Haven: City of Violence is d20?

[buzz]

The news today lists some info about Haven: City of Violence as d20 System news.

I didn't think Haven was a d20 game. The creator's site doesn't say anywhere that it is (that I could find).

 

[EricNoah]

I dunno, it appears to have character creation rules so it could be an OGL game using the d20 rules but not the d20 logo. That's probably the situation.

 

[buzz]

I dunno, it appears to have character creation rules so it could be an OGL game using the d20 rules but not the d20 logo. That's probably the situation.

I guess, but I swear I've seen the author in the RPG.net forums describing it as a point-buy system like HERO or something.

 

[buzz]

Alas, no.

Based on the two reviews at RPG.net, Haven is not a d20/OGL product.

 

[EricNoah]

That's odd. I wonder why they would try to promote themselves here?

 

[2WS-Steve]

It might have just slipped in through some other means; they're handled by Osseum and almost all the Osseum clients are d20 publishers so it might have something to do with that.

 

[Morrus]

That must be it. I'll remember not to post their new sitems in future - I just assumed that is must be, else why would they send me the info?

 

[Sulimo]

That must be it. I'll remember not to post their new sitems in future - I just assumed that is must be, else why would they send me the info?

Perhaps because ENworld is a large gaming community, not all of whom are one-eyed d20 fans. Or perhaps it might be a product that's useful for the wider gaming community...thus advertising it here could get them for more customers.

 

[EricNoah]

Well ... it's a D&D and D20 site. D&D and D20 are basically the newsworthy items here. It's just kinda odd, is all. Now, if they wanted to buy banner ad space, that would be different, eh?

 

[Morrus]

Perhaps because ENworld is a large gaming community, not all of whom are one-eyed d20 fans. Or perhaps it might be a product that's useful for the wider gaming community...thus advertising it here could get them for more customers.

Yeah, but it's a flodgate thing. If I let one publisher do it, I should let them all do it. In which case this stops being a D&D/D20 site and turns into a general RPG site - and there are already plenty of General RPG sites which do a fine job (RPG.net, Gaming Report etc.).