Wayne Charness, Senior Vice President at Wizards of the Coast parent Hasbro, has fired off a letter of protest to Michael Goldfarb, the aide to presidential candidate John McCain who disparaged Dungeons and Dragons players on multiple occasions.

Board games and the big launch for Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition kept the game category steady to up a little in the hobby channel in the second quarter.

Books-a-Million, the third largest book chain in the U.S. with 212 stores in 20 states, reported sales down 7.5%, with two of the few bright spots graphic novels and RPGs.

It turns out that McCain campaign spokesperson Michael Goldfarb apologized for his first such remark, but then did the same thing again a few weeks later.

Wizards of the Coast announced today that it is restructuring “to focus on key growth strategies for core brands,” which will result in job eliminations.

John Jelley of Pyrimid Comics & Games in Sierra Vista, Arizona saw the news about a McCain spokesperson's disparaging comments about D&D players and says it’s "disturbing that Mr. Goldfarb would assume that all people who play such games would be stupid liberal hippies.”

The 2008 presidential campaign has now made a connection, albeit a negative one, to pop culture; a spokesperson for Senator John McCain has tied supporters of Senator Barack Obama to #1 RPG Dungeons and Dragons .

Wizards of the Coast has announced a revision to the D&D 4th Edition Game System License.

Mongoose Publishing and Goodman Games are among the prominent third-party licensees with a slate of 4th Editio n products.

WotC has announced a decision to refocus its publishing program on its two core brands.