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Gail Gygax sells D&D legacy items against Luke Gygax’s wishes

June 28, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Gary’s son Luke Gygax isn’t happy that his step-mother putting these items up to auction.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, legal, luke gygax

Second Gygax Will brings the family to court as a D&D legacy battle brews

May 25, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Luke Gygax has a second Will that his father wrote, and it may replace the one Gail has been using to date.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Gary Gygax, legal, luke gygax

Authorities suspend trading in CMON

April 11, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Independent third parties hired to make sure no one is cooking the books or wriggling out of taxes, or just to make sure the numbers in the company’s account line up correctly are not convinced everything is right.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: cmon, legal, money

D&D 5 contributor named as an alleged online harasser

April 7, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Today, Daniel D. Fox the developer of the award-winning ZWEIHÄNDER RPG has posted a public statement regarding Tarnowski / RPG Pundit / Kasimir Urbanski.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: daniel d. fox, legal

Will indie publishers suffer? Wizards of the Coast win “dungeon” trademark ruling

January 10, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Now applicants may have to prove that their trademark will not be confused by the general public for a D&D title.

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

Backlisted RPG designer’s defamation case forces ex-girlfriend into crowdfunding

November 29, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Zak S’s Canadian court strategy has pushed his ex-girlfriend into crowdfunding to pay for upcoming costs.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: legal, money

Brexit and VAT changes on shipping may force board game Kickstarters to abandon the UK

September 6, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

A no-deal Brexit will force international companies trying to fulfil Kickstarters in the UK to pay VAT, register with HM Revenue & Customs and maintain complex new tax records.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: legal

License dispute stops The Cimmerian: Queen of Black Coast orders

September 2, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The US giant Diamond Comic Distributors no longer makes mention of Ablaze’s uncensored Coman series The Cimmerian: Queen of Black Coast.

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: conan, Diamond Comic Distributors, icv2, legal

Published a stat block? D&D are sending takedowns as a legal challenge brews

August 13, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

Is it legal to publish stat blocks?

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

The Brexit trap for British publishers going to the Essen Game Fair

August 8, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The 2019 Essen Game Fair runs from 24th October to the 27th October, which is a Sunday. As it stands now, on 31st October the UK is on course to crash out of the European Union. The British Government’s advice is that by 11 pm on the 31st goods moving from the EU (Germany) to […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: essen game fair, legal

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