randomwizard<p>As I work through the DND1 source code, it is obviously derived from playing D&D. Just look at the name of the program for one, DND1.</p><p>But did you know Richard Garriott was very aggressive (pressuring, threatening lawsuits) of any game that mirrored the Ultima games?</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questron_(video_game)" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questron</span><span class="invisible">_(video_game)</span></a></p><p>He dumped EA as a distributor after they released Deathlord</p><p><a href="https://crpgaddict.blogspot.com/2018/01/deathlord-summary-and-rating_29.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crpgaddict.blogspot.com/2018/0</span><span class="invisible">1/deathlord-summary-and-rating_29.html</span></a></p><p>It reminds me of Gary Gygax in a way. Gary would copy things like the Thief from player submissions, or Fireball from Len Patt, but would be critical of anyone else using ideas from D&D.</p><p><a href="https://playingattheworld.blogspot.com/2016/02/a-conversation-with-len-patt.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">playingattheworld.blogspot.com</span><span class="invisible">/2016/02/a-conversation-with-len-patt.html</span></a></p><p>Also similar to Kevin Siembieda and the Palladium RPG. Is that not derived from D&D? But when WotC released the Envoy system that referenced Palladium, he brought a lawsuit against them. (note this was all before Magic the Gathering). And Palladium was known for being aggressive against fan websites.</p><p><a href="https://www.rpgpub.com/threads/palladium-lawsuits.8616/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rpgpub.com/threads/palladium-l</span><span class="invisible">awsuits.8616/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/rpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rpg</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/dnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dnd</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/gamehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamehistory</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/osr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>osr</span></a></p>