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<blockquote data-quote="Orius" data-source="post: 8431214" data-attributes="member: 8863"><p>This doesn't really sound surprising. From what I've read of matters Dave did very poorly at writing rules. His material generally needed a lot of editing to be useable as they generally tended to be rough notes and such without a lot of polish. There was apparently a good deal of conflict between Dave and Tim Kask stemming from Kask's editing work on the Blackmoor supplement. That's not to throw shade on Dave, but the overall impression is that he was an idea guy but not very good at putting the ideas on paper.</p><p></p><p>Oh yeah early on, they were publishing a lot of wargaming stuff alongside D&D. D&D was just another product in their catalog. I don't think they were really noticing how big it was getting until some time in 1975 or 1976. </p><p></p><p>And the impact of the Satanic Panic started in the 1e days. Deities and Demigods was rebranded as Legends and Lore because of it. Gary did not approve of that, he had a rant in Dragon Magazine about caving in to people who weren't even buying the game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Orius, post: 8431214, member: 8863"] This doesn't really sound surprising. From what I've read of matters Dave did very poorly at writing rules. His material generally needed a lot of editing to be useable as they generally tended to be rough notes and such without a lot of polish. There was apparently a good deal of conflict between Dave and Tim Kask stemming from Kask's editing work on the Blackmoor supplement. That's not to throw shade on Dave, but the overall impression is that he was an idea guy but not very good at putting the ideas on paper. Oh yeah early on, they were publishing a lot of wargaming stuff alongside D&D. D&D was just another product in their catalog. I don't think they were really noticing how big it was getting until some time in 1975 or 1976. And the impact of the Satanic Panic started in the 1e days. Deities and Demigods was rebranded as Legends and Lore because of it. Gary did not approve of that, he had a rant in Dragon Magazine about caving in to people who weren't even buying the game. [/QUOTE]
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