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- ↑ Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/fantasy-gamer-05/Fantasy%20Gamer%2006/page/n43/mode/2up
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/GamesInternational/GI_11_Dec_1989/page/n43/mode/2up