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In the 1980s, [Stephen] was working on his own RPG for the Commodore 64, inspired by dungeon crawlers of the era like Ultima IV and Telengard, both some of his …read more Continue reading Well Documented Code Helps Revive Decades-Old Commodore Project
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Over the past month, classified Pentagon documents have circulated on 4chan, Telegram, and various Discord servers. The documents contain daily intelligence briefings, sensitive information about Uk… Continue reading Leaked Classified Documents Also Include Roleplaying Game Character Stats
An anonymous reader shares a report from PC Gamer:
In a blog post published Friday, Wizards of the Coast announced that it is fully putting the kibosh on the proposed Open Gaming License (OGL) 1.2 that threw the tabletop RPG community into disarray at… Continue reading D&D Won’t Change Its Original 1.0 OGL License, Reference Document Enters Creative Commons
Blizzard will suspend games in China because it can’t reach an agreement with its licensing and publishing partner NetEase, it said in a press release. World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Overwatch 2, Starcraft, Heroes of the Storm, Diablo III, and Warcraf… Continue reading Blizzard Will Suspend World of Warcraft In China Because of Licensing Dispute
A new draft of the Dungeons & Dragons Open Gaming License, dubbed OGL 1.2 by publisher Wizards of the Coast, is now available for download. Polygon reports: The announcement was made Thursday by Kyle Brink, executive producer of D&D, on the D&a… Continue reading D&D Will Move To a Creative Commons License, Requests Feedback On a New OGL
Following controversial changes to Dungeons & Dragons’ decades-old Open Gaming License (OGL), “many prominent third-party RPG publishers now say they’re abandoning the OGL, regardless of what changes [publisher Wizards of the Coast (WotC)] official… Continue reading Game Makers Stage Mass Exodus From Dungeons & Dragons’ ‘Open’ License
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: After a week of silence amid intense backlash, Dungeons & Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast (WoTC) has finally addressed its community’s concerns about changes to the open gaming license. Th… Continue reading D&D Publisher Addresses Backlash Over Controversial License
Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland writes: 70 new text adventures are now online and available for playing — as a long-standing tradition continues. The 70 new games are the entries in the 28th annual Interactive Fiction Competition (now admin… Continue reading 70 New Text Adventures Written For 28th Annual ‘Interactive Fiction Competition’
Polygon reports that during a streaming event, the publisher of the Magic: the Gathering card game promised a new themed set of cards commemorating Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary. But that’s not their only new set:
The Lord of the Rings: Tales from Mid… Continue reading ‘Magic: the Gathering’ Announces New Sets Based on Lord of the Rings, Doctor Who
Switzerland-based software developer Jean-Christophe Collet writes:
A long time ago I got involved with the development of NetHack, a very early computer role playing game, and soon joined the DevTeam, as we’ve been known since the early days. I was ve… Continue reading On NetHack’s 35th Anniversary, It’s Displayed at Museum of Modern Art