From: "Tim Dugger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> This shows that at
> least the folks at ICE have been discussing the OGL in their offices
I can tell you from my direct personal knowledge that there's isn't a
significant RPG publisher in the domestic market who isn't talking about it.
Mostly, they're trying to figure out how to produce D&D compatible book
without giving away anything they really consider valuable; or they are
totally confused and think that using the OGL means they can't publish an
RPG with character creation or level advancement rules.
My opinion is that the best way to overcome both of these problems is just
to let things evolve for some number of months. Publishers who see "Three
Days to Kill" or "Death in Freeport" (or any number of other products now
coming to market - no intention to overlook anything) are going to have the
chance to sit down with a product and figure out what all the hype is about.
Then it will take them six months to do anything about it.
So I don't expect to see the "second wave" of Open Gaming products until
next summer. But I >do< expect some of those products to be doozies.
(To be honest, what I am really hoping for is something along the lines of
Delta Green. DG shows what can be done by taking someone else's basic rules
(in this case, Call of Cthulu) and expanding in a direction nobody ever
thought to go before. Someone, somewhere could "Delta Green" D20 - and then
we'd truly have a landmark product indeed!)
Ryan
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