[Disillusionist]

I was a little surprised to read BrettH's claim that Unwritten Legends will never be pay-to-play.
Unless a ten-years-old mission statement has changed, the eventual 'live' phase was always slated to be pay for play. Perhaps that's changed, but I don't know of a single instance where that has been stated.

Currently, it is free, and probably will be for some time, as development has been in beta for ten years. Perhaps the intention to charge some day has changed, but not that I'm aware of.
The closest I've ever heard to that claim was players saying they'd never pay to play it.