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<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 9244068" data-attributes="member: 6779310">KABAL was mediocre, editing better than the 76 printing of OD&amp;D, but no better rules, but far from the worst, even of the era. It's clearly optical typeset form standard typewriter, probably a selectric with a cursive ball.As for Gygax in 73 and rushing the job... the Dallhun manuscript is plagiarism, but without text to text comparison, whether it hits the point where it's copyright infringement is in doubt; in the US rules processes are not protectable by copyright, only patent. So anyone knowing that could have done TSR much wrong, quite legally, and bankrupted TSR and the Blumes.&nbsp; D&amp;D wasn't the worst game of the era, but it was poorly executed But the nigh religious overzealous attack mode towards those who don't hold it to be the best thing ever really is a disappointing bunch of ...&nbsp; hooey.Especially if one's listened to the interviews of Dave Weseley... I have. He didn't think anything was strange with Arneson going beyond the price list - that's a standard FKR thing. Goes back to the 1910's or before.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 9244068, member: 6779310"] KABAL was mediocre, editing better than the 76 printing of OD&D, but no better rules, but far from the worst, even of the era. It's clearly optical typeset form standard typewriter, probably a selectric with a cursive ball. As for Gygax in 73 and rushing the job... the Dallhun manuscript is plagiarism, but without text to text comparison, whether it hits the point where it's copyright infringement is in doubt; in the US rules processes are not protectable by copyright, only patent. So anyone knowing that could have done TSR much wrong, quite legally, and bankrupted TSR and the Blumes. D&D wasn't the worst game of the era, but it was poorly executed But the nigh religious overzealous attack mode towards those who don't hold it to be the best thing ever really is a disappointing bunch of ... hooey. Especially if one's listened to the interviews of Dave Weseley... I have. He didn't think anything was strange with Arneson going beyond the price list - that's a standard FKR thing. Goes back to the 1910's or before. [/QUOTE]

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