With full spoilers, a prelease, and several high profile events behind us, this week we look at and discuss the Murders at Karlov Manor.

What cards do we think are prices well? Which are priced poorly? What's a "case" and how do we solve it, or do they even matter? What's a mole god?

With Murders at Karlov Manor set to release shortly, we look back at our Caverns of Ixalan to see how discerning an eye we cast at the set.

Were we right, were we wrong? Are we out of touch, or is it truly the children?

Keeping people engaged at the LGS level can be one of the most difficult things to do but one of the most rewarding as you see your players returns, bring new people, or covert walk-ins to lifers.

This week we discuss some of the challenges of engaged your yours players, regardless of the game they play. How do you keep people coming back and opening their wallets? How do you make the comfortable?

We cover all that and more, this week.

Bonus: We spend a lot of time talking about the benefits of table top gamers!

Adding a new vertical to your current product selection is never a simple or easy task, whether your an LGS or a vendor, but it is something you will be tasked to do.

We break down some of the more important and, in some cases, often overlooked aspects of what goes into picking new product.

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Ravnica Remastered is upon us and Murders at Karlov Manor is rapidly approaching; spoiler season clobbering the landscape. But what was the reception to RVR like compared to Timespiral Remastered and Dominaria Remastered before?

From a player perspective, how did the limited format feel? Was it diverse and engaged or restrictive and boring? As an LGS did it move well, what was the hype like for the set? What's it like trying to figure out what to stock as a vendor?

What was the overall reception to Ravnica Remastered?

With MaRo telling players to continue to voice their contempt for the current product schedule, WotC walking back their double down that they totally didn't use AI art, combined the OpenGL walk back, WotC has had a string of good decisions.

Now, a lot of this still demonstrates initial bad intentions and/or poor first decision making, but we all have to start somewhere and, hopefully, the vocal majority has finally started to make enough noise for both WotC and HAS to care.

https://twitter.com/SaffronOlive/status/1742939507979399669

https://twitter.com/wizards_magic/status/1744056808254173447?t=Di8yepxgmsrkaOUwHDC9SQ&s=19

It's 2024 and we're back with our yearly tradition of discussing what we would do if we ran Hasbro.

Somehow we're back to talking about how Alta Fox was right, some rather obtuse earnings calls, and a product release schedule bordering on lunacyon top of holiday layoffs.

2023 was a certified corporate banger!

So buckle up and enjoy some fun back and forth about how we, two dudes yelling over the internet, would change Hasbro.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robwieland/2023/12/13/hasbro-layoffs-affect-wizards-of-the-coast/

https://twitter.com/mtgaaron/status/1736495952914268245

https://twitter.com/mtgaaron/status/1736527729208827909

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It's 2024 and we're back with our yearly tradition of discussing what we would do if we ran Hasbro.

Somehow we're back to talking about how Alta Fox was right, some rather obtuse earnings calls, and a product release schedule bordering on lunacyon top of holiday layoffs.

2023 was a certified corporate banger!

So buckle up and enjoy some fun back and forth about how we, two dudes yelling over the internet, would change Hasbro.

With 2024 approaching rapidly we go through a few "thought experiments" and discuss what we expect to happen, what we want to happen, where we want to be... even what we want from Organized Play.

All in the hopes that our dreams and wishes will come true for the next year and we see positive change and growth from both WotC and Hasbro.

This week we circle back to our Annual Over Under lead in to the next calendar year and make wild bets about even wilder events.

Taking into account both recent and historic events, we put together a list of items worth discussing, but only through the lens of degeneracy.

Come for the specs, stay for the grumpy discussion.