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2. February 2002. Almost certainly before that. Also played in CM for awhile. Is that still a thing? And where has the squirrel been hiding? I printed this out years ago and still read it every once in a while. I miss the pictures though...

I think this has been asked in the previous 3k posts I've read. What if Reynard just published the SRD and otherwise didn't include anything that could even remotely be considered copyrightable? Would that make the discovery process go faster? Is there a way to force WOTC's hand to force them...

This got me to thinking. What about the original D&D movie makes it D&D? Other than that it just might have been a naughty word ripoff of Tolkien. To the lay person, what screams, 'That's D&D'. And then the next rhetorical question is, what has to be in this new movie coming out to make it D&D...

Yep. No doubt. For 23 years everyone has pretty much been publishing for WOTC's D&D! Go into a B&N and the RPG section is filled with WOTC's stuff. Oh, there will be a little bit of Pathfinder, but WOTC clearly has the market cornered. End Stop. That was the point of the OGL. Had cornered...

If a layperson arrives at a school cafeteria and sees dozens of kids playing Pathfinder, Call of Cthuhu, 5e, Warhammer FRPG, that layperson will say they are all playing D&D. It's not really different than a fellow teacher asking me to make a xerox on the Ricoh(tm) copier in the lounge. The D&D...

What is, 'What can't WOTC do to themselves?' Alex?

1) If memory serves there was a third Direct-to-Crap movie with an extremely limited release in selected regions. I never saw it, nor had access to it like the first two. (wait for it...) 2) I can't dispute anything about who was responsible for the naughty word that was the first two movies. I...

I don't think I would ever trust Gary's thoughts on business. I don't think he had much effect on the market after he displayed his expert business judgement while running TSR, so by 2006 and this quote, I think it might all be sour grapes. Now truth be told, Gary (et all) ran the fad pretty...

Sorry. I made my saving throw(TM) so I won't make an offensive comment about how I pronounce naughty word with a W instead of ann...

And this is what I kinda expected from EFF. I'm glad someone came out and said what impact WOTC/Hasbro's attack on Open Gaming could have.

I was hoping it would have been a more shot across to bow to WOTC, but I got more of the, 'You'all should have understood what you've gotten yourself into' vibe from it. It doesn't seem like they care if it gets to the courts and then there's a precedent against openness.

Rhetorical question for the board as a whole, if my wordpress.com blog is monetized (it isn't), do I have to submit a legal document to them if I want to post a custom class for any version of D&D using the NOGL? Asking for a friend. If I do, then I would much rather have someone else's OGL...

Brother, I'm firmly in the OSR at this point. I brought my young children to the game with B/X. I'm not talking about us--those that create on their own, those that don't really want a bite of the larger market. I (and the many others here who) don't need WOTC's game, but we still want to...

Roll d20 and add modifiers, specific type of action economy, specific type of magic system, the most basic of chassis. I think something needs to be done for the future. D&D was dead before WOTC revived it and brought everyone along with the OGL. WOTC and Hasbro are killing the openness of the...

I think the thought is to create a chassis of a basic rule system under which a true open gaming licence that everyone can work from to produce their material, since WOTC seems to want to pull everything that exists within the OGL now under their absolute control with the new NOGL. Would CR...

I haven't been here in years and log on to see this. You and anyone else I've helped is welcome.

I don't know if my vote has been mentioned yet; can a thread be TL;DR? From what little info I have seen, I think it's most appropriate title might be D&D WOTC. Maybe have a subtitle like: All the best 3e and 4e mechanics with an Old School Point of View.

"For any fans awaiting future "Star Wars" films from George Lucas, it's going to be a long wait. The creator of the famed series says he's not going to make any more of these movies and that he's essentially retiring. And for that he blames the harsh feedback from certain fans." All I can say...

While you are welcome to debate, name calling is not civil and won't be tolerated. -Stalker0

Yes. If the Dungeon Master's Guide suggests what will be fun in the game, and those suggestions do not match with what I find fun, then I would expect to be much less likely to enjoy the game. Hypotheticals aside, I played 4e for around three months when it first came out. His definition of...