1.2 Acknowledgements

First, the playtesters so far. Andy, Arthur, Brandon, David, Filip, Hans, Jacek, Jake, Jana, Jason, Joel, John A., John H., Lesley, Lori, Lukas, Nick, Ogre, Ryan, Skull and Willem: Your dedication and input is highly appreciated.

Here’s a shout-out to some people without whom this game would not exist, or at least not in this form. I can’t possibly list everyone, and my memory is about as reliable as the performance of the Portland Trailblazers, so please don’t start throwing rocks if I missed you.

Lisa Griffen, whose love and support mean everything to me.

Ryan Macklin, whose enthusiastic attempts at playing a Final Fantasy game using our previous game, Beast Hunters, launched my thoughts on making Anima Prime.

Ben Lehman, whose conversations with Jake and I about alternative cat-eared anime Beast Hunters also gave me a kick to get this going. Also for being a design pioneer with incredible vision.

Jake Richmond, for the above-mentioned conversations and for all he’s doing for the Portland indie games scene, including hosting our local Go Play SE Portland events and pushing the Gamestorm Indie Hurricane forward.

Colin Cummins and Matthew Gagan, for looking at an early draft of the game and being the kinds of players that motivate me to make games.

Lukas Myhan, for reviewing this beta version, pointing out ways to make it better, and being an overall fountain of awesomeness.

Travis Brown, for setting up www.goplaypdx.com and working hard to build and promote our local community, including Indie Hurricane.

Ron Edwards, whose thoughts on roleplaying as an activity were just as influential on me as his nailing-down of great techniques. Many of the techniques in this game were inspired by or stolen from the ones he lays out in Sorcerer and its supplements.

Chris Chinn, for his insightful writings on flags and conflict webs.

Clinton R. Nixon, for inspiring me to do this the Creative Commons way with his extraordinary game, The Shadow of Yesterday. Also for the Forge (www.indie-rpgs.com), with Ron.

Andy Kitkowski, for founding and moderating the most positive and inspiring gaming community on the internet that I’ve found, www.story-games.com.

I’m sure there are plenty more, especially all the players who are supportive of and enthusiastic about Beast Hunters, Anima Prime, and other stuff that springs from the labyrinthine depths of our minds. Thanks to you all!