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Hank West Playtesting Coordinator Steven Coyne Developers Ben Haser Publicity and Promotion Steven Nagy Laird Smith John Watters Special Thanks To Chief Editor Ben Challingsworth Tyson Monagle Ben Forde Bucky Editors Caphi Heather Campbell Timeless Error Timothy Collett Steven Coyne Kieran Easter Tao Sun 5 Contributors The following is a list of Kickstarter backers who contributed to the Illustrating Legend Kickstarter. We are grateful to each and every one of you, and hope you enjoy playing this game as much as (or, ideally, more than) we enjoyed making it. aareth Benabik Christopher Stewart Deudanann Aaron Brigati Benjamin Challingsworth Andrew Harvey Devin Ireson Adam Rajski Billy Barnes Cody James Christopher Dinnsdale Piranha Adam Simmons Bradley Osburn Cole Ferrier DMofDarkness Ainsley Yeager Brian Bergdall Colt Buhr DocteurHalf Airen Brian Bess cptbumble doorknobdeity AK Brian Gorski Craig Lewin drmozh Alessandro Ussia brynna Curt Meyer Ed Kowalczewski Alex Higdon C-0nline Cyrillus Eevil Alex Lapin Calvin Chou Dalton Tindall Elliott Alexandre Cathala Carl Self Dan Eric Jenkins Allen Boston Carlton Dan Daniarty Shaffer Eric Phillips Amine Hsu Carter Lockhart Daniel Glass Evan Burkey Anders Casey Johnson Daniel Santos Ferreira Gahrer Andrew Charles Myers Alves Gary Green Andrew Bassett Chris Best Daniel Siegmann Gayle McDermott Andrew Riley Chris Clary Darius George D. 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