Developers at the studio Wizards of the Coast cited AI and layoff protections as some issues driving unionization effort
Magic: the Gathering is casting lots for a union. Game developers at the popula…
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‘A full-circle moment’: why Stephen Colbert is an enticing fit for Lord of the Rings ⊕⊕
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The Late Show host is co-writing a new JRR Tolkien adaptation to be produced by Peter Jackson
Typically, when a famous comedian ventures into writing, it’s in service of a book of humorous essays or a…
88 days ago
Less respawning, more re-rolling: six of the best board games based on video games ⊕⊕
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From war zones and socially virtuous farming to ever-changing boards and role-playing with 167 dice, here’s our pick of the most absorbing table-based entertainment
Video games have long been heavily …
3 months ago
Ben Markovits: ‘I used to think any book concerned with people falling in love can’t be very good’ ⊕⊕
The British-American author on arguing about Jane Austen, the joys of Jerome K Jerome, and revising his opinion of Philip Roth
My earliest reading memory
I used to read Donald Sobol’s Encyclopedia Br…
Under mounting toy pressures, Hasbro has a secret sauce that Mattel hasn't matched ⊖
Hasbro's secret weapon has been its Wizards of the Coast division, which includes Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering and the company's digital games.
4 months ago
Add to playlist: the boundless bedroom-made black metal of Powerplant and the week’s best new tracks ⊕⊕
Theo Zhykharyev, the Ukrainian wizard working low-profile under this brand since 2017 has pivoted to a new realm which blends ferocious energy with freewheeling fun
From London
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I don’t like organised fun, but Dungeons and Dragons is my shining nerdy light amid the darkness | Patrick Lenton ⊕
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I travel to my friend’s house with a bag of dice and other strange accoutrements that, in an 80s teen film, would lead to me being thrown into a dumpster. I love it
Recently, I reached out to a friend…
6 months ago
O come out ye faithful: a joyful roundup of UK culture this Christmas ⊕⊕
Beauty and the Beast or Wolf Alice? Queen Marie Antoinette or Count Arthur Strong? Come and behold: the holiday season offers stage, film, music and art that’s worth singing about
The 12 Beans of Chri…
Stranger Things season five review – this luxurious final run will have you standing on a chair, yelling with joy ⊕⊕
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The kids growing up might have changed this show’s appeal, but they manage to go out in a flame-throwing, bullet-dodging blaze of glory – while still being more moving than ever before
Time’s up for …
‘A nucleus of a community’: the five-hour stage play about Dungeons & Dragons ⊕⊕
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In Initiative, a group of young people in the early 2000s finds themselves via the role-playing game, the latest example of its undying popularity
It sounds like a big ask, the idea of presenting an a…