trading card games

Over a dozen people picketing outside TCGPlayer offices. FIsts raise, many hold red and white signs with demands.

culture

TCGplayer workers rally at shuttering authentication center amid union-busting allegations

“The floor dropped out from under us.”

Nicole Carpenter May 28, 2025

A wooden table scattered with Ojisama TCG cards featuring old men in different colors. Japanese text overlays.

culture

Ojisan TCG is the pinnacle of card games

Cardboard never should have left the school yard.

Chase Carter Apr 1, 2025

tabletop

Economics have subsumed the joy of trading card games into cold, hard value

There are no winners after money takes precedence.

Alicia Haddick Sep 9, 2024

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