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7/25/2025, 3:51:37 AM
>>96172918
>More like nearly five years into it with Arneson not having written a word. Even the guy who wrote Blackmoor, Kask, hated his guts because he basically told him to fuck off when he wanted info on the setting.
Arneson routinely tried to contribute in the first year and was blocked by Gygax, who was already trying to push him out of TSR. There's extensive correspondance between the two during this period, with Arneson having a weird fixation on adding naval combat and Gygax's responses making much more sense when you realize he was already working on getting Basic made with the intention that Arneson would have no part in it. This whole business was brought to light in their court battle over Arneson's royalties.
It wouldn't be the first time Gygax took a game from someone and then manuevered himself into being its creator while pushing the other guy out, with the same thing happening to Jeff Perren, who did the majority of the work for Chainmail.
Gygax was a manipulative liar, who wanted to build a cult around himself and relied on sycophantic cronies for everything from running Gencon to controlling his businesses. Which, fittingly enough, ended up being his TSR downfall when his Blume cronies ended up being the ones to backstab him.
Gygax is the kind of guy who would tell people a story about how his wife thought he was cheating on her, her secretly following him, and finding him playing D&D instead. What a cute anecdote!
When in reality, he was cheating on his wife.
>More like nearly five years into it with Arneson not having written a word. Even the guy who wrote Blackmoor, Kask, hated his guts because he basically told him to fuck off when he wanted info on the setting.
Arneson routinely tried to contribute in the first year and was blocked by Gygax, who was already trying to push him out of TSR. There's extensive correspondance between the two during this period, with Arneson having a weird fixation on adding naval combat and Gygax's responses making much more sense when you realize he was already working on getting Basic made with the intention that Arneson would have no part in it. This whole business was brought to light in their court battle over Arneson's royalties.
It wouldn't be the first time Gygax took a game from someone and then manuevered himself into being its creator while pushing the other guy out, with the same thing happening to Jeff Perren, who did the majority of the work for Chainmail.
Gygax was a manipulative liar, who wanted to build a cult around himself and relied on sycophantic cronies for everything from running Gencon to controlling his businesses. Which, fittingly enough, ended up being his TSR downfall when his Blume cronies ended up being the ones to backstab him.
Gygax is the kind of guy who would tell people a story about how his wife thought he was cheating on her, her secretly following him, and finding him playing D&D instead. What a cute anecdote!
When in reality, he was cheating on his wife.
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