Lizard wrote: > FUDGE and Fuzion were examples of well-designed game systems released > under open or semi-open licenses prior to the D20 SRD. Neither can be > called a commercial success. The D20 market exists because there's > something worth taking out of the open pool that provides an incentive > to put stuff in. > > If the only material in Mr. Lessigs digital commons is stuff that > couldn't be sold to a large corporation, why even bother?
I don't want to seem holier than thou here (please forgive me if I do), but speaking from the vantagepoint of a non-d20 gamemaker whose system might well be lumped into the same category as FUDGE and Fuzion, ie well-designed (we think!) but not commercially successful, I want to say that we think there *is* some point to all this beyond selling out to a large corporation. We get really nice emails from people all the time raving about Dominion Rules. Especially in Eastern Europe where d20 stuff is hard to come by. People are having a lot of fun with DR, as they have with FUDGE, Fuzion and D&D. Sure, I can't quit my day job. But this is an exciting, fun experiment and I'm glad to be a part of it. Again, sorry if this sounds preachy. Mike Bourland Dominion Games http://www.dominiongames.com _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
