Renegade Game Studios, which publishes RPGs like Power Rangers and Transformers with Hasbro, and Vampire, Hunters and Werewolf with Paradox, are threatening legal action.
TSR files for bankruptcy, and WotC’s lawyers hit pause, say reports
It’s a messy case that started when the TSR trademark was snatched up, forged into an RPG publisher, and sued Wizards of the Coast.
Stolen game claims: Lorcana inspires Upper Deck to legal action against Ravensburger
Ravensburger and an ex-Upper Deck game designer are accused of stealing a Lorcana and repackaging it as the TCG Lorcana.
Wizards of the Coast backtrack on OGL 1.1
Wizards of the Coast have seemingly backtracked on most of the most egregious changes to the document.
Free League double whammies with two new OGL alternatives
It’s clear that it is high time for Free League to have an OGL that is fully our own
Modiphius launch 2d20 World Builders third-party publisher program
The 2d20 World Builders community content program from Modiphius and DriveThruRPG provides rules and a platform for third-party publishers to create and sell content.
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.
OGL architect: Hasbro does not have the power to do to D&D’s OGL what they seem to be doing
If that had been a power that we wanted to reserve for Hasbro, we would have enumerated it in the license.
Tabletop retailer Noble Knight Games voluntarily recognise their workers’ union
95% of privately-owned businesses in the States do not voluntarily recognise worker-organised unions.
Wizards of the Coast’s privacy policy criticised
There’s also concern around Wizards of the Coast’s video policies, as the company does not say how long any video data is kept.
