11-09-2010, 11:17 AM
I knew. 
It is interesting because it shows Gygax to be a big enough of a man to get past whatever personal rancour may have existed between them for the sake of a good product and one that sells. Obviously, he didn't have to do anything of the sort, but he did. It almost seems like an apologetic gesture, but maybe I'm reading too much into it.
After Gygax got booted though, TSR wanted nothing to do with good ole Dave and apparently took all control of the DA series away from him. Given that we are only talking a couple months here, its no wonder that Dave had only prepared "notes" for the series and talked a "couple times" with Ritchie. TSR took his stuff and did whatever the heck they wanted with it after that.
It is interesting because it shows Gygax to be a big enough of a man to get past whatever personal rancour may have existed between them for the sake of a good product and one that sells. Obviously, he didn't have to do anything of the sort, but he did. It almost seems like an apologetic gesture, but maybe I'm reading too much into it.
After Gygax got booted though, TSR wanted nothing to do with good ole Dave and apparently took all control of the DA series away from him. Given that we are only talking a couple months here, its no wonder that Dave had only prepared "notes" for the series and talked a "couple times" with Ritchie. TSR took his stuff and did whatever the heck they wanted with it after that.