WIZARDS OF THE COAST INC.

Wizards of the Coast (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) founded by Peter Adkison in 1990 is located just outside Seattle, Washington, and their headquarters is still in nearby Renton. WotC is a publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes. Originally a basement-run role-playing game publisher, they popularized the collectible card game genre with Magic: The Gathering in the mid-1990s. It was actually the success of Magic generated revenue that virtually carried the company out of the original basement headquarters and into its own offices. Today, Wizards of the Coast, Inc. is a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. Before, they also ran a chain of gaming retail stores for several years. It announced in December 2003 that it would close these stores in order to concentrate on game design. The stores were closed in the spring of 2004.

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