Game Wizards and how Arneson did hit points

[aldarron]

I haven't read the blog post and am generally avoiding Mr. Petersons work as I am engaged in my own research. However, it is not surprising that Greg doesn't remember the method, as it is not something they ever actually did in the Twin Cities when playing Blackmoor. Arneson proposed the idea to Gygax for D&D, and Gygax rejected it in favor of the method we see in the 3lbbs. Arneson later mentioned it as one of the things he would have preferred for D&D in a leter published in the GPGN. I'm sure that was mentioned in the blog.

The general idea was recycled for Adventures in Fantasy, except the range was extended and tied to a formula.

If you would like some more thoughts on Arneson and HP I have a 'blog post https://boggswood.blogspot.com/2014/08/o...oints.html