In this episode, we talk about New Years resolutions, the evolution of romance novels and the latest Dungeons & Dragons drama. This description was not written by a bot, but if it was, its name would probably be Phil and it would be a Pisces who likes thinking about licenses.

* Bromance Book Club (GoodReads)

* Knight of Fire, by Shannon Drake (GoodReads)

* D&D CEO Thinks Hobby Is ‘Under Monetized’ Compared To Video Games (Kotaku)

* Dungeons & Dragons didn’t own its own digital toolset — but it will now (The Verge)

* Magic: the Gathering Secret Lair (Wizards of the Coast)

* Pathfinder RPG (Paizo)

* Dungeons & Dragons’ New License Tightens Its Grip on Competition (IO9/Gizmodo)

* Wizards of the Coast Cancels OGL Announcement After Online Ire (Gizmodo)

* Cancelled D&D Beyond Subscriptions Forced Hasbro’s Hand (Kotaku)

* PAIZO ANNOUNCES SYSTEM-NEUTRAL OPEN RPG LICENSE (Paizo)

* Raising Our Flag (KoboldPress)

* An Update on the Open Game License (OGL) (DnDBeyond)

Intro and outro music by Serpiente Negra Ensamble, (“Musurgia Universalis” and “Düzensiz Meksikali”) from their album El Murciélago. © 2021 Serpiente Negra Ensamble. Used with permission.