Atlas Games, operating out of Proctor, Minnesota, has transitioned its all-ages roleplaying game, Magical Kitties Save the Day, to an open-licensing model.
The core rulebook and all subsequent sourcebooks in the line have moved to the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license, allowing the player community to legally print, alter, and sell their own digital or physical supplements.
To support the rollout, the company launched a community creator incentive scheme valued at almost $2,700 in aggregate, in the form of product packages. The first 30 designers to list an original, system-compatible supplement on the DriveThruRPG marketplace before 31 July 2026 will receive a comprehensive digital catalogue bundle worth $90.
The structural shift aligns the family-focused title with the long-term intellectual property rules used across the publisher’s other games.
The specific prize criteria mandate that any community submission must showcase the game’s established setting, incorporate the newly minted Magical Kitties Open License logo, and pass standard content filters on DriveThruRPG. This storefront dependency represents a distinct time bottleneck for participants, as the marketplace platform routinely requires three days or more to process and approve independent title listings. Writers aiming for the prize pool will need to account for this systemic delay before the mid-summer cut-off date.
Expanding access to community-made add-ons alters the lifecycle management of games targeting younger audiences. Rather than maintaining a closed retail ecosystem, the new system encourages families and older fans to co-author material, turning a consumer property into an educational entry point for independent game design.
The documentation pack, visual assets, and required compliance forums are now hosted permanently on the Atlas Games site.
