OGL? SUccess or failure?

[Gundark]

Not that I think WOTC would ever do something like that. Unless the owner of Palladium somehow buys them.

If there is a God this will never happen *shudder*

 

[Mark CMG]

And Twice on Thursday...

I'll meet you by the stage door, after the last show, and we'll go grab some breakfast and bitch about the old days...

 

[Crothian]

If there is a God this will never happen *shudder*

Ya, Palladium is to good of a company for him to mess around with some upstarts like Wizards.....

 

[Staffan]

I have to disagree with this point. I went through pen-paper.net's database and hunt-and-pecked for a list of start dates for various RPG's. (I will never do this again! pen-paper.net really needs some expanded search tools! )

I'd recommend http://www.darkshire.net/~jhkim/rpg/encyclopedia/ instead.

 

[Turjan]

I'd recommend http://www.darkshire.net/~jhkim/rpg/encyclopedia/ instead.

Thanks, I had to bookmark that one. And to edit my post. Somehow, I though Talislanta 4th. ed. was already from 1999 .

 

[JoeGKushner]

Ya, Palladium is to good of a company for him to mess around with some upstarts like Wizards.....

Back in the day Palladium and TSR sued WoTC for their Primal Order line which had conversion notes for their game systems. THankfully I have both a first and second printing of the book.

 

[Henry]

Thanks, I had to bookmark that one. And to edit my post. Somehow, I though Talislanta 4th. ed. was already from 1999 .

Now that is a sweet list -- thanks, Staffan! Only one problem with the site -- the author totally left out Arcana Unearthed (2003), and even Arcana Evolved (March, 2005). I wonder if there are any other large omissions? Even so, it's still a much better resource by year, and there were a HECK of a lot of games over those 10 years, more than I could have guessed.

 

[philreed]

I'd recommend http://www.darkshire.net/~jhkim/rpg/encyclopedia/ instead.

Staffan, please e-mail me at roninartspresident@yahoo.com to claim your prize.

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

First - one of the stated purposes of the OGL was to reduce the overall number of systems on the market. This has not happened. There continues to be what amounts to a small stream of new games coming out every year.

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5) As I mentioned above, I think the ultimate success or failure of the OGL rests in what happens when WotC releases 4E. If they also release a SRD under the OGL for it, then my opinions in this could be very wrong. However, I don't think that they will release it under the OGL, and I think that is will be the straw that breaks the camel's back regarding this.

Just so I understand you-- with the OGL in place, alternate (non-D&D) systems continue to thrive.

When the non-OGL, 4th edition arrives, non-D&D systems (which, at this point, will include all d20-based OGL systems) are suddenly no longer viable?

 

[philreed]

I do think a 4th edition, especially if it isn't OGL, will have a negative impact on D20 System fantasy supplements. And if WotC yanks the D20 trademark that will make things worse.

But OGL games -- like Mutants & Masterminds and Spycraft -- will likely be unaffected.