Open Game License

A copyleft licence designed for games but usable elsewhere.

FAQ

One of the first announcements

Has Open Gaming been a success? (Mike Mearls)

Fast Forward Entertainment forced to destroy books for OGL violations

Website: http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/ogl.html

Status

Copyleft

Source

Wizards of the Coast

Works

• Wanton Role-Playing System ● An OGL version of the RPG Over the Edge.
• Warrior & Wizard ● A retroclone of The Fantasy Trip.
• Wayfarers ● Points-buy medieval fantasy role-playing.
• Wrack & Wruin ● Ryan St's rewriting of original D&D in the style of Apocalypse World.

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Sources

• Animalball Partners ● A website that hosted tabletop games.
• Artikid ● "[A]n Italian full-time web-developer, part-time illustrator and games geek."
• Bedroom Wall Press ● 'Designer of Hulks and Horrors, Heaven's Shadow, and Drums of War.'
• Beyond Belief Games ● Swords & Wizardry ports.
• Bill Browne ● RPG creator.
• Crystal Obelisk ● A collection of resources for medieval study and tabletop gaming.
• D101 Games ● A small press RPG company.
• Evil Hat Productions ● A small press RPG company.
• Goblinoid Games ● A publisher of retro-style tabletop games.
• Grand OGL Wiki ● A collection of open game content from other sources.
• Gratis Games ● A provider of free retroclones.
• Green Ronin Publishing ● An RPG publisher.
• Greg Christopher ● An author of RPGs.
• James D Hargrove ● An author.
• Justen Brown ● An author of retroclones.
• Mongoose Publishing ● A game publisher.
• Pelgrane Press ● An RPG publisher.
• Ronin Arts ● A publisher.
• Wizards of the Coast ● A game publisher.

• Basic Dungeons & Dragons ● The mechanics of original and basic D&D.
• d20 System ● The roleplaying system which first appeared in Dungeons & Dragons 3E.
• FATE ● A game system based on the mechanic: dice roll + invoked and tagged Aspects.
• Saga Machine ● 'Saga Machine is a brand new tabletop role-playing system by the Tab Creations Collective.'