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John Hight: Does the news of the new WotC, D&D, and M:tG boss teach us anything new?

July 18, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

John Hight has become the new President of Wizards of the Coast and Digital Gaming. That means John is the new boss at D&D, Magic: the Gathering and the digital studios Hasbro has been buying to support the two games.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: chris cocks, Cynthia Williams, Dungeons & Dragons, magic: the gathering, wizards of the coast

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #253 

April 20, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wizards of the Coast seeks new leadership as Cynthia Williams departs. Despite financial loss, Steve Jackson Games remains optimistic. Fallout TTRPG sells out, Pathfinder’s war deity faces demise, and roleplaying shows mental health benefits. Merchandise available from multiple publishers.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Cynthia Williams, Dungeons & Dragons, routinely itemised, Steve Jackson Games, wizards of the coast

Near silence (so far) from Hasbro as Cynthia Williams, D&D and Magic the Gathering boss, quits

April 17, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Cynthia Williams resigns as president of Wizards of the Coast, following a tenure with successes like MTG’s Universes Beyond and challenges, including OGL controversy. Hasbro seeks her replacement.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Cynthia Williams, Dungeons & Dragons, hasbro, magic: the gathering, wizards of the coast

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #184

December 23, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Carefully itemised summaries of the latest RPG news stories from across the world. It’s a great way to keep up to date with the latest goings-on in the RPG world.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Cynthia Williams, Dungeons & Dragons, mork borg, routinely itemised

Wizards of the Coast introduces digital Dan, D&D’s new boss

October 5, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The press release from Hasbro quickly highlights Dan Rawson’s e-commerce and strategy experience, and when it talks about him leading the overall growth of D&D, it lists three areas. They are; digital, physical, and entertainment.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Cynthia Williams, Dungeons & Dragons, wizards of the coast

Skeleton Key: Wizards of the Coast form a new game studio and appoint a new vice president

July 26, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We are thrilled to continue to build our roster of exceptionally talented digital gaming leaders and welcome Christian to the team.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Cynthia Williams, wizards of the coast

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #138

February 4, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A summary of RPGs news from the week Cynthia Williams becomes the boss of D&D and Wizards of the Coast, Zine Month launches, and the One Ring RPG gets a release date.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: against the darkmaster, Arcadia, beowulf, Chaosium, chris shepperson, corefun, cortex, Cthulhu Mythos, cyberpunk red, Cynthia Williams, dead channel studios, Dungeons & Dragons, earl of fife games, en publishing, Free League Publishing, handiwork games, lion banner games, mindjammer, mindjammer press, mork borg, mothership, nerdburger games, owen k. c. stephens, pathfinder, philip reed, R. Talsorian Games, red giant, rookie jet studio, routinely itemised, solar echoes, tab creations, the gaia complex, The One Ring, the wildsea, World Anvil

Cynthia Williams: The woman now in charge at Wizards of the Coast holds a patent for finding items missing in the mail

February 3, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Williams has a patent to her name, having co-developed a system for identifying missing items in a fulfilment network.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Cynthia Williams, Dungeons & Dragons, magic: the gathering, wizards of the coast

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