Tracing the steps of the early
DMG printings is a lot like tracing the steps of Jesus to the cross, and is studied by its adherents with about as much obsessive devotion.
1:1 The cover of Our LORD was
stretched beyond measure, even unto the point
where the banner becometh obscured. Such is the testament of the First Alpha.
1:2
Pages of monsters were sewn most inappropriately
into the side of Our LORD, which after a time were
ripped out & replaced, but lo - the gutters were too
narrow & much text lost to the ages. Such is the testament of the Second Beta.
1:3 Our LORD was
scarred across the front with scourges of
wires, & the cover of Our LORD was stripped off & replaced. Such is the testament of the Third Gamma.
1:4 Yet look, o seeker
of truth, verily there were those copies of
Our LORD which escaped the recall, & are rumored to persist in the attics & dark
abodes of grey-bearded men. Such is the testament of the Third Beta.
1:5 Then was Our LORD
shipped out to the cruelties of the masses & the unbelievers,
where the pages were stained with
coffee & marijuana smoke, blasphemous commentary inscribed in the
pages, torn by dogs & rugrats, thrown to the
pits of Gehenna by uncaring moms & ex-
wives. Such is the testament of the Prophets of the Acaeum.
