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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 5805022" data-attributes="member: 42582">Paizo came to prominence because it was licensed by WotC to publish the D&D house magazines.The difference was explained. PF was marketed as a continuation ("3.5 thrives") of a game that was (at least at my local game store) still in stock, and still with a live commercial market- the biggest commercial market in RPGs, in fact.Whereas when OSRIC was released (i) it was not released via physical retailers, (ii) had to the best of my knowledge no marketing oustide of internet forums, and (iii) was resurrecting a market that had been dead for around 15 years.The legal structure of PF and OSRIC etc might be similar (though that itself is arguable, as there is a respectable view that OSRIC is not lawful under the OGL), but their market situations are barely comparable.</blockquote>