Hello duet-ing friends, and welcome to Druidry & Lore, a D&D Duet podcast that centers around fantasy, folklore, and adventure! My name is Beth Ball, and I’m a fantasy author and game designer and one of the two writers behind D&D Duet, a site that specializes in adventures and advice for creating a whole world just for two! My husband Jonathan and I started D&D Duet to help people just like you play 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons with a friend, romantic partner, or family member. And now we’re adding a podcast to our collection of blog posts, YouTube videos, streams, and, of course, adventures! But this podcast isn’t just about how to play D&D one-on-one. I wanted to go deeper. D&D has opened up so many opportunities for me. Quite honestly, it’s helped me to realize my dream of becoming a novelist, it’s deepened my relationship with my best friend and husband, it gives me an outlet every week for fun and creativity, and it’s introduced me to an amazing community of thoughtful, caring people just like you! When I boil it down, one-on-one, or duet D&D, is a combination of druidry and lore to me: a celebration of the magic of the earth and the potentiality of the natural world all around us, an embrace of the power of storytelling, and a way of weaving together new stories of legendary adventures. I am so excited to embark on this next phase of the D&D Duet journey, and I hope that you’ll be adventuring along with me! Let’s get started!