D&D General Are You Seriously Planning to Stop Playing and/or Running D&D Over The Recent OGL Developments?

[EzekielRaiden]

Honestly, the thing I find most impressive is how stable the poll has been. When I said a 40 Yes/60 No split in a previous post, I don't think the poll had more than 70 respondents. It's now well over double that figure, possibly triple the actual amount (I seem to recall high-20s for "yes" and high-30s for "no")...and yet it still rounds to the same value, albeit rounding "Yes" up instead of down like before.

 

[GreyLord]

I've been playing AD&D for many years. I've been playing D&D (OD&D, BX, BECMI) even longer.

No idea why I'd stop now.

Are they coming to take our books or something??

 

[soviet]

No intention to stop playing whatsoever. I have no intention to give them any money either, mainly because their products have no appeal to me. I haven't bought anything from them since the three core 5e books in 2014. I don't mind 5e as a player but if I GM D&D again it will be 2e or Basic. I already have everything I need for a lifetime of gaming.

 

[Retreater]

No idea why I'd stop now.

Are they coming to take our books or something??

Because you could be encouraging your table to try other systems, supporting independent creators?

 

[Vincent55]

To be honest, i stopped buying Books from Hasbro/WotC for a while, 3rd party companies put out much better content like that in the 80s and 90s. Where as The D&D name brand has been just phoning it in and even pulling back, pushing exclusive online content and collectable book covers and such.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

5e is the compromise my group has reached... if we switch we will almost for sure break up into smaller group.

 

[HammerMan]

I've never used 3rd-party material and honestly have always thought the OGL was absurdly generous on WotC's part to the point of foolishness (even before Paizo used it to make D&D's most significant competitor) so that's a no from me.

I don’t think that the OGL is make or break for me and mine. However we are already talking about breaking with 1D&D

 

[Parmandur]

I've never used 3rd-party material and honestly have always thought the OGL was absurdly generous on WotC's part to the point of foolishness (even before Paizo used it to make D&D's most significant competitor) so that's a no from me.

I never thought it was foolishly generous, I always thought it was a cynical and cunning move to suborn the competition by making it pay to compete with D&D by.making more D&D. But strategies change.

 

[Redwizard007]

Stop playing? No. Actually, Hell no.

Stop buying? Abso-frikin-loutely, and not just D&D. Anything Hasbro touches will be a no go. No more MTG. No more boardgames. No video games they develop. Nothing.

 

[ProfessorDetective]

Wasn't able to play or run it much to begin with. I ain't buying anymore books from here on, though. Will still probably see the Movie and pick up BG3.