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Probably not a coincidence, Shane. WotC and Hasbro executives were likely reading your forum posts.

If his post were just idle speculation and conjecture, then I would absolutely agree with you. Instead, the OP presents his "conclusions" as actual "evidence" of a significant claim, when they are nothing of the sort. It's all just mostly baseless conjecture shrouded with pseudo-academic jargon...

I agree. It is an intriguing proposition. And that's all if will be until someone puts it to the test with actual academic rigour. Flawed research never serves to illuminate, only to add to the murk.

Even if you could conclusively prove that Arneson used other rules for combat before adopting Chainmail (and that seems like a fairly reasonable proposition), you still would have done very little to advance your thesis. The important question is not whether Chainmail was the first set of...

Just wanted to zero in on something else you said: Really? You can't think of any other possible reason that Arneson might have revised, edited, restructured, rewritten, added material to, etc. his rough notes prior to publication other than to cunningly foil future analysts? Really? ...really?

Sorry, but I have to reject that argument as tautological. You claim that you can use the 1977 text as the basis for your analysis because of your cherry-picked Arneson quote (from 1991, no less), and you can be sure the Arneson quote must be the literal truth because of your infallible...

You're missing the point, and your analogy doesn't address Umbran's critique. The original 1970 text no longer exists, as far as we know. You're using the 1977 text as a proxy for the missing 1970 text, but you can't do that. All you've shown is that in crafting the 1977 document, it's plausible...

I have the same objection to your analysis as lowkey and umbran, namely that you're making assumptions about the chronology that aren't supported by the material. You can't look at a 1977 document and infer anything concrete about its 1970 antecedent. Your entire argument appears to rest on that...

That interpretation is a real stretch, given the syntax of the sentence and the normal meaning of the term "movie debut" when it's used with reference to a specific person. For instance, the first screening of "Titanic" would never be referred to as "James Cameron's movie debut". Instead, you...

The correct answer is "Any of the above".

I don't wholly disagree with your position, but I feel like you cherry-picked the more questionable statements from Celebrim's post, while ignoring his most solid arguments. Specifically, how do you respond to the following?

EDIT: Seriously misread post I was quoting. Whoops! Deleted.

Oh, most of them have evolved past that? So you're saying I only need to worry about some of of those friendly looking church goers down the street literally burning me at the stake for my atheism? Phew! What a tremendous relief this is to learn!

Clarify what? You’re the one who soured the thread with unfounded accusations of bad faith. Morrus was merely reporting the surprising (to some) fact that some people still believe D&D is the work of the devil. From where I stand, you’re the one who comes off as arguing in bad faith.

Indeed, it definitely isn’t what you said.

Interesting perspective, and not something I’d really considered previously. I appreciate your take on this.

Not cool dude. You responded to his heartfelt, thoughtful post with a glib, smart-ass, and insensitive reply that entirely missed his point and contributed nothing to the conversation. Don’t be a dick.

Being queer or non-binary or gender neutral isn't aspirational either. Neither is being straight or cis. It's just what you are; it's not something you aspire to. The heroic archetypes you get to role-play are what's aspirational. Most people want to see themselves represented in the game. Heavy...

Got it! I completely missed that that was your criticism.

Wayne's style is so distinct, I'm not sure if you can really say it's "old fashioned". His style isn't really typical of a particular era in fantasy art; it's kind of just its own thing. I don't think any other artists really produced or produce art in a similar style. Having said that, his art...