The ORC Alliance Grows

Glad to see so many folks showing up! Glad you’ve got a good crew to work with here.

I'm takin' notes!

Mongoose?! Oh the irony... they're so tight-fisted with the Traveller rules. I have to use Cepheus on FoundryVTT :(

WOW! Now that is a lineup I am awed by. And it's not even everybody! Keep up the good work and I wish you all the best. You're keeping the spirit alive!

Huzzah!

This is great to hear

Time to Finder some ORCS!

merch

I can't wait to see how this shapes up, I am in it for the long haul.

No Darrington Press eh?
How sad.
Well at least they have their loyal fanbase.

Avengers!

Assemble

No Darrington Press eh?

How sad.
Well at least they have their loyal fanbase.

No Darrington Press - YET. Almost certain to have contracts locking them in until end of season.

Darrington Press isn't the same as CR. Tal'Dorei Reborn is 5e compatible but not printed under the D&D brand. I'd be shocked if they were foolish enough to lock it in with some exclusive license*.

*Especially because they didn't even get to use the D&D brand on it!

"The Age of Dragon is over. The time of the Orc has come"

Solidarity!!!

Well, that covers every publisher, apart from WotC itself, that I regularly purchase physical stuff from!

I really wish we could see the whole list. For instance, I don't see Drop Dead Studios on there - but really wish I did. I don't know if they HAVE officially expressed support - I just hope they do - and not knowing is uncomfortable.. :-)

These will be my go to companies for RPGs. Vote with your dollars!

Disappointed that Critical Role and MCDM haven't joined. Listening to Matt Collvilles last Twitch it's doubtful he will join.

My boy Griffon's saddlebag! super glad to see that he'll be publishing ORC stuff in the coming months/years!

Huzzah! This is a very worthy alliance. I’m up for some good designing.

I'm glad to see that ORC is getting bigger.

Hope to see more grow on this list.

We need to send WOTC a message they have ruined DND.

So grateful for all of your efforts, thank you!

"Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit." ~ James Russell Lowell

Whither Starfinder goes, so do I. Good luck all!

~Ryan Wolfe
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No Darrington Press eh?

How sad.
Well at least they have their loyal fanbase.

Like others have posted, the Darrington crew almost certainly have metaphorical - and perhaps literal - guns to their head. Hasbro will want them to continue to promote the D&D brand, and are certain to face major repercussions if they just cut out and run in the middle of a campaign.

If Matt's been smart (and I hope he has), any such agreements will only last to the end of the Bell's Hells campaign.

So grateful for all of your efforts, thank you!

"Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit." ~ James Russell Lowell

"Trust arrives by foot but leaves by horseback."

Also, I am one of those (very minor) OGL publishers, but I haven't gotten any emails yet. Did I mess it up? Or haven't there been any?

Lets keep it up. Let Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro know that imagination has no license.

That list of names fills me with hope ^^

To War Gents

The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah

Orc army!

I keep expecting to see Evil Hat on these lists, and then remembering their content is already under the Creative Commons.

I guess this stuff's old hat to them.

Compnative wrote:

So grateful for all of your efforts, thank you!

"Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit." ~ James Russell Lowell

"Trust arrives by foot but leaves by horseback."

Also, I am one of those (very minor) OGL publishers, but I haven't gotten any emails yet. Did I mess it up? Or haven't there been any?

You may have missed it, check your Trash? I got one about two hours ago - did you sign up - I think I followed a link from the original blogpost announcing the ORC licence.

I keep expecting to see Evil Hat on these lists, and then remembering their content is already under the Creative Commons.

I guess this stuff's old hat to them.

They have an incredible year ahead of them, too - delivering Apocalypse Keys, crowdfunding Girl by Moonlight, and a whole bunch of other stuff - and are well worth a look for non-d20 gaming.

Excited to see what the ORC will bring to the TTRPG community. Let's hope that the OGL 1.0a revocation won't hold and so that both OGL 1.0a and ORC may at one point stand alongside eachother to protect the community. :)

Also disappointed to see that Critical Role as the biggest TTRPG streamer with its publishing company Darrington Press still have not publicly joined the effort, despite thousands of other publishers having done so. :(

No Darrington Press eh?

How sad.
Well at least they have their loyal fanbase.

I mean, they probably have a legal quagmire on their hands dealing with this as is. I'm betting they do support it, they just legally can't do anything about it until their contracts with WotC/Hasbro have ended.

