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Jan 25 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Here, here. Rather than debating the OGL 1.0's revokability maybe we should take WotCs hint that they want a bigger slice of the hobby they overwhelmingly dominate and move on to other games and systems. Maybe we should let 1/#dnd #ttrpg #DoneDND

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WotC keep all their versions of the OGL and move on to the myriad of other wonderful existing games or those that will rise out of this mess. Maybe it's time to let WotC's hubris dethrone the king. IMO there are too many awesome games to continue allowing D&D to be the hobby's 2/
primary ambassador. For those looking for other games to break the Dragon's stranglehold on the hobby check out my ongoing list of #100ttrpgsIdRatherPlay/3
Let me add that I am well aware many creatives are financially tied to the OGL and they can't pull out right now. I don't want to see any of them harmed more than they have been, still I'd advocate dropping the OGL as soon as they can. I should have been clear, I said 4/
let the OGL die, not kill it where it stands. If this is going to work it needs to be an ordered retreat, peeps will need to vacate the dumpster fire WotC made when, and as, they safely financially can. /5

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Why do people get this so wrong. Fuck, we all know why... they act like someone is dispatching rainbow clad commandos to force compliance. Safety tools are an option. As someone who started playing these games back in 1977 and who had to sit at a table 1/
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