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This past weekend thousands of people flooded the Javits Center in New York for New York Comic Con. There were panels, cosplay, gaming and much much more.

I was fortunate enough to head out there and while I was there I met up with famed author R.A. Salvatore (who was on the final leg of his book tour). He was a busy man with two panels, and a signing all in the same day he was heading home!

He agreed to sit down with me and answer some questions I gathered from our very own community. Here is the interview:

Mike – Bob let me start by saying “Thank You” for taking this time to answer some questions from our Community. But I have ask, how is your con experience?

RA – I’ve only been here a little while, but it’s pretty wild. I think this

Greetings all! This weekend I'll be heading out to New York Comic Con! First off let me say that I'm VERY excited to be back in New York. I was there once on accident (it's a true story, I'll tell you one day)'

I arrive on Thursday (10/13) and leave on Sunday (10/16). Here is my schedule for while I'm in town.

Friday 10/14

2:45pm - 3:30pm: Interview with R.A. Salvatore - I'll be sitting down and asking YOUR quesions! Got a question about Drizzt, Neverwinter, or anything else you want R.A. to answer? Well ask them here and I'll use them during my interview!

4:00pm - 5:00pm: Neverwinter Panel - I'll be live tweeting the Neverwinter Panel! Come by and hear R.A. Salvatore talk about Drizzt and his new adventures in Neverwinter!

5:30pm - 6:30pm: Neverwinter Signing -

Community Manager Michael Robles walks you through the latest Essentials Tile Set!

Dungeon Tiles Master Set: The Wilderness is scheduled for release on December 21st 2010 at MSRP $19.99

When all else fails, go with what you know

--Unknown

• My Background: Check
• My Background about working at Disneyland: Check
• My intro to Gamma World & Preparation: Check

I was set. I had my copy of Gamma World (that I used my skillz to acquire super early); just after PAX I would start up my game. I would set it in an apocalyptic Disneyland and it would be AWESOME. Everyone would want to have a guest spot in my game. What could go wrong?

I reached out to some friends that had varied experience in D&D. One player had been playing for years, others had just started, and one had never played at all.

We sat around my kitchen table and I read some things about Gamma World and they began to roll some characters. During the creation I helped those along who needed it. I explained some things about

"When all else fails, go with what you know"

Ok. You've read about me (and my introduction to 4e). You've read about how I've worked at Disneyland. NOW! Now we get into combining the two!

A little while after getting hired on here at WotC I walked over to Trevor's desk and he was busy rolling up a character.

Mike: What you doing?

Trevor: Rolling up a new Gamma World character, my character died again.

Mike: Oh ____! I've heard about that game! I want in.

Trevor: I'll see what I can do.

I waited... and waited... then one day, my email chimes and I see a meeting invite

Gamma World Resumes! 12:00pm - 2:00pm

I sat there in total enjoyment. I was SO READY for Gamma World. Turns out, I was so NOT READY for Gamma World. Greg Bilsland had a great blog post about the game I was in. Even if due to

I SWEAR I'll get to Gamma World soon! I promise!

I grew up just outside of Los Angeles. Everywhere was about a 1/2 hour from where I was. Except Disneyland. Even though I was just a few cities away, it always felt like a lifetime to get there.

Both my parents worked a lot and so when we got to go to Disneyland, it was always a huge deal. We'd get there right when it opened, and wouldn't leave until it was closed. Back in the 80's the park closed at 2am on some weeknights. My parents tried for a family trip to Disneyland about once every year, maybe that's why it always felt like it took forever to get there.

Flash Forward to my teenage years. As I got older I realized things were not as far as they seem. I soon learned that Disneyland was "just over the hill" or "just down Harbor" & this

"My past, made me who I am today."

-My Wife

A Little Background about Me:

Or: How my wife got me the job at Wizards of the Coast

I had stopped playing Magic: The Gathering right around Homelands, then briefly got back into it during Kamigawa & Mirrodin Blocks.

In my high school years I had "dabbled" in some White Wolf stuff and still have my Book of Nod somewhere at my parent’s house.

Up until around 2008 I was familiar enough with D&D to be able to fake my way through an improv scene, but if you sat me down to play it, I'd have a little trouble at 1st, but then would be able to catch up rather quickly. I had plenty of friends that were playing 3.5, and had seen plenty of parodies, spoofs, and other online sketches about D&D. Pretty sure I had the gist of it.

My (then girlfriend, now