The Great Licensing War of 2023

For more than 20 years, Wizards has maintained an explicitly laissez-faire system. In late 2022, Hasbro began approaching tabletop gaming companies with a new licensing contract that would seemingly end D&D's open-source era and replace it with one controlled by the company. When the contract leaked online, angry fans began circulating petitions chastising Hasbro for its perceived avarice. On social media, they slammed promotions for honour among thieves,. With the risk to its big Hollywood play, mounting, Hasbro apologized and backtracked temporarily defusing the controversy.