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Pathfinder studio pushes several RPG books into 2024 amid relocation and website upgrades

CEO Jim Butler said Pathfinder and Starfinder material had to move to 2024 to make room for for ORC licence sourcebooks.

Pathfinder Studio releases first draft of ORC universal roleplaying game licence for public comment

Paizo skipped Creative Commons in favour of a highly permissible and unalterable RPG licence.

Project Black Flag’s first crack at a D&D replacement is more retread than reinvention

Kobold Press’ post-OGL efforts feel trapped underneath the shadow of tabletop’s maligned monolith.

Mutant: Year Zero, Blade Runner RPG maker asks for feedback on two royalty-free tabletop licences

Free League’s Year Zero Engine will be “irrevocable, worldwide and royalty-free”

Warhammer RPG maker announces new D&D 5E compatible system alongside “tragic fantasy” setting

Broken Weave will crowdfund in February and offer first hints at Cubicle 7’s upcoming C7d20 system

Clank! studio buys Dragon Prince RPG as Fandom exits the tabletop space

Dire Wolf Digital has acquired the Tales of Xadia licence alongside the Cortex studio and will continue development of its announced expansion.

Numenera and Invisible Sun publisher will release a Cypher System open licence this summer

Decyphering design.

‘What pain do we want to experience?’: Fandom Tabletop address community license backlash

Bart Vickers reflects on what went wrong and how the second iteration aims for clearer communication and more transparency.

Cortex Prime's new community license sparks criticism among players and RPG designers

The team behind the genre-agnostic RPG plans to address community complaints in a future version of the agreement.