[OT] WotC being bullies again?

[Black Omega]

Looks like Wizkids is going to have a Mechwarrior-Mage Knight lookalike.

See here -> http://www.wizkidsgames.com/mwdarkage/

Yes I hear screams...

Yes, this is what they are doing with Battletech. The screams were some time ago when they announced this. Mageknight has been scucessful, so hard to blame them for wanting to use Battletech with the same idea.

 

[mooker]

Yes, this is what they are doing with Battletech. The screams were some time ago when they announced this. Mageknight has been scucessful, so hard to blame them for wanting to use Battletech with the same idea.

Boy it's very familiar... didn't WotC tackle Battletech as a CCG right after the success of Magic?

 

[Black Omega]

Boy it's very familiar... didn't WotC tackle Battletech as a CCG right after the success of Magic?

I don't recall which company had the rights on that, but yes. There was a Battetech CCG for a time. I still have some of the cards someplace in my collection. It never really caught on.

 

[Ranger REG]

I think it was Five Rings Publishing Group that did a BattleTech/MechWarrior TCG. But then it was bought by Wizards of the Coast.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Vuron]

What's interesting Is that I thought that rules mechanics in and off themselves are not capable of being patented.

 

[FullTinCan]

It's not WotC being bullies, it's the copyright laws that have a few issues.

Actually its Patent laws that are more at issue than copyright.

 

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I suppose by the very loosest definition, anything using collectable something could fall under it. It does seem like quite a stretch though.

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I'd have said the same thing about the IOC's trademark on "five interlocking rings." But Hasbro lost that fight, and thus L5R got a new card back. Patent/Trademark/Copyright law is a strange beast indeed.

Alan