Getting to the high drama part of Game Wizards.
Heated words were then exchanged. Arneson made some oblique reference to who had done what for the company besides merely investing money in it, as he felt his own support for TSR in 1974 and 1975, efforts largely uncompensated at the time, entitled him to a say over company direction. Gygax countered that any obligation that TSR had to the Minnesota group—and Arneson felt this was directed squarely at himself—had been amply repaid with the wages of employment. Ominously, Gygax intimated that any employee was replaceable, as money could always buy talent. He furthermore made it perfectly clear that when the company’s interests were at stake, his family’s welfare was threatened, and that he would treat such challenges accordingly.
It’s weird how all executive communication seems the same. This could be any CEO. But I guess it’s designed that way.