05-06-2012, 01:57 PM
Havard Wrote:Some more thoughts:
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.
-Havard
Sorry if I'm barging in here, but I've looked at the pictures and read the posts. I think it's an authentic manuscript, based on the artwork and style; very few people ever saw Dave's artwork. I'm also basing this on materials in the Professor's materials (which I'm the archivist of) which has revealed that there was a LOT more collaboration between Dave and Phil then had been known.
More later - unpacking the van after the memorial event for Phil...
yours, Chirine