The Art of Game Design, 2nd Edition

Acknowledgments

This has been a long project, and so many people have been kind enough to help make it come into being, I know I am going to miss some. A complete list can be found in the acknowledgments section of http://www.artofgamedesign.com, but I mention people here who really did more than their share.

Nyra and Emma, the loves of my life, who always encouraged me, and put up with years of me staring into space and jotting little notes when I should have been, say, mowing the lawn, doing the dishes, or putting out that fire in the backyard.

My mother, Susanne Fahringer, who, when I was twelve, understood somehow that Dungeons and Dragons was very, very important.

My brother, Ben, who taught me how to play Thunder, a card game he invented ...