This week, Scott Thorne updates the U.S.-China tariff situation as it relates to toys and games, and talks about the new UPC system for Magic: The Gathering Commander 2019 decks.

TCGplayer sellers sold 250,000 Magic: The Gathering singles on August 26 alone.

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.

Wizards of the Coast updated its Magic: The Gathering Banned and Restricted Lists on the morning of August 26.

The volume will introduce the artificer class, which fuses technology and magic, as the first new Dungeons & Dragons class since the Player's Handbook.

The goal of the new circuit is to allow WPN members to run more events and reduce the barriers to hosting them.

Market conditions were good in hobby game stores in the Spring season (January through April), with increasing sales reported by almost everyone we interviewed.

This week, Scott Thorne discusses the new trend of publishers timing their distribution releases with Gen Con releases.

Judge Academy will open an online training center for organized play Judges, initially for Magic: The Gathering and Keyforge.

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.