05-06-2012, 01:05 PM
Some more thoughts:
I think that Gygax made a serious mistake when evaluating Arneson's input. IMO Gygax may have been thinking too much in terms of traditional miniatures/Wargaming. Arneson's real input was more about new places to take gaming. Arneson was in 1974 compared to Gygax an amateur gamer, yet Gygax did recognize that Arneson's group were doing unique things up in Minnesota. I think that in the end, Gygax and other TSR employees let their estimation of Arneson as an amateur get in the way of realizing how innovative his gaming really was.
Could Tranquilize be the same spell as Sleep?
More later
-Havard
Quote:Gygax also claimed Manuscript C was written with virtually no “solid rules” input from Arneson
I think that Gygax made a serious mistake when evaluating Arneson's input. IMO Gygax may have been thinking too much in terms of traditional miniatures/Wargaming. Arneson's real input was more about new places to take gaming. Arneson was in 1974 compared to Gygax an amateur gamer, yet Gygax did recognize that Arneson's group were doing unique things up in Minnesota. I think that in the end, Gygax and other TSR employees let their estimation of Arneson as an amateur get in the way of realizing how innovative his gaming really was.
Quote:BEYOND THIS POINT BE DRAGONS contains several unique spells. Tranquilize and Blade Barrier
Could Tranquilize be the same spell as Sleep?
More later
-Havard
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