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Dragon Reflections #7 – Who Invented D&D?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 7755448" data-attributes="member: 59082"><p>It is interesting how many times something is created by two or more people and one ends up far more well known than the other, usually because the well-known person sticks around and guides it towards its peak, although occasionally because of more nefarious reasons.</p><p></p><p>Gygax and Arneson (and perhaps Kuntz as the third)</p><p>Jobs and Wozniak (and Wayne)</p><p>Gates and Allen</p><p>etc.</p><p></p><p>On a different note, your comment about the art got me wondering what was the first TSR product that featured high quality cover art? There was a switch-over sometime in the early 80s, from the amateurish art of the 70s (Otus, Dee, Sutherland, etc) to the professionals of the 80s that actually went to art school (Easley, Elmore, Parkinson, Caldwell, etc). </p><p></p><p>I'm pretty sure <em>Monster Manual II </em>in 1983 was the first hardcover, followed by the reprints of the others (as the orange spine versions), but not sure if it was the first TSR product or not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 7755448, member: 59082"] It is interesting how many times something is created by two or more people and one ends up far more well known than the other, usually because the well-known person sticks around and guides it towards its peak, although occasionally because of more nefarious reasons. Gygax and Arneson (and perhaps Kuntz as the third) Jobs and Wozniak (and Wayne) Gates and Allen etc. On a different note, your comment about the art got me wondering what was the first TSR product that featured high quality cover art? There was a switch-over sometime in the early 80s, from the amateurish art of the 70s (Otus, Dee, Sutherland, etc) to the professionals of the 80s that actually went to art school (Easley, Elmore, Parkinson, Caldwell, etc). I'm pretty sure [I]Monster Manual II [/I]in 1983 was the first hardcover, followed by the reprints of the others (as the orange spine versions), but not sure if it was the first TSR product or not. [/QUOTE]
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