Re: In which Chad thanks those who probably will never read this.
Aww, sentimental and cool! (They're not in fact mutually exclusive. Just don't tell my GF I said so...)
Thanks to Bill A. for being my best friend and co-creator of various worlds for what were probably the best years of my youth, even though I didn't think so at the time. My only real regret is that I wasn't a better friend when I could have been.
Thanks to Deena D., a lady of rare and special magics, just for being herself. Same regret as above. (Ain't hindsight just a B**CH??)
Thanks to the three Ricks... Rick D., Rick B. and Rick W. for being the beginning of it all. Damn you guys... how much $$$ have I lost over the years by having this overdeveloped gamers imagination that I spend so much idle time indulging??
Thanks to the inimitable Duffy... you taught me that one has always the choice to greet any situation with a sense of humor and a smile.
Thanks to Ramone M. Dude, you were a friggin' dork, and I'm sure you still are, but don't ever change! (But I will still never forgive you for losing my original copy of Deities & Demigods that contained the Melnibonean and Cthulu mythos. )
Thanks to Liz E. You were seriously under appreciated, but I still have fond memories.
Special thanks: E. Gary Gygax. You may have been a pompous old blowhard, but you largely fathered a sharing of dreams and universes in a way I might even label beautiful.
Special No Thanks: Donald. For your sake, I truly hope you got a life.