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  2. Open Game License - Wikipedia

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    The OGL (v1.0a) was originally published by Wizards of the Coast in 2000 to license the use of portions of the third edition of Dungeons & Dragons, via a System Reference Document (SRD), thus allowing third-party publishers to produce compatible material.

  3. Dungeons & Dragons controversies - Wikipedia

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    The controversy over the game created a boost in sales, from $2.3 million in 1979 to $8.7 million by the end of 1980, [14] but also led TSR to remove references to demons, devils, and other potentially controversial supernatural monsters from the 2nd Edition of AD&D published in 1989.

  4. Open gaming - Wikipedia

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    Despite Fudge and other games, the open gaming movement did not gain widespread recognition within the role-playing game industry until 2000, when Wizards of the Coast (WotC) published portions of the 3rd Edition of Dungeons & Dragons as the System Reference Document under the Open Game License.

  5. Game System License - Wikipedia

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    The Game System License is a license that allows third-party publishers to create products compatible with and using the intellectual property from the 4th edition of Dungeons & Dragons (D&D). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was released to the public by Wizards of the Coast (WotC) on June 17, 2008.

  6. Editions of Dungeons & Dragons - Wikipedia

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    The publication of the System Reference Document (SRD) for 3rd edition under the Open Game License (OGL) allowed other companies to use the rules to create their own variants of Dungeons & Dragons, providing that they did not use anything Wizards of the Coast considered trade dress or signature content, known as "product identity" under the ...

  7. Ryan Dancey - Wikipedia

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    He was vice president in charge of Dungeons & Dragons at Wizards of the Coast. [1] When the publisher of Dungeons & Dragons was facing bankruptcy, Dancey helped negotiate sale of the property to Wizards of the Coast. Dancey promoted the D&D's open gaming license (OGL), which reversed the policy from opposing third-party publications to ...

  8. d20 System - Wikipedia

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    Dice used in the d20 system. The d20 System is a derivative of the third edition Dungeons & Dragons game system. The three primary designers behind the d20 System were Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, and Skip Williams; many others contributed, most notably Richard Baker and Wizards of the Coast then-president Peter Adkison.

  9. System Reference Document - Wikipedia

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    The first SRD was published in 2000 by Wizards of the Coast (WotC) and is based on the third edition of Dungeons & Dragons; it was released under their Open Game License (OGL). [2] [3] [4] it was revised following the release of D&D version 3.5 in 2003. That SRD allowed for third-party publishers to freely produce material compatible with D&D.