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<blockquote data-quote="keterys" data-source="post: 6056720" data-attributes="member: 43019"><p>That's still not entirely accurate.</p><p></p><p>They could have made 4e not open in a way that was a thousand-fold more friendly to 3pp. They didn't work with any of them. If anything, they worked against them. They didn't deliver the GSL in a timely manner, and delivered it in a crippled fashion. They didn't bring 3pp in to preview or shape the new edition, nor to work on tie-in products.</p><p></p><p>Folks like Necromancer games (and probably a number of others) would have spun up to make 4e products _if it were a realistic possibility_. Instead, you had to dodge legally to do it at all, it wouldn't go into the character builder, you weren't going to advertise it effectively through the main product line, etc.</p><p></p><p>It wouldn't have taken much to say - 4e isn't OGL, but here's an easy way to work with us. Oh, and you four companies - especially you company handling our magazine full of people who used to work for us - come meet with us a year in advance, tell us what's needed to get you on board, and let's get a couple tie-in products from each of you within the first X months.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="keterys, post: 6056720, member: 43019"] That's still not entirely accurate. They could have made 4e not open in a way that was a thousand-fold more friendly to 3pp. They didn't work with any of them. If anything, they worked against them. They didn't deliver the GSL in a timely manner, and delivered it in a crippled fashion. They didn't bring 3pp in to preview or shape the new edition, nor to work on tie-in products. Folks like Necromancer games (and probably a number of others) would have spun up to make 4e products _if it were a realistic possibility_. Instead, you had to dodge legally to do it at all, it wouldn't go into the character builder, you weren't going to advertise it effectively through the main product line, etc. It wouldn't have taken much to say - 4e isn't OGL, but here's an easy way to work with us. Oh, and you four companies - especially you company handling our magazine full of people who used to work for us - come meet with us a year in advance, tell us what's needed to get you on board, and let's get a couple tie-in products from each of you within the first X months. [/QUOTE]
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