Wizards of the Coast has announced a new policy requiring Wizards Play Network stores and Magic: The Gathering Tournament Organizers to run background checks.

This week, Scott Thorne looks at the issues raised by counterfeit games.

Part 1 of this two-part first section of the interviews, on the State of the Market, with Asmodee North America CEO Christian Petersen and Asmodee CMO Steve Horvath.

Part 2 of this two-part first section of the interviews, on the State of the Market, with Asmodee North America CEO Christian Petersen and Asmodee CMO Steve Horvath.

Thorne looks at the growing problem of counterfeit merchandise in the specialty game industry.

This week, Scott Thorne explores the concept of heuristic and how they change.

This week, Scott Thorne shares his impressions from the recently completed Open House hosted by Alliance Game Distributors.

Cubicle 7 has announced two new products for its Adventures in Middle-earth RPG.

Green Ronin Publishing will publish an RPG sourcebook based on the transmedia shared world of The Lost Citadel .

This week, Thorne looks at discounting Wizards of the Coast's new Planechase Anthology in light of game theory.