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Alex Butler, creator of Taco vs. Burrito, with his parents
Success

A 15-year old made millions from a card game he invented at age 7. He just sold it to a major toy company

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August 6, 2025
Sir Richard Branson attends "Branson" New York Premiere at HBO Screening Room on November 29, 2022 in New York City.
Leadership

Richard Branson makes Virgin Atlantic bosses play ‘Liar’s Dice’ on Necker Island retreats—he usually wins the game of ‘guesswork, bluff and luck’

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April 7, 2025
Hasbro is overhauling Monopoly, introducing expansions and swapping out a long-standing token
Lifestyle

Hasbro is overhauling Monopoly, introducing expansions and swapping out a long-standing token

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January 7, 2025
China-based toymaker ignores warnings over potentially deadly game pieces
Retail

China-based toymaker ignores warnings over potentially deadly game pieces

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August 29, 2024
A wargamer representing the Netherlands national team (C) competes in the Warhammer 40,000 International Team Tournament held at Northampton County Cricket Ground in Northampton.
Retail

Warhammer maker gives its ‘quirky’ staff $8,600 bonus as thanks for 16.9% profit surge

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June 20, 2024
Photo of Chris Cocks
Leadership

What the CEO of toymaker Hasbro learned from a failed media acquisition that led to $1.7B loss: ‘We’d strayed from our core mission’

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June 11, 2024
Scrabble
Lifestyle

Scrabble, the famous game about clever word play, redesigned itself to be ‘for anyone who finds word games intimidating’

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April 9, 2024
Catan Cookbook
Lifestyle

A whole new meaning to trading you a sheep: ‘Catan: The Official Cookbook’ is here with board game-inspired meals

By Mark Kennedy and The Associated Press
September 11, 2023
D&D fans turned off by A.I.-generated art spurred a Hasbro unit into banning it: ‘We are revising our process’
Tech

D&D fans turned off by A.I.-generated art spurred a Hasbro unit into banning it: ‘We are revising our process’

By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
August 6, 2023
A picture of a kid playing with play-doh
Retail

The struggling toymaker behind Dungeons & Dragons and Play-Doh is banking on middle-aged shoppers as the ‘heart and soul’ of its business

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June 9, 2023
Klaus Teuber
Success

Klaus Teuber, the former dental technician who created the Catan board game phenomenon in his basement, dies at 70

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April 4, 2023
Scrabble Dictionary
Lifestyle

Scrabble gets ‘Hygge’ with it as hundreds of new words join official dictionary

By Leanne Italie and The Associated Press
November 16, 2022
Panel pages from the unpublished original graphic novel "Emergents: Legacy" with art by Steve Ellis and Bottled Lightning Studio, which was used to generate game assets. The original art is hand-drawn on Bristol board in the longstanding tradition of comic books; colors were applied digitally.
Arts & Entertainment

A kind of ‘Magic’: One nerd’s quest to shake up video games and create a $1 billion market

By Robert Hackett and Jeff John Roberts
June 13, 2020
Cut the Wire Game
Arts & Entertainment

‘So This Was a Real Toy?!’ Toy Bomb Game Pulled from Shelves After Intense Backlash

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January 15, 2019
Unstable Unicorns card game

A Card Game About Unicorns Has Raised Almost $2 Million on Kickstarter

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September 15, 2017

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