DMDave/Henceforth Games News - January 2023
Added 2023-01-01 21:33:31 +0000 UTCHappy new year, folks!
I hope you had a safe and wonderful evening last night. The wife and I got a date night out to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary. We watched Glass Onion and Dirty Dancing.
Here's a look at what to expect in January and in 2023
Two Years of New Fifth Edition Content Published and Ready
In anticipation of the forthcoming introduction of the new commercial license from Wizards of the Coast and the revocation of the 1.0a open gaming license, I spent the last week of 2022 publishing super basic versions of Dungeons & Lairs posts to cover us for the next two years (or 54 weeks) of content.
Since those posts are so basic, our writing team will need to take time to edit them to get them up to snuff with our typical content. Fortunately, it shouldn't disrupt us from our normal Friday posting schedule.
TL;DR: no matter what changes are coming with Wizards' licensing, barring any legal disruption from Hasbro's army of attorneys, you'll still get Fifth Edition content that will last you until the end of 2024.
Phoenix Engine RPG System Coming Soon
In addition to pre-publishing two years' worth of Dungeons & Lairs content, I spent the holidays writing my own ruleset, which will debut in two Kickstarters this year:
- Horror. A Roleplaying Game. This has long been my "white whale" as a writer, to create a horror RPG that has the horror feel of games like Call of Cthulhu but still enough tactical play to keep Dungeons & Dragons players happy. Expect the Kickstarter in Mid-March, shortly after printing finishes on our last two projects.
- Endless Journeys Fantasy Roleplaying Game. Since I've got a ruleset and Wizards is basically barring folks at my level from creating new content (without a ton of restrictions, bureaucratic nonsense, and IP-grabbing, that is), I figure it makes sense to release a fantasy book, too. This will come after the horror set. While, yes, the last thing that the world need is another fantasy RPG, the main draw of this will be the true open gaming license that will accompany this set. Not only will it do exactly what the 1.0a was designed to do—allowing third-party creators to create games using an existing ruleset—but I intend to support all third-party creators' work fully. Expect the Kickstarter for this one in the fall.
I should have a working copy of the rules once our OGL/SRD is finalized, likely this week. I plan to share it here and start running playtests for it. Once we've tweaked it a bit, I'll be shipping free copies of the basic rules to all of our Electrum+ patrons. ETA on that is currently unknown since we're still working on GMSG.
As always, feel free to hit me up in Discord if you have questions.
Peace and love, folks and have a happy new year!
- Dave
Comments
thank you. wow. just, thanks.
Kathy
2023-01-07 15:41:18 +0000 UTCStarting back up my support for you because I want to support your endeavor.
Dilldwarf
2023-01-05 23:48:56 +0000 UTCNot lately LOL
DM Dave
2023-01-03 08:19:19 +0000 UTCWOW! Do you sleep?
Grakius
2023-01-03 03:12:54 +0000 UTCI'll still be DMDave. We'll have some other cool stuff coming, though. It's actually pretty exciting and, frankly, long overdue.
DM Dave
2023-01-03 01:13:19 +0000 UTCThat sucks. Sorry man. Are you still going to change your moniker or leave it the same?
Kurt Pflegl
2023-01-02 22:36:54 +0000 UTCYeah. It's been a stressful month or two haha It's tough to say "just trust me", but we have sources to protect. However, we have had legal counsel involved with this since almost the beginning. Once they go public soon, we'll have a press release everyone can read explaining what it all means and what our next steps are as a creator community.
DM Dave
2023-01-02 21:59:39 +0000 UTCOh no!
Kurt Pflegl
2023-01-02 21:01:14 +0000 UTCUnfortunately, that is no longer correct. Once they go public, I'll be able to share more on why.
DM Dave
2023-01-02 19:35:13 +0000 UTCI think this all sounds great. Just one correction. There's no such thing as revocation of the OGL 1.0. It's always going to be operating in regard to 5E. Anyone will be to use it to create content for 5e until the end of time, as long as they follow its SRD. The new OGL 1.1 will only cover content in regard to the new ONE D&D rules. So the language of revoking OGL 1.0 muddies the waters on this subject.
Kurt Pflegl
2023-01-02 14:33:57 +0000 UTCWell, two years is a long time haha But sure. If it isn’t what we think it is, then we will keep going. Plus, PE will be 5e compatible, so there’s that 😅
DM Dave
2023-01-02 02:37:46 +0000 UTCDave.... I'm sure you've invested the research into this, BUT if the new OGL isn't as restrictive as everything thinks, will you keep producing DnD stuff or has the decision already been made to support the new systems beyond 2024? Love all your content, which I mainly use to find out my campaign. Would hate to see that avenue closed, but looking forward to the horror game.
Kenny Myers
2023-01-02 00:46:31 +0000 UTCCan't wait to check it out!
Roosevelt Cooper
2023-01-01 22:44:01 +0000 UTC0_0 A new dawn, ideed :-)
Steve Skirata
2023-01-01 22:32:26 +0000 UTC100% I plan to release it on Google Docs, too, so people can do whatever they want with it :D
DM Dave
2023-01-01 22:08:02 +0000 UTCPlease keep a pdf option for the Endless Journeys system in mind. My space at home is limited and my wife asked me, to stop buying physical DnD books, in early November. Well, not that I already had pretty much every book, that I was interested, in playing with her ;-)
Steve Skirata
2023-01-01 22:02:56 +0000 UTC
