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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Zardoz" data-source="post: 4749083" data-attributes="member: 704">I have often thought it odd that Arneson did not get nearly as much credit with respect to D&D as did Gary.  However, it does not suprise me much I suppose.  Putting this into terms of the cool and awesome crime of arson:Dave Arneson lit a candle.Gary Gygax used tht candle set off the equivalent of the semi-annual california wild fires.Putting this into terms of being a parent:Gary Gygax is the 'mother' that was pregnant with the child of D&D.Dave Arneson is the 'father'.In terms of space travel:Dave Arneson was Werner Von Braun, who invented modern rocket science.Gary Gygax used the rocket to walk on the moon.In terms of automobiles:Dave Arneson was the first guy to put a motor on a wagon and provide a means of controling it, inventing the first car.Gary Gygax is like Ford, who mass produced the car and made them wildly available.Gary deserves a great deal of credit, his accomplishments are very well known and very public.  Dave Arneson also deserves a great deal of credit, but his accomplishments are typically less well known, though no less important.END COMMUNICATION</blockquote>