WildManPiet wrote:

No Darrington Press eh?

How sad.
Well at least they have their loyal fanbase.

Like others have posted, the Darrington crew almost certainly have metaphorical - and perhaps literal - guns to their head. Hasbro will want them to continue to promote the D&D brand, and are certain to face major repercussions if they just cut out and run in the middle of a campaign.

If Matt's been smart (and I hope he has), any such agreements will only last to the end of the Bell's Hells campaign.

I keep trying to tell people this. CR probably has a legal quagmire to wade through before they can publicly say or do anything more than they already have. Like you, my hope is that their current advertising contract with WotC/Hasbro for DND Beyond only lasts until the end of Campaign 3 and after that they'll throw their full support (and by extension that of their fan base) behind it.

And if they don't, though I love them, I have my torch and pitchfork prepared.

Dendiana Productions stands with the ORC allies!

This all brings so much joy to my overburdened GM's heart. Keep up the good work and thank you all!

SpaceDrake wrote:

WildManPiet wrote:

No Darrington Press eh?

How sad.
Well at least they have their loyal fanbase.

Like others have posted, the Darrington crew almost certainly have metaphorical - and perhaps literal - guns to their head. Hasbro will want them to continue to promote the D&D brand, and are certain to face major repercussions if they just cut out and run in the middle of a campaign.

If Matt's been smart (and I hope he has), any such agreements will only last to the end of the Bell's Hells campaign.

I keep trying to tell people this. CR probably has a legal quagmire to wade through before they can publicly say or do anything more than they already have. Like you, my hope is that their current advertising contract with WotC/Hasbro for DND Beyond only lasts until the end of Campaign 3 and after that they'll throw their full support (and by extension that of their fan base) behind it.

And if they don't, though I love them, I have my torch and pitchfork prepared.

I want to point out that

1) They may have already signed on, but requested that their name be kept out of announcements such as this to avoid legal issues.
2) Even if they don't sign on, that's not really going to change much. The ORC would still go through. CR and Darrington Press just wouldn't get to offer their input on its language.

Of course, they would bring with them the basically automatic support of their fanbase, but I don't know if that's really going to affect much.

WildManPiet wrote:

No Darrington Press eh?

How sad.
Well at least they have their loyal fanbase.

Like others have posted, the Darrington crew almost certainly have metaphorical - and perhaps literal - guns to their head. Hasbro will want them to continue to promote the D&D brand, and are certain to face major repercussions if they just cut out and run in the middle of a campaign.

If Matt's been smart (and I hope he has), any such agreements will only last to the end of the Bell's Hells campaign.

Probably spelled out on some kind of time basis rather than something as easy to change as a campaign.

An absolute who's who list of the gaming industry is in on this. Let's make history!

I like how both Fantasy Grounds and Roll20 also jumped onto this train, which when combined with Foundry who's been supporting Paizo from the beginning, basically means all the major VTT providers are now aligned.

I don't think they're going to stop working with WotC either, but this means their legal teams feel it's important for their survival/prosperity that they be seen on the side of the ORC even if it means offending the alghollthu, and that really says something.

So EN Publishing joins too, good. I like their pseudo-D6 WOIN system quite a lot.

Though why I learn of it here first instead of their main turf (ENWorld) is a mystery...

This is all great news.

Great list of publishers!

Everyone on my shopping list is represented.

Kobold Catgirl wrote:

I keep expecting to see Evil Hat on these lists, and then remembering their content is already under the Creative Commons.

I guess this stuff's old hat to them.

They have an incredible year ahead of them, too - delivering Apocalypse Keys, crowdfunding Girl by Moonlight, and a whole bunch of other stuff - and are well worth a look for non-d20 gaming.

I have been waiting for Girl by Moonlight.

Also, a name from the list that took me off-guard was Nord Games. I keep forgetting that they made game content. I worked for them for a while in one of their brick and mortar stores in a dying mall. That job helped me out when I was in a rough patch. Too bad the store had to close and not just move elsewhere in town.

ORC keeps getting better!

I'm surprised to not see Battlezoo listed.

I'm surprised to not see Battlezoo listed.

I see Roll For Combat listed. Isn't that the same company?

I'm surprised to not see Battlezoo listed.

That's Roll for Combat.

I am still hoping to see some ORC Alliance merch from Paizo and/or Azora! I will of course be buying from ORC companies in the future, but I want to show my support!!