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Wotc, owned by Hasbro, is changing the licensing on D&D. Change is bad, Twitter is mad.

Posted by spamlet Jan 13 '23, 07:19

Supposedly they’re tightening the rules against making money without paying royalties but it’s really hard to find something that isn’t written in “this is the end of the world as we know it” prose.

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they are revoking their open game license. they just created dozens of competitors and pissed off every gamer and builder in the world -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 07:21 5
- From what I can tell, it’s once you’re above a certain level, yes. - spamlet Jan 13, 07:23 4
  - What I can recall about it ... - zork Jan 13, 07:32
  - I had a million dollar idea for D&D, but now I won't do anything with it because Hasbro -- nm - Joe the 5th level cleric/3rd level plumber Jan 13, 07:28
  - the whole reason they are what they are was due to the OGL. Getting rid of that will create competitors galore or worse for them 1 with everyone else - Beaker Jan 13, 07:26 1
    - Not "getting rid of" but replacing with another one (which isn't particularly open) -- nm - zork Jan 13, 07:34

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