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<blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 7680858" data-attributes="member: 3285">The thing that stood out for me the most researching this article was that the OGL was meant to &quot;refine&quot; a game system that there wasn't necessarily a business interest for small companies to refine. It took a big company (Paizo) to take on the massive task of adding to 3.5 in a comprehensive way. Mearls' statements sum that up nicely -- the assumption that somehow all publishers were all on board with &quot;making D&amp;D better&quot; (whatever that means) was flawed to begin with. What the OGL did give designers the flexibility to do is make the game THEY wanted.So in some respect the OGL did achieve its goal, but not how it was intended.&nbsp; We have the game we want, we can publish as much as we want, and I would argue there's now so much material in print for every edition (concluding WOTC's back catalog and the new OSR systems that are compatible) that we can play these games in perpetuity.&nbsp; I do wonder when we &quot;have our fill&quot; and what comes next though.&nbsp; After a certain point, we're going to have every form of OSR system covered from many angles.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="talien, post: 7680858, member: 3285"] The thing that stood out for me the most researching this article was that the OGL was meant to "refine" a game system that there wasn't necessarily a business interest for small companies to refine. It took a big company (Paizo) to take on the massive task of adding to 3.5 in a comprehensive way. Mearls' statements sum that up nicely -- the assumption that somehow all publishers were all on board with "making D&D better" (whatever that means) was flawed to begin with. What the OGL did give designers the flexibility to do is make the game THEY wanted. So in some respect the OGL did achieve its goal, but not how it was intended. We have the game we want, we can publish as much as we want, and I would argue there's now so much material in print for every edition (concluding WOTC's back catalog and the new OSR systems that are compatible) that we can play these games in perpetuity. I do wonder when we "have our fill" and what comes next though. After a certain point, we're going to have every form of OSR system covered from many angles. [/QUOTE]

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