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Can gamers outplay the rapacious capitalists?

Role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons are having a moment in the spotlight – and offer valuable lessons to the rest of the economy

Financial Times · Feb 17, 2023

Content creators and corporations clash in Dungeons & Dragons licensing fiasco

The tabletop role-playing game community took a keen interest in intellectual property law in January when changes to the Dungeons Dragons Open Game License (OGL) were leaked.

The Conversation · Feb 13, 2023

Savvy dad who spent years collecting Pokemon cards for kids set to make £250,000

Gordon White, 58, amassed thousands of the cards - including dozens of complete Pokemon sets - from when he initially started collecting them in the 1990s

Daily Mirror · Feb 12, 2023

D&D OGL 1.2 update: Wizards rolls back controversial changes — but is it too late?

The D&D community has been in turmoil over updates to how third-party content is licensed. But publisher Wizards of the Coast

Inverse · Jan 22, 2023

Critical Role's 'Legend of Vox Machina' will continue — even if D&D doesn't

Critical Role's array of cast members unpack the road ahead for both 'The Legend of Vox Machina' and the RPG hobby that started it all.

Inverse · Jan 20, 2023

Hasbro-owned publisher of D&D backtracks on license changes that angered fans

Fans and creators were upset about potential changes to the "Open Games License," which allows third-parties to use content from Dungeons and Dragons.

Fortune · Jan 20, 2023

Magic: The Gathering reveals Phyrexia: All Will Be One, bringing new mechanics and card treatments

Magic: The Gathering's 95th set, Phyrexia: All Will Be One releases on February 10 2023, and brings two commander decks, some new mechanics, and some fantastic new artwork.

Daily Mirror · Jan 18, 2023

D&D: Dragonlance Review: An epic and ambitious tale of global conflict in an already scarred world

Dungeons and Dragons: Dragonlance centres around a dragon incursion on the planet Krynn. It's epic, fun, and offers something for everyone

Daily Mirror · Jan 18, 2023

Why the Tabletop Role-Playing World Is Furious About Changes to Dungeons & Dragons' Open Game License

For 20 years, D&D has offered third-party publishers an open, royalty-free license to create new works using its game. A leaked revision would end all of that.

Reason · Jan 12, 2023

D&D OGL 1.1 scandal: Unpacking the controversial change that's infuriated fans

Wizards of the Coast is about to deliver a controversial rework the Open Gaming License that allows D&D players to publish and profit from homebrew content.

Inverse · Jan 9, 2023