Who is/was Ryan Dancey?
Ryan Dancey was a Vice President at Wizards of the Coast and WAS the Brand Manager for the D&D product line during the 3rd Edition kickoff. He is the architect of the OGL as it relates to D20 and Wizards of the Coast. He grew up playing D&D and speaks in very passionate terms about the continuing existence of the core system, both from a game standpoint and a profitability standpoint. In 2004 Mr. Dancey was involved in a fair amount of controversy as an elected member of the board of the Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA) allegations of hacking and manipulating the elections of that organization ultimately led to a messy scandal and his untimely resignation from his position with GAMA. After being separated from Hasbro in 2002 during one of the many downsizings that occurred there, Mr. Dancey founded an organization called Organized Play that he was CEO of for some time. As of this writing his website organizedplay.com is no longer active. Mr.
