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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 9236654" data-attributes="member: 6801845"><p>Well, you have the title itself "<em>The golden age of TTRPGs is dead</em>". Then you look at the article itself, you have the headline "<em>The Doom of Our Time Approaches</em>" with snippets like "...t<em>here is the rising Godzilla that is 6th edition D&D, which scientists say will attack our shores in the spring of 2024. So far, there is no hint of an OGL for whatever that game will be.</em>" Which, okay. Why would there be any announcement for the 2024 edition version of OGL, whatever that may be, yet? Assuming the edition really is backwards compatible, why would need a new version? The core shared assumptions that other companies can build on are likely to be the same. Regardless, they aren't going to release a new open license or submit to CC until they have something to submit. Don't even get me started on the comparison of WotC to TSR.</p><p></p><p>Maybe the TTRPG community is fracturing. Obviously some companies are jumping on the "OGL FIASCO!!!" bandwagon to start up their own splinter group they hope will be more profitable. I wish them luck. But maybe DDB will start opening up it's library to compatible products to bring it all back together. Despite what has been stated, we don't have campaign 4 of Critical Role yet so we don't know what system it will use. Maybe he's right, the splintering of the community will lead to a death spiral. Will sales and growth plateau? Even shrink a bit? Of course, they have to at some point. I just don't see a death spiral.</p><p></p><p>Last but not least when someone invokes words like "...<em>after last month’s blood sacrifices upon the altar of profitability</em>" to me, it starts to sound like clickbait. It's not as bad as some but a rose by any other name and all that. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤷♂️" title="Man shrugging :man_shrugging:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937-2642.png" data-shortname=":man_shrugging:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 9236654, member: 6801845"] Well, you have the title itself "[I]The golden age of TTRPGs is dead[/I]". Then you look at the article itself, you have the headline "[I]The Doom of Our Time Approaches[/I]" with snippets like "...t[I]here is the rising Godzilla that is 6th edition D&D, which scientists say will attack our shores in the spring of 2024. So far, there is no hint of an OGL for whatever that game will be.[/I]" Which, okay. Why would there be any announcement for the 2024 edition version of OGL, whatever that may be, yet? Assuming the edition really is backwards compatible, why would need a new version? The core shared assumptions that other companies can build on are likely to be the same. Regardless, they aren't going to release a new open license or submit to CC until they have something to submit. Don't even get me started on the comparison of WotC to TSR. Maybe the TTRPG community is fracturing. Obviously some companies are jumping on the "OGL FIASCO!!!" bandwagon to start up their own splinter group they hope will be more profitable. I wish them luck. But maybe DDB will start opening up it's library to compatible products to bring it all back together. Despite what has been stated, we don't have campaign 4 of Critical Role yet so we don't know what system it will use. Maybe he's right, the splintering of the community will lead to a death spiral. Will sales and growth plateau? Even shrink a bit? Of course, they have to at some point. I just don't see a death spiral. Last but not least when someone invokes words like "...[I]after last month’s blood sacrifices upon the altar of profitability[/I]" to me, it starts to sound like clickbait. It's not as bad as some but a rose by any other name and all that. 🤷♂️ [/QUOTE]
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