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<blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 3476416" data-attributes="member: 2205">Heh.&nbsp; This question looks familiar.I'll summarize what I said about this issue on another messageboard recently--I actualy almost hope that that's exactly what does happen.&nbsp; I know, I know--sounds weird, but think about it for a moment.&nbsp; I probably won't be playing any MMORG type D&amp;D, but if the game is really good; who knows?&nbsp; It'd be nice to have the option.&nbsp; And if that's where D&amp;D goes, that means that the regular rpg hobby becomes &quot;frozen&quot; at the SRD level, so to speak, and because of the OGL, it can continue forever, supported by third party companies.That means that I can keep playing what I want to without worrying about getting pressured into upgrading when a new edition comes out by my groups, because there won't be any new editions coming out.&nbsp; I can still get new material--presumably of high quality if I spend to time to look for it--because the OGL is non-revokable and will always exist, and if that's the &quot;final&quot; version of the rules, then folks will still publish using the OGL from time to time.&nbsp; It may be bad for the hobby overall in the long-term, but for me personally, it's a hard scenario to beat.However, I don't think that's necessarily likely.&nbsp; I think it's more likely that WotC/Hasbro are gathering up all their licenses back in house in preparation to put the D&amp;D brand up for sale.Hmmm.&nbsp; Guess that wasn't a summary.&nbsp; In fact, that ended up longer than my reply to this idea on the other messageboard, as a matter of fact.&nbsp; Oh well.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desdichado, post: 3476416, member: 2205"] Heh. This question looks familiar. I'll summarize what I said about this issue on another messageboard recently--I actualy almost hope that that's exactly what does happen. I know, I know--sounds weird, but think about it for a moment. I probably won't be playing any MMORG type D&D, but if the game is really good; who knows? It'd be nice to have the option. And if that's where D&D goes, that means that the regular rpg hobby becomes "frozen" at the SRD level, so to speak, and because of the OGL, it can continue forever, supported by third party companies. That means that I can keep playing what I want to without worrying about getting pressured into upgrading when a new edition comes out by my groups, because there won't be any new editions coming out. I can still get new material--presumably of high quality if I spend to time to look for it--because the OGL is non-revokable and will always exist, and if that's the "final" version of the rules, then folks will still publish using the OGL from time to time. It may be bad for the hobby overall in the long-term, but for me personally, it's a hard scenario to beat. However, I don't think that's necessarily likely. I think it's [b]more[/b] likely that WotC/Hasbro are gathering up all their licenses back in house in preparation to put the D&D brand up for sale. Hmmm. Guess that wasn't a summary. In fact, that ended up longer than my reply to this idea on the other messageboard, as a matter of fact. Oh well. :) [/QUOTE]

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