Do All of Your RPG Maps Now Belong To Judges Guild? ... and more?

[aramis erak]

It starts out sounding like a guy who's simply frustrated with piracy, which is understandable. Had he stuck to that, we probably wouldn't be having this thread. Personally, I still wonder how much of that was an angry overreaction that he'll walk back once he calms down.

If he's sticking to it, then yeah, he's gone way overboard.

He also licensed out the village book to a number of other companies to sell in the 00's, then later bitched that they were selling them. (Including Hyperbooks and Quicklink Interactive. QLI quit selling eBooks in about 2009.)

 

[Silvercat Moonpaw]

He also licensed out the village book to a number of other companies to sell in the 00's, then later bitched that they were selling them. (Including Hyperbooks and Quicklink Interactive. QLI quit selling eBooks in about 2009.)

Okay, I agree, it's a pattern.

 

[Wofano Wotanto]

Nothing new about hex grids for gaming. The first hex-map-and-cardboard-counter wargame was the 1961 AvHill printing of D-Day. The German game Stern-Halma was using a star-shaped (hence "stern") hex-pattern board in 1892, although it's a checkers variation, not a wargame. In 1928 it would get renamed in the US as Chinese checkers.

 

[Clint_L]

I'm actually glad I have no positive feelings of nostalgia for Judges' Guild. It would be a shame to have fond memories tainted by the company's modern shenanigans.

I do have nostalgic feelings for City State of the Invincible Overlord - one of my buddies had it - this is 1979 or 1980 - and lent it to me and I was mesmerized by it.

So, yeah, it really sucks to see what they've become. Or maybe always were, I dunno.

Edit: also, not a lot of respect for A) his tone, and B) his tone given that he didn't make any of the stuff that he is acting so entitled and angry about.

 

[Lanefan]

Assuming Judge's Guild was the first one to use hexes for maps and random tables in this manner, it's been almost fifty years since such things have been in use. It seems like it's a little late to start worrying about copyright claims now.

Aren't there statutes of limitations on things like this? If yes, they must have expired ages ago.

In any case, using squares should be safe: people have been using squares for mapping ever since latitude and longitude were invented.

 

[Lanefan]

I do have nostalgic feelings for City State of the Invincible Overlord - one of my buddies had it - this is 1979 or 1980 - and lent it to me and I was mesmerized by it.

City State of the World Emperor rocks, too.

 

[The Soloist]

Also, Judges Guild never delivered on a KS campaign in 2020.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/judgesguild/city-state-of-the-invincible-overlord/creator

 

[sevenbastard]

Piracy of a PDF is bad
Racism is worse

I got to believe thier are people who are pirating his dad's stuff specificaly because they don't want to give him money.

I'm not saying that's justification. Im fully anti piracy. But this guy is hard to feel sympathy for

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Aren't there statutes of limitations on things like this? If yes, they must have expired ages ago.

In any case, using squares should be safe: people have been using squares for mapping ever since latitude and longitude were invented.

In other news, Ordnance Survey sues - everyone.

 

[sevenbastard]

In other news, Ordnance Survey sues - everyone.

Combat on a square grid, not so fast says Reginald P. Chess heir to the Chess Family fortune.