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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ydars" data-source="post: 4135009" data-attributes="member: 62992">The idea that 3PPs did nothing for D&D in general is nonsense; Mike Mearls and many other 4E designers cut their teeth in 3rd party companies. The world might have been very different if the 3PPs had not been around to provide a reservoir of talent to write new games. You might not buy 3PP games/products but you are ALL heavily invested in a game designed by alot of people who might not be the industry except for the 3PPs.The idea that OGL does not benefit WoTC is crazy; it means that most game systems are compatible with theirs and ultimately makes their product more stable because gamers can easily migrate back if they become dissatified.Other companies can still make unrelated gaming systems. Many (like Mongoose) have continued with Runequest and have released it under an OGL. They intend to do the same with Traveller. So other companies do recognise the value of OGL.AllisterH; I am just asking that WoTC HONOR the promise they made to us at the launch of 4E. If they had said then "there will be no OGL" then I would not be having this conversation. I would never have considered playing 4E. I would also not be disappointed and feel betrayed. They said there would be an OGL and so there should be one. If they didn't want one then they should have stated this from the outset.</blockquote>