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<blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 9288320" data-attributes="member: 3285"><p>This is the latest in a series of interviews of our EN World Columnists. In this installment I interview our Adventurers League beat reporter, <a href="https://www.enworld.org/members/raddu.25791/" target="_blank">Robert Adducci</a>!</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]351475[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong>Michael Tresca (MT): Tell us a little about who you are and what you do.</strong></p><p><strong>Robert Adducci (RA): </strong>I'm Robert Adducci, I'm a longtime gamer, having started gaming in 1989 with the Mentzer Red Box. From there we quickly moved to AD&D 2e and I embraced the new Dark Sun world in 1991. I've loved the setting ever since going so far as to starting a website called The Burnt World of Athas in 1997. In 2000 this site was chosen as the "official" Dark Sun site on the web, and it is still around at <a href="http://athas.org/" target="_blank">Athas.org</a> with constant updates. In 2010 I wrote a Dark Sun adventure for the organized play campaign Ashes of Athas and that started my involvement in the industry. Since then I've done marketing and game design from numerous companies including Wizards of the Coast, Paizo, Schwalb Entertainment, Modiphius, Kobold Press, Ulisses Spiele, and more (see <a href="https://rpggeek.com/rpgdesigner/51365/robert-adducci" target="_blank">RPG Geek for my full list of content</a>). I'm also an admin on the big <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/DnD5th" target="_blank">D&D 5e group on Facebook</a> (180k+), the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/DarkSunFans" target="_blank">Dark Sun Facebook Group</a> (12k+), and the <a href="https://bit.ly/DarkSunDiscord" target="_blank">Dark Sun discord</a>. Currently I work as a freelance designer and marketing pro in the industry with AAW Games, Norse Foundry, ENWorld (<a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/d-d-adventurers-league-moves-and-welcomes-international-premier-organizer.702994/" target="_blank">D&D Adventurers League column)</a> and others. I've also been a pro-GM for the past 8 years running Dark Sun (3 games currently), Planescape, Eberron, Forgotten Realms, Vampire, Shadow of the Demon Lord and more games <a href="https://startplaying.games/gm/robert-adducci" target="_blank">via Startplaying.games</a>.and <a href="https://www.fantasygrounds.com/" target="_blank">Fantasy Grounds</a>. I also do a podcast along with Jesse Heinig about Dark Sun called <a href="https://cast.athas.org/podcasts/bso" target="_blank">Bone, Stone, & Obsidian</a>. It's a more or less monthly podcast where we interview designers, fans, and just talk about Dark Sun topics over all editions of D&D.</p><p></p><p><strong>MT: What's next for your column?</strong></p><p><strong>RA: </strong>For my D&D Adventurers League Column in addition to keeping up on the latest news I want to do a retrospective on the first 7 seasons. I worked for Wizards of the Coast as one of the 6 admins of the D&D AL during that time and think I have some unique perspectives on events for those that weren't there or were not involved in the community.</p><p></p><p><strong>MT: Are there any interviews or product reviews you're looking forward to covering?</strong></p><p><strong>RA: </strong>There are so many new D&D AL products that it's impossible to keep up on but I'm eager to see what the new D&D AL International Premier Organization, the Greasy Snitches creates as well as Baldman Games and GameholeCon.</p><p></p><p><strong>MT: What games are you planning to play this year?</strong></p><p><strong>RA: </strong>I plan on playing a lot of Dark Sun of course, I run 2 twice a month games and one weekly game online as well as a weekly in-person home game. I also want to play a bunch of Shadow of the Weird Wizard and maybe sneak in a game or two of Vampire.</p><p></p><p><strong>MT: If your work is published anywhere else, where can we find you?</strong></p><p><strong>RA: </strong>The best place to find me is in the various Dark Sun communities. You can find me on Athas.org. You can see my other work at my design page <a href="https://rpggeek.com/rpgdesigner/51365/robert-adducci" target="_blank">on RPG Geek. </a>I also have a <a href="https://www.patreon.com/RobertAdducci" target="_blank">Patreon </a>where I've been creating a Dark Sun like world called the Feral Expanse.There I've been posting content for the #Lore24 project which is a piece of content every day.</p><p></p><p><strong>MT: What is your relevant social media and where can fans follow you?</strong></p><p><strong>RA: </strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Discord: [USER=25791]@Raddu[/USER]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dark Sun Discord: <a href="https://bit.ly/DarkSunDiscord" target="_blank">Join the Dark Sun Discord Server!</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mastadon: @<a href="mailto:Raddu@tabletop.social">Raddu@tabletop.social</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Facebook Dark Sun Group: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/DarkSunFans" target="_blank">Log into Facebook</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bluesky: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/raddu.bsky.social" target="_blank">Robert Adducci (@raddu.bsky.social)</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Big D&D 5e Facebook Group (which I admin): <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/DnD5th" target="_blank">Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition | Facebook</a></li> </ul><p><strong>MT: Anything else you'd like to add?