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Fantasy Gaming.(Fantasy Gaming: A Guide to Fantasy Role Play and Table-Top Battles)(Brief article)(Book review)

Article from: Internet Bookwatch Article date: October 1, 2007

Fantasy Gaming

Martin Hackett

Sutton

c/o MBI Publishing Company

Galtier Plaza, Suite 200, 380 Jackson Street, St. Paul, MN 55101-3885

9780750943604, $29.95 www.mbipublishing.com 1-800-458-0454

Author Martin Hackett applies his thirty years of experience in gaming and rule system writing in Fantasy Gaming: A Guide to Fantasy Role Play and Table-Top Battles, a handy introduction to both fantasy wargaming (which pits armies of mythical creatures against one another) and ...

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