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Venger's Personal Statement On Old School Gaming

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Once again we venture into reviewing, Venger’s own personal statement on Old School Gaming, in the form of a game or group of notes tacked together that can be viewed as supplementary material to any Fantasy RPG dedicated to the Old School Philosophy. Once again, special thanks are extended to Venger As'Nas Satanis for providing me with a complimentary copy of this book for the purposes of review. In a mere 40 pages, it does more than the 1e DMG did throughout its long meandering prose. In fairness, the DMG was the first of its kind, and one still needs the DMG to understand where Venger is going with this product and what it is all about. For what he is trying to achieve a change in the way one might game – if you had been brought up on 3.x or 4e D&D, which seemed to take the “gonzo”-ness …show more content…

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