Not to start a war, but the Shadowdark Facebook group I saw a link to a YouTube claiming Shadowdark “won” the OGL war.
First, you can never “win” open gaming. You can temporarily become dominant. If anyone has, it’s Paizo who often gets as much or more shelf space as D&D.
Second, while Shadowdark uses the 5e CC-BY SRD, but it contributes nothing to open gaming itself. It’s got a 3rd party license, and it’s fine enough, but that isn’t open gaming.
I've been contacted by a law student in Seattle. She's writing a law review note on the #OGL and following in my footsteps by discussing the rarely-discussed concept of #copyright misuse. She's citing my work and, I hope, adding more to the argument. I hope this is a trend. More information is better, but I'm tired of arguing about it. #DnD#RPG#TTRPG#WotC
Since the #OGL fiasco, I honestly considered quitting my Properties & Provinces #DnD5E project. In fact, I stopped developing it for about 6 months.
Now that the dust is settled, emotions are processed, and drive is somewhat restored, I've been working on it again and I'm currently developing my upcoming mass combat playtest.
Except, now it's evolved into a #5E rules expansion compatible with #DnD 2024, #A5E, and #BlackFlag. And reconciling all 3 rules variants is... Surprisingly nuanced. 👀
Smaug ist besiegt, die Schlacht der Fünf Heere gewonnen und Bilbo ins Auenland zurückgekehrt. Doch gibt es noch viele Gefahren, und von den Orkfestungen der Gebirge bis zu den dunklen und verderbten Tiefen von Düsterwald lauert etwas Finsteres, das seine Stärke zurückerlangt, seine Pläne schmiedet und allmählich seinen Schatten ausweitet…
Welp, I went ahead and bought the #Pathfinder2e revised core books. I don't have any immediate plans to run or play this game, so I'll hold off buying the physical books until either this changes or a round or two of errata have been incorporated into the print runs.
Still, I've decided to take a leave of absence from buying #dnd after the #OGL fiasco earlier this year, and if I ever do want to write some stuff in the same #ttrpg niche, this game is probably my best bet.
Linda Codega wurde bei io9/Gizmodo gefeuert 😕 Sie schreibt auf Bluesky:
"Today I was laid off from io9/Gizmodo as part of a 23-person editorial restructuring. I leave behind work that was globally read, award-winning, deeply reported, & sometimes goofy despite the horrors.
I deserved better than this and G/O Media will be poorer for letting me go."
M20 ist eine gekürzte Miniaturfassung des erfolgreichsten „Open Gaming“-Rollenspiels der Welt. Microlite20 ist ein einfaches Regelwerk, das mit allen Inhalten des OGL SRD (Open Gaming License System Reference Document) kombiniert werden kann.
Pathfinder ist ein Fantasy-Tabletop-Rollenspiel, bei dem du und eine Gruppe von Freunden eine Geschichte über tapfere Helden und listige Übeltäter in einer Welt voller beängstigender Monster und unglaublicher Schätze erzählen. Das PF2 Regel Wiki ist eine Fanwerk von Stefan Immel. Ulisses stellt Informationen zu Pathfinder 2 auf https://ulisses-spiele.de/game-system/pathfinder-2 zur Verfügung
Wilde Lande ist ein fantastisches Rollenspiel für zwei bis zwanzig Spieler und einen Spielleiter. Die Spieler erleben fantastische Abenteuer in einer Welt voller Gefahren, fremdartiger Magie und grausiger Gegner.
Nachdem Wizards of the Coast Anfang des Jahres die Maske des wohlmeinenden Hüters freier Spielkultur abnahm, nur um sie kurze Zeit später auf Druck der Community wieder aufzusetzen, sind freie Lizenzen für Rollenspiele ins Zentrum meines Interesses gerückt. Denn eins war deutlicher als je zuvor: Spielen muss frei sein!
@virtualbri This is one of the things I like about #TalesOfTheValiant. It's #KoboldPress' reaction to #DnD's #OGL fiasco. Their new system is 5E-compatible, but they've introduced a "luck" mechanic. When you miss a roll, you get one luck point. You can have up to five before you're penalized for accumulating more. Spend points one-for-one to improve dice rolls, or spend three at once to reroll one d20 entirely. But if you go over five, you lose your pool and roll 1d4 to refill it.
@rpg What's the deal with the new #Dolmenwood rpg? Is it becoming it's own game mainly to get away from the #OGL? Does anyone know if the rules are still pretty much #OSE under the hood?
Despite the #OGL fiasco, I was really looking forward to the upcoming Bigby giant book for #5e. Its subject matter interests me greatly, and its table of contents on #dndbeyond looks solid.
But the new #AI art fiasco with that book is really turning me off.
How #WotC responds to this is going to be important to me. I know I've been more forgiving to them than most -- and I want to continue being forgiving -- but they're making it hard.
The Level Up A5E SRD is now available under the Open RPG Creative license (ORC), joining the existing OGKL and CC. Creators can choose which license they wish to use. https://a5esrd.com/a5esrd#levelup5e#dnd
When #META invites you to secretive talks about the #fediverse and you are told to not share anything about those talks, be it by spoken agreement or an NDA — remember admiral Ackbar. It's a trap.
It is once again time for a weekly #TableTop game with Muffy as GM. Shino is the host for this week's game and did a bit of redecorating for the event. She put up all those ogre masks on the walls for the game!
Filbert is readying himself to inspire some courage to the team as the party's bard. His sings, though, are goofy spoofs of K.K. Slider tunes.
“I primarily produce game content of a mechanical nature (spells, magic items, etc.), with very little content that could be considered Product Identity. With so little to hold back as “mine,” it feels like my publishing strategy gets fewer protections under the ORC than others who have a higher percentage of non-mechanical material they can hold back for themselves. Is there a way I can designate more of my mechanical content as Product Identity?
I’m glad they spelled this out. By keeping Orc “viral,” they’ve created a license that is not going to suit everyone’s needs. I’m fine with that, although I don’t like the viral nature. I’m glad they spelled out what being viral means (although they didn’t use the term).