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Message: <blockquote data-quote="soviet" data-source="post: 9752711" data-attributes="member: 6925338">You said you're an IP professional but your reference is wikipedia.You say you haven't read any other games, so they don't influence your ideas. How then can you know how derivative they are, or how original they are? Presumably though you have read and played D&D, so I'm interested to know how you have avoided (or accounted for) D&D's influence.  How do you know that other games, that have also been influenced by D&D and perhaps other games, haven't independently thought of all your ideas, and done them 10% better?None of the best writers are people who do not read. None of the best directors are people who do not watch movies. None of the best musicians are people who do not listen to music. None of the best games designers are people who do not read and play other games.Edit: Also, if being influenced by other games (and using elements adapted from other games) is actionable, why have we not seen any such legal action from the bigger companies? Are they just being nice?</blockquote>