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Dungeons on Demand: Instant adventures back on bundle offer Action-Heroes RPG: A Kickstarted toolkit to turn fan favourites into games Advanced 5E investigates divorcing 5e’s OGL Monte Cook Games adds to the Cypher System Open License The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) weighs in with an OGL D&D warning

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Dungeons on Demand: Instant adventures back on bundle offer

January 12, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Bundle of Holding has Dungeons on Demand again. It’ll hang around until the 25th.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs

Action-Heroes RPG: A Kickstarted toolkit to turn fan favourites into games

January 12, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Action-Heroes is a hybrid of old school and contemporary design ideas and aesthetics.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, Outland Entertainment

Advanced 5E investigates divorcing 5e’s OGL

January 12, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

EN Publishing’s Level Up: Advanced 5e was a Kickstarter success and well-received by the community. As the name implies, Advanced 5e builds on the core 5e rules for D&D.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, en publishing, level up, woin

Monte Cook Games adds to the Cypher System Open License

January 12, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The update includes new rules, character options, cypher and fantasy creatures. The RPG Godforsaken provides most of the new additions.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cypher system, godforsaken, Monte Cook Games

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) weighs in with an OGL D&D warning

January 11, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

For most users, accepting this license almost certainly means you have fewer rights to use elements of Dungeons and Dragons than you would otherwise.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, legal, wizards of the coast

MCDM announces new RPG as Matt Colville can’t imagine anyone signing OGL 1.1

January 11, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

On a Twitch stream yesterday, popular game designer and personality Matt Colville said he can’t imagine anyone signing the leaked OGL 1.1 from Wizards of the Coast.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, James Introcaso, Matt Colville, mcdm

RPG publishers offer alternatives to 5e: Non-OGL Fantasy bundle

January 10, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As you’d expect, none of the RPGs in the bundle is based on the Open Game License (OGL).

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Advanced Fighting Fantasy, against the darkmaster, bundle of holding, bundles, fantasy age, sword chronicle, the dark eye, warlock, worlds without number

Basic Roleplaying reduced in price as Chaosium welcomes OGL refugees

January 10, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood 4 Comments

The PDF is 400 pages long, making the offer attractive, and the Call of Cthulhu publisher will keep it live as long as the New Year, New Game sale persists.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: basic roleplaying, Chaosium, sales

Savage Universe: Pinnacle Entertainment launch for third-party creators

January 10, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Savage Universe is THE place to find out about all of Pinnacle’s partners, including Aces, the Savage Worlds Adventure Guild, Translators, the Media Network, and fans.

Filed Under: Sites, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Pinnacle Entertainment Group, savage worlds

Kobold Press announce a new open RPG system in response to OGL 1.1

January 10, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Kobold Press announce a new open RPG system in response to OGL 1.1 https://www.geeknative.com/150030/kobold-press-announce-a-new-open-rpg-system/ #RaiseTheFlag

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, kobold press, wizards of the coast

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