 Wizards of the Coast (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is a publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes. Originally a basement-run role-playing game publisher, they popularized the collectible card game genre with Magic: The Gathering in the mid-1990s. Today they publish board games, collectible card games and role-playing games. Wizards of the Coast corporate logo This work is copyrighted. ...
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// For other meanings see Fantasy (disambiguation) Fantasy is a genre of art, literature, film, television, games and music that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of either plot, theme, setting, or all three. ...
Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...
A role-playing game (RPG) is a type of game in which players assume the roles of characters and collaboratively create narratives. ...
Collectible card games (CCGs), also called customizable card games or trading card games, are played using specially designed sets of cards. ...
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A board game is any game played on a board (that is, a premarked surface) with counters or pieces that are placed on, removed from, or moved across the board. ...
History
Wizards of the Coast was founded by Peter Adkison in 1990 just outside Seattle, Washington, and their headquarters is still in nearby Renton. Originally the company only published role-playing games such as The Primal Order and Talislanta, and later the innovative Everway, which has since been sold to Gaslight Press. However, it made its indelible mark when at Gen Con in August 1993, the company debuted Richard Garfield's Collectible card game Magic: The Gathering. The success of Magic generated revenue that carried the company out of the original basement headquarters and into its own offices. Wizards of the Coast holds United States patent number 5662332 on Collectible card games. Wizards of the Coast also published the highly successful Pokémon Trading Card Game for a number of years before Nintendo took back control. Peter Adkison has been an avid gamer all his life. ...
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A role-playing game (RPG) is a type of game in which players assume the roles of characters and collaboratively create narratives. ...
Talislanta is a fantasy role-playing game written by Stephen Michael Sechi that was initially released in 1987 by Bard Games. ...
Everway was marketed as a Visionary Roleplaying Game, first published by Wizards of the Coast under their Alter Ego brand in the mid-1990s. ...
Gaslight Press is the current owner of the license for the role-playing game system Everway, which was originally created by Jonathan Tweet, who is also the current owner of Gaslight. ...
Gen Con is the largest and most prominent gaming convention in North America. ...
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1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
Richard Garfield Richard Garfield (born 1966) is the billionaire game designer who created the card games Magic: The Gathering, Netrunner, BattleTech, Vampire: The Eternal Struggle (originally known as Jyhad), The Great Dalmuti, Star Wars Trading Card Game, and the board game RoboRally. ...
Collectible card games (CCGs), also called customizable card games or trading card games, are played using specially designed sets of cards. ...
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A typical Pokémon card The Pokémon Trading Card Game is a collectible card game based on the Pokémon video game series, first introduced in Japan, then North America in 1999. ...
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In 1997, they bought the cash-strapped makers of Dungeons & Dragons, TSR. Many of the creative and professional staff of TSR relocated from Wisconsin to the Renton, Washington area, and Wizards re-hired many game designers who had been laid off during the troubled last years of TSR. TSR was used as a brand name for a while, then retired. Wizards of the Coast allowed the TSR trademarks to expire. The game and toy giant Hasbro bought Wizards of the Coast in September 1999. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
Wizards of the Coast also ran a chain of gaming retail stores, run under the names "The Game Keeper" and "Wizards of the Coast," for several years. It announced in December 2003 that it would close these stores in order to concentrate on game design. The stores were closed in the spring of 2004. Game design is the process of designing the content, background and rules of a game. ...
In early 2006 Wizards of the Coast filed a lawsuit against self-described fan Daron Rutter. [1] The lawsuit accused Rutter of engaging in copyright infringement, contributory copyright infringement, trade secret violation, unjust enrichment, and breach of contract. The charges stemmed from Rutter publically posting confidential prototypes for the Magic: The Gathering game to the MTGSalvation website. Wizards of the Coast attempted to obtain summary judgment. [2] The case was settled out of court, and the terms of the settlement have been sealed. [3] Magic: The Gathering (colloq. ...
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Games and products
Board games Robo Rally® is a board game published by Wizards of the Coast. ...
Filthy Rich was also the name of a 1982 TV series Filthy Rich (1982) Filthy Rich is a City Slickers inspired reality television series, premiering on E! on August 7, 2005, at 9:00pm EST/PST, that challenges ten sons and daughters of famous and wealthy families by sending them...
A board game by Bruce Glassco published by Avalon Hill. ...
Box art for the first edition Axis and Allies is a strategy board game by the Milton Bradley Company set during World War II. Milton Bradley released it as part of their Gamemaster Series in 1984 and it was the most successful of the five; in April 2004, Hasbro released...
