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Paizo President Jim Butler Reveals Plans For A Universal RPG Licence
While Wizards of the Coast was still assembling its party, other leaders in the tabletop roleplaying games industry were studying the blade. As fans waited for the Hasbro-owned company to respond to the ongoing controversy over the Dungeons & Dragons Open Game Licence, Paizo announced it would be financially supporting an initiative to establish a…
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Wizards Of The Coast Cancels OGL Announcement After Online Ire
Dungeons & Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast has apparently cancelled an announcement about their updated Open Gaming Licence for a second time this week. Inside sources at Wizards of the Coast tell Gizmodo that the company is scrambling to formulate a response to backlash against the new OGL that has occurred over the past…
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Dungeons & Dragons’ New Licence Tightens Its Grip On Competition
The new Dungeons & Dragons Open Gaming Licence, a document which allows a vast group of independent publishers to use the basic game rules created by D&D owner Wizards of the Coast, significantly restricts the kind of content allowed and requires anyone making money under the licence to report their products to Wizards of the…
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Magic: The Gathering Execs Accused Of Destroying Game Say They’re Not
A month after Bank of America downgraded Hasbro’s stock over fears it was “killing its golden goose” by oversaturating the market with Magic: The Gathering cards, the toy manufacturer says that’s not the case. “There is no evidence that Magic is overprinted,” Wizards of the Coast president Cynthia Williams told investors during a recent corporate…