CONTENTS FOREWORD by Reiner Knizia . ix INTRODUCTION by James Lowder . xiii Bruce C. Shelley on Acquire . 1 Nicole Lindroos on Amber Diceless . 5 Ian Livingstone on Amun-Re . 9 Stewart Wieck on Ars Magica . 13 Thomas M. Reid on Axis & Allies . 17 Tracy Hickman on Battle Cry . 21 Philip Reed on BattleTech . 24 Justin Achilli on Blood Bowl . 28 Mike Selinker on Bohnanza . 31 Tom Dalgliesh on Britannia . 34 Greg Stolze on Button Men . 38 Monte Cook on Call of Cthulhu . 42 Steven E. Schend on Carcassonne . 46 Jeff Tidball on Car Wars . 49 Bill Bridges on Champions . 52 Stan! on Circus Maximus . 55 Tom Jolly on Citadels . 58 Steven Savile on Civilization . 62 Bruno Faidutti on Cosmic Encounter . 66 Andrew Looney on Cosmic Wimpout . 69 Skip Williams on Dawn Patrol . 73 Alan R. Moon on Descent . 77 Larry Harris on Diplomacy . 81 Richard Garfield on Dungeons & Dragons . 86 William W. Connors on Dynasty League Baseball . 90 Christian T. Petersen on El Grande . 94 Alessio Cavatore on Empires in Arms . 99 Timothy Brown on Empires of the Middle Ages . 103 Allen Varney on The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen . 107 Phil Yates on Fire and Fury . 110 William Jones on Flames of War . 113 Rick Loomis on Fluxx . 116 John Kovalic on Formula Dé . 119 Anthony J. Gallela on The Fury of Dracula . 122 Jesse Scoble on A Game of Thrones . 126 Lou Zocchi on Gettysburg . 130 James Wallis on Ghostbusters . 134 James M. Ward on The Great Khan Game . 138 Gav Thorpe on Hammer of the Scots . 142 Uli Blennemann on Here I Stand . 146 S. Craig Taylor, Jr. on A House Divided . 150 Scott Haring on Illuminati . 153 Dana Lombardy on Johnny Reb . 157 Darren Watts on Junta . 161 Greg Stafford on Kingmaker . 164 Lester Smith on Kremlin . 168 Wolfgang Baur on Legend of the Five Rings . 172 Marc W. Miller on Lensman . 176 Ted S. Raicer on London’s Burning . 179 Teeuwynn Woodruff on Lord of the Rings . 183 Mike Breault on Machiavelli . 188 Jordan Weisman on Magic: The Gathering . 192 Steve Kenson on Marvel Super Heroes . 196 Gary Gygax on Metamorphosis Alpha . 200 Greg Costikyan on My Life with Master . 204 John D. Rateliff on Mythos . 209 Chris “Gerry” Klug on Napoleon’s Last Battles . 213 John Scott Tynes on Naval War . 217 Erick Wujcik on Ogre . 220 Marc Gascoigne on Once Upon a Time . 224 Mike Bennighof on PanzerBlitz . 227 Steve Jackson on Paranoia . 231 Shannon Appelcline on Pendragon . 236 JD Wiker on Pirate’s Cove . 240 Richard H. Berg on Plague! . 244 Martin Wallace on Power Grid . 247 Tom Wham on Puerto Rico . 251 Joseph Miranda on Renaissance of Infantry . 254 James Ernest on RoboRally . 258 Paul Jaquays on RuneQuest . 261 Richard Dansky on The Settlers of Catan . 265 Ken St. Andre on Shadowfist . 269 Steven S. Long on Shadowrun . 273 Peter Corless on Shadows over Camelot . 276 Dale Donovan on Silent Death: The Next Millennium . 280 Matt Forbeck on Space Hulk . 284 Ray Winninger on Squad Leader . 288 Lewis Pulsipher on Stalingrad . 291 Bruce Nesmith on Star Fleet Battles . 295 Steve Winter on The Sword and the Flame . 298 Jeff Grubb on Tales of the Arabian Nights . 302 Shane Lacy Hensley on Talisman . 305 Douglas Niles on Terrible Swift Sword . 309 Ed Greenwood on Thurn and Taxis . 312 Mike Fitzgerald on Ticket to Ride . 315 Thomas Lehmann on Tigris & Euphrates . 319 Warren Spector on Tikal . 322 David “Zeb” Cook on Toon . ..