Episode 28

(ETG 28) OGL VS ORC

Published on: 12th July, 2023

For a While Wizards of the Coast have been making some questionable decisions in regards to how Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering have been handled, but this past year has been particularly special. The Open Gaming License(OGL) , is something that has given birth to play sysetms and supplementation that have helped to expand not only the D&D universe, but the community as a whole. This year, WotC announced that they would be presenting a new version of the OGL, and this gave birth to the Open RPG Creative (ORC) and a whole slew of new tabletop RPGs. This episode gives a rough timeline on D&D and Paizo (One of the companies spearheading ORC) and some colorful comentary. If you would like to learn about the OGL and ORC links can be found below. Thank you for taking the time to hang out. Help us out by giving us likes, commenting, and subscribing. Links to our social media are below.

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OGL: https://opengamingfoundation.org/ogl.html

ORC: https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6si7v?Paizo-Announces-SystemNeutral-Open-RPG-License

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Entertain the Geeky

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Tune in for a weekly podcast cast covering all nerd news including movies,games,comics, and so much more. The ETG podcast is designed to bring comic shop banter to you, wherever you are.

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Chris Parsons

My name is Chris Parsons, and about 5 years ago, I started a podcast with an old computer and a microphone that I found on eBay. The title of that show was Entertain the Geeky. More than anything, ETG served as a means of filling a void, which my sales job had left in my life. I was no longer part of the nerdy industry that I loved; I had sold out. It couldn't end like that! So, I got in touch with a friend who worked at a comic book shop, with me, and asked if he would be interested in hanging out on Sundays and recording this goofy show with me. He was on board and we were off to the races. More than anything, we over-promised and under-delivered. We started designing tabletop games, we onboarded sponsors, and we started a second title. With plans for a third show and a bright future ahead of us, we pressed on! Life had a different plan... I left my sales job and moved. Recording slowed drastically and ETG started to die. I started an online business, and went to work part time for a gaming store, with another friend from the comic shop that I used to work at. He like me, loves to talk and we decided to,(you guessed it) start a podcast.
We started the show Who Wears the Pants, and have had a blast pushing through the almost therapeutic recording sessions. My co-host started a new business and it reminded me of the birth of my first show. I was able to look back and see some of what I had done wrong , with podcasting in particular. I had arrived at the conclusion that I had only began to scratch the surface of my potential within this domain. The growth and potential of ETG and the fulfillment of WWTP existed somewhere in a new show. Here we are now. With a new show that focuses on the extraordinary that exists within the seemingly normal. We are only slightly average.