Brom Art Spotlight

Gerald Brom inspired Timothy Brown and Troy Denning, to create the Dark Sun setting, with his incredible artwork. I wanted to post some of my favorite Dark Sun paintings done by Brom. These paintings always help me get into the Dark Sun mood.

According to Troy Denning, in an interview with the Bone, Stone, and Obsidian Podcast, this painting was the first to inspire the Dark Sun setting.

Interview with Robert Adducci, founder of The Burnt World of Athas

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Robert Adducci, the founder of The Burnt World of Athas. Robert is a well known figure among Dark Sun fandom. He, together with Wayne Chang, hosts a Dark Sun podcast, appropriately named Bone, Stone, and Obsidian and runs a Dark Sun game for his Patreon members.

The first question I had for Robert is perhaps the same I would have for any fan, "There are a lot of settings for D&D, what got you interested in the Dark Sun setting?"

Walter Baas

Walter Baas attended the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and began writing for TSR and authored numerous works, including The Complete Gladiator's Handbook and City State of Tyr. In addition, he wrote numerous tournaments for Gen Con, Winter Fantasy Con, TactiCon and Genghis Con. Walter was also the first official TSR RPG Representative for Colorado.

Mr. Baas was a contributing member of the journalistic community for over twenty five years as a writer, producer, and photojournalist. His working experience included: WCBS, CBS Morning News, Evening News with Dan Rather, ABC News, and Nightline. Walter was co-creator for the multi-award winning PBS series "Spirit of Colorado". Walter Baas received ten Emmys from over thirty nominations, along with forty two other prestigious peer-judged awards for writing and producing.
Mr. Baas passed away earlier this month. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends in their time of loss.

James Albert Smith Jr (1968-2019)

James Albert Smith Jr was the mind behind the Dreams of Mythic Fantasy blog, which I read monthly. Unfortunately, he passed away on April 10, 2019. I didn't know him personally, but I enjoyed reading his OSR (Old School Roleplay) blog. Fifty short years is not long enough for this world.
James' obituary.
His family and the gaming community are asking for help to pay his funeral expenses, if you can, please skip your morning cup of joe, or afternoon soda, and toss a couple bucks their way.