THANK YOU'S
No list of thank you's is ever complete, and there are
certainly more people that need thanking now that the game
is done, but here are the Thank You's that were printed in the
rulebook, because you can't repeat them to often.
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THE LESSER KUDUS would like to thank:
- Eric Smith for the web page he maintained for our game, for all the players he encouraged to play and his over all support.
- Gordon Olmstead-Dean for designing and printing the Influence Points and Cash.
- Rebecca Ellis for the artwork in the rulebook.
- John Myers Myers, without whose work this game would not exist.
- The Hellfire Club, for the continuing use of their badge code system.
- And, lastly, the unknown comedian whose Lesser Kudu routine we stole our name from.
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John would like to thank:
- Gordon Olmstead-Dean and Mike Young for being two of the best tutors a game-writer could ever apprentice under.
- Gordon, Stephanie, Kate, Sean & Rebecca, and Rebecca E. for keeping me from going absolutely stir-crazy these last few weeks.
- My fellow GMs for putting up with me, my lack of literary knowledge (Sherlock Who?) and my notoriously short attention span (Hey! Magazine Boy!)
- Lobo for inspiring my credo: May I always be the voice of hysteria amidst the calm, and the voice of calm amidst the hysteria.
- And most importantly, thank you to Rebecca Ellis for being the shining light that I shall forever guide my ship by; for keeping me warm when all else around me is cold; and for shining her light into the darkness that holds my worst fears.
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Greg would like to thank:
- Soup Lady, for keeping me alive, on many separate occasions.
- Fastball's "The Way" for never getting old as I listened to it again and again…
- My Tuesday night tabletop group for having to fight a big ol' dragon without their centaur archer for the last couple weeks.
- Rebecca, for, after saying that she was just going to maybe run the con suite, ended up writing a half-dozen characters, and a fair chunk of this rulebook.
- John, for always having an anecdote.
- Steve, for letting me pound on him. (Like it would have any effect!)
- Sean, for always thinking everything I say is quite funny.
- Lobo, for keeping me apprised of the world of comic books.
- Rebecca Ellis and Peter Herrick for always having to go into the other room while we talked about the game.
- My roommate Todd, who has put up with my nonsense with grace and longsuffering.
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Rebecca would like to thank:
- Her parents and brothers, for putting up with her dive-bomb style invasion of their home, consensual theft of their car, and the short order restaurant she set up in their kitchen, as well as for their help and support;
- the Lesser Kudus, for proving that game writing does not have to be the setting for suicidal despair;
- Peter Herrick, for living quietly and patiently with a couple of lunatics and not even complaining when we hogged the computer;
- Kelly McCann for enduring our marathon meetings in her living room;
- Spider and Irene for ghost writing her characters;
- and Sean for being my other half and for his unconditional love and support.
- Anyone I have forgotten, please chalk it up to sleep dep and not to lack of gratitude.
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Steve's Thank You's:
- I would like to thank my fellow GMs who helped me take an idea and turn it into this game.
- I would like to thank our players, who contributed their own considerable craziness to what was already an unstable mix.
- Thanks also to all of my friends in LARP whose enthusiasm for this game helped keep me going when I was despairing of its chances, especially Eric and Christine Smith and Hugh Eckert.
- I want to thank Jeffrey for helping to cheer me up when I was down or upset.
- Special thanks to Andy.
- And most of all I would like to thank Kelly, my wonderful wife, who was always there with a kind word or her silent support whenever it was most needed.
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Sean's Thank You's:
- First off I want to thank pretty much most of the people thanked by everyone else. They've all said it so well that I couldn't improve it, so I'm not even going to try. I do have a few special ones, however.
- To Steve, for a great idea for a game, and for wanting me to write with him again.
- To John, for many hours of great conversation.
- To Greg, for riffing with me.
- To Lobo, for having the guts, at the first Lesser Kudus meeting, to say, "Floor GM, hell. Can I help write this thing?"
- To Rebecca Ellis and Peter Herrick, for putting up with hours of isolation during meetings.
- Plus, extra thanks to Rebecca E. for great back rubs,
- and Peter for, well, for being my best friend (you can't thank a guy too often for that).
- Penultimately, special thanks to my Rebecca, for writing a game she wasn't writing, and for five fantastic years.
- And, finally, special thanks to Bippy, and goodnight, Ed the Bus Driver, wherever you are.
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Dave's "Thank You's" and "Kudos" for Kudus
- Sean and Becca for giving a new player a character like Sammy, and later, for welcoming me into their circle.
- John Corrado for giving me advice, as well as a role-model to follow.
- Greg Crowe for being Greg Crowe, even at deadline time; you helped us stay sane.
- Steve McCann for laughing, even when they weren't all gems.
- Rebecca Ellis for her patience and tolerance of us yahoo's!
- Terri Clark and her album "How I Feel" which would be dog-eared by now if cassettes could do that!
- John Brunkhart and the rest of the Charlottes-Villains for getting me into live gaming in the first place.
- And to all my other gaming compatriots, who for over twenty-three years have provided me excellent experiences and the desire to write something like this!
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BLESSED BE, MY FRIENDS!
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