Wizards of the Coast
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Wizards of the Coast LLC (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy File:Icon External Link.svg and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games. Originally a basement-run role-playing game File:Icon External Link.svg publisher, the company popularized the collectible card game File:Icon External Link.svg genre with Magic: The Gathering File:Icon External Link.svg in the mid-1990s, acquired the popular Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game by purchasing the failing company TSR File:Icon External Link.svg, and further increased its success by publishing the licensed Pokémon Trading Card Game File:Icon External Link.svg. The company's corporate headquarters are located in Renton File:Icon External Link.svg, Washington File:Icon External Link.svg in the United States File:Icon External Link.svg.[2]
Wizards of the Coast publishes role-playing games, board game File:Icon External Link.svgs, and collectible card games. They have received numerous awards, including several Origins Award File:Icon External Link.svgs. The company has been a subsidiary of Hasbro File:Icon External Link.svg since 1999. All Wizards of the Coast stores were closed in 2004.
WotC Publications referenced on this Wiki
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Sources
- Wikipedia - Wizards of the Coast (accessed 2019-11-18) ↑
- "Contact Us". Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved on May 2, 2010. ↑