Wizards OF the Coast (short Wizards or WotC) is an US-American company with seat in Renton, Washington. It is in the possession of the Hasbro group and manufactures games of roles and collecting map and drives it out world-wide. Wizards is by publication of the first collecting pack of cards Magic: The meeting admits become.

Firm history

Wizards OF the Coast was created in the year 1990 by Peter D. Adkison. The company became successful however only since co-operation with Richard Garfield, the inventor collecting pack of cards of the Magic: The meeting. 1993 published, this pack of cards became an international success and made for Wizards OF the Coast a large and lucrative company. Wizards kept the license for the collecting pack of cards later to the successful line. Due to these successes they could take over 1998 the game of roles company TSR come into financial difficulties. Wizards became then for their part 1999 of Hasbro, Inc. taken over.

Products

The most successful product of Wizards OF the Coast is the collecting pack of cards Magic appeared in several languages: The meeting. In addition, she drives Avalon out Hill, Duel of Masters, Dungeon & Dragons, Eberron, Forgotten Realms, MLB Showdown, Neopets, the Simpsons TCG, two star Wars plays and other one. 1997 were adjusted the selling of the BattleTech TCG. Additionally Wizards OF drives the Coast out also books and Merchandising to the plays mentioned.

Beyond that Wizards OF brings the Coast out numerous games of roles, which are based on folders of the rules of Dungeon & Dragons (also well-known as d20-System), among other things:

• the star Wars game of roles (basis for the PC play row Knights OF the old Republic)
• the game of roles to the well-known Fantasy Romanreihe The Wheel OF Time (dt.: The wheel of the time)
• the game of roles to the PC play Warcraft 3
• the game of roles to H.P. Lovecrafts call OF Cthulhu
• d20-modern (a D&D variant, which makes game of roles possible in the present and future)

International selling

The selling abroad is done via different partners, although the translations are transacted in the USA. The German selling partner is universal the company Cards, Aachen. The games of roles driven out of feather/spring & sword.

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