BGA Game licenses - Muutoshistoria

Een: moved BGA Game licences to BGA Game licenses: typo

2013-10-01T20:56:18Z

moved BGA Game licences to BGA Game licenses: typo

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Een (1. lokakuuta 2013 kello 20.54)

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	== What's a "license" ==		== What is a "license" exactly? ==

	Almost all games on the Board Game Arena platform are adaptations of existing commercial "real" board games. In order to host an adaptation of one of these board games on a website, the copyright owners must first grant a license/authorisation to this website.		Almost all games on the Board Game Arena platform are adaptations of existing commercial "real" board games. In order to host an adaptation of one of these board games on a website, the copyright owners must first grant a license/authorisation to this website.

Een (1. lokakuuta 2013 kello 20.52)

2013-10-01T20:52:40Z

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Sourisdudesert (30. syyskuuta 2013 kello 19.57)

2013-09-30T19:57:56Z

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	Yes.		Yes.

			== Where can I find available games licences ==

			http://en.studio.boardgamearena.com/#!page/availablelicences

	== What if I start developing a game that is not on the "Available licences"? ==		== What if I start developing a game that is not on the "Available licences"? ==

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	Read the publisher list ~~below~~ to check if BGA already work with this publisher.		Read the publisher list from the "available licence" page to check if BGA already work with this publisher.

	If YES, continue to 3.		If YES, continue to 3.

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2013-09-30T19:55:45Z

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	At first, you should determine who is the owner of the electronic rights of a game. Most of the time, this is the original publisher of the game. The original publisher is not always easy to find, because in general board games are translated&published in each countries by a local publisher. To find the original publisher:		At first, you should determine who is the owner of the electronic rights of a game. Most of the time, this is the original publisher of the game. The original publisher is not always easy to find, because in general board games are translated&published in each countries by a local publisher.
	_ check in which country the game has been published first (ex: If it's in Poland, the original publisher is probably polish).
	_ check the copyright notice at the end of the rules, where the original publisher is mentioned almost all the time.		To find the original publisher:
	_ very often, if two publishers are mentioned on a gamebox, the well-known publisher is the publisher from your country and the other one is the original publisher.		* check in which country the game has been published first (ex: If it's in Poland, the original publisher is probably polish).
			* check the copyright notice at the end of the rules, where the original publisher is mentioned almost all the time.
			* very often, if two publishers are mentioned on a gamebox, the well-known publisher is the publisher from your country and the other one is the original publisher.

	Particular case: if the game is themed with a prestigious licence (Star Wars, Lord of the Ring, some TV show, some well known novel...), you can stop here immediately: contracts between game publishers and prestigious licences owners are very restrictive, and there is 99% chance that an online adaptation on BGA is not welcome.		Particular case: if the game is themed with a prestigious licence (Star Wars, Lord of the Ring, some TV show, some well known novel...), you can stop here immediately: contracts between game publishers and prestigious licences owners are very restrictive, and there is 99% chance that an online adaptation on BGA is not welcome.

Sourisdudesert: /* What if I really want to develop a particular game that is NOT on the list below? */

2013-09-30T19:54:07Z

What if I really want to develop a particular game that is NOT on the list below?

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	This is the most asked question, to please follow the instructions:		This is the most asked question, to please follow the instructions:

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	In any case: please, do not contact publishers without asking us before. Please imagine you are a game publisher who just published a popular game: what would you do if you received 40 emails from 40 developers speaking about "BGA platform" and wanting to build an adaptation on it?		In any case: please, do not contact publishers without asking us before. Please imagine you are a game publisher who just published a popular game: what would you do if you received 40 emails from 40 developers speaking about "BGA platform" and wanting to build an adaptation on it?
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	At first, you should determine who is the owner of the electronic rights of a game. Most of the time, this is the original publisher of the game. The original publisher is not always easy to find, because in general board games are translated&published in each countries by a local publisher. To find the original publisher:		At first, you should determine who is the owner of the electronic rights of a game. Most of the time, this is the original publisher of the game. The original publisher is not always easy to find, because in general board games are translated&published in each countries by a local publisher. To find the original publisher:
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	Read the publisher list below to check if BGA already work with this publisher.		Read the publisher list below to check if BGA already work with this publisher.
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	However, if the publisher is listed as "not working with BGA", you can stop here immediately. It happens sometimes that some publishers are not convinced by online boardgaming and this is their right to think this. BGA team regularly meet new publishers during board games events to show them the platform, so we're working on this but -again- we cannot convince everyone.		However, if the publisher is listed as "not working with BGA", you can stop here immediately. It happens sometimes that some publishers are not convinced by online boardgaming and this is their right to think this. BGA team regularly meet new publishers during board games events to show them the platform, so we're working on this but -again- we cannot convince everyone.

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	Is there already a game licenced by this publisher that has to be developed?		Is there already a game licenced by this publisher that has to be developed?
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	We never worked with this publisher before.		We never worked with this publisher before.

Sourisdudesert: /* I want my prototype/unpublished game on BGA */

2013-09-30T19:53:15Z

I want my prototype/unpublished game on BGA

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	== I want my prototype/unpublished game on BGA ==		== I want my prototype/unpublished game on BGA ==

	~~You should take into account~~ the ~~fol~~		This is possible, BUT most of the time, we consider this is a bad idea for the following reasons:
			* if your game has not been published yet, there is certainly a good reason - most of the time there is still some more work to do on the game itself. Publishing a game on BGA that is not 100% finalized won't help you to finalize it.
			* as a rule of thumb, popular board games on BGA are games that are popular in the real world. As a consequence prototypes don't have a big audience on BGA.
			* we also discourage you to develop your own game: we build better games adaptation with a designer that focus on the gameplay and a developer that focus on the realization.

			So basically you can develop your prototype/unpublished game on BGA, but we encourage you to do it only if you are in one/several of the situation below:
			* the game is going to be published in the near future.
			* the game design process is really 100% done: the game is ready to be published in its current shape (ex: self-publishing game, game in a crowdfunding process...).
			* you want to test a game with a big number of players to finalize some minor things ("balance").

	== What if I really want to develop a particular game that is NOT on the list below? ==		== What if I really want to develop a particular game that is NOT on the list below? ==

Sourisdudesert: /* What has to be done to add a game on this list? */

2013-09-30T19:39:56Z

What has to be done to add a game on this list?

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	Publishers do not have to pay anything to BGA for this, they just have to give their "go". Most of the time, publishers wants to have a formal agreement and we signed a contract.		Publishers do not have to pay anything to BGA for this, they just have to give their "go". Most of the time, publishers wants to have a formal agreement and we signed a contract.

	Important: you CAN'T take the initiative to ask a licence authorization on behalf of BGA, because the authorization has to be granted to BGA (read more below).		'''Important''': you CAN'T take the initiative to ask a licence authorization on behalf of BGA, because the authorization has to be granted to BGA (read more below).


	== Why all best-sellers games I love are not on that list? ==		== Why all best-sellers games I love are not on that list? ==

Sourisdudesert: /* Wow, I WANT to develop a game on this list! */

2013-09-30T19:39:27Z

Wow, I WANT to develop a game on this list!

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	But before creating a new project please takes some seconds to check if someone is not already developing this game. If this is the case, maybe you can propose to join the project?		But before creating a new project please takes some seconds to check if someone is not already developing this game. If this is the case, maybe you can propose to join the project?

			[http://en.studio.boardgamearena.com/#!projects Check the list of current projects]

	== What has to be done to add a game on this list? ==		== What has to be done to add a game on this list? ==