Jul 13, 2026
I had stumbled across Becca's Threads account, WomenPlayDND,
awhile back. I loved what she was doing with getting new players
into Dungeons and Dragons and breaking people out of the rule book
and getting them to the table. It was a pleasure having her join me
on the podcast to talk about this, and more!
We start things off by talking about the Romantasy book
genre. We talk about some of her early reads, and what draws her to
the Romantasy genre. Becca also talks about how characters are
portrayed, storylines, and more. I recommended previous guest,
Gabriella Buba's "Saints of Storm and Sorrow", and we even had a
non-Romantasy book mentioned that I grew up with (Redwall, by Brian
Jacques)
Then we get into, you guessed it, Dungeons and Dragons.
Becca talks about her early experiences getting into D&D, along
with what kept her from the table and enjoying the game. She talks
about how she found inspiration online, to then finding groups that
worked for her and her play style, along with characters that she
plays. We also talk about some of the past issues with D&D, the
barriers and gatekeeping of getting into the game, and how she's
worked on a system to teach others D&D and helping to make it
more accessible, founding Women Play DND.
You can find Becca at:
https://www.womenplaydnd.co/
https://www.instagram.com/womenplaydnd/
https://www.threads.com/@womenplaydnd