New Rarity Scheme Unnecessary
June 4, 2008
Dan Barnett of Walt's Cards in Baltimore, Maryland saw retailer Stephen Armstrong’s comments about deep discounting of Dungeons and Dragons product and observes that not only is there still discounting of Magic: The Gathering product, the new rarity scheme is unnecessary.
WotC Should Expand 'Magic' Discounting Policy
June 3, 2008
Stephen Armstrong of Mad City Comics in Moncton, New Brunswick saw retailer Derek Garrison’s comments about deep discounting of Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition products and says Wizards of the Coast should establish a Magic discounting policy for 4E .
Set Size, Rarity, SKUs, More
June 1, 2008
Wizards of the Coast has announced a sweeping redesign of its Magic: The Gathering products.
Deep Discounting The Real Problem
June 1, 2008
Derek Garrison of Talon Comics in Denton, Texas saw the news about the early release of D&D 4th Edition from some vendors and says a more important problem is deep discounting from businesses like Amazon.
Buy.com and BitTorrent
May 28, 2008
With a release as widely anticipated as the 4th Edition of Dungeons and Dragons , anything that gets out early is bound to attract attention.
As Usual
May 18, 2008
Quashing weeks of rumors, Gen Con announced today that Wizards of the Coast will be a co-sponsor of Gen Con Indy this August.
Picked by Retailers
April 28, 2008
The five finalists in each category of the Origins Awards were chosen by retailers attending the GAMA Trade Show in Las Vegas last week.
Fewer Publisher Presentations This Year
April 24, 2008
John Jelley of Pyrimid Comics & Games in Sierra Vista , Arizona attended GAMA Trade Show last week and found that the reduced number of presentations made it hard to figure out what each publisher had to offer.
4th Edition Launch Plans
April 24, 2008
In Part 2, Rouse shares plans for the 4th Edition launch and Game Day, marketing and advertising for the launch, and talks about the potential effect of the new release on the hobby market.
Changes to WotC Licenses
April 24, 2008
In Part 1, we talk about changes to the d20 system license and how that affects other publishers.
