We Win WOTC Surrenders 

Several people have taken offense to the title saying "we win WOTC surrenders", noted, I hear you. I would love to see a public apology and to hear WOTC say we're leaving the OGL alone. And yes, keep fighting, it's not over. I wish you would watch the whole video though because there are several wins here. 1. Paizo is going to bat for everyone, they might not be a billion dollar company like WOTC, but they are banding together with Kobold Press, Chaosium, Green Ronin and more to go after Wizards through the legal system. What WOTC is doing is very legally questionable, there are solid grounds for a class action lawsuit. 2. The open gaming license Paizo is announcing is SOLID. 3. The TTRPG community rallied and made their voices heard by hitting WOTC in the wallet where it hurts to make them listen to us and we got their attention. 4. This golden age of TTRPG's is not ending, if anything it just means lots of people will be trying new games. Why I'm not changing the name of the video. That's exactly what WOTC would want! 🤓

I hope that title is a joke. Its not over. That statement. Read it again. Carefully. That language tho sloppy is deliberate. They arent gonna change basically anything. Do NOT stop. Do not say we won. We have not won. Not even close

we havent won until the head of wotc is publicly forced out by hasbro and a heart felt apology

we have not won, thats what wotc and hasbro wants us to think we have only won when they completly backed down from updateing/changeing the ogl.

And no. Note. Already released. The OGL is supposed to stay useable for every edition. This is a bad take im sorry to tell you

The new ogl is still coming. We haven't won yet.

Great video!

There is no "winning" here. WotC have demonstrated themselves to be an untrustworthy partner in an business agreements. In 2000, almost nobody in the TTRPG industry was prepared to publish under the novel OLG liscense. WotC struggled to get any publishers to take that risk becuase they had no history in the TTRPG field. Eventually publishers signed on, and the scheme to regrow the D&D brand via the OGL was a success. In 2008, WotC attempted to shake off the OGL obligation, and practically nobody in the TTRPG industry supported them. This is fully half the reason 4e tanked and Pathfinder assumed the market lead. After OGL 1.0a was released with 5e, WotC had one last chance to demonstrate that they could be trusted with the livelihood of dedicated TTRPG publishers, staff, and contractors. THEY JUST BLEW IT. WotC LOST. The TTRPG industry LOST. The D&D players have LOST. Nobody "wins" here. When watching for "winners and losers", follow the upcoming TTRPG industry competition, as multiple publishers scramble to fill the vacuum of WotC's exit from the market.