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Why Did Wizards of the Coast Try to Cancel the OGL?
Ben Riggs is a D&D historian and author of the book Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons.
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Paizo Isn’t Backing Down from Creating Its Universal RPG Licence
The story of Dungeons and Dragons’ Open Gaming Licence (OGL) has been nothing short of a saga throughout the month of January. That change made by the game’s publisher Wizards of the Coast resulted in widespread, nationwide backlash from players, and the publisher finally walked back those plans just yesterday.
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Dungeons & Dragons Has Burned Up All the Goodwill
As fans of tabletop roleplaying games debate over what to do about Wizards of the Coast’s new draft of the Open Gaming Licence for Dungeons & Dragons, the lack of goodwill might be thing that drives the most resentment between fans of D&D and the company moving forward.
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Why Are Dungeons & Dragons Fans So Upset?
Wizards of the Coast, the Hasbro subsidiary that publishes Dungeons & Dragons, has been under fire since a draft of its new Open Game Licence leaked earlier this month, and hellfire broke loose in the fandom. The company had to backtrack and apologise and then announce entirely new plans.