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Not running anything at the moment, but will imminently. Last year I've forked into several systems, some pretty dense, and I need something more lightweight coming into 2023. I read Cairn during the holidays, and I bought a few short sandbox adventures for it. I'm not prepping one of these and...

This is the bare minimum I'm willing to accept from there. If they want to move forward alone without all the creators, they can do so. At least everything that was published in the past is not nuked out of existence. But the problem is that trust has been broken. If they can change the OGL...

You can't be sure of 80% of what you're saying in there. We've had lawyers, involved individuals and companies proclaim things on every point of the legal continuum. The main takeaway from this whole affair is that we just don't know. And WoTC will exploit this legal ambiguity and the shadow...

If by industry you mean the major players that employ many employees and operate as corporations and have products on shelves all over the world, I think it's unlikely but possible. If by industry you mean everyone making TTRPGs, hell no. In this day and age, someone on the other side of the...

Don't very popular systems already use other licenses like Creative Commons? I remember reading that Mork Borg had some 1500 third-party products made for it.

You can forgive an individual. Forgiving a business that's owned by an hyper-capitalist entity is foolish in my opinion. What we've seen is what that corporation is and will be. It has reached that point. It is beyond it. The CEO and the executive might change, but the shareholders will still...

Kevin Crawford of Stars Without Numbers and World Without Numbers has discussed the situation a little bit on Reddit too. His username is CardinalXimenes. Here's the thread:

The clauses in the 1.1 are incredibly restrictive and undesirable. It's not much of a choice.

Not much of a bone when effective January 2023 they can't print or sell products. Royalties on no sales are pretty low.

I think open-gaming is important because it opens the door and democratizes access to creation to other type of individuals, with different ideas. Individuals that probably wouldn't have their place in businesses that must make money to keep doing. These independent developers are an important...

Also, I saw a post earlier on Twitter that reminded me that Free League announced Lord of the Rings 5E mere months ago and also released a version of Symbaroum called Ruins of Symbaroum for 5E. I wonder how they feel about these moves now... and how having a product with a strong IP like LOTR...

I was talking about this whole situation with colleagues this morning. Some of them not really RPG fans so I had to explain some details. It helped me structure my thoughts. If Wizard of the Coast had come out and said "We've got a new OGL, if you want to make content for our upcoming edition...

This is so bad. Crass hyper-capitalism.

And I'd agree that it 100% was. I don't think we would have the ecosystem that we have to day without it. But this license is tied and controlled by a multi-billion hyper-capitalist entity. Maybe it's time to move to a new model and/or license. Industries grow over time and have to change. I'm...

Well, most of the creators in the industry are not doing it full-time already. So the minuscule portion of those that do might have to yes. But the thousand others that have no interest in doing content for 5E might see their part of the industry grow and potentially have a chance to send more...

I agree. If this goes through, there will be hurt for many creators. But I think it will lead to very fertile ground for creativity and creators to move to new pastures. In my head, I much prefer WOTC to either entirely back down or commit, the in between scenario where everyone reluctantly...

I think it'd fit under the ACTUAL PLAY category. But I'd like to nominate the Tales of the Manticore podcast.

ICON by the creator of Lancer. Several playtest versions have been out for a while, but it is supposedly releasing in 2023 from what I last read. ICON playtest by Massif Press

Rules are not necessary, but rules are important. The systems and mechanics designed for a game create game dynamics that would be hard to recreate without them. Five people can sit down and agree to free roleplay a one-shot where they're cursed and are slowly deprecating and have to complete an...

I think lore is incredibly underrated. I think some people think of lore as that superficial worldbuilding that the stereotypical failed novelist shoves into his campaign. It can be that, but it's also much more. If your players are moving around adventuring, and they eventually go through a...