The earthquake that is the Open Gaming License

General RPG Discussion
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Hey there!

I know I haven’t been around in a while (maybe even so much that few know who I am. XD )

In any event, I think many of you have heard of the news regarding what can be considered the foundation of many modern RPG systems: The OGL.

For those who haven’t, I thought I might leave some helpful links here:

Gizmodo Article

Paizo Announces System-Neutral Open RPG License

Offizielle Ankündigung: Ulisses und die ORC

Probably because of the recent popularity even in online streaming this has even reached the top of twitch - where Asmongold reacted to a video about the subject, amassing over 500k views.

What are your thoughts on the topic?

I have to say, regardless of the outcome I think this ORC and Paizo’s plans sound like a very good idea and step towards a less centralized future in RPGing.

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Our discord has been very active discussing the license there is new opinions shared pretty much every day. ^^

Not saying you have to be there just if you want to hear / read opinions most of us have chimed in on there

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Thopthes … that rings a vague bell. Can’t quite place it …

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a hint … arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr :pirate_flag:

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Mmm … Blackbeard? Henry Morgan? Captain Kidd?

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Whichever of those doesn’t dread knocking over Jenga towers on purpose. Or submarines, or pirate kings, or vampires, or systems, if they matter for that matter.

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Those were the days.

How’s life been treating you?

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A bit low on RPGing unfortunately. Been missing tournaments, Action Castle and random one shots.

And yourself?

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Please, stop torturing my heart!

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But to contribute with a more meaningful way to the original post, thanks for the links to @Thopthes and @cat4laugh, I’ll check them.

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Sorry, missed this. Mainly been playing D&D and CoC of late. We’ll have to get together for another one of those random one-shots sometime …

Otherwise, doing peachy!

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Yeah, yeah, I know. It’s like Chinese Democracy at this point, isn’t it?

In a nutshell, aside from a general tendency to procrastinate, I simply haven’t had anything interesting to say. The 4th tournament – the one with The Puzzle That Nobody Solved – pretty much summed up what I think this style of play is about.

(I still regret the scoring that year, by the way. That really should’ve been a tie.)

But never say never. I’ve had an idea percolating for a bit that just might work as a tournament … We’ll see.