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Magic: The Gathering buried monumental shifts under a pile of speedbikes, Sephiroth, and… Spongebob?

A new Foundation for this branded house of cards.

Three heroic figures, one holding a staff and the other a glowing sword, grimly stare down a fierce wind.

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D&D fails to earn Papa Hasbro’s love during latest investor call

Nobody wants to be Connor Roy.

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Building Fun, Not Worlds, With the New 2024 Dungeon Master’s Guide

Organization and clear focus turn the much-maligned Dungeon Master’s Guide into a useful tool for beginners.

Five adventurers face off against kobolds in a cave while a gold dragon hovers in the background.

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I can’t recommend purchasing the D&D 2024 Player's Handbook

Here comes Rascal, jamming its stick in everyone’s favorite tabletop mud.

A line of mechanical creatures, Modrons, march through a fungus-lined cave.

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Wizards of the Coast's latest AI experiment isn’t sexy, but we should still pay attention

When you say AI shouldn’t replace workers, that includes engineers.

Three high fantasy heroes look at the construction of a castle from atop a hill. A dragon flies across the sunrise.

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Hasbro will need more than video game execs before “going all in” on digital play

Art is made by people, preferably not laid off in four-figure droves.

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Wizards of the Coast appoints World of Warcraft veteran John Hight as president

Hight’s decades of video game experience fits the analog company’s dubious digital aspirations.

Cover art for D&D 2024's Player's Handbook, featuring a party facing off against a dragon and kobolds.

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Unfortunately, I was right about D&D’s digital future

Wizards of the Coast adopts a miserly version of preorder bonuses for its landmark book release.

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Baldur’s Gate 3 developer isn’t interested in being another Hasbro show pony

Larian to Hasbro: It’s not you, it’s me.

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Stumble Guys x D&D is goofy, but Hasbro’s direct links to the PIF are nothing to laugh at

Dungeons & Dragons’ new mobile game partnership might hint at what Hasbro has planned for their ongoing relationship with the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia.

A man sits on a golden throne, vomiting gold coins into a room already filled with glittering treasure.

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Want to peer into Dungeons & Dragons’ future? Check out the state of Magic: The Gathering

With the rest of the company in dire financial straits, Daddy Hasbro asks D&D, "Why can't you be more like your sibling?"

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D&D's short-lived LatAm Ambassador Program

An interview with Argentinian journalist Federico Müller who reported on the Latin American D&D ambassadorship program