Steve Arnott

So with your claim to fame and your insider knowledge of Dominic Monaghan, what do you know about Billy Boyd's upcoming character for the Crickle Roll show?

So with your claim to fame and your insider knowledge of Dominic Monaghan, what do you know about Billy Boyd's upcoming character for the Crickle Roll show?

Jess, seriously, what's the point of having a co-host who's distantly related to Dominic Monaghan if you're not going to have this information?

Jess, seriously, what's the point of having a co-host who's distantly related to Dominic Monaghan if you're not going to have this information?

Oh, like a behind-the-scenes sort of thing. Yeah, like a TV version of a director's cut or something.

Oh, like a behind-the-scenes sort of thing. Yeah, like a TV version of a director's cut or something.

It is incredibly different, yeah.

It is incredibly different, yeah.

Yeah, Candela's not got very many points of comparison. Yeah.

Yeah, Candela's not got very many points of comparison. Yeah.

I played a video game that has an ability like that. It was in Divinity. In Divinity, there's a spell that you can use that lets you stand in blood and soak it up and use it to revive and make your damage all stronger. It's very nice. It's a really good one.

I played a video game that has an ability like that. It was in Divinity. In Divinity, there's a spell that you can use that lets you stand in blood and soak it up and use it to revive and make your damage all stronger. It's very nice. It's a really good one.

I think it's more that you're absorbing the life force of the blood rather than the blood being... The blood itself? Yeah, the end itself.

I think it's more that you're absorbing the life force of the blood rather than the blood being... The blood itself? Yeah, the end itself.

Yes, exactly. As a Venn diagram of TTRPGs, cosplay, and romance, my book kind of sits in the middle.

Yes, exactly. As a Venn diagram of TTRPGs, cosplay, and romance, my book kind of sits in the middle.

The center of all three of those that I know of, yes, there are other romance books that sit in the middle of the Venn diagram between TTRPGs and romance. And I can talk about some of those if we want. But my book is called You've Got Chain Mail. It came out last month, so August 2024.

The center of all three of those that I know of, yes, there are other romance books that sit in the middle of the Venn diagram between TTRPGs and romance. And I can talk about some of those if we want. But my book is called You've Got Chain Mail. It came out last month, so August 2024.

And yeah, it's about a group of friends that are playing D&D together and two of them fall in love because it's a romance novel, so that's not a spoiler. Mm-hmm. And yeah, it's definitely born of my own love for TTRPGs. And it's through the lens of someone who's a slightly newer player. So gives a touch point to the romance reader audience that may not be as familiar with it.

And yeah, it's about a group of friends that are playing D&D together and two of them fall in love because it's a romance novel, so that's not a spoiler. Mm-hmm. And yeah, it's definitely born of my own love for TTRPGs. And it's through the lens of someone who's a slightly newer player. So gives a touch point to the romance reader audience that may not be as familiar with it.