Risk 2210 Risk 2210 A.D. is a futuristic Risk variant by Avalon Hill. ...
Risk Godstorm is a Risk variant board game published by Avalon Hill and designed by Mike Selinker with developers Richard Baker and Michael Donais. ...
Nexus Ops is a board game released in 2005 by Avalon Hill. ...
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Collectible card games Magic: The Gathering (colloq. ...
Vampire: the Eternal Struggle, published as Jyhad in the first edition and often abbreviated as VtES, is a multiplayer collectible card game set in the World of Darkness, published by White Wolf, Inc. ...
Netrunner is a collectible card game designed by Richard Garfield, the creator of Magic: The Gathering. ...
The BattleTech Collectable Card Game is a collectible card game set in the BattleTech universe developed by Wizards of the Coast for FASA using the same style of gameplay and card distribution as WotCs Magic: The Gathering. ...
A typical Pokémon card The Pokémon Trading Card Game is a collectible card game based on the Pokémon video game series, first introduced in Japan, then North America in 1999. ...
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Harry Potter Trading Card Game Created by Wizards of the Coast in August of 2001, the Harry Potter Trading Card Game is a strategy game based in the magical world created by JK Rowling. ...
Star Wars: The Trading Card Game (TCG) is the most recent collectible card game to use the Star Wars license. ...
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The Simpsons Trading Card Game is a collectible card game based on the popular FOX animated television series, The Simpsons. ...
The Duel Masters Trading Card Game is a two-player collectible card game (CCG) jointly developed by Wizards of the Coast, Shogakukan, and Mitsui & Co. ...
Hecatomb is a trading card game created by Wizards of the Coast, makers of the popular Magic: The Gathering card game. ...
The Xiaolin Showdown Trading Card Game was released in October 2005. ...
Miniature Games Exar Kun, a figure from the upcoming set, Champions of the Force. ...
Axis & Allies Miniatures is a miniature wargaming system including both a rule set and a line of collectible miniatures. ...
A beholder from the Deathknell set. ...
Dreamblade, is a collectible miniatures game created by Wizards of the Coast and set to debut August 9, 2006, the day before Gen Con Indy. ...
Role-playing games and supplements For other uses, see Dungeons & Dragons (disambiguation). ...
The Star Wars Roleplaying Game is a d20 System game written by Bill Slavicsek, Andy Collins and JD Wiker and published by Wizards of the Coast in late 2000 and revised in 2002. ...
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d20 Modern is a role-playing game designed by Bill Slavicsek, Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, and Charles Ryan. ...
Alternity was a science fiction role-playing game (RPG) published by TSR in 1998. ...
Everway was marketed as a Visionary Roleplaying Game, first published by Wizards of the Coast under their Alter Ego brand in the mid-1990s. ...
Ars Magica is a role-playing game set in Mythic Europe, an idealized (or quasi-historical) version of Europe around 1200 AD. The game revolves around magic-using wizards and their allies. ...
The Marvel Super Heroes (MSH) RPG is a role playing game set in the Marvel Universe, first published by TSR under license from Marvel Comics in 1984. ...
Standalone card games Wizards of the Coast drafted the Open Game License used by Open Gaming Foundation and the d20 system. The Great Dalmuti is a card game designed by Richard Garfield and published in 1995 by Wizards of the Coast. ...
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Guillotine is a card game created by Wizards of the Coast and designed by Paul Peterson. ...
Alpha Blitz is a word game designed by Mike Selinker and published by Wizards of the Coast. ...
The Open Gaming License (also Open Game License or OGL) is an open content license designed for role-playing games. ...
Open gaming is the movement within the amateur and professional role-playing game industry that is somewhat analogous to open source movement. ...
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Fantasy novel series Wizards of the Coast also publishes many fantasy novel series based on its other game products. Some of these are now out-of-print. // For other meanings see Fantasy (disambiguation) Fantasy is a genre of art, literature, film, television, games and music that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of either plot, theme, setting, or all three. ...
Birthright is a Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting based on the world of Aebrynis on the continent of Cerilia, in which the players took on the powers of the divinely-empowered rulers of nations, with emphasis on tactical gameplay. ...
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The Greyhawk logo Greyhawk is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. ...
Legend of the Five Rings (often abbreviated L5R) is a fictional setting created by the Five Rings Publishing Group in 1995, and now under the control of Alderac Entertainment Group. ...
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Ravenloft is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. ...
Spelljammer (1989) is a campaign setting for the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (2nd edition) role playing game, which features a fantastical (as opposed to scientific) outer space environment. ...
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