A big thank you once again to Emi Smith, Jenny Davidson, and Joshua Smith for another great book—I think we make a good team, and I couldn’t have done it without you! This book was a very enjoyable project due to the subject matter, and I was thrilled to have the opportunity to write it. I trust the end result reflects the attention that went into it.

Thanks to Jennifer and our children, Jeremiah, Kayleigh, Kaitlyn, and Kourtney, for bringing such joy to my life!

I am again grateful to Eden Celeste for sharing her talent to produce the cover art and the concept drawings of the hero and monster game characters. See her work at www.edenceleste.com.

Thanks again to Reiner Prokein for his sprite artwork, which made the examples in this book possible. The game artwork is all from his free resources at www.reinerstileset.de.