Brainwaves Episode 114 – OMG OGL!

by Iain McAllister · 23 Jan 2023

The team are back after a bit of a break! In Brainwaves Episode 114 we cover all the latest with Wizards of the Coast OGL announcements and have two interviews: one with Linda Codega who broke the story and one with Jon Hodgson who runs Handiwork Games. It’s our biggest piece yet on the show and we hope you enjoy it.

Not only that but we report on a new RPG union in Europe, Gil Hova shutting up shop, GW share prices and the largest monopoly collection in the world!

Headline

WIzards of the Coast updates the Open Gaming License

Linda Codega Pieces

Linda’s Twitter

Tweets by lincodega

The piece that broke the news

https://gizmodo.com/dnd-wizards-of-the-coast-ogl-1-1-open-gaming-license-1849950634

The 1.1 leaked document

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BXYQJ0ulww7BoZhjMHrZgQ5YrjfPRIma/view

OGL announcement cancelled

https://gizmodo.com/dungeons-dragons-ogl-announcement-wizards-of-the-coast-1849981365

Wizards response reaction

https://gizmodo.com/dungeons-dragons-ogl-license-wizards-of-the-coast-wotc-1849985196

The piece about the culture inside Wizards

https://gizmodo.com/dungeons-dragons-wizards-hasbro-ogl-open-game-license-1849981136

Linda’s most recent post summarising the situation

https://gizmodo.com/dungeons-and-dragons-ogl-1-1-explained-wizards-of-the-c-1850006448

Wizards replies

The first response we read out

https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1423-an-update-on-the-open-game-license-ogl

Kyle Brink first post

https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1428-a-working-conversation-about-the-open-game-license

The “playtest post”

https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1432-starting-the-ogl-playtest

The Alexandrian

Open Gaming License: A Brief History

Open DnD movement

https://www.opendnd.games/

Paizo announcements

https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6si7v?Paizo-Announces-SystemNeutral-Open-RPG-License

https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6si7y

Handiwork Games

Home

Critical Role response

From all of us at Critical Role. pic.twitter.com/PDi9tDF4dc
— Critical Role (@CriticalRole) January 13, 2023

News

European RPG publishers band together

https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/roleplaying-game/news/european-rpg-studios-union-forms-dnd-ogl-storm

Funagain Distribution closes doors

We are sad to make this announcement. We will be ending operations in the next few months. Our last day to accept orders will be Feb. 10. Our fulfillment team will continue on all pending projects in the warehouse and any that are already en route. We’ll miss you all. pic.twitter.com/suv31WVsZZ
— Funagain Distribution (@FunagainDistro) January 16, 2023

Formal Ferret Games closing down

So, a big update: I am closing my game company, Formal Ferret Games, and leaving the Ludology podcast. I haven’t been to playtesting in several months, and I will not be actively designing games for the foreseeable future.
— Gil Hova is now here: @[email protected] (@gilhova) January 14, 2023

Games workshop share price falls

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/games-workshop-falls-hornby-slumps-after-disappointing-updates/ar-AA16auCx?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=8343099ae5bb457a9fe996eb3e6bbaef

Jobs, Opportunities, and Events

Cardboard Edison awards are open

https://cardboardedison.com/award

Patreon Shoutouts

James Naylor

https://naylorgames.com/

Shaun Newan

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facebook.com/gamealotboardgames

Our Patreon

https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain

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https://metallicdicegames.com/

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Outro

The world’s largest Monopoly collection

https://www.worldofmonopoly.com/otherpages/worldrecord.php

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