This Week: William W. Connors + Masque of the Red Death
A brand new interview this week!
Hi, friends! It’s been a little while since I did an interview—since my chat with Alex Kammer, back in March, in fact—but this week we’ll have the first of several interviews I’ve been trying to line up for a while. In this case, for Episode 77 I’ll be sitting down and chatting with award-winning game designer, author, and digital artist, William W. Connors.
Bill was a member of the original Ravenloft campaign team, designer of the Masque of the Red Death Victorian horror setting, and creator of the Dragonlance Fifth Age/SAGA System. In more recent years, his artwork has appeared on the covers of several novels and role-playing games. He also was my “onboarder” when I came to TSR and my cube neighbor for as long as I was in Lake Geneva … plus he’s as avid a baseball fan as I’ve ever met (and a fan of the Pittsburgh Pirates, which I know will be a bonus for all the Yinzers in my audience).
While we chat, I’ll begin work on a cartoon homage to Robh Ruppel’s cover painting for the Ravenloft: Masque of the Red Death boxed set.
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