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<blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 7660697" data-attributes="member: 907">That's the period during which most of 3e was made, when the groundwork for the OGL started, and when they abandoned the Comics Code-inspired &quot;Code of Conduct&quot; that said that the good guys must always win and authority figures must always be portrayed in a positive light. That last bit was particularly strongly shown in Cloak &amp; Dagger, which actually let the bad guys take some good strides forward in FR and planted the seeds for Bane's return.But the things I remember most about that time was the way Wizards was reaching out to fans. One of the first things they did after buying TSR was can the old online policy (which basically said &quot;don't do anything online with D&amp;D stuff&quot;) and replaced it with a much simpler and more generous one which basically said &quot;as long as you're not reprinting our books, using our art, and/or making money from stuff, do whatever.&quot; Peter Adkison, &quot;CEO and Janitor&quot;, made occasional posts about the acquisition and how things were going, followed by Ryan Dancey. They started making old books available online - some for free, and others as paid downloads.Much of this went on for a while after they were bought by Hasbro, because Hasbro essentially said &quot;You're clearly doing something right over there bringing in all that money, so we'll leave you to it.&quot; Most of that was from Magic and Pokémon, but that &quot;shielded&quot; D&amp;D from corporate interference.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Staffan, post: 7660697, member: 907"] That's the period during which most of 3e was made, when the groundwork for the OGL started, and when they abandoned the Comics Code-inspired "Code of Conduct" that said that the good guys must always win and authority figures must always be portrayed in a positive light. That last bit was particularly strongly shown in Cloak & Dagger, which actually let the bad guys take some good strides forward in FR and planted the seeds for Bane's return. But the things I remember most about that time was the way Wizards was reaching out to fans. One of the first things they did after buying TSR was can the old online policy (which basically said "don't do anything online with D&D stuff") and replaced it with a much simpler and more generous one which basically said "as long as you're not reprinting our books, using our art, and/or making money from stuff, do whatever." Peter Adkison, "CEO and Janitor", made occasional posts about the acquisition and how things were going, followed by Ryan Dancey. They started making old books available online - some for free, and others as paid downloads. Much of this went on for a while after they were bought by Hasbro, because Hasbro essentially said "You're clearly doing something right over there bringing in all that money, so we'll leave you to it." Most of that was from Magic and Pokémon, but that "shielded" D&D from corporate interference. [/QUOTE]

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