Washington Post: The WOTC dragon is “to be slain.”

[Dungeonosophy]

In today’s Washington Post (!):

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2023/01/19/dungeons-and-dragons-open-game-license-wizards-of-the-coast-explained/

“And as any group of D&D adventurers might tell you, in stories like this, the point of a dragon atop a treasure trove is for it to be slain.”

 

[Greggy C]

That is going to hurt.

One day Jeremy Crawford should post the screaming from the board room.

 

[rcade]

Austin Walker calls the OGL "an enclosure of the commons" in this article but there was no commons at all before the license was introduced in 2000. It would be more accurate to call Hasbro's actions today an attempt to enclose the commons.

 

[Krachek]

The best example of a random encounter!

 

[Jer]

It's in the video games section too, so possibly the execs at Wizards might actually read it.

 

[gweinel]

Whether you view the original OGL as a mystic talisman or smoke-and-mirrors, WotC appears to have committed an irreversible act of self-sabotage in trying to replace it — squandering the prestige accumulated over 20 years in a matter of weeks.
“A king shouldn’t be grasping at all of your coins — that’s what a dragon does, right?” Walker joked. And as any group of D&D adventurers might tell you, in stories like this, the point of a dragon atop a treasure trove is for it to be slain.

Damn... that really hurts!

 

[Lakesidefantasy]

The story they told in this article sounds like fun. The one about a bunch of evil Wizards trying to steal a powerful sacred text that turns out to be completely powerless.

If you tried to publish an adventure based on this story under the new "O"GL, would the Wizards be able to shut you down using the "hate speech" clause?

 

[overgeeked]

In today’s Washington Post (!):

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2023/01/19/dungeons-and-dragons-open-game-license-wizards-of-the-coast-explained/

“And as any group of D&D adventurers might tell you, in stories like this, the point of a dragon atop a treasure trove is for it to be slain.”

Wow. That’s great.

 

[Voadam]

Pretty good but misses a big point of the intent of the original OGL to be irrevocable, WotC's statements on such, and WotC now making up its de-authorization ability 20 years later to kill the original OGL.

 

[Dungeonosophy]

Pretty good but misses a big point of the intent of the original OGL to be irrevocable, WotC's statements on such, and WotC now making up its de-authorization ability 20 years later to kill the original OGL.

Yeah, as usual in non-gamer media, there’s some ‘dumb’ stuff, but the final sentence is a mic drop.