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<blockquote data-quote="Brak" data-source="post: 9437710" data-attributes="member: 33550">The OGL fiasco made me decide to never give WOTC another dollar. When D&amp;D was almost dead at the end of TSR's days Ryan Dancey's OGL brought D&amp;D back. He realized that D&amp;D was a community that should be embraced not fought (T$R - They Sue Regularly). He was right and D&amp;D became strong once again. After the community brought D&amp;D back from the dead, WOTC decided to thank them by .... stabbing them in the back and trying to use their corporate muscle to revoke the OGL and put all 3rd party publishers out of business. This was unforgivable. Well, I guess it could be forgivable if they said we screwed up and asked to be forgiven, but their gas-lighting response made things even worse. Subsequent fiascoes (Pinkertons, etc.) have further confirmed in my mind that I made the right choice. The only real power we have as consumers is to vote with our wallet.One positive that came out of this is that it forced me to look at other systems. There are a ton of great ones out there. For me: when I'm in the mood for something with modern design sensibilities - Pathfinder 2e scratches that itch. It's a great system. When I'm in the mood for rules lite, old school play it's hard to beat BFRPG. It's a simple enough system to play with kids and to introduce adults to RPGs. Plus, I have more than a lifetime's worth of old-school (1e, 2e, OSR, etc.) adventures to go through and BFRPG is pretty much compatible with all of them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brak, post: 9437710, member: 33550"] The OGL fiasco made me decide to never give WOTC another dollar. When D&D was almost dead at the end of TSR's days Ryan Dancey's OGL brought D&D back. He realized that D&D was a community that should be embraced not fought (T$R - They Sue Regularly). He was right and D&D became strong once again. After the community brought D&D back from the dead, WOTC decided to thank them by .... stabbing them in the back and trying to use their corporate muscle to revoke the OGL and put all 3rd party publishers out of business. This was unforgivable. Well, I guess it could be forgivable if they said we screwed up and asked to be forgiven, but their gas-lighting response made things even worse. Subsequent fiascoes (Pinkertons, etc.) have further confirmed in my mind that I made the right choice. The only real power we have as consumers is to vote with our wallet. One positive that came out of this is that it forced me to look at other systems. There are a ton of great ones out there. For me: when I'm in the mood for something with modern design sensibilities - Pathfinder 2e scratches that itch. It's a great system. When I'm in the mood for rules lite, old school play it's hard to beat BFRPG. It's a simple enough system to play with kids and to introduce adults to RPGs. Plus, I have more than a lifetime's worth of old-school (1e, 2e, OSR, etc.) adventures to go through and BFRPG is pretty much compatible with all of them. [/QUOTE]

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