Board, card, and roleplaying game publisher Atlas Games is set to be acquired by PDF game publisher Ronin Arts within a year.

According to Atlas Games’ press release, this sale was brought about in an effort to adapt to the online marketplace. I think we can assume from this that Ronin will be converting Atlas’s games to PDF format in the near future.

(Note: It’s also possible that this is an April Fool’s joke. Update: it is indeed an April Fool’s prank.)

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Hasbro announced Monday that it has acquired all of the intellectual property rights related to the board game Trivial Pursuit. Hasbro, who has already been developing, marketing, and selling Trivial Pursuit under license since 1983, completed the purchase from Horn Abbot companies for $80 million. Hasbro immediately announced the launch of a Trivial Pursuit television game show for premier this fall.

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When we previously reported on the Graduate Your Game program by White Wolf, the offer was only available in the United States and Canada. In cooperation with their distribution partner Esdevium Games, White Wolf is now extending it to the UK as well. Check the White Wolf website for further details on how to trade in your Dungeons & Dragons edition 3.5 Player’s Handbook for copies of the Exalted Second Edition core rulebook.

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