Covenant Gaming License · Community Quick Guide

CGL v2.0 · effective October 13, 2026

Share the fandom without guessing where the line is.

The Covenant Gaming License (CGL) is the community-use path for fan content, actual play, ministry activity, reviews, tutorials, and other defined uses of Open Almond Studios' proprietary game lines. It does not govern the separately licensed IE-SRD rules layer.

Plain-language guide. Use this page for orientation. Where a license, Terms & Conditions, Compatibility Standard, or asset permission applies, that governing document controls.

CGL v2.0 is the current public game-line permission. Use the Quick Guide for orientation and the full CGL text for the controlling permission and conditions.

Read CGL v2.0

CGL v2.0 lets you

Create and publicly share qualifying fan content for free.
Monetize ordinary actual-play media.
Monetize reviews, tutorials, commentary, and rules explanations.
Run qualifying internal church or ministry play and study activities.
Use accurate descriptive references to identify the full game title involved.

It does not automatically let you

Sell CGL-dependent fan adventures, supplements, expansions, or other derivatives.
Put the specific fan work behind a paywall, paid early-access tier, commission, or paid reward.
Redistribute PDFs, scans, books, maps, or product files as substitute copies.
Use Open Almond Studios or game-line logos, or formal compatibility branding.
Extract and repurpose interior artwork merely because a cover image may be shown.

Apply for a commercial CGL project when you want

A commercial supplement, adventure, expansion, or comparable tabletop derivative for Warriors of the Covenant, Legacy of the Remnant, Hall of Faith Hero Deck, or another supported Open Almond Studios game line.
A commercial game-line-specific VTT module, app, or tabletop-support software package.
The official game-line creator kit for the approved project.
A game-line logo or compatibility treatment only when that scope is expressly included in the approval.
For film, television, novels, major adaptations, co-publishing, or unusual reserved rights, use the Separate Agreement path instead.

Keep the layers separate

The CGL does not replace the open-engine license.

CGL

Public community and media permissions, plus the framework for project-approved commercial derivatives involving proprietary Open Almond Studios game-line material.

IE-SRD · CC BY 4.0

Open rules-content permission for material expressly designated in the Integrity Engine System Reference Document.

Powered by Integrity

Optional compatibility identity and Creator Kit branding for qualifying Integrity Engine works.

Separate Agreement

Adaptations, co-publishing, unusual reserved-asset uses, or other negotiated rights outside the public CGL and approved commercial-project pathway.

The monetization rule

Media about the games and derivative products are treated differently.

Actual play / reviews / tutorials

May ordinarily be monetized under the CGL.

Fan-created derivative works

May ordinarily be shared free, but the specific CGL-dependent work cannot itself be the paid benefit.

Commercial derivatives

Supplements, adventures, adaptations, and protected game-line software require a project-specific CGL approval or, for unusual rights outside that program, a separate written agreement.

Public fan-content notice

Make unofficial status easy to understand.

CGL v2.0 requires publicly distributed CGL-dependent Fan Content to carry a notice substantially like the following when reasonably practicable. This protects both sides: creators can identify the game accurately without implying that Open Almond Studios published or endorsed the work.

Required notice wording

Unofficial fan content. Not published, sponsored, approved, or endorsed by Open Almond Studios, LLC. [Game name]™ and related proprietary Open Almond Studios material are used under the Covenant Gaming License v2.0.

Replace [Game name] with the complete official game title. This wording is part of the public CGL compliance guidance; the Licensing Hub no longer presents CGL material as a copy-ready creator resource.

Common questions

Can I...?

Need more than the CGL grants?

If you want to sell a derivative product, use reserved branding or artwork, make a formal compatibility claim with a specific Open Almond Studios game line, or build commercial game-line-specific software, apply for a commercial CGL project. Uses beyond the CGL project program can still move to a Separate Agreement.

Apply for a CGL Project