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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ninjayeti" data-source="post: 7796264" data-attributes="member: 6789120">So we have been “hornswoggled” into a mass delusion that Gary Gygax was the sole creator of D&D?  Lets look at the credits pages of various editions:OD&D is “By Gygax and Arneson”Basic D&D box sets credit Gygax and Arneson as the authors (the actual authors of those books – Holmes, Moldvoy, and Cook -  get credited as editors)1E books credit Gygax only2E core books say:The AD&D game probably never would have existed without the work of Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. Together they introduced the world to the concept of role-playing games. Their efforts resulted in the DUNGEONS &: DRAGONS game, forerunner of the AD&D system. Gary Gygax then went on to be the principal creator and guiding force of the AD&D rules. His particular vision set the standards for what the ADVANCED DUNGEONS &: DRAGONS game was - and what it wasn't.3E doesn’t mention either4E and 5E both credit Gygax and Arneson as co-creators of the gameSo with the exception of 1E Arneson consistently gets credited as co-author/co-creator.  Yeah, Gygax is more closely associated with early D&D.  That’s not really surprising as Gygax was the guy that ran TSR, wrote the main books and adventures, and was an active spokesman for the game.</blockquote>