Mark
CreativeMountainGames.com
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and it still requires the DM to do the heavy lifting. It's not like I can buy a Goodman adventure off RPGnow that when plugged into map tools has done all the maps, FoW, etc for me.
There are IP and distribution issues, no? When at WotC, how often did you catch wind of some website using WotC IP, beyond text, to dress up their pages? I think one of the larger issues concerning publishers is that if you hand over the raw materials (images, textual content, etc.), you might as well just put them online for free because they likely soon will be at other places around the Web. During a recent discussion I noted that I found it odd that since the inception of the OGL I cannot recall seeing anyone releasing as OGC maps, images like iconic creatures (orcs, lizardmen, etc.), or even simple dungeon tiles. Some give them away for free, or give some samples to entice larger purchases, but I do not recall actual OGC releases.
Chalk that up as being a potentially big innovation in gaming, should it start to happen.