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First and foremost, our outstanding subweb staff:  Plaag at the Judges Guild Booty List, and Azurah at All Things Planar.

David Papay and Lawrence Schick, whose previous research on module and rulebook printing information was an invaluable stepping-stone.  David Papay was the maintainer of the TSR Average Auction Price List and the TSR Trivia Page; he hasn't updated them in some time, but says he has plans to do so.  Lawrence Schick is the author of the excellent "Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games", available from Prometheus Books.

Doug Barthlomew ("dbartman" in our Forums), for his literal tireless efforts in moderating The Acaeum Valuation Board for several years now as well as contributing heavily to various site updates and modifications.  Many of the recent informational updates to the site are due to him, as my free time has dwindled considerably.

Kent Kelly ("darkseraphim" in our Forums), for laboring at great length to bring us a workable system for item valuations.

Adrian Newman ("blackdougal" in our Forums), for innumerable high-quality scans and information, especially for tons of our Foreign Editions material.  Visit his comprehensive web site, a great resource for all D&D / AD&D campaign worlds.

Rhea Shelley ("rshelley" in our Forums), for, among his many other submissions, nearly all of our information and scans on the Adventurer's Guild modules.

christophe67 for the source code to the website parchment background; view it here!

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