Draft:Louis Prosperi
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Louis J. Prosperi is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.
Career
As a staff member for Mayfair Games, Louis Prosperi worked with David Ladyman and Jeff Leason on the original development of the Chill (1990) role-playing game, and worked with Troy Denning on the second edition.{{cite book |last=Appelcline |first=Shannon |editor-last=Adamus |editor-first=John |date=2014 |title=Designers & Dragons: The 80s |url=https://archive.org/details/designers-dragons-the-80s/Designers%20%26%20Dragons%20-%20The%2080s/ |location=Silver Spring, Maryland |publisher=Evil Hat Productions |via=Internet Archive |pages=[https://archive.org/details/designers-dragons-the-80s/Designers%20%26%20Dragons%20-%20The%2080s/page/205/ 205] |isbn=978-1-61317-081-6 |accessdate=2023-11-07 }}
Prosperi, with Greg Gorden and Christopher Kubasik, designed the Earthdawn roleplaying game, which was published in 1993 by FASA.{{cite book |last=Tringham |first=Neal Roger |date=2015 |title=Science Fiction Video Games |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QH3SBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA192 |location=Boca Raton, Florida |publisher=CRC Press |via=Google Books |page=192 |isbn=978-1-4822-0389-9 |accessdate=2023-11-07 }}{{cite magazine |last=Swan |first=Rick |date=October 1996 |title=Role-Playing Reviews: High-powered campaigns |url=https://archive.org/details/DragonMagazine260_201801/DragonMagazine234/page/n112/ |magazine=Dragon |via=Internet Archive |volume=21 |number=5 #234 |page=111 |accessdate=2023-11-07 }}{{cite web |date=2015-04-02 |title=Shadowrun |url=https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/shadowrun |publisher=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction |accessdate=2023-11-07 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107082917/https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/shadowrun |archivedate=2023-11-07 }}{{cite magazine |last=Varney |first=Allen |date=January 1994 |title=Role-playing reviews |url=https://archive.org/details/DragonMagazine260_201801/DragonMagazine201/page/n65/ |magazine=Dragon |via=Internet Archive |volume=28 |number=7 #201 |page=64 |accessdate=2023-11-07 }} Prosperi continued to work as the line developer for Earthdawn and was the primary contributor to the line until he was laid off in June 1998.{{cite book |last=Appelcline |first=Shannon |editor-last=Adamus |editor-first=John |date=2014 |title=Designers & Dragons: The 80s |url=https://archive.org/details/designers-dragons-the-80s/Designers%20%26%20Dragons%20-%20The%2080s/ |location=Silver Spring, Maryland |publisher=Evil Hat Productions |via=Internet Archive |pages=[https://archive.org/details/designers-dragons-the-80s/Designers%20%26%20Dragons%20-%20The%2080s/page/81/ 81] |isbn=978-1-61317-081-6 |accessdate=2023-11-07 }}
His design work for Dungeons & Dragons includes Treasures of Greyhawk (1992) and the Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium Appendix: Terrors of the Desert (1992).
References
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External links
- {{cite web|url=http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=1214 |archive-date=February 19, 2005 |title=Louis Prosperi :: Pen & Paper RPG Database|url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050219194336/http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=1214}}
- [https://rpggeek.com/rpgdesigner/14198/louis-j-prosperi Louis Prosperi] at RPGGeek
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