Following a weeks-long backlash to proposed changes to its licensing agreement, Wizards of the Coast, the Hasbro-owned publisher of the influential Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) role-playing game, decided to put its gameplay mechanics into the public’s hands.
On Thursday, the company announced that it would be releasing the "core D&D mechanics" through a Creative Commons License. That “lets us give everyone those core mechanics. Forever.” wrote Kyle Brink, the executive director for Dungeons and Dragons, in a post on Thursday, calling it a “decision we can never change.”
