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How Many RPG's Are Being Made Because of the WotC OGL Debacle? (ttrpg.network)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I just discovered Kobold Press's Black Flag Role Playing system and Tales of the Valorant game being made. I had no idea that was a thing.

Added with the ones I did know about:

Critical Role's Daggerheart
MCDM's new RPG (Matt Colville's company)
And we can count the Pathfinder 2's updates if we want

I wonder how many other RPG's are being made as a result of that debacle.

It does seem like a lot. WotC really shot themselves in the foot spawning all this new competition, didn't they?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I don't think any of these were created per se from the debacle but certainly it helped grow them and maybe push timelines up.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I can't speak to the creation of new systems, but it certainly gave me the push to try existing alternatives.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Paizo's modifications to Pathfinder 2E are a direct response to the OGL debacle. They're tearing out all the stuff that was only in there because they were still chained to the SRD.
Like stats only counting when you had two of them so you have to take them two at a time or else it's a waste.