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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 7796030" data-attributes="member: 15700">When we say D&amp;D was written in the 70s, we don't mean the 1770s <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />.&nbsp; By comparison of other game rules there were published at the same time D&amp;D was, it's obvious Gary was not a very good writer or layout specialist or editor.&nbsp; Those OD&amp;D rules, even by 1970s game standards, were awfully written and presented.&nbsp; We can say that and also agree that the game took off.&nbsp; People are weird that way, with what catches on and what doesn't.&nbsp;&nbsp; I love me some 1e.&nbsp; Favorite edition of all time.&nbsp; I even like the odd way Gary presented things in the 1e books (with fancy words I had never heard before like &quot;milieu&quot;).&nbsp; But it's OK to admit that he wasn't the best writer or presenter of rules.If Gary gets credit for packaging and presenting Dave's ideas, just imagine what would have happened with D&amp;D if someone who was actually skilled in writing and presenting did it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 7796030, member: 15700"] When we say D&D was written in the 70s, we don't mean the 1770s ;). By comparison of other game rules there were published at the same time D&D was, it's obvious Gary was not a very good writer or layout specialist or editor. Those OD&D rules, even by 1970s game standards, were awfully written and presented. We can say that and also agree that the game took off. People are weird that way, with what catches on and what doesn't. I [I]love [/I]me some 1e. Favorite edition of all time. I even like the odd way Gary presented things in the 1e books (with fancy words I had never heard before like "milieu"). But it's OK to admit that he wasn't the best writer or presenter of rules. If Gary gets credit for packaging and presenting Dave's ideas, just imagine what would have happened with D&D if someone who was actually skilled in writing and presenting did it. [/QUOTE]

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