I need to take some space to credit the many people who’ve helped me over the years - most of them without realizing it.

I started writing the articles that turned into the unpublished book that turned into this website back in 1988. I had a captive audience - a Twilight campaign that began in 1987 and ran until 1995 - to playtest my ideas, as well as friends I’ve met since then who’ve added their military experience to help me flesh out the details.

And I can’t forget those of you who’ve pitched in since I put up the website (in August of 1997) with your own observations, criticisms and experience (especially you non-US military veterans who’ve helped me update so much in the past year).  See “Recent Contributors”, below.

Original Playtesters

Wolf-Holger Fiedler (BA), Bob Tregillis (COBOL :-P), Gerald Ogaard (Di30MoL) Ray Mordorski (MN-DFL),  Cheryl Bohrer (IWHA), Bill Haverberg (RSG), Joe Garrett (MFI), BJ Kerstetter, Mari Neill (OLL!!!), Frankie P, Anthony O’Hara, Bob “The Rampaging Hun” Van Dam and any one of the 20-odd others that passed through my campaigns that I’ve forgotten...

Expertise

Jim Millard (USAR), Mark Neukom (11 ACR).

In Memory...

This site gives thanks for the life of Duncan Akason, who passed away on March 21, 2000 after a battle with cancer.  He was a wonderful friend, a consummate gamer, and invaluable in playtesting the rules that make up this site during its early genesis. 

He is much missed, but among gamers in the Twin Cities his absence is only physical.

Recent Contributors

Albania, Brazil, Argentina, China, Czech Republic

• Charles Doty

Australia

• Jim Lawrie
• Charles Doty

Belgium

• Alain Servaes
• Charles Doty

Canada

• Gary Kusec
• Sgt. Justin Crough
• Northern Dissident
• Brad Moore

Denmark

• Nis Mathiesen

Finland

• Ville Laurila
• Sgt. Atte Tikkanen

Israel

• J.N. Peters

Netherlands

• Marco Pietersen

New Zealand

• Raymond Gray

Norway

• Carl Roger Nilsen

Spain

• Eduardo Perez Santos

UK

• Roger Stenning (great input to the Military Police section, including the anecdote!)
• George Nex (Military Musicians)

USA

• Norm Hughes (Air Force)
• Scott Steinmetz (Aircraft in general)
• Benjamin Gilberg’s input on Navy/Air Force Special Forces

Check out my company site, which pays the bills for this little hobby.  The copyright for Twilight/Merc2000 is owned by Tantalus Games Inc.   However, the game is kept alive by hobbyists worldwide, whom I thank for giving this site a reason to exist. 

Site  (c) 2001 Mitch Berg.  Twilight 2000 and Merc 2000 (c) Tantalus Games Inc.

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