I had someone email me a bit ago asking if there was going to be licensing for Compact Heroes.  It's something I've thought about off and on for a quite awhile, and am now taking a much more serious look at it.  I'd like to get the opinions of others on this.

I think restrictive licensing would be a bear to try to iron out, and I am actually leaning more on a complete open source license.  I would house card templates on my website where fans could download and design their own cards.  With POD being widely available, fans would be able to easily create additional gaming material that would work seamlessly with the official released material.  Companies would also be able to create their own products and sell them.

The only restrictions I can think of would be something like:

* Expansions only, no reproduction of core rules.  Appropriate items include race, monster, skill, magic, and item cards.  Also includes adventure decks and campaign settings.

* Card backs must include the Community Support design (differentiating it from the officially approved cards) logo.  All materials must have the CH logo


I think having it designated as community created is important because otherwise fans could create something that does not balance well with the core decks and I wouldn't want gamers to get confused.

Is this something that would work?

I guess not