036 - Disability Mechanics & Hand-making Dice with Anna of D&D Disability & Three Fates Dice

Roll Play Grow: A TTRPG Business Podcast

Anna Holden is the founder of D&D Disability, a company she began to help bring disability awareness to D&D. She works with a team of consultants to create supplements to allow players to bring disabilities into the world of D&D. I actually had the privilege of working with her on a supplement for POTS, which stands for Postural Orthostatic Tacychardia Syndrome, and it was honestly a really cool experience to think of my own chronic illness in a fun way and translate it to D&D mechanics. We dive into Anna’s processes for writing and creating these supplements, as well as the journey D&D Disability has taken over the last year. Anna is also a talented dice maker and is able to use these dice to support herself full time. We also get to have a fun discussion about how she’s been able to grow this dice business in conjunction with D&D Disability and while managing her own disabilities, which really is a full-time job in itself. Anna is making some extraordinary strides in bringing more visibility to disabilities, and it was an honor to bring this interview to you.
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1. Introduction & Updates (00:00:00)

2. Anna Introduction (00:03:08)

3. Introduction to D&D Disability (00:04:45)

4. Process for developing mechanics for various disabilities (00:07:34)

5. Anna's Writing Journey (00:09:35)

6. Balancing disability inspired mechanics (00:15:47)

7. Showing representation through items, NPCs, & adventure design (00:20:32)

8. All about Three Fates Dice & making dice (00:31:35)

9. Decision process to go full-time into dice making (00:40:48)

10. What has been the most challenging part? (00:42:16)

11. What has been the most rewarding part? (00:44:37)

12. Upcoming projects (00:46:32)

13. Where can people find you? (00:48:00)

14. Wrap-up (00:48:48)