Cubicle 7 Also Announces A New 'C7d20' System

Joining Paizo (which has hinted at plans to update Pathfinder), Kobold Press (with it's Black Flag project), MCDM (which is working on a new game), and--of course--Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition (which was released last year), Cubicle 7 has announced a new C7d20 System.

You heard it here first! C7d20, our brand new system, is in development. Building on the great d20 games we know and love, our system will offer all the exciting action-packed adventures players expect from a d20 fantasy game, as well as the broader styles of gaming that we’ve brought to 5e in Doctors and Daleks, Adventures in Middle-earth, and Uncharted Journeys.

C7d20 will be a complete rule set that is compatible with 5e — you’ll be able to use all of your favourite 5e books and supplements, including Uncharted Journeys and Broken Weave. A core rulebook for C7d20 will launch later this year and you’ll be able to see hints of what is to come when Broken Weave launches. We’re involved in discussions about open licensing and will have more news on this as the situation develops.

 

[Reynard]

But will Black Flag and C7d20 be compatible? That would seem to be the element that will determine whether we see a flourishing of Open Gaming or a balkanization of competing 5E-alikes.

 

[kenada]

It seems like a system named the C7d20 system should involve rolling 199 d20s.

 

[Morrus]

But will Black Flag and C7d20 be compatible?

Who knows?

 

[Emmetation]

But will Black Flag and C7d20 be compatible? That would seem to be the element that will determine whether we see a flourishing of Open Gaming or a balkanization of competing 5E-alikes.

We'd love it to be! So we'll definitely be reaching out to the Kobolds as we develop ours and they work on theirs

 

[Xethreau]

But will Black Flag and C7d20 be compatible? That would seem to be the element that will determine whether we see a flourishing of Open Gaming or a balkanization of competing 5E-alikes.

Anybody who thinks the community is sticking to one mutually-compatible system is fooling themselves. The balkanization [edit: inappropriate use here] factionalization is already happening.

 

[Ghost2020]

• Black Flag
• Level Up
• 'Cool Name Goes Here' rpg (which has an extremely good group of designers)
• C7d20

It's looking really good GREAT for having non-WotC options for 5e!

Maybe now we can get some decent sorcerer origins.

 

[Ghost2020]

It's not that these need to be compatible with each other, it's that they need to be mostly to fully compatible with the existing 5e product, and future product from third party publishers.

 

[Reynard]

Anybody who thinks the community is sticking to one mutually-compatible system is fooling themselves. The balkanization is already happening.

@Emmetation above seems to suggest at least some effort will be made to make it easy to mix and match, which I think is great.

 

[Dungeonosophy]

The balkanization is already happening.

The word ‘balkanization’ is an inherently negative word, with connotations of ethnic state warfare and ethnic-based expulsions.

While I realize you’re emphasizing the valid point that multiple “D&D adjacent” systems are emerging, the ethno-political term is tonally off.