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    Wizards of the Coast Wizards of the Coast is the leader in entertaining the lifestyle gamer. After more than 15 years of dominating the tabletop RPG, hobby, and strategy game markets, Wizards is now expanding to include digital offerings by adding online options to many of its traditional...
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    2009 Annual Report - Part 2 Four PRIMARY product categories: 1) boys' toys 2) games and puzzles 3) girls' toys 4) preschool toys Games and Puzzles category includes several well known brands, including Milton Bradley, Parker Brothers, Trivial Pursuit, Cranium, Avalon Hill, and Wizards of the...
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    Highlights from 2009 Annual Report Star Wars and Marvel licenses extended (how does this cross with Disney?) New Seasame Street strategic allienace (2009 - 2019) Share gains in emerging markets - Brazil, China, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern European, new offices established in Russia and...
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    Hasbro Financial Performance Financial Performance (in thousands, except per share data) 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Net Rev $3,087 $3,151 $3,837 $4,021 $4,067 $4,000 Op Mar 10.1 11.9 13.5 12.3 14.5 15 Cash $942 $715 $774 $630 $636 LT Debt $528 $494 $845 $709 $1,131 $1,508 "For...
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    Toy and Game Market Sector Toys & Games Industry Companies that manufacture toys, games, and other leisure products, primarily targeted towards children. Toy and Game Industry Market Sector (only two real players): Hasbro Market Cap: $6.7B (673 of 5164 publicly traded companies) Mattel Market...
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    Hasbro Distribution Hasbro Distribution of Toys and Games: Kmart, Walmart, Toys R Us, Target, Amazon, HasbroToyShop.com, Boardgames.com Online Games: Hubworld.com Hubbub.com Hasbrokids.com Playskoolkids.com
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    Hasbro Products by Brand Hasbro Products by Brand Baby Alive (25) Battleship (13) Beyblade (26) Candy Land (8) Clue (8) Connect 4 (14) Cranium (21) Disney (58) Dora The Explorer (12) Dungeons & Dragons (7)B-) Easy-Bake (15) FurReal Friends (101) G.I. Joe (200) Go Diego Go! (6) Hasbro Games...
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    Hasbro Product Demographics Hasbro Products by Age Infants: 0-1 (81) Toddlers: 1-2 (335) Preschool: 3-5 (2160) Kids: 6-9 (3305) Tweens: 8-12 (2652) Teens: 13-18 (1157) Grown-Ups: 18+ (1391) Family: 8+ (1470) Hasbro Products by Gender Boys (1680) Girls (984) Both (1271) Hasbro Products by...
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    Hasbro Products By Product Line Hasbro Products By Product Line Categories 1. Action Figures & Collectibles - 1984 products (1 D&D, 1 Wizards) 2. Apparel - 76 products ( 0 Wizards) 3. Arts & Crafts - 72 products (0 Wizards) 4. Batteries 5. Books & Movies - 121 products (0 Wizards) 6. Creative...
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    Hasbro - 17 Business Line Cateogries Hasbro Business Line Categories 1. Action Figures & Collectibles Accessories Action Figures Multi-packs Playsets Roleplay 2. Apparel Bags & Backpacks 3. Arts & Crafts Clay Modeling 4. Batteries 5. Books & Movies Coloring & Activity Books Comics DVD 6...
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    Oh, C'mon! You guys give up way too easy! Hasbro Brand List 1. Adventure Heroes 2. Aggravation 3. Alphie 4. Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? 5. Axis & Allies 6. Baby Alive 7. Barrel of Monkeys 8. Battleship 9. Beyblade 10. Boggle 11. Bop It 12. Buckaroo 13. Candy Land 14. Charles Wysocki...
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    Anyone interested in having a business discussion related to Wizards? I would welcome speculation towards the end, but ask that we'd try to keep the opinion to a minimum. It is certainly an interesting time, and there's some real meaty stuff to discuss. From a business perspective, I'd be...
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    The Slow Death of Epic Tier

    I'd draw attention to a couple of things. First, the 3e attack matrix would be 5 attacks at an average of +32. Which if its against an average AC of 44, for an average 44 damage. That means there is a 8/20 (40%) * 5 * 44 = 88 dam/rd. The 4e attack matrix would be 1 attack at +38. Which...
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    Forgotten Realms "Gray Box": the path to redemption?

    I started my first, and one of my biggest, campaigns on that grey box. I often reflect on what made that such a magical experience. On the one hand, there is the "you can never go back" effect. There was nothing quite this comprehensive, and yet, quite so specific on how to succeed when it...
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    Becoming A Deity

    1st - 2nd edition campaign in which characters were promoted to Demigod status at or near the end (the two clerics). These characters were given powers similiar to "at will" abilities of other monsters. The non-divine characters had magic items that provided them "comparable" power level and...
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    Games of my youth... and Rolemaster Express

    Rel speaks truth, as usual. I agree on all points. MerricB, that is horrible about RM express. Hysterical, and would seem to be an obvious oversight. Rule zero has never been more needed. Good gaming!
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    Games of my youth... and Rolemaster Express

    Risk Merric, I'm sure Rel could articulate this even better than I could, however, and I'm not an owner of RM Express, but many of the books from the past edition. When I read your post I was reminded of similiar discussions I had with my players. I recall the spell system as fine, and...
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    Long Combats are Bad

    I also had a similia experience recently and noticed than in my 4e adventures there were too many combats that were too long. They were fun battles, even at 1st level, but this became tedious when there were three or four in a row, each lasting an hour or more. And the same over the campaign...
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    Castle Ravenloft: My first game

    The new monsters spawn on the piles of skeletons located on each tile. I played it at GenCon. Really liked it, and I'd happily buy it.
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    Something that Needs More Consideration - Pacing

    Yes, that's exacty what I meant. Death Ward/Spell Turning/Contingency/Spell Sequencer/Quickened Defensive Spells and so on... Yep, I love the idea of "staged" effects that compare a range of offensive powers to a range of defenses. More like the Maze spell or the Holy Word spell. This spell...
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