yes exactly. Wow you were really channeling a, you know, Joan Cusac there a little bit.

1:07.0

Well, because I was going to yawn and I swallow my yarn.

1:12.0

Very charming.

1:13.0

Your name.

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