Steve Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 Hermit and Scott Ruggels 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cygnia Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 And now folks are wondering if Hasbro relenting is to draw attention away from this...https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/hasbro-cut-1000-global-full-time-jobs-2023-2023-01-26/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opal Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 D&D could vanish and WotC would still be their most profitable unit. It would have one less "runaway growth" soundbite, is about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Neilson Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 @Scott Ruggels, as someone who does business in the RPG community, what would the OGL changes WOTC proposed have meant to your own business activities? As an illustrator, I don't think you are a third party content creator who would have been directly impacted (maybe indirectly if some 3pp went under, so less demand for artwork overall), so I think you may have a more objective perspective. The big speakers are WOTC on one side and producers of content whose own profitability could have been impacted, not objective third parties with no personal economic interests at stake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted January 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 53 minutes ago, Hugh Neilson said: @Scott Ruggels, as someone who does business in the RPG community, what would the OGL changes WOTC proposed have meant to your own business activities? As an illustrator, I don't think you are a third party content creator who would have been directly impacted (maybe indirectly if some 3pp went under, so less demand for artwork overall), so I think you may have a more objective perspective. The big speakers are WOTC on one side and producers of content whose own profitability could have been impacted, not objective third parties with no personal economic interests at stake. For me, I would be less effected than others. I have been working on my skills to get up to that painterly Paizo/ WoTC level of rendering, but even with the prohibition on A.I. art in most publisher's product, it has frozen the rates for artists. The A.I. has moved me more towards going back to 3D for commissioned works. But it has paused the number of products coming out. Where this would effect me, is that I did have an idea for a 5e campaign book with a couple of friends, and that would necessitate moving it from D&D 5e to Pathfinder, or some other OSR style rules. Unfortunately I am playing more 5e than Hero these days, though that is now changing. The TTRPG Discords are ditching 5e for other rules (Cyberpunk Red, Dungeon Slayers, among others). I do have an idea for a Hero book, though of how useful it may be is debatable as it's a type that isn't common for Hero *but used to be useful for Traveller). With the closure of Toys -R-Us, and children these days preferring screens to toys, toy sales have dropped precipitously. The money making division seems to be WOTC for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 17 minutes ago, Scott Ruggels said: isn't common for Hero *but used to be useful for Traveller). Shut up and take my money! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 https://www.patreon.com/posts/article-is-ogl-77927662 Steve, BarretWallace, Scott Ruggels and 1 other 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2023/01/ttrpg-creators-organize-in-wake-of-wotcs-ogl-saga.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=Social Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 Quote A morality clause (6f) was seen as the biggest problem. It gave Wizards the right to immediately terminate the OGL for any "harmful, discriminatory, illegal, obscene, or harassing" publication or conduct, with Wizards being the ultimate arbiter of what that meant and the licensee agreeing that they could not file any legal objection I understand a company wanting to have this, to stop someone from making, I dunno, Pol Pot the RPG where you slaughter as many helpless starving people as possible or something. The problem is in today's culture the religious zealots that inhabit corporations will call anything they dislike "harmful" and ban it based on their extremist viewpoint, and that means basically only their viewpoint gets permitted. Scott Ruggels 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 Dungeons & Dragons has walked back its huge OGL mistake, but the damage is already done Hermit, Old Man, BarretWallace and 1 other 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 On 2/1/2023 at 11:12 AM, Christopher R Taylor said: The problem is in today's culture the religious zealots that inhabit corporations will call anything they dislike "harmful" and ban it based on their extremist viewpoint, and that means basically only their viewpoint gets permitted. Irreligious zealots, as well. Hermit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted February 7, 2023 Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 Khymeria and Scott Ruggels 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted February 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2023 7 hours ago, Cygnia said: At 48:25 comes the heavy Virtue signaling. It seems also he avoided the whole Chris Kayo (sic) issue. I neglected to post D&D Short's discussion of his communication with WoTC Employees. He's correct that the D&D community will have to watch WoTC's actions, rather than their words moving forward. Ragitsu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted February 9, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2023 It seems that Hadbro’s misstep has been observed by investors: https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/hasbro-dilutes-magic-the-gathering-brand-stock-price-bank-america-2023-2?utm_source=reddit.com Ternaugh, Hermit and Khymeria 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted February 9, 2023 Report Share Posted February 9, 2023 3 minutes ago, Scott Ruggels said: It seems that Hadbro’s misstep has been observed by investors: https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/hasbro-dilutes-magic-the-gathering-brand-stock-price-bank-america-2023-2?utm_source=reddit.com "Sooner or later, everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences"-Robert Louis Stevenson Scott Ruggels 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted February 9, 2023 Report Share Posted February 9, 2023 To the surprise of no one... D&D exec: OGL fiasco worsened by lack of respect for Wizards of the Coast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted February 9, 2023 Report Share Posted February 9, 2023 I get the feeling Brink is being used as a lightning rod while the guys most responsible hide. Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted February 10, 2023 Report Share Posted February 10, 2023 Okay, 2 weeks old, but too good not to share... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted February 14, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2023 Kobold Press launches it's First packet of Playtest Material today: More to follow in March Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted February 15, 2023 Report Share Posted February 15, 2023 ‘The World’s Greatest Roleplaying Game’? These Publishers Are Leading the Pivot Away From D&D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opal Posted February 15, 2023 Report Share Posted February 15, 2023 Fully-compatible 5e add-on and Pathfinder are not exactly away from D&D. That's on the level of "I heard cigarettes are bad for you, now I use a filter or smoke a pipe" Old Man, Christopher R Taylor and Ninja-Bear 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.R.Ryan Posted February 16, 2023 Report Share Posted February 16, 2023 11 hours ago, Cygnia said: ‘The World’s Greatest Roleplaying Game’? These Publishers Are Leading the Pivot Away From D&D My bit of smugness is: D&D hasn't been the best RPG since it was the only RPG. Old Man, Opal and Duke Bushido 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted February 16, 2023 Report Share Posted February 16, 2023 D&D is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opal Posted February 16, 2023 Report Share Posted February 16, 2023 15 hours ago, C.R.Ryan said: D&D hasn't been the best RPG since it was the only RPG. "D&D The First and still the Worst!" Though, really neither of those is fair... D&D didn't claim to be an RPG, initially, but "Rules for Fantastic Medieval Wargames Campaigns Playable with Paper and Pencil and Miniature Figures" ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_(1974)#/media/File%3AD%26d_Box1st.jpg assault 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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