Game Mechanics - A Critical Tabletop Podcast · Logan Jenkins, Greg Leatherman
The Game Mechanics Guarantee - GM2 50
·51 min·4 clips
Hasbro's new Harry Potter deal could force Magic: The Gathering into a crossover that might drive fans away.
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A sharp Hasbro critique that turns a licensing announcement into a broader rant about corporate value extraction.
Game Mechanics uses the Harry Potter licensing deal to sharpen a wider critique of how Hasbro extracts value from tabletop. Greg and Logan are strongest when they move past the joke and show the structure underneath: Hasbro holds the leverage, and the announcement reads less…
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You get a Hasbro Watch rant that turns one Harry Potter licensing deal into tabletop business talk.
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