[SCA-AE] [OT (sort of)] - SCA "inspiration" passes away

[Alex Clark]

Rich G wrote:
>Gygax and Dave Arneson developed Dungeons & Dragons in 1974 using medieval
>characters and mythical creatures. . . .

This is not quite chronologically accurate. To quote Gygax himself:
"After a brief visit, Dave returned home, and within a few days I had a 
copy of his campaign notes. A few weeks of play-testing swelled the ranks 
of the [Lake Geneva Tactical Studies Association] to a score or more of 
avid players, and the form of D&D began to take shape. If you ever meet 
someone who claims to have played the game since 1973, you can believe him 
or her, for by the spring of that year I had completed the manuscript for 
the "Original" version of D&D, . . ." (from "D&D, AD&D, and Gaming" in _The 
Dragon_ #26)

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Alex Clark/Henry of Maldon