D&D 5E So what's the scoop on D&D in PDF Format?

[SteveC]

Licensed games often end up hard to get in PDF. I am pretty sure you couldn't get PDFs of FFGs Star Wars games. But it isn't universal. Modiphius puts out all of their licensed games in PDF.

This is a very good point. Star Wars in general has had issues. After the licenses drop, I'm sure Lucas Arts doesn't want them available.

 

[Staffan]

Licensed games often end up hard to get in PDF. I am pretty sure you couldn't get PDFs of FFGs Star Wars games. But it isn't universal. Modiphius puts out all of their licensed games in PDF.

I believe the Star Wars situation has something to do with how the Star Wars license are split between different companies – something about the wording in the Star Wars RPG license dating back to the West End Games days and not allowing PDFs, because they count as electronic games, and EA has that license. There's probably some hair-splitting going on there as well because FFG (and Edge) does make PDF support material, up to and including companion apps for some games, freely available. It sounds like something Disney (a) could fix when renegotiating the licenses, but (b) doesn't believe is worth the effort because RPG PDFs is a niche within a niche.

 

[SpellObjectEnthusiast]

It's really tragic that there's no legitimate way to purchase Star Wars Saga or d20 stuff. People sitting on licenses or creative content and doing nothing with them infuriates me.

 

[Micah Sweet]

It's really tragic that there's no legitimate way to purchase Star Wars Saga or d20 stuff. People sitting on licenses or creative content and doing nothing with them infuriates me.

Yeah. That situation encourages piracy like nothing else.

 

[Reynard]

Yeah. That situation encourages piracy like nothing else.

Dead games tell no tales.