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<blockquote data-quote="Glyfair" data-source="post: 3486187" data-attributes="member: 53">In discussions about different RPG products recently I've noticed that the terms are getting blurry, particularly when dealing with d20 and OGL.&nbsp; It used to be that a d20 game was one that used the d20 license, and other games using the D&amp;D/d20 system were OGL games (such as Arcana Unearthed and Mutants &amp; Masterminds).&nbsp; Now, however, several other game systems are using the OGL (such as Runequest) and saying a game is an OGL game doesn't imply a specific system.&nbsp; This makes communication a bit more difficult.Perhaps we are being too limiting in referring to only games that use the d20 license as being d20 games.&nbsp; Aren't all games that use the d20 SRD really d20 games (including D&amp;D)?&nbsp; Do we need a new term for OGL games that are built on the d20 system, or maybe one for OGL games that don't use the system?If we can come to a consensus maybe communication can be a bit less awkward in this area (at least on this forum).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Glyfair, post: 3486187, member: 53"] In discussions about different RPG products recently I've noticed that the terms are getting blurry, particularly when dealing with d20 and OGL. It used to be that a d20 game was one that used the d20 license, and other games using the D&D/d20 system were OGL games (such as [I]Arcana Unearthed[/i] and [I]Mutants & Masterminds[/I]). Now, however, several other game systems are using the OGL (such as [I]Runequest[/I]) and saying a game is an OGL game doesn't imply a specific system. This makes communication a bit more difficult. Perhaps we are being too limiting in referring to only games that use the d20 license as being d20 games. Aren't all games that use the d20 SRD really d20 games (including D&D)? Do we need a new term for OGL games that are built on the d20 system, or maybe one for OGL games that don't use the system? If we can come to a consensus maybe communication can be a bit less awkward in this area (at least on this forum). [/QUOTE]

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