•Special thanks to Will Wright, Patricia Pizer, and MUD-Dev members Jeff Cole, Dave Rickey, and Paul Schwanz for clarifying my thoughts on this. •To Michael Lawrie for permission to quote from “Confessions of an Arch-Wizard.” •And to Kristen Koster for being a sounding board and visual design help. •Raph’s Website: http://www.legendmud.org/raph/gaming