Villains & Vigilantes Creators Win Lawsuit for Rights to Game

[rcade]

After a 20-month legal battle, the creators of the super-hero roleplaying game Villians & Vigilantes have prevailed in their court fight with the game's longtime publisher. Magistrate Judge Mark E. Aspey of the U.S. District Court of Arizona ruled on January 15 that Jeff Dee and Jack Herman own the rights to the game based on the 1979 contract they reached with publisher Scott Bizar of Fantasy Games Unlimited. The court also found that Bizar never had the right to sell derivative products or ebook PDF editions of the game.

I've published details on the ruling and a link to the PDF of the judge's order on my blog today at cadenhead.org.

 

[darjr]

I wonder if this means a new version might be in our future?

http://workbench.cadenhead.org/news/3714/villains-vigilantes-creators-win-rights

 

[rcade]

There's talk of a Kickstarter-funded third edition. Jeff Dee has been successful with art and gaming projects on that site.

I can't post a link to his page there, but it's under username jeffdee.

 

[Lord_Blacksteel]

This sounds like great news - with the issues resolved maybe we can see some real progress toward a new edition and more.