On 20 Aug 02, Ryan scribbled a note about RE: [Ogf-l] Non-d20 Inspiration:
> I can't speak for anyone in R&D, but I can state that I carried a copy of
> Palladium Fantsy RPG to virtually every Open Gaming meeting I had at WotC.
> When someone started in on the value of our unique IP and how nobody in
> gaming had anything like D&D, I would slide the book across the table and
> ask them what they thought about it. Since PFRPG and D&D are essentially
> fraternal twins, it was always funny to watch as the eyes widened. PFRPG
> is a perfect example of the idea that "games can't be copyright"; it
> stripped D&D down to the basic (non-copyrightable) fundamentals and then
> rebuilt it from scratch to create a wholly new work.
>
whoo! whoo! whoo! Hehehe... Almost every single game on the market,
past or present, has some root in the original D&D game.
**TANSTAAFL**
Rasyr (Tim Dugger)
System Editor
Iron Crown Enterprises
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