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.

This week, Scott Thorne begins to explore the many changes Wizards of the Coast is making to Magic: The Gathering and organized play.

This week, Scott Thorne looks at an example of how tariffs can affect game retailing.

This week, Scott Thorne examines the coming changes to the WPN.

WOTC has expanded on changes for the revamped Wizards Play Network (WPN) for Magic: The Gathering organized play beginning with MTG: Core Set 2020.

This week, Scott Thorne looks at how new WPN rules on prereleases may affect how retailers schedule them, and shares thoughts on retailer levels for Kickstarters.