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But the point remains that Kobold Press has all of these things as a basis to work off of that are their IP, which WOTC doesn't own, and if there is a potential for derivative claims, they have plenty of precedent to fall back on, at the least. Again, I'm simply saying that have a bank of both...

They don't want to publish "everything in the 5e rules." They want to publish a game system that uses the open parts (in the current draft, that would be the CC mechanics spelled out from the SRD 5.1) and build their own Classes, Races, Spells, Monsters, etc. Since they already have a giant back...

Precisely. All PF2e books out today are fine. But if one published after this all goes into effect references the spell Magic Missile (a spell that exists in PF2e, to be clear), is it going on WOTC's radar to be dealt with in court or via C&D, or does it constitute a "sublicensed" product since...

Pathfinder Pawns and either Pathfinder Beginner Box 2e if they want crunchy high fantasy or Cairn if they want something more lite and roguelike. Very cheap either way you go.

If “OGL 1.1” isn’t something that’s crossed your social media feed over the past couple weeks then you are likely having a better January than most publishers in the TTRPG industry! And for those in the know, well…you know what a dumpster fire* current events have become, and you deserve to...

It certainly is among publishers/content creators. For many hobby players, I can't really see how this would really be on their radar. 95% of the players aren't going to be immediately affected by this, and probably don't even WANT to read a license or contract, never mind hear talk about...

I was shocked they'd even float the idea of a video in the first place, prerecorded or otherwise. Especially if it's a stopgap to buy time before release/revision.

Maybe a stream is in the works on D&D Beyond's twitch, instead, but in an hour (1:30pm PST / 4:30pm EST). Could also be a regularly scheduled weekly stream, so... who knows!

I've got their Twitch and YouTube up, but it doesn't look like there's even a wait screen, so I'm kinda thinking this may not happen... https://www.youtube.com/user/DNDWizards

Hasbro is well-known for owning properties and putting them in cold storage or selling them off strategically. Given how meteoric and consistent D&D's rise has been since they've owned it -- with the only obvious "slump" during 4e (and that still successful by any bar within the tabletop sphere)...

Then you're all set because you still have everything you already own for D&D!

So much this! Having bigger companies like KP (and perhaps Paizo) with resources to spare putting out brand new games might actually lead to the best possible scenario: D&D no longer being synonymous with RPG, and also several very well-produced, slick looking games that are well supported...

James Desborough, creator of one of the bigger change.org petitions linked earlier.

While a fair point, if the OGL 1.0/a is revoked and all the OSR -- and frankly, quite possibly every D&D-related Kickstarter -- is shelved, that is money Kickstarter no longer sees by virtue of those campaigns never going live on Kickstarter. KS makes its money not just by the big campaigns, but...

It's a rough day when we find ourselves teaming up with some of the bad actors in the community to raise our collective voices.

Considering how much money Gavin Norman has raised there and how about 90% of Zine Month is OSR games, I think there's an argument that they stand in that group too. Not by any one single campaign, but all of them combined. But the point is: sure, yeah, that too!

Yeah, that OSR thing hurts a little. Of the two main OSR haunts on Reddit, the one with 900-ish members is "drama-free" (meaning, generally okay with racism, sexism, etc.), but the one with 25,000 members is fairly well moderated to get rid of anything that's not inclusive and welcoming. To...

If anything's a "smoking gun" regarding intent, I think it's this.

For sure. I hadn't busted out mine since getting two boxes (Bestiary and Villain Codex), but now I'm buying them up like crazy because I've got a nephew turning 7 and I know I'll get use out of them soon!

They enforce so few of their own rules when a particular campaign goes sideways. ;-P Kidding-not-kidding aside, I guarantee they are interested in how much enforcing WOTC will do, if indeed the OGL 1.0a is de-authorized. If they start losing all those sweet OSR campaigns, that'll certainly hurt...