Advice on FitD hacking an existing TTRPG IP

Forged in the Dark
#1

Does anyone here have experience making/releasing a FitD hack of another existing game system?

I started working on a my first hack, a conversion for W20 (Werewolf: the Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition) to FitD in early 2021 and I’m considering doing an Actual Play of it starting in a couple of weeks. I’m not planning on selling the hack, but I will be making it available to my paid Patreon supporters before I make it public.

I’m trying to figure out if there is a likelihood that the IP owners will come after us. I know a new edition of Werewolf (W5) is in active development (Paradox/White Wolf) and W20 is still releasing supplements (Onyx Path).

Any advice would be appreciated!

-Gavin (BalsamicGames Lead Dev)

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#2

Hard to tell really. Are they litigious?
Someone here might know better than me, but I advice you ask in other places, like the Werewolf reddit for example. They might know if they’ve sued or issued copyright notices, or whatever it’s called, before.

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#3

I’m curious whether you went anywhere with this hack. I’m currently playing with a WtA conversion to PbtA and was considering rerouting to FitD. Now if I didn’t need to fully reinvent the wheel…that’d be sweet! :slight_smile:

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#4

I’ll give access to my Google Drive for the docs. If you want to see it in action, we ran it on stream a couple of months ago. Let me know if you have any questions, I’m happy to answer them.

Stream Archive Playlist (Gaia’s Vengeful Teeth - 2 Episodes): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMnFUJ3XhqkNRnzAVP6PEvZGXVnZmeE_Y

W20 x FitD Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12DnGwzHtnWdvorAba0_niZYq7PNumQCF?usp=sharing

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#5

Greatly appreciated, and I will certainly grab some time to watch it in action!
Thanks so very much