Now WotC has taken Dragonlance (merged)

[Cabled]

Im sure Devyn was speaking of the whole Dragon/Dungeon thing, not just the DL thing. My group gamed Saturday morning, and we discussed it then, and that is quite outside 48 hours ago.

 

[Dire Bare]

WOTC was licensing Rokugan, not the other way around...

Not quite. At the time Oriental Adventures was printed, WotC completely owned the Legend of the Five Rings brand, including the RPG and the CCG.

However, practically while OA was still in the print house, events conspired and the property was sold to AEG. So it wasn't long after OA hit the shelves that Rokugan was no longer owned by WotC.

WotC never licensed Rokugan to AEG, they sold it to them. They did license the OA logo and mechanics, however, resulting in a long series of d20 Rokugan books printed by AEG. The WotC OA book was the "core" book of the line.

Not too long ago AEG came out with the new edition of the original Rokugan game mechanics, which are not d20 based.

That's where I stopped paying attention . . . I'm not sure if the new L5R books were dual-statted after that, or if they dropped d20 and the OA logo entirely . . .

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Cam, if you're still reading, any chance Towers of High Sorcery can sneak back into print before the axe falls, or should I be haunting the same used bookstores as I am for The Magic Box for BTVSRPG?

 

[frankthedm]

Not to sound hysterical or anything, but is this all the pre-cursor to an all out assault on D20, OGL, and the SRD in preparation for 4th Ed?

My first paranoid thought too!

 

[Moon-Lancer]

*edit* oops

 

[Vigilance]

Do you work for WotC?

Nope. Never have, and probably never will.

My ultimate goal is to work for Green Ronin

Chuck

 

[danzig138]

Sooo, when WOTC gives something, they have to give it forever, relinquishing all rights to IP they've license, or they're shameful?

Nice.

Chuck

Dude. . . you're like a masochist or something, aren't you?

 

[Vigilance]

I think this is about the upcoming movie personally.

If the movie is a hit... the license price just went way up.

If it's not... well... sit on it for a couple of years till folks forget

Chuck

 

[Cam Banks]

Cam, if you're still reading, any chance Towers of High Sorcery can sneak back into print before the axe falls, or should I be haunting the same used bookstores as I am for The Magic Box for BTVSRPG?

Actually, I'm not the man to answer that for you, mate. But I can see if Jamie will drop by sometime - he's at GAMA, but he's checking forums when he isn't working like crazy.

Cheers,
Cam

 

[Mistwell]

Im sure Devyn was speaking of the whole Dragon/Dungeon thing, not just the DL thing. My group gamed Saturday morning, and we discussed it then, and that is quite outside 48 hours ago.

The announcement was made a little less than four days ago. Not six days. And it was followed up a little over 24 hours later with a second much longer announcement. And they are about to answer questions posed to them. So almost every day since the announcement WOTC has said something about it, and it's not all that long ago either.