Blue Orange
Gone to Texas
I always kind of wondered what the big deal was. I mean, with TV shows or movies changing there's a lack of new content (if you're a fan of movie westerns you're not getting any more), but with a game there's nothing to stop you from getting one of the OSR clones (or buying the 1st or 2nd ed rulebooks off the website) and running your own old-school game. You can even make custom material and advertise it.
I mean, Hasbro owns D&D. They can hit you with a cease-and-desist if you publish a module with a beholder in it. But they can't stop you from running a game in contradiction to everything they stand for, or making your own retroclone and publishing that as long as you avoid Product Identity.
I mean, Hasbro owns D&D. They can hit you with a cease-and-desist if you publish a module with a beholder in it. But they can't stop you from running a game in contradiction to everything they stand for, or making your own retroclone and publishing that as long as you avoid Product Identity.