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Hasbro Financial Health Held Up by MTG/Final Fantasy Success

Hasbro Financial Health Held Up by MTG/Final Fantasy Success

Dungeons and Dragons was lacking in the second quarter of 2025, but the popular card game Magic the Gathering helped the company cover other losses.

Christopher Hutton
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The State of TTRPG Crowdfunding in 2025 (So Far)

The State of TTRPG Crowdfunding in 2025 (So Far)

We identified the top ten biggest TTRPG crowdfunding in the first half of 2025 so far and what it might reveal about the industry this year.

Christopher Hutton
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Are Actual Plays Infringing on Copyright?

Are Actual Plays Infringing on Copyright?

Actual play creators like Critical Role may be breaching copyright law through their performances, according to new legal analysis.

Christopher Hutton
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Third-Party Designers Hold Steady to 'Old' D&D Rules Despite 2024 Update

Third-Party Designers Hold Steady to 'Old' D&D Rules Despite 2024 Update

Designers are not seeing enough reason to change entire books to match the 2024 update to Dungeons and Dragons despite Wizards of the Coast's urge to do so.

Christopher Hutton
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Gaming Conventions Faces Crisis Amid Trump Immigration Decisions, Tariffs

Gaming Conventions Faces Crisis Amid Trump Immigration Decisions, Tariffs

Will TTRPG and Board Gaming Conventions Survive 2025?

Christopher Hutton
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People on the Move: WOTC, Steve Jackson Games, Pelgrane

People on the Move: WOTC, Steve Jackson Games, Pelgrane

Old-school D&D veterans and the inventor of the Gumshoe TTRPG system are some of the names who either left their companies or got recently promoted.

Christopher Hutton
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Dungeons & Dissent: Using TTRPGs as Tools for Activism

Dungeons & Dissent: Using TTRPGs as Tools for Activism

How a trifecta of TTRPGs posted in the first months of the second Trump Administration help capture the imagination of what collaboration and political resistance can look like.

Christopher Hutton