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Wizards of the Coast (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes.
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Originally a basement-run role-playing game publisher, the company popularized the collectible card game genre with Magic: The Gathering in the mid-1990s, acquired the popular Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game by purchasing the failing company TSR, and experienced tremendous success by publishing the licensed Pokémon Trading Card Game, which was later returned to Nintendo in 2003. The company's corporate headquarters are located in Renton, Washington in the United States of America.
Today, Wizards of the Coast publishes role-playing games, board games, and collectible card games. They have received numerous awards, including several Origins Awards. The company has been a subsidiary of Hasbro since 1999.
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- (For a full list, see here
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They are most well known for Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons
, as well as being the developers of Duel Masters and Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters. Despite the English version of Duel Masters being discontinued in 2006, they are still responsible for card creation in later design and development of the Japanese game.
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