Draft:Louis Prosperi

Louis Prosperi
Louis Prosperi
Nationality	American
Occupation	Game designer

Louis J. Prosperi is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.

Career[edit]

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.^[1]

Prosperi, with Greg Gorden and Christopher Kubasik, designed the Earthdawn roleplaying game, which was published in 1993 by FASA.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] 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.^[6]

His Dungeons & Dragons design work includes Treasures of Greyhawk (1992) and Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium Appendix: Terrors of the Desert (1992).

References[edit]

^ Appelcline, Shannon (2014). Adamus, John (ed.). Designers & Dragons: The 80s. Silver Spring, Maryland: Evil Hat Productions. pp. 205. ISBN 978-1-61317-081-6. Retrieved 2023-11-07 – via Internet Archive.
^ Tringham, Neal Roger (2015). Science Fiction Video Games. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-4822-0389-9. Retrieved 2023-11-07 – via Google Books.
^ Swan, Rick (October 1996). "Role-Playing Reviews: High-powered campaigns". Dragon. Vol. 21, no. 5 #234. p. 111. Retrieved 2023-11-07 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Shadowrun". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. 2015-04-02. Archived from the original on 2023-11-07. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
^ Varney, Allen (January 1994). "Role-playing reviews". Dragon. Vol. 28, no. 7 #201. p. 64. Retrieved 2023-11-07 – via Internet Archive.
^ Appelcline, Shannon (2014). Adamus, John (ed.). Designers & Dragons: The 80s. Silver Spring, Maryland: Evil Hat Productions. pp. 81. ISBN 978-1-61317-081-6. Retrieved 2023-11-07 – via Internet Archive.

External links[edit]

"Louis Prosperi :: Pen & Paper RPG Database". Archived from the original on February 19, 2005.
Louis Prosperi at RPGGeek

[1] Appelcline, Shannon (2014). Adamus, John (ed.). Designers & Dragons: The 80s. Silver Spring, Maryland: Evil Hat Productions. pp. 205. ISBN 978-1-61317-081-6. Retrieved 2023-11-07 – via Internet Archive.

[2] Tringham, Neal Roger (2015). Science Fiction Video Games. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-4822-0389-9. Retrieved 2023-11-07 – via Google Books.

[3] Swan, Rick (October 1996). "Role-Playing Reviews: High-powered campaigns". Dragon. Vol. 21, no. 5 #234. p. 111. Retrieved 2023-11-07 – via Internet Archive.

[4] "Shadowrun". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. 2015-04-02. Archived from the original on 2023-11-07. Retrieved 2023-11-07.

[5] Varney, Allen (January 1994). "Role-playing reviews". Dragon. Vol. 28, no. 7 #201. p. 64. Retrieved 2023-11-07 – via Internet Archive.

[6] Appelcline, Shannon (2014). Adamus, John (ed.). Designers & Dragons: The 80s. Silver Spring, Maryland: Evil Hat Productions. pp. 81. ISBN 978-1-61317-081-6. Retrieved 2023-11-07 – via Internet Archive.

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