There are far too many good licences sitting out there doing nothing. Decipher has the rights to Star Trek and LotR rpg's and they're just sitting there rotting (except for the Original show which Steve Jackson Games is using). Last Unicorn Games had Dune but when WotC bought up those rights they just killed it.

Is it really useful, or even financially sensible, for these companies to hold onto rights that they have no intention of using?

jolt

Decipher does not have LotR's or Star Trek and hasn't since around their embezzlement problem. Cubicle 7 has the LotRs license now and the new One Ring RPG is being made as we speak. Also that is not the Original Series that Gurps is using it is the Star Fleet Universe (Prime Directive) which is a parallel universe and completely different license than normal Star Trek canon.

Thanks for the clarification. I hadn't heard of Decipher's problem; the last time I went to their site the LotR link went to a fansite.

Do you know if anyone has snatched up the Star Trek license yet?

jolt

Your welcome and no I have no idea if anyone has been trying for the Star Trek license.

I've been trying some online searches for any info on star Trek Rpg licences, and for all my searches i've only found out a small amount.

Star Trek rpg licences are currently OPEN, as in noboby has them yet, a small article on star trek.com back when the new trek film came out mentioned that J.J Abrahms is a fan of roleplaying, and wants to see an rpg, based on that Alternate Timline Abrahms Trek. So Paramount/CBS? seems to be pushing for Abrahms trek. No info as yet on normal trek.

This is based on differring pieces of news from either paramount or star trek.com, so i'll keep digging the net for more info.

Does anyone know JJ Abrahms e-mail address, then it will be just a matter of asking him. Certainly will be a lot quicker than trawling the net for tidbits of info.

If Mongoose was still publishing OGL materials I would want them to have the license. But seeing as how they'd probably try to force it into Runequest or somesuch I'd much rather Paizo get it. Mongoose and Green Ronin produced the best OGL products, but Paizo is the only one who hasn't abandoned the system.

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http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/hyborian-steel - Still looking for players!

Well traveller would be lot better fit than OGL. Star wars is just begging for quick rules supporting fast paced dynamic adventure rather than heavy math-crunching combats where single fight takes hours.

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