Mark Rosewater's 'State of the Union' Essay For 'Magic: The Gathering' Design
August 27, 2019
In his annual State of the Union essay, Rosewater’s review of the year in Magic design identified key points that are applicable to retail sales.
The 'Summer of Hogaak' Ends
August 26, 2019
Wizards of the Coast updated its Magic: The Gathering Banned and Restricted Lists on the morning of August 26.
Introduces New Class
August 20, 2019
The volume will introduce the artificer class, which fuses technology and magic, as the first new Dungeons & Dragons class since the Player's Handbook.
WPN Members to Hold More Qualifiers
August 19, 2019
The goal of the new circuit is to allow WPN members to run more events and reduce the barriers to hosting them.
As Retailers Manage the Flow
August 16, 2019
Market conditions were good in hobby game stores in the Spring season (January through April), with increasing sales reported by almost everyone we interviewed.
Column By Scott Thorne
August 4, 2019
This week, Scott Thorne discusses the new trend of publishers timing their distribution releases with Gen Con releases.
For 'Magic: The Gathering' and 'Keyforge'
July 29, 2019
Judge Academy will open an online training center for organized play Judges, initially for Magic: The Gathering and Keyforge.
Column by Scott Thorne
July 14, 2019
This week, Scott Thorne follows up on his column from last week by delving into potential allocation problems for the new Core Set 2020 Promo Packs.
Column by Scott Thorne
July 8, 2019
This week, Scott Thorne begins to explore the many changes Wizards of the Coast is making to Magic: The Gathering and organized play.
Column by Scott Thorne
June 3, 2019
This week, Scott Thorne looks at an example of how tariffs can affect game retailing.