Happy new year everyone. I've been woefully negligent of my LJ. If I'm still in your reading queue (of you happened by anyways) thanks for that.

What's topical? This LJ has been a clearing house of thoughts about the GSL and legalities in its wake. So let's talk about Wizards of the Coast licensing for a second.

As fans of D20 and PDF may know, Scott ( Read more... )

I was considering shifting to a horror-type D&D adventure for the last few games in October the purposes of Halloween. However, we had a player who couldn't make it, which would have left us with too few players to play D&D. So, I decided to run Spirit of the Century.

Still keeping semi in-theme, I used the idea of the Temple of the Pale White Lady ( Read more... )

Do you live in Washington DC, North Carolina, or immediate environs (which I guess would be Maryland and Virgina)? Then come play a game or two with me, or one of many other fine folks!

I'll be running Spycraft 2.0 and Spirit of the Century at two upcoming gameday events. On October 4th, Fall North Carolina Gameday will be held at the Talley Student ( Read more... )

Well, I'm back from GenCon. I went earlier than ever, bought less stuff than ever, and played more games than ever.

I ran the my Spirit of the Century / Iron Lords of Jupiter hack I talked about in an earlier LJ. It worked great. I really fretted the adaptation, but there really wasn't a whole lot too it.

Really, there were only a few things that ( Read more... )

I swear one day, I'll post something here other than GSL* news. But like a good reporter, I go where there news takes me.

And today's big GSL news is this. Clark Peterson, part owner of Necromancer Games, has announced that his company will not be using the GSL in its current version:

"Now we have the GSL. Right now, in my view, the GSL needs some ( Read more... )

Continuing with my efforts to keep an eye on companies going with the GSL, I can confirm two more companies that will be using the GSL to create products for D&D 4th edition.

The first is Goodman Games. Goodman Games status has been in a doubt and mysterious and Joseph Goodman has been recalcitrant in discussing his course of action with respect to ( Read more... )

There seems to be a lot of buzz about Kenzer & Co's decision to make a 4e-compatible product sans license of any sort... hearkening back to the 2e days of companies Mayfair and... well, Kenzer (Kalamar began life as an unofficial 2e setting.) Some publishers are even confused how Kenzer is getting away with it (if they are), being too used to the ( Read more... )

Well, it's been a while now, but most of the open ranting about Wizard's Game System License (GSL) has died down. We are now in that time where many publishers have to make that fateful decision whether or not to use the GSL.

The worst people had feared--that a company using the GSL at all can no longer sell OGL-based material at all--turned out to ( Read more... )

As mentioned in an earlier entry, I am planning on running an adaptation of Lizard's Iron Lords of Jupiter setting for Spirit of the Century at GenCon. It's less than 2 months away and I have 2 different adventures to prep, so I decided that it is time to do said prepping.

One of the listed references for Iron Lords, as well as one of my first ( Read more... )

Whether you like 4e or not (for me: not so much), and whether you like the GSL or not (again, not so much), it certainly is an interesting time for gaming. The gnashing of teeth over the GSL is beginning to wane, but people whose livelihoods are affected by the fourth edition are beginning to make choices.

Reservations about the impact of a (then ( Read more... )