</strong></p><p><strong>RA: </strong>I hope people that are interested in a 5e desert post apocalyptic fantasy setting check out my Feral Expanse work. Here's the introduction which you can find for free on my Patreon with the <a href="https://www.patreon.com/collection/321866" target="_blank">#Lore24 tag</a>:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="talien, post: 9288320, member: 3285"] This is the latest in a series of interviews of our EN World Columnists. In this installment I interview our Adventurers League beat reporter, [URL='https://www.enworld.org/members/raddu.25791/']Robert Adducci[/URL]! [CENTER][ATTACH type="full"]351475[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [B]Michael Tresca (MT): Tell us a little about who you are and what you do. Robert Adducci (RA): [/B]I'm Robert Adducci, I'm a longtime gamer, having started gaming in 1989 with the Mentzer Red Box. From there we quickly moved to AD&D 2e and I embraced the new Dark Sun world in 1991. I've loved the setting ever since going so far as to starting a website called The Burnt World of Athas in 1997. In 2000 this site was chosen as the "official" Dark Sun site on the web, and it is still around at [URL='http://athas.org/']Athas.org[/URL] with constant updates. In 2010 I wrote a Dark Sun adventure for the organized play campaign Ashes of Athas and that started my involvement in the industry. Since then I've done marketing and game design from numerous companies including Wizards of the Coast, Paizo, Schwalb Entertainment, Modiphius, Kobold Press, Ulisses Spiele, and more (see [URL='https://rpggeek.com/rpgdesigner/51365/robert-adducci']RPG Geek for my full list of content[/URL]). I'm also an admin on the big [URL='https://www.facebook.com/groups/DnD5th']D&D 5e group on Facebook[/URL] (180k+), the [URL='https://www.facebook.com/groups/DarkSunFans']Dark Sun Facebook Group[/URL] (12k+), and the [URL='https://bit.ly/DarkSunDiscord']Dark Sun discord[/URL]. Currently I work as a freelance designer and marketing pro in the industry with AAW Games, Norse Foundry, ENWorld ([URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/d-d-adventurers-league-moves-and-welcomes-international-premier-organizer.702994/']D&D Adventurers League column)[/URL] and others. I've also been a pro-GM for the past 8 years running Dark Sun (3 games currently), Planescape, Eberron, Forgotten Realms, Vampire, Shadow of the Demon Lord and more games [URL='https://startplaying.games/gm/robert-adducci']via Startplaying.games[/URL].and [URL='https://www.fantasygrounds.com/']Fantasy Grounds[/URL]. I also do a podcast along with Jesse Heinig about Dark Sun called [URL='https://cast.athas.org/podcasts/bso']Bone, Stone, & Obsidian[/URL]. It's a more or less monthly podcast where we interview designers, fans, and just talk about Dark Sun topics over all editions of D&D. [B]MT: What's next for your column? RA: [/B]For my D&D Adventurers League Column in addition to keeping up on the latest news I want to do a retrospective on the first 7 seasons. I worked for Wizards of the Coast as one of the 6 admins of the D&D AL during that time and think I have some unique perspectives on events for those that weren't there or were not involved in the community. [B]MT: Are there any interviews or product reviews you're looking forward to covering? RA: [/B]There are so many new D&D AL products that it's impossible to keep up on but I'm eager to see what the new D&D AL International Premier Organization, the Greasy Snitches creates as well as Baldman Games and GameholeCon. [B]MT: What games are you planning to play this year? RA: [/B]I plan on playing a lot of Dark Sun of course, I run 2 twice a month games and one weekly game online as well as a weekly in-person home game. I also want to play a bunch of Shadow of the Weird Wizard and maybe sneak in a game or two of Vampire. [B]MT: If your work is published anywhere else, where can we find you? RA: [/B]The best place to find me is in the various Dark Sun communities. You can find me on Athas.org. You can see my other work at my design page [URL='https://rpggeek.com/rpgdesigner/51365/robert-adducci']on RPG Geek. [/URL]I also have a [URL='https://www.patreon.com/RobertAdducci']Patreon [/URL]where I've been creating a Dark Sun like world called the Feral Expanse.There I've been posting content for the #Lore24 project which is a piece of content every day. [B]MT: What is your relevant social media and where can fans follow you? RA: [/B] [LIST] [*]Discord: [USER=25791]@Raddu[/USER] [*]Dark Sun Discord: [URL="https://bit.ly/DarkSunDiscord"]Join the Dark Sun Discord Server![/URL] [*]Mastadon: @[email]Raddu@tabletop.social[/email] [*]Facebook Dark Sun Group: [URL="https://www.facebook.com/groups/DarkSunFans"]Log into Facebook[/URL] [*]Bluesky: [URL="https://bsky.app/profile/raddu.bsky.social"]Robert Adducci (@raddu.bsky.social)[/URL] [*]Big D&D 5e Facebook Group (which I admin): [URL="https://www.facebook.com/groups/DnD5th"]Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition | Facebook[/URL] [/LIST] [B]MT: Anything else you'd like to add? RA: [/B]I hope people that are interested in a 5e desert post apocalyptic fantasy setting check out my Feral Expanse work. Here's the introduction which you can find for free on my Patreon with the [URL='https://www.patreon.com/collection/321866']#Lore24 tag[/URL]: [/QUOTE]
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