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<blockquote data-quote="Blackmoor_Film" data-source="post: 7807586" data-attributes="member: 6968402"><p>The core premise of the trial was that AD&D was derived from OD&D, thus Arneson was entitled to royalties from both works. </p><p></p><p>When I say derived, I mean plagiarized. The trial evidence presented by Arneson's lawyers was targeted at proving OD&D was the source, and it was very strong evidence too, I've seen a lot of it.</p><p></p><p>Arneson had complete drafts of D&D that he had had typed up. Those drafts and all the other material proved he was both capable of designing games and also co-author of D&D.</p><p></p><p>At the last Gary Con I used a draft of the aerial combat system for OD&D as initially proposed by Arneson to run a battle in the skies game, I used copies of all Arneson's original work for that and it is quite fun to play. </p><p></p><p>Dave Arneson truly was a genius, without him we wouldn't have RPG's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blackmoor_Film, post: 7807586, member: 6968402"] The core premise of the trial was that AD&D was derived from OD&D, thus Arneson was entitled to royalties from both works. When I say derived, I mean plagiarized. The trial evidence presented by Arneson's lawyers was targeted at proving OD&D was the source, and it was very strong evidence too, I've seen a lot of it. Arneson had complete drafts of D&D that he had had typed up. Those drafts and all the other material proved he was both capable of designing games and also co-author of D&D. At the last Gary Con I used a draft of the aerial combat system for OD&D as initially proposed by Arneson to run a battle in the skies game, I used copies of all Arneson's original work for that and it is quite fun to play. Dave Arneson truly was a genius, without him we wouldn't have RPG's. [/QUOTE]
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