Most RPG sites simply collect material without any screening or evaluation, keeping the best as well as the worst submissions. You have no way of finding the good stuff except to read through all of it. On the other hand, the FanCC works with its authors to edit and improve their work until it meets our quality standards. We also rate each item in our netbooks on various criteria so you can better judge whether they will fit into your game.

The purpose of the FanCC is to publish free d20 supplements online. The FanCC is composed of a number of individual netbook teams and a core council that takes care of some of their administrative tasks and helps them organize their efforts. All our publications are compliant with the d20 and Open Gaming Licenses. We publish the works of our authors but do not own their work. Each author signs a permission agreement wherein they give us permission to publish any original submissions they send us using the OGL. Nearly all our work is Open Gaming Content meaning it can be used by anyone without permission or compensation.

Generally each netbook team is composed of a team leader and a number of reviewers. The reviewers are the heart of the team and are composed of volunteers with an interest and experience in the netbook material and the d20 system. The reviewers work to help the author improve their work, and eventually to rate it when it is finished . The goal is to help the author fully realize their idea and publish material worthy of professional publication. Nonetheless, the author always has the final say on the content of his submission. The particulars of the review process vary from one netbook to another but generally each submission is reviewed by a number of persons.

All of our reviewers are volunteers and do their work for the love of the game. Reviewing and editing is also a time consuming process, not to mention time spent maintaining web sites and formatting publications. Add to that, our commitment to high quality work and expanding the frontiers of open gaming, and things start to get complicated. The best thing to do if we seem too slow, is to offer a helping hand. We need all that we can get.

There are three basic ways you can be a part of the FanCC. First you can take a direct hand in things by becoming a team leader, reviewer, or board member, helping to create the netbooks themselves. Even more importantly you can become a contributor, creating the content that comprises the netbooks. Without writers and artists we would have nothing to publish. Finally, you can participate by joining our mailing list and simply telling us what you think. Everyone on the list helps decide who our leadership will be and what our policies will be in the future. Without any one of these groups we wouldn't be here. (See Participate page for more info.)

Absolutely, that's what we're here for! However, you should be aware that producing a netbook takes time, effort, and commitment. Often, most of the work is done by the team leader, and if he fails the netbook usually does as well. One of the biggest challenges for a new netbook is gathering content, so it is advised you prepare some in advance before beginning the project.

Most of the FanCC netbooks content is Open Gaming Content. This means, that under the terms of the Open Gaming License, you are free to use any of our OGC material in your own creations / publications. Nonetheless, please DO NOT FORGET TO CREDIT the original authors of the material used as indicated in the License.