Goodman Games Releasing 4e Adventures Prior to October 1st

[Filcher]

He just negotiated a special license. GSL is if you want to do 4E D&D stuff for free, you can always negotiate a special license paying up for use of the IP/System.

Any company can do this. Actually I think that when most serious companies finally decide to jump into 4E , they will negotiate for a special license. So we may actually see good high quality 3PP products for 4E after all.

That's a relief. For a while it seemed like everybody with jumping off ship. Wizards stuff is great, but variety is the spice of life and all that.

 

[Shroomy]

He just negotiated a special license. GSL is if you want to do 4E D&D stuff for free, you can always negotiate a special license paying up royalties ( like you normally have to do for every other product in the market) for use of the IP/System.

Any company can do this. Actually I think that when most serious companies finally decide to jump into 4E , they will negotiate for a special license. So we may actually see good high quality 3PP products for 4E after all.

Is that confirmed somewhere? I mean, that's what I suspect is going on, but I haven't heard anything directly from GG.

 

[cangrejoide]

That's a relief. For a while it seemed like everybody with jumping off ship. Wizards stuff is great, but variety is the spice of life and all that.

Yeah this point is what always get me when people denounce the evils of the GSL. There are other venues out there and there have always been. One of the only attractive qualities of the OGL (and now GSL) is that it was free. Not with a restrictive GSL, only serious publishers will try to negotiate for a alternate license.

 

[xechnao]

He just negotiated a special license. GSL is if you want to do 4E D&D stuff for free, you can always negotiate a special license paying up royalties ( like you normally have to do for every other product in the market) for use of the IP/System.

Is this speculation or known fact?

 

[cangrejoide]

Is that confirmed somewhere? I mean, that's what I suspect is going on, but I haven't heard anything directly from GG.

Oh no, this is just speculation on my part. Like treebore said, Goodman is a smart guy and I dont believe for a second he would do something as foolish as try to publish without a license or go against a GSL arrangement.

So the only option left is a special license.

Then again I could be wrong, and this Agust could be very interesting.

 

[robertsconley]

J. Goodman is smart enough not to be doing anything stupid. I am actually interested in the Points of Light and PC Pearls products, myself, Those are system neutral.

Plus I will be buying one of the modules. I love Fat Dragon Games stuff, so I have to get those tiles.

I hope you will find Points of Light useful. It is four lands about 125 miles by 100 miles designed to drop into your campaign. All four are presented as numbered hex maps with locales key to a hex along with a listing of geographical

Rob Conley
co-Author Points of Light

 

[Filcher]

Not with a restrictive GSL, only serious publishers will try to negotiate for a alternate license.

The cool part is that Goodman Games seems to be taking it to heart. All the battle maps, fold-y dungeon dressing, and island poster maps (which looks attractively similar to one Dreadful Isle) = added quality above and beyond a "simple" pdf release.

And, best I can tell, the price hasn't gone up.

 

[GMSkarka]

So the only option left is a special license.

Or existing US Copyright law, supported by multiple verdicts in case law....

 

[cangrejoide]

Or existing US Copyright law, supported my multiple verdicts in case law....

yeah but that way lies madness and tons and tons of wasted money.

 

[Filcher]

This is not an edition knock, but maybe some folks that were on the fence about 4E will reconsider due to the DCC line making the jump. I can see this being beneficial to Wizards*.

*In a very, very, very miniscule way that Hasbro will never notice.