WotC Fails to Credit D&D Co-Creator.

[Havard]

As was pointed out to me on the OD&D boards, technically AD&D was Gary's "baby" and not Dave's. I think this was part of that super-secret legal agreement thingie.

Well, part of the story behind AD&D was to cook up a way to sell the game without paying royalties to Arneson. That was the cause of the lawsuits in the first place. The final settlement between Dave and Gary made sure that Dave would be credited.

We dont really know the details of the deals WotC made with the two creators, but I assumed the point of that was simply to get WotC out of paying royalties to either creator, while the two were compensated for that.

However, philosophically I agree with you 100%. If you're going to say anything like "back in 1974..." you really need to credit both authors and not just the one.

Yep, that's the core of it.

-Havard