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Diana Jones Award Announces 4 Emerging Designer Winners
Program amplifies the voices of up-and-coming hobby game designers
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A New Look for DriveThruRPG
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The Plight of Owen KC Stephens and the Quest to Help Him
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Open RPG Creative (ORC) License Draft Published
Paizo Publishing and Azora Law have published the initial draft of the Open RPG Creative license (ORC) for public feedback. This license was concieved of during January's Open Gaming License (OGL) controversy and was designed as an independent, irrevocable replacement for that license. Also available is an FAQ, or the 'Answers & Explanations" (AxE) which explains the structure. Commentary can...
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Top RPG Games for Fall 2022: D&D, Pathfinder, 5E OGL, Vampire, Transformers
ICv2's latest report has come in, for the top five roleplaying games in Fall 2022. ICv2 interviews retailers, distributors, and manufacturers to compile these charts. I maintain an ongoing record of them here so that you can see them over time. As is usual, D&D tops the chart, and Pathfinder comes in second. This is fourth time that third party 5E material has appeared, after Spring 2020...
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RPG Superstar Is Back
RPG Superstar, the Pathfinder-based design competition which was originally started by Paizo and taken over a couple of years ago by Roll For Combat, is back for 2023. The contest comes with cash prizes from $25 up to $250 and requires entrants to design monsters for Pathfinder 2E tied to specific elemental themes. The winners are voted for by a public vote followed by a panel of judges...
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Cubicle 7 Is #192 on the FT 1000 List of Europe's Fastest Growing Companies
Cubicle 7, based in Ireland, has made the latest FT/Statista ranking of Europe’s fastest-growing companies, placing at #192. The list is based on 'revenue growth at European companies in the three years to 2021'. According to ICV2, Cubicle 7 had €2.4 million in sales in 2021, up from €267,000 in 2018. C7 publishes the official Doctor Who TTRPG, and various Warhammer games. Dominic McDowall...
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Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel a Nebula Award finalist!
Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel has been nominated for a Nebula Award finalist for game writing. Although this category is normally about video games, last year this category included four tabletop RPGs -- Coyote & Crow, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, Wanderhome, and Gramma's Hands. Evil Hat's Fate Accessiblity Toolkit made the list in 2019, and Scents and Siesmosos appeared in 2020...
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Kyle Brink Interviewed by Teos Abadia (Alphastream) on OGL, WotC, & D&D
D&D executive producer's Kyle Brink's second hour-long interview OGL/D&D has dropped--this one is with Teos Abadia, otherwise known as Alphastream. The notes below are my attempt to paraphrase the main things Brink said, but as always you should watch the actual video if you want the full context. Company Structure There's around 30 people on the D&D team, and that many again freelancers...
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Kyle Brink (D&D Exec Producer) On OGL Controversy & One D&D (Summary)
The YouTube channel 3 Black Halflings spoke to WotC's Kyle Brink (executive producer, D&D) about the recent Open Game License events, amongst other things. It's an hour-plus long interview (which you can watch below) but here are some of the highlights of what Brink said. Note these are my paraphrases, so I encourage you to listen to the actual interview for full context if you have time. OGL...
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WotC Backs Down: Original OGL To Be Left Untouched; Whole 5E Rules Released as Creative Commons
Hundreds of game publishers sigh in relief as, after extensive pressure exerted by the entire open gaming community, WotC has agreed to leave the original Open Gaming License untouched and put the whole of the 5E rules into Creative Commons. So, what's happened? The Open Gaming Licence v1.0a which most of the D&D third party industry relies on, will be left untouched for now. The whole of...
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Pathfinder, Cthulhu, Level Up: D&D Competitors Start To Sell Out
One side-effect of 'OGL-gate' is that games other than Dungeons & Dragons are starting to see increased sales--in some cases, drastically so--as gamers explore other possibilities. Games like Pathfinder, Call of Cthulhu, and our own Level Up, are all experiencing sales surges right now in scenes reminiscent of WotC's 'Game System License' backlash in 2008, which also led to a boom in...
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OGL v1.2 Survey Feedback: 'Hasn't Hit The Mark'
WotC has shared some of the (still ongoing) survey feedback following the release of the Open Game License v1.2 draft last week. We want to thank the community for continuing to share their OGL 1.2 feedback with us. Already more than 10,000 of you have responded to the survey, which will close on February 3. So far, survey responses have made it clear that this draft of OGL 1.2 hasn't hit...
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WotC Talks OGL... Again! Draft Coming Jan 20th With Feedback Survey; v1 De-Auth Still On
Following last week's partial walk-back on the upcoming Open Game Licence terms, WotC has posted another update about the way forward. The new update begins with another apology and a promise to be more transparent. To that end, WotC proposes to release the draft of the new OGL this week, with a two-week survey feedback period following it...
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So WHY Didn't The OGL Contain The Word 'Irrevocable'?
Whether or not the Open Game License v1.0a is revocable is one of the main things being argued about during this whole OGL-gate crisis, with lawyers firmly stating opinions on both sides of the issue. We all know that Ryan Dancey, the OGL's 'architect' (along with IP lawyer Brian Lewis, who was WotC's in-house counsel at the time) firmly believes that the license is irrevocable--in his words...
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Gizmodo Reveals OGL v1.1's 'Term Sheet' Carrots For Selected Publishers
In December, WotC arranged meetings under NDA with a number of prominent third party 5E OGL creators in order to persuade them to sign up to the new Open Game License v1.1. before it was revealed to the world. Part of this approach included 'Term Sheets'. According to Gizmodo, which has sources at Wizards of the Coast, these term sheets offered: A 15% instead of 25% royalty Marketing on D&D...

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