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If they're separate licenses, you can't. It's that simple. Unless you get someone who owns the content you want to re-release it under the new license. If it's a new version of the same license, however, you can simply choose to use the terms of the current version of the license, and ignore...

Though it looks like still only if they involve physical objects. That is, the patents that have so far been granted don't challenge the long-standing requirement that a game have patentable physical elements to be patented. Though, given that mathematical algorithms have been granted patents...

Well, does a game using Arcana Unearthed, Al Qadim (the AD&D2 materials), the Net Book of Feats, and an assortment of other D20 System products (such as various monster books), count? That is, as far as i'm concerned, the game i was running was D&D. It just didn't happen to use any of the...

Um, yeah, you could say i have. Though it's been a couple years. Anyway, my mistake--i misremembered aboleths as being one of the 8 monsters withheld from the D20SRD (in comparison with the D&D3E MM), along with illithid, beholder, etc.

Which isn't in any way special for message board posts--if you write it, and it sees the world, you own it. Or, more precisely, you have copyright over it. Which doesn't mean it can't be challenged, if you infringe someone else's IP (such as by misusing trademarks, or plagiarizing). And, in...

Maybe. You've mixed up a bunch of things there. First of all, aboleths don't appear in the D20SRD. So you definitely can't write anything about them using the WotC OGL. Secondly, you can potentially write about anything that anyone has published, without using the WotC OGL. That includes...

Those aren't definitions of PI--they're exemplary lists. The only absolutes are that (1) anything that is derived from OGC must itself be OGC, and (2) anything you declare as OGC or PI is OGC or PI, respectively. And that's according to the people behind the license. [Oh, and (3) trademarks are...

Well, what you're describing does seem a bit iffy. But don't ignore the possibility of luck in this. I'm one of those people who consistently rolls poorly--and it's not *just* selective memory. Went through an entire D&D game without rolling double digits on the d20. My most recent D&D session...

Well, Ryan Dancey's been acting like "don't care what system they use" means "they would prefer to stick with what they are already using" or "they prefer D20 System" for years, so it's an understandable mistake.

As a general analogy, i think you're right. However, don't forget thgat, even moreso than with computer software, there is no one clear-cut universal definition of "better"--one person's feature is another's bug [in many cases; some things are always bugs]. So, frex, i looked at D&D3E, and saw...

We've debated that matter. I don't think there's any point--the reason Dread works is the building tension--a dozen pulls is way more than the sum of 12 pulls. In a demo, we could only show what happens with, say, a couple pulls. It would, i think, actually undermine the game--being worse than...

There's been a noticable cheapening of Jenga in the last 5 years. The quality control on the blocks is poorer, the finish is lighter and i think the newest sets don't even have a finish, the alignment tool has gone from heavy plastic to heavy cardboard to light cardboard, and now the switch to...

Yep. Just like it says in the [very detailed] credits. ;) (don't worry, apparently nobody reads the credits--i've noticed much-more-basic stuff get listed wrong in reviews, frex.)

So, like, "One of the characters should have a question relating to nightmares, because the demon can bring dreams to life when there are no electric lights around, and will do so to manipulate the characters."? Or "Be sure and have painful questions about loved ones--'Who have you...

Did you do anything *else* at Gen Con? Wow, that's a lot of game-running. Wish i'd remembered that you were doing that, or had thought to plan ahead--i would've loved to at least watch one of the games, if my schedule had permitted (which it probably wouldn't've). You're welcome to post them...

IPR booth. On the one hand, with the hundred-odd other games there, it's hard for anything to stand out. OTOH, it has a very striking cover, almost completely unlike any other RPG to date (with the notable exceptions of the just-released Dirty Secrets, and the just-released Cookie Jar).

While it's not inconceivable that Hasbro might have a problem, what we're doing is pretty clearly legal--we are not trading on their property (notice that we don't advertise the game as "Jenga--Only Better!" or use the image of Jenga), and we properly declaim their trademark the few times it...

Jenga Xtreme is for the group that has gotten too good at the pulling part of the game, or just is cocky and doesn't take it seriously, so it breaks the mood. And, yes, it is comparatively vicious. Though, if you're getting 28 pulls, you're doing pretty well. And keep in mind that 28 pulls just...

You know, i definitely love more of that. It's precisely that sort of stuff that makes Fantasy Bestiary (D20 System, Atlas) and Medieval Bestiary (Ars Magica, WWGS) two of the best monster books ever.

Stop worrying so much about monetary-equivalent value, and spend more time worrying about utility. Whoever can best use a magic item, or give the biggest benefit to the party by having it, gets it. After all, the thief is probably just as happy getting a cloak of invisibility as the fighter is...