What does the go D20 ruling mean for the living campaigns?

[Dr. Strangemonkey]

Will there finally be a Shadowrun d20?

If that dream comes true, perhaps other....


....mmmm, giant granite tub of pudding here I come!

 

[Mortaneus]

Either that, or it's their way of telling WizKids to get out of their sandbox.

 

[Psion]

I wonder if I went over to RPGnet there would be a renewed spate of grumbles that this shows that d20 is the borg.

 

[Mercule]

Urm... which d20 ruling is that?

FWIW, I look at my Shadowrun books and thought that it would be pretty darn easy to convert to d20. I just don't have anyone else around here that wants to play the game, so I don't have an unofficial port.

Of course, ease has nothing to with the IP owner's desire to do the conversion.

 

[Piratecat]

Check the front page.

Basically, WotC has told Living Rokugan and Virtual Seattle (Living Shadowrun) to convert to d20 by the end of the year or stop running their RPGA campaign. I personally find this infuriating. Sure, WotC owns the RPGA and has no reason to support other peoples' game systems - but it's another nail in the coffin of an organization that was once member-focused and now isn't, and I think that sucks.

There's a lot of things I like about the RPGA - but this isn't one of them.

 

[Darius101]

It makes me mad as well cause if and when they change to another system in 10yrs and people have all this time ivested in their living world ....what will they have? They will have to play in games with their own group if they can.
What will happen if someone wants to continue the living worlds outside of RPGA..since they were told to get out or change to d20?

 

[RodneyThompson]

Sure, WotC owns the RPGA and has no reason to support other peoples' game systems - but it's another nail in the coffin of an organization that was once member-focused and now isn't, and I think that sucks.

I have to agree with the cat on this one. It's also shooting themselves in the foot, and it's going drive people away from the RPGA and not towards d20. How disheartening.

 

[Drawmack]

Maybe it's time for another organization to take over what the RPGA should be. For the fans by the fans. Anytime a gaming corporation owns an organization like that it will not be all that it can be.

 

[Outlaw]

Living Rokugan has decided not to convert to d20. First thing this means is that they have to lose the "Living" as it's copyrighted, but they also have to decide if they want to close up shop or go it alone.

I'm hoping for the latter. It's a really popular campaign in Missouri.

 

[Bagpuss]

Its already happened in the UK.

Since the RPGA basically spent the whole of last year lying to UK members and running down the network the UK executive quit and formed there own organisation.

See http://www.ravenuk.com/ for details.