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<blockquote data-quote="CinnamonPixie" data-source="post: 4099070" data-attributes="member: 59187">Castles &amp; CrusadesIf you don't want to do &quot;D&amp;D&quot; by title anymore (though you could stay with 3.5 as I think there's a ton of stuff available and there's a lot of people that will still make stuff for it since the bulk of the system mechanics are truly open OGL license material (opposed to the &quot;less open&quot; model for 4e that's being discussed - and only released by WotC to certain &quot;applicants&quot; who pay handsomely for the privilege of being accepted and allowed to have the license - that's NOT &quot;open&quot; at all) and WotC CAN NOT go back on the OGL for 3.5 now that its out there and been established (there'd be serious lawsuits and a massive breach of contract with the general public for doing that)). But if you don't want to stay on WotC's D&amp;D at 3.5 look at &quot;Castles and Crusades&quot; by Troll Lord Games. Gary Gygax himself worked with the guys at Troll Lord Games and was very fond of the system and the work that they did. In fact a lot of the stuff that was coming out of Troll Lord had his name on it - and he put an entire line of stuff out through them in that title. I've heard some game reviewers saying that since D&amp;D is no longer really Dungeons &amp; Dragons (like it felt and was in 3.0-3.5) that Castles &amp; Crusades (which in some ways is more like AD&amp;D than 3.0 and 3.5 were) is the best thing to take up the mantle of being the true &quot;D&amp;D&quot; game out there - at least in spirit since the title is now Hasbro's coveted World of Warcraft [hopeful] killer trademark possession.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CinnamonPixie, post: 4099070, member: 59187"] [b]Castles & Crusades[/b] If you don't want to do "D&D" by title anymore (though you could stay with 3.5 as I think there's a ton of stuff available and there's a lot of people that will still make stuff for it since the bulk of the system mechanics are truly open OGL license material (opposed to the "less open" model for 4e that's being discussed - and only released by WotC to certain "applicants" who pay handsomely for the privilege of being accepted and allowed to have the license - that's NOT "open" at all) and WotC CAN NOT go back on the OGL for 3.5 now that its out there and been established (there'd be serious lawsuits and a massive breach of contract with the general public for doing that)). But if you don't want to stay on WotC's D&D at 3.5 look at "Castles and Crusades" by Troll Lord Games. Gary Gygax himself worked with the guys at Troll Lord Games and was very fond of the system and the work that they did. In fact a lot of the stuff that was coming out of Troll Lord had his name on it - and he put an entire line of stuff out through them in that title. I've heard some game reviewers saying that since D&D is no longer really Dungeons & Dragons (like it felt and was in 3.0-3.5) that Castles & Crusades (which in some ways is more like AD&D than 3.0 and 3.5 were) is the best thing to take up the mantle of being the true "D&D" game out there - at least in spirit since the title is now Hasbro's coveted World of Warcraft [hopeful] killer trademark possession. [/QUOTE]

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