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<blockquote data-quote="Christian Hoffer" data-source="post: 9644649" data-attributes="member: 6926473">[ATTACH=full]403401[/ATTACH]Official Dungeons &amp; Dragons products should largely be unaffected by the ongoing US/China trade war. During today's <a href="https://investor.hasbro.com/events/event-details/hasbro-first-quarter-2025-earnings-conference-call" target="_blank">Hasbro earnings call</a>, Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks said that the only Wizards of the Coast products manufactured and shipped from China are the D&amp;D boxed sets. While this means that the upcoming Heroes of the Borderland Starter Set could have a higher price than usual (Wizards has made no price announcement as of yet), it does confirm that Dungeons &amp; Dragons will largely be unimpacted by the ongoing trade war between the US and China. Due to the large print runs, Wizards usually taps domestic or continental printers for its various D&amp;D products. English language D&amp;D books (at least the ones on my shelf) all have &quot;Printed in the USA&quot; in the credits page. The wider board game publishing industry has been hit hard by the ongoing US/China tariff war, with products manufactured in China receiving a 145% tariff upon entry into the United States. Several publishers with RPG products, including CMON, have announced layoffs and changes to manufacturing plans as a result of the tariffs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Christian Hoffer, post: 9644649, member: 6926473"] [ATTACH type="full" size="1400x700"]403401[/ATTACH] Official [B]Dungeons & Dragons [/B]products should largely be unaffected by the ongoing US/China trade war. During today's [URL='https://investor.hasbro.com/events/event-details/hasbro-first-quarter-2025-earnings-conference-call']Hasbro earnings call[/URL], [B]Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks[/B] said that the only [B]Wizards of the Coast[/B] products manufactured and shipped from China are the D&D boxed sets. While this means that the upcoming [B]Heroes of the Borderland Starter Set c[/B]ould have a higher price than usual (Wizards has made no price announcement as of yet), it does confirm that [I]Dungeons & Dragons [/I]will largely be unimpacted by the ongoing trade war between the US and China. Due to the large print runs, Wizards usually taps domestic or continental printers for its various D&D products. English language D&D books (at least the ones on my shelf) all have "Printed in the USA" in the credits page. The wider board game publishing industry has been hit hard by the ongoing US/China tariff war, with products manufactured in China receiving a 145% tariff upon entry into the United States. Several publishers with RPG products, including [B]CMON[/B], have announced layoffs and changes to manufacturing plans as a result of the tariffs. [/QUOTE]

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