Wizards of the Coast Announces Surprise TTRPG Release (& It's Not D&D)

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A video game division of Wizards of the Coast has announced plans to release a new tabletop RPG focused on the new IP instead of . Wizards of the Coast is best known as a tabletop game developer and a leader in the trading card game and tabletop RPG industries. While it actively publishes and develops and, Wizards also has a number of video game studios under its umbrella as a result of its parent company Hasbro's desire to make headway into the industry, including a sci-fi video game called

Now, developer Archetype Entertainment has announced that it will also publish a tabletop RPG called, as detailed on the official websiteDetails about the new tabletop RPG are currently scarce, but it was designed by BioWare veteran James Ohlen, the creative force behind the video game. The tabletop RPG will be released to early supporters of the game first starting on December 10th.

Wizards of the Coast has published other non- TTRPGs in the past, but it has focused almost exclusively on in recent years. Wizards has spent the year promoting 's 50th anniversary, with the release of a new rules revision for Fifth Edition. Additionally, Wizards has published several crossovers between and in recent years, with several campaign-setting books focused on various Magic: The Gathering worlds. Given the focus on ,though,it's still surprising to see a division of Wizards publish a non- tabletop RPG game.

However, Ohlen does have a history of publishing TTRPG material separate from the design team. After leaving BioWare, Ohlen founded Arcanum Worlds, a tabletop RPG studio that created a new campaign setting for. Arcanum World also published material on the DM's Guild, a website on which third parties could publish D&D material using official D&D IP in exchange for Wizards taking a portion of each sale. After Ohlen joined Archetype Entertainment, he continued to publish material on the DMs Guild, with published as an official Wizards of the Coast publication.

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