Something that came up recently, as it does from time to time, was the claim that later in life Gygax started his players off at third level rather than first, specifically in the context of his own private OD&D games.The implications of this vary, interestingly, as people read into it what they want. That Gygax felt he had made a mistake back in the day and sought to correct it is the most common and most basic interpretation. Some however take it further, using it as a cudgel against th...
