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<blockquote data-quote="Rob Kuntz" data-source="post: 7802190" data-attributes="member: 7015759"><p>This is basically true. Arneson and Megarry had brought those two games, 1972, to showcase to us: The First RPG game we experienced via Blackmoor and then, the same night, what would be renamed the Dungeon (board game). This catapulted TSR forward when D&D was released, and the rest of the Minnesota crowd, as Dave noted, followed suit. Now, Arneson was actually hired as "Research Director" and worked offsite at his Cook and Wisconsin St apartment--there was no room for him at the Williams and Marshall street building. When I quit as Shipping Manager (but not as Convention Chairman, I did Winter Fantasy 1 as my last after 2 stints with GENCON), Ernie Gygax was brought on board to handle shipping, but when my brother quit, Ernie was moved to Dungeon Hobby Shop mngr and Dave Arneson became the shipping clerk. When he quit it was out of disgust for never having been allowed near design since his arrival.</p><p></p><p>Note that Chainmail, Don't Give Up the Ship had been published by Guidon Games when Gary was their rules editor. They were later reverted, or bought back from Guidon, for TSR releases. Gary would release Ancient Warfare mini rules and Battle of the Little Big Horn board game through TSR in 1976. Empire of the Petal Throne (MAR Barker, in Minn) would be the grandest release outside of Dungeon. So when all is said and done, the cutting edge ideas were coming from the Minnesota group/area as the only title (their first) that TSR had published before D&D was mini rules for the English civil war, Cavaliers and Roundheads (Perren and Gygax).</p><p></p><p>Boy Morrus needs to give me a Q&A [USER=1]@Morrus[/USER]. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rob Kuntz, post: 7802190, member: 7015759"] This is basically true. Arneson and Megarry had brought those two games, 1972, to showcase to us: The First RPG game we experienced via Blackmoor and then, the same night, what would be renamed the Dungeon (board game). This catapulted TSR forward when D&D was released, and the rest of the Minnesota crowd, as Dave noted, followed suit. Now, Arneson was actually hired as "Research Director" and worked offsite at his Cook and Wisconsin St apartment--there was no room for him at the Williams and Marshall street building. When I quit as Shipping Manager (but not as Convention Chairman, I did Winter Fantasy 1 as my last after 2 stints with GENCON), Ernie Gygax was brought on board to handle shipping, but when my brother quit, Ernie was moved to Dungeon Hobby Shop mngr and Dave Arneson became the shipping clerk. When he quit it was out of disgust for never having been allowed near design since his arrival. Note that Chainmail, Don't Give Up the Ship had been published by Guidon Games when Gary was their rules editor. They were later reverted, or bought back from Guidon, for TSR releases. Gary would release Ancient Warfare mini rules and Battle of the Little Big Horn board game through TSR in 1976. Empire of the Petal Throne (MAR Barker, in Minn) would be the grandest release outside of Dungeon. So when all is said and done, the cutting edge ideas were coming from the Minnesota group/area as the only title (their first) that TSR had published before D&D was mini rules for the English civil war, Cavaliers and Roundheads (Perren and Gygax). Boy Morrus needs to give me a Q&A [USER=1]@Morrus[/USER]. :) [/QUOTE]
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