A brief recap of RPG news and OGL drama from Geek Native and around the tabletop community. This week mass and mainstream media are allover our turf.
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Award-winning Nightfell setting summons Children of the Moon
Children of the Moon have already been summoned by the Kickstarter community, smashing targets and Mana Project Studio are on board to help.
On Game Jam Culture and Minimalist RPGs
W.H. Arthur (he/佢) started game design in a 200 word RPG jam in 2018. Since then, he has released a number of small RPGs on itch.io, and contributed to a few popular indie RPG projects.
Carnival Row 2 trailer hits just as the Carnival Row RPG Cypher System gets some love
The setting has a free RPG through a marketing collaboration but does require the Cypher System engine to run. That’s not free but there is a free preview that might be enough to get you started.
Paizo will go to court to stop WotC and OGL 1.1
Paizo has said they’ll go to court to argue that the OGL cannot be deauthorized by Wizards of the Coast.
Dungeons on Demand: Instant adventures back on bundle offer
The Bundle of Holding has Dungeons on Demand again. It’ll hang around until the 25th.
Action-Heroes RPG: A Kickstarted toolkit to turn fan favourites into games
Action-Heroes is a hybrid of old school and contemporary design ideas and aesthetics.
Advanced 5E investigates divorcing 5e’s OGL
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.
Monte Cook Games adds to the Cypher System Open License
The update includes new rules, character options, cypher and fantasy creatures. The RPG Godforsaken provides most of the new additions.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) weighs in with an OGL D&D warning
For most users, accepting this license almost certainly means you have fewer rights to use elements of Dungeons and Dragons than you would otherwise.
