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Founded by Peter Adkinson in 1990, it started off as a publisher of TabletopGames, but ''really'' got its start when a fellow named Richard Garfield ([[RunningGag PhD]]) showed up with a CollectibleCardGame called ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', the first prominent CCG and certainly the oldest one still extant. In 1997 Wizards bought Creator/{{TSR}}, manufacturers of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', and have aggressively expanded the franchise to include things like TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}. Two years later they released the ''[[TabletopGame/{{Pokemon}} Pokémon Trading Card Game]]'' worldwide after its success in Japan, leading to the infamous Charizard craze and converting millions of impressionable young minds into Pikachu worship until their license expired in 2003. They published the ''TabletopGame/LegendOfTheFiveRings'' franchise for a few years but eventually sold it back to AlderacEntertainment. They invented an entirely new card game to allow their Japanese franchised Magic manga to have an anime adaptation without actually using Magic in a way that they didn't entirely approve of, turning it into TabletopGame/DuelMasters. Through the original AOL-based ''[[VideoGame/NeverwinterNightsAOL Neverwinter Nights]]'', they have had also influence on the MMORPG genre; D&D's 4th Edition was deliberately designed to echo aspects of online gaming. In 1999 they were purchased by Creator/{{Hasbro}}, where they have remained ever since; in fact, under Hasbro's guidance they have absorbed Creator/AvalonHill, which produces ''TabletopGame/AxisAndAllies'' and ''Risk 2210 AD'' (among others).
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Founded by Peter Adkinson in 1990, it started off as a publisher of TabletopGames, but ''really'' got its start when a fellow named Richard Garfield ([[RunningGag PhD]]) showed up with a CollectibleCardGame called ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', the first prominent CCG and certainly the oldest one still extant. In 1997 Wizards bought Creator/{{TSR}}, manufacturers of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', and have aggressively expanded the franchise to include things like TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}. Two years later they released the ''[[TabletopGame/{{Pokemon}} Pokémon Trading Card Game]]'' ''TabletopGame/PokemonTradingCardGame'' worldwide after its success in Japan, leading to the infamous Charizard craze and converting millions of impressionable young minds into Pikachu worship until their license expired in 2003. They published the ''TabletopGame/LegendOfTheFiveRings'' franchise for a few years but eventually sold it back to AlderacEntertainment. They invented an entirely new card game to allow their Japanese franchised Magic manga to have an anime adaptation without actually using Magic in a way that they didn't entirely approve of, turning it into TabletopGame/DuelMasters. Through the original AOL-based ''[[VideoGame/NeverwinterNightsAOL Neverwinter Nights]]'', they have had also influence on the MMORPG genre; D&D's 4th Edition was deliberately designed to echo aspects of online gaming. In 1999 they were purchased by Creator/{{Hasbro}}, where they have remained ever since; in fact, under Hasbro's guidance they have absorbed Creator/AvalonHill, which produces ''TabletopGame/AxisAndAllies'' and ''Risk 2210 AD'' (among others).
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* ''[[TabletopGame/{{Pokemon}} Pokémon Trading Card Game]]'', dropped in 2003 and taken over by [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} franchise]] owner The Pokémon Company
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* ''[[TabletopGame/{{Pokemon}} Pokémon Trading Card Game]]'', ''TabletopGame/PokemonTradingCardGame'', dropped in 2003 and taken over by [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} franchise]] owner The Pokémon Company
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* TomSwifty: Mark Rosewater once held a Magic-related Tom Swifty contest. The results can be seen [[http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr115 here]]. They will only make sense if you know the cards they're referencing, though.
