'Dungeons And Dragons' Fans Furious Following Lengthy Purported Leaks Of OGL 1.1

January 5th, 2023 - 6:15 PM EST by Brandon Wink

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If you're a content creator or fan of Dungeons and Dragons, then you might want to read the supposedly leaked Open Gaming License 1.1 update that is believed to be coming from Wizards of the Coast soon.

The current Open Gaming License (1.0) is what everyone who uses D&D-based monsters, mechanics and story elements for their own ideas has been operating under, but according to sources who purportedly received the new 1.1 update, all agreements or beliefs that stem from the 1.0 agreement will supposedly become null once 1.1 hits, with new agreements needing to be signed that follow 1.1's strict guidelines.


If this supposed "leaked document" is correct and 1.0 becomes delegitimized, everyone who has a current agreement with Wizards of the Coast, or was planning on creating an idea that involved DnD in any regard, will have to agree to the new 1.1 agreement, which on its own seems like a pretty easy thing to do.

Where the devil lies in the details, however, is what exactly is being waived and agreed to this time, with the purported leaked document being over 10 times as long as the original agreement that fans are used to, with some curious things being baked in that are raising several red flags online.

Chief among these issues some have expressed online are that creative endeavors that use DnD characters are believed to then become the property of Wizards of the Coast for their own monetization purposes.


Due to the length of the document and the intricacies involved, if it does come to pass, it's likely there will be a long period of legal litigation while the lines are drawn in the sand as to what is okay or not under the new rules.

Regardless of this, the rumored changes are already starting to poison some of the fanbase against WOTC and Hasbro (the parent company) over them, with memes and vitriol coming en masse on platforms like Twitter today.



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