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<blockquote data-quote="Retreater" data-source="post: 8864328" data-attributes="member: 42040"><p>I just got an email update from a Kickstarter I backed ("Historica Arcanum: Empires of the Silk Road" by Metis Creative). It's not exactly a Matt Colville or Critical Role level of a KS, but it did back over $200K. Apparently, they were concerned enough to send this email...</p><p></p><p><strong>[SPOILER="Metis Creative Statement Regarding the OGL"]Announcement Regarding the State of the OneD&D and OGL[/SPOILER]</strong>[SPOILER="Metis Creative Statement Regarding the OGL"]</p><p></p><p>Hello everyone,</p><p></p><p>We wanted to release an update to explain our stance regarding the troubling news on OneD&D and OGL. </p><p></p><p>For your information, Wizards of the Coast has previously generously provided the community with the OGL, the Open Gaming License, which allows 3rd party content creators like us to develop games for the 5th edition with a few limitation. As Wizards of the Coast is preparing for another edition, the situation of the OGL has been brought to debate - especially since Wizards of the Coast, and their parent company Hasbro, has called for "increased monetization".</p><p></p><p>If it ever comes to that, that WotC completely blocks the way for us to create Historica Arcanum for 5th edition or beyond, we will decide on the future of this IP, and what system will be powering it, with you, our community. Our design philosophy has always been Historica Arcanum first, 5e (or any other system) second. </p><p></p><p>From our individual experience as people who love tabletop rpgs, we believe that our hobby has benefitted massively from being creator friendly - and we were blessed with swathes of custom and well designed content for our tables. We hope that this game remains OPEN for all as it evolves over time.</p><p></p><p>Please do let us know what you think of this policy change by WotC and Hasbro. All our team, including our legal counsel will be keeping a very close eye on all the news.</p><p></p><p>All the Best,</p><p></p><p>Metis Creative [/SPOILER]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Retreater, post: 8864328, member: 42040"] I just got an email update from a Kickstarter I backed ("Historica Arcanum: Empires of the Silk Road" by Metis Creative). It's not exactly a Matt Colville or Critical Role level of a KS, but it did back over $200K. Apparently, they were concerned enough to send this email... [B][SPOILER="Metis Creative Statement Regarding the OGL"]Announcement Regarding the State of the OneD&D and OGL[/SPOILER][/B][SPOILER="Metis Creative Statement Regarding the OGL"] Hello everyone, We wanted to release an update to explain our stance regarding the troubling news on OneD&D and OGL. For your information, Wizards of the Coast has previously generously provided the community with the OGL, the Open Gaming License, which allows 3rd party content creators like us to develop games for the 5th edition with a few limitation. As Wizards of the Coast is preparing for another edition, the situation of the OGL has been brought to debate - especially since Wizards of the Coast, and their parent company Hasbro, has called for "increased monetization". If it ever comes to that, that WotC completely blocks the way for us to create Historica Arcanum for 5th edition or beyond, we will decide on the future of this IP, and what system will be powering it, with you, our community. Our design philosophy has always been Historica Arcanum first, 5e (or any other system) second. From our individual experience as people who love tabletop rpgs, we believe that our hobby has benefitted massively from being creator friendly - and we were blessed with swathes of custom and well designed content for our tables. We hope that this game remains OPEN for all as it evolves over time. Please do let us know what you think of this policy change by WotC and Hasbro. All our team, including our legal counsel will be keeping a very close eye on all the news. All the Best, Metis Creative [/SPOILER] [/QUOTE]
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