An exclusive look at Wizards of the Coast's new open gaming license shows efforts to curtail competitors and and tighten control on creators of all sizes.

They're trying to kill Paizo for being too based. Allowing the first unions in our TTRPG market? No fucking way! Don't buy from Wizards ever again you hogs

  • The_Dawn [fae/faer, des/pair]
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    2 years ago

    This really sucks. I don't think it will effect anyone big, but indie DND hacks were always one of the easiest ways to get into tabletop game design with the most support, both from the community and the publisher. This will both discourage people to try DND hacks and potentially make indie DND devs more competitive against each other since they're competing for smaller and smaller pots now

    • redladadriver [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      It absolutely will affect everyone..There's a summary here: twitter journalist summary

      ALL COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS will require their creators to report their work to Wizards of the Coast.

      You owe them royalties on all fantasy ttrpg they think is related, based on your revenue.

      They have rights to forever republish any work that they deem related, without your say so ans without giving you any revenue..

      Don't forget that TSR sued people for using characters that were derivative of elves, and have shut them down...