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I thought you were done with your pulpit. You felt like a fool playing a game - for free - that someone else designed for you? Yeah, how disrespectful of them. You felt like a fool for being loosely affiliated with some other people who infringed on WotC's intellectual property? Uh huh. You...

Haha wow this thread took a really weird turn.

Uh-huh.

No, not really. This thread is pretty clear evidence to the contrary. The people acting offended by this aren't part of the fan base, and haven't been for years now. The most vocal critic in this thread (and the one who has taken great pains to sound like he's speaking on behalf of the fan base)...

No, it isn't. If someone uses your intellectual property and spreads it around for free, it's undermining your business. It matters zero that they weren't charging for it. In fact, not charging for it can often be worse, because it means that people have no reason not to consume the infringing...

You're using the term "fan base" a little loosely, here. Policing intellectual property is a reality of business. Being able to stay in business is what allows companies to continue making products that fans enjoy. So I'll be abundantly clear: If WotC policing its intellectual property suddenly...

We know.

Oh my god this thread

Because that's a ridiculous characterization, and this isn't the sort of thing that reasonable people get "outraged" over. I think the last thing the gaming community needs is more comical outrage for outrage's sake. I think it'd be really cool if we found it within ourselves to approach...

Okay, let's pause there for a moment. BioWare is BioWare. There was a time, 15 years ago, when a partnership with the Dungeons & Dragons brand made a lot of sense. Those days are gone. BioWare makes industry-defining games now. They own two absolutely mammoth RPG properties (the Mass Effect...

According to this blog post at The Id DM, Trapdoor will be launching a Kickstarter to fund CN:MS before Christmas.

I think most of us are capable of running games without any form of digital assistance. After all, that's how we started out. That doesn't mean that we'd prefer to go back to those days. Many of us have been enjoying the fruits of digital gaming aids for years now. It's cool if you don't see a...

Heh, one of the issues of novel IP law - you can't really answer the question of what the boundaries of allowable behavior are without opening yourself up to the possibility of ruinous litigation.

No, it isn't. You don't get to make blanket statements like that when you're surrounded by people who use that online model in their in-person games, and consider it a very productive resource. Which way do you think the world is moving? Away from people being comfortable using digital aids...

Ironically, this is exactly why WotC feels that communicating is a poor option - because there are people who, in the same breath, say that WotC should be completely upfront with fans like him, and that the decision to cancel a software product before launch is an example of dysfunctional...

The community has proved pretty conclusively over the last decade or so that "communicating" is a sucker's bet, especially for anything planned but not assured. If WotC says something is planned, it's taken by the community as a promise. If they drop those plans - regardless of reason - the...

So what's interesting to me about this whole situation is that the Trapdoor team (namely, Hobo) is pushing a pretty consistent message that we'll hear more about their plans when they're able to share it. This is what I would expect to hear from a group that was aware of a coming license and...

Or - or - and this is just a thought, here - but maybe there's actually no evidence of any kind of malicious or deceptive intent, at all, and that even conspiracy theories revolving around WotC having an ulterior motive in wanting to hide the tools away are put to rest by the fact that DDI...

Don't attribute this to some weird form of malice. The Insider tools are accessible both through their main URL and through the D&D site (at a very reasonable location). They're not hidden. They're not hard to find. They're not trying to force people to switch to 5e by depriving them of 4e...

The press release is now available! Important takeaways: This is a long-term license, not a one-off. We will be seeing multiple games. The first game is a tablet version of the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, and will be shown off this week at GenCon. (From Lisa) There almost certainly will be...