UPDATE: D&D OGL News!

It's been a long month, but the OGL drama is finally at an end. Wizards of the Coast has capitulated and left intact the original Open Gaming License, as well as updating the 5th edition System Reference Document (basically all the core rules of the game) to the Creative Commons. Check in with Matt and Joe to talk about the future, lessons learned and getting some tips for new games.

For us, this is an issue of justice. We just watched a large, wealthy corporation try to squeeze money out of smaller creators or shut them down when they become too big. But the small creators won (this time). We hope this organizing power can inspire us and equip us with tools for organizing in the face of more pressing justice issues, especially in the wake of more and more police violence in the U.S..

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Sources:

Brink, Kyle. OGL 1.0a & Creative Commons. 2023.

Chancey, Tyler. The Possible Future of D&D Beyond Has Leaked. 2023.

Demopoulos, Alaina. ‘People are leaving the game’: Dungeons & Dragons fans revolt against new restrictions. 2023.

Hall, Charlie. The story of Pathfinder, Dungeons & Dragons' most popular offspring. 2016.

Is Pathfinder Selling Better than D&D?

Luscombe, Richard. ‘He had a beautiful soul’: Tyre Nichols’s parents reflect on the son who was taken from them. 2023.

Sims, Chris S. To Kill a Myth: D&D 4e did fine financially. 2021.

Wizards of the Coast DnD 4th Ed GSL

Games to Play besides D&D:

Blades in the Dark

Call of Cthulhu

Honey Heist

Pathfinder

Shadow of the Demon Lord

Star Wars Roleplaying Game (Fantasy Flight): Edge Of The Empire, Age Of Rebellion, & Force And Destiny (2012)

Troika!