Like the title says what are the Licensing terms for Bellicose?
Because I have some Ideas I am trying to flesh out for an expansion for Bellicose. I asking this up front because I do not want to break the Licensing in the Book.
Please tell me if this will be OK. :)
Thanks for that question. I think it brings up some good discussion topics. Now, I'm no copyright lawyer so I may be wrong but I do take interest in these things. Sanity Studios will make every effort to protect its copyrights but fan work certainly helps to promote the hobby and would not (in my opinion) be grounds for litigation. For every copyrighted work (not just Sanity Studios') there is 'fair use' doctrine. Basically it is a few special exceptions to copyright. The four factors of fair use (wow, lots of f's in that last sentence) are:
# the purpose and character of the use;
# the nature of the copyrighted work;
# the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
# the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.
(taken from wikipedia)
Basically if you make something for Bellicose as a fan and distribute it non-commercially, you 'should' be ok. We are always excited to see what players are doing. If you have other commercial partnership interests with Sanity Studios, you can contact us and we can talk.
As a note for fan products: Sanity Studios is a family company (or as much as mass battle game can be). Nudity, profanity, or excessive gore, while enjoyable to some, is not common for official Sanity Studios' products. You can, of course, make anything you choose but please use discretion.
Yeah, what he said. Basically you can use whatever house rules you like with the people you play with, so long as everyone is in agreement. It just won't be official Sanity Studios stuff, unless like Nik said, you arrange commercial ventures through the owners of Sanity Studios, namely Nik and myself - Aaron.
You are just a bundle of excitement. I take it you got your hands on a rulebook then?
I read through the rule book up at the Dragon Roost. Normally I just Pick up an book and scan through it, But with bellicose I sat down and read it. The entire thing! It has great rules and art work. Way Less expensive than Warhammer 40k or warhammer fantasy. The only reason i did not get the book from the roost is that I want to support you guys via your website. The more funds that go to you the more Cool stuff you can get and make for bellicose.
As for the "Expansion" for Bellicose I would like to talk to you guys about it. Just to make sure that it is ok for War Gaming because you guys probobly have more experience in balancing armies and stuff than me. This is my first war Game btw.
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