Re: [Open_Gaming] Mixed Works?

[Githianki]

It seems to me the definition of a general interest mag is one that covers other systems besides d20. Dragon is much less of a general interest mag than it used to be as it primarily focuses on Wizards products and D&D. Not being able to print systems for character generation, even of systems that have nothing to do with d20, limits a general mag.  In addition, the paperwork required with accumulating so many permissions in a mag with lots of other content (assuming of course that OGG and d20 were included) also proves limiting.  I am sure there are plenty of great things that can be done within the rules as you suggest and imply will occur, but a mag which includes d20 is unlikely to include much else because of the extra work involved and the limits.  Furthermore, a mag which wished to feature an occasional d20 piece is less likely to do so if it means lots of extra work and restrictions.   If Wizards own d20 mag is an attempt to separate out d20 in to a container to deal with, and Wizards could handle all the requirements and suffer less than anyone else doing so, what makes you think that general mags will cover OGC or d20?  And I repeat mags focused on d20 are not general interest. I mean RPG hobby mags that cover multiple systems or topics besides RPGing, or for that matter a computer game mag. -Alex