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An occasional #TTRPG thought I have: we lose a lot of gaming history because of licensed materials. I've heard how great the Ghostbusters RPG was. I know and love d6 Star Wars (2e R&E was mine), and have a new appreciation for RM, which I know through MERP.
But because they're licensed properties, they don't exist anymore. Can't reprint, licenses sold to others. Not gone, just rare and hard to get.
@libraryogre @pteryx A problem with intellectual property in general, I find. Sometimes fans create very loosely-disguised versions of the game (likely hoping the actual rights-owner isn’t inclined to go after tiny infringements) - here in thinking of the fan version of White Wolf’s licensed Street Fighter: the Storytelling Game
@pcas @libraryogre @pteryx This can happen with stuff licensed not involving big name media stuff. Most of the old stuff for the Traveller RPG can be gotten in PDF (of varying scan quality), but there is one subset of quite good stuff that can't be legitimately acquired except by searching eBay and the like. Because the different rights holders can't agree on a deal.
I recall other cases where a rights holder just can't be found, or the costs of setting up a deal wouldn't be worth it.