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Re:An Open Letter on the Open Gaming License, to Wizards of ... by the_af on Monday January 09, 2023 @03:12PM (#34315322)
What are the big names? Paizo/Pathfinder? Can't they simply do their own thing and stop relying on D&D precisely because they are so big their customer base already knows them?

Or is it computer games? With computers handling the rules, you can just make your own RPG rules, right? Or is it the setting? Do people really only play videogames that are set in Faerun or Icewind Dale or whatever? Can't you just make your own stuff up and call it Arda-- er, Middle-- er, Ancient Magical Land of Elves?

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Re:An Open Letter on the Open Gaming License, to Wizards of ... by jshwlkr on Monday January 09, 2023 @03:17PM (#34315390)
I believe Disney is connected to some OGL-based products, or at least was. Star Wars in general, I think, has some OGL connections.
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Re:An Open Letter on the Open Gaming License, to Wizards of ... by the_af on Monday January 09, 2023 @03:53PM (#34315872)
Wow. Surely Disney of all companies can probably break clean of the OGL and do their own thing, right?

I mean, I would totally watch a battle between Disney's and Wizards of the Coast's legal departments. I suspect the Goliath in this case is Disney, and there are no Davids.

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