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Check out all our coverage of Legal. This collection covers topics in Tabletop & RPGs.

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Why is Evil Genius Games suing Netflix?

September 28, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Evil Genius says Netflix is upset that art from Rebel Moon was shared at the GAMA Expo.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: evil genius productions, legal, netflix, rebel moon

Final ORC: Paizo present the finally final version of the ORC License

June 30, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The license is a system-agnostic, perpetual, and irrevocable open gaming license that provides a legal “safe harbor” for sharing rules mechanics so as to encourage collaboration and innovation in the tabletop-gaming space.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chaosium, gen con, legal, Mythmere Games, Open Game License, paizo, Paizo Publishing

Cease & Desist: Renegade Game Studios issues legal threat to “Renegade City” indie creator

June 18, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Renegade Game Studios, which publishes RPGs like Power Rangers and Transformers with Hasbro, and Vampire, Hunters and Werewolf with Paradox, are threatening legal action.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: legal, Renegade Game Studios

TSR files for bankruptcy, and WotC’s lawyers hit pause, say reports

June 13, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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.

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

Stolen game claims: Lorcana inspires Upper Deck to legal action against Ravensburger

June 7, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Ravensburger and an ex-Upper Deck game designer are accused of stealing a Lorcana and repackaging it as the TCG Lorcana.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: card games, disney, legal, ravensburger

Wizards of the Coast backtrack on OGL 1.1

January 19, 2023 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Wizards of the Coast have seemingly backtracked on most of the most egregious changes to the document.

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

Free League double whammies with two new OGL alternatives

January 16, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s clear that it is high time for Free League to have an OGL that is fully our own

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dragonbane, Free League Publishing, legal, year zero engine

Modiphius launch 2d20 World Builders third-party publisher program

January 14, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 2d20, drivethrurpg, legal, Modiphius Entertainment, world building

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

OGL architect: Hasbro does not have the power to do to D&D’s OGL what they seem to be doing

January 5, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

If that had been a power that we wanted to reserve for Hasbro, we would have enumerated it in the license.

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

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