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Slashdot's Rob Rozeboom Interviews D&D Designer Mike Mearls (video)

Posted by Roblimo on from the my-imaginary-friend-is-a-giant-lizard-that-breathes-fire dept.

Mike Mearls is the Senior Manager for the Dungeons and Dragons Design Team. He's been with D&D publishers Wizards of the Coast (a subsidiary of Hasbro) since 2005, Before that he was a free-lance game writer and designer. In this conversation with Slashdot editor Rob "samzenpus" Rozeboom, he talks about changes in the latest version of D&D and how the company interacts with players. (We'll have some more chat with Mike next week, different wizard time, same wizard channel, so stay tuned.)

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