Blackmoor at GenCon 2019

[finarvyn]

Arneson and his interpretation that the Blackmoor that Dave ran for Gary is the first game of D&D.

This is a particularly interesting thought.

So, I guess the reasoning is something like this: Arneson (and Wesely and others) were playing some games, but they weren't actually "D&D" at the time. Then, the birth of "D&D" happens when Dave demos a game for Gary because at that moment the collaboration between the two begins, with Dave supplying the concept and Gary supplying the structure. That moment in time would be counted as the instant when D&D was created.

Hmmm.