fieldworking Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 As the title says, will Rivers of London get a community content collection on DriveThruRPG à la Miskatonic Repository and Jonstown Compendium? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 1 hour ago, fieldworking said: As the title says, will Rivers of London get a community content collection on DriveThruRPG à la Miskatonic Repository and Jonstown Compendium? Following! (but suspecting I already know the answer: it will depend on how well the book sells) Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud64 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 And I imagine the licensing will be complicated. Already with CoC there’s a lot we can’t use because it’s still in copyright, even though Chaosium has the rights. And that’s IP that’s no longer being developed, some of dead authors. Given Rivers content is still being actively written, well, much as I want to see fan work for the game, I’m pessimistic. Speculation of course, and I’d love to be proven wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 (edited) I presume they will follow the JC policy -- nothing on the JC should be thought of as "canon" or otherwise "official." JC already offers fan-material that is known to have "official" Chaosium material under development, and material known to be in-conflict with existing canon. This is all intentional! Ben A. probably has some say in the matter, too! "It's complicated" is likely to be the official policy for a while, yet ! Edited December 10, 2022 by g33k Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 (edited) 22 hours ago, fieldworking said: As the title says, will Rivers of London get a community content collection on DriveThruRPG à la Miskatonic Repository and Jonstown Compendium? The short answer is No. 18 hours ago, g33k said: "It's complicated" is likely to be the official policy for a while, yet ! The longer answer is community content is not part of our current Rivers of London TTRPG licensing agreement with Ben Aaronovitch. Licensing agreements are by their nature, term-limited, which means when the license ends all community content would have to be withdrawn from sale too (as Chaosium owns the underlying IP for Call of Cthulhu, RuneQuest, and Pendragon, this is not a factor for community content programs for these games). Often there are other factors involved in licensed properties such as film and television rights, computer games, and other publishing agreements, that limit the scope for community content. Ben A. is aware of community content, and the door is not completely shut, but this is not something we are actively pursuing right now as we work on making the core rules a success and Rivers of London: The RPG a viable product line. Edited December 10, 2022 by MOB 6 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fieldworking Posted December 11, 2022 Author Share Posted December 11, 2022 Thanks for the answer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 On 12/10/2022 at 1:23 PM, MOB said: ... Ben A. is aware of community content, and the door is not completely shut, but this is not something we are actively pursuing right now as we work on making the core rules a success and Rivers of London: The RPG a viable product line. Thank you for the explanation, which makes perfect sense! Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbucketashtray Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 Really excited about the prospect of a US sourcebook, I love the novels and how ingrained with London they are, but we'll play a US based campaign, hopefully it also includes rules expansions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp1885 Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Is Chaosium ok with uploading fan-written scenarios for free on, for example, the RoL RPG Facebook group? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 I hope this becomes a possibility. I would like to support creatives who make great content for this fantastic setting. Perhaps some day. 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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