Show Notes
The Dungeons & Dragons team are forming a union, and they apparently want a say in how Wizards of the Coast makes DnD as part of the deal. However, MTG workers unionized earlier this year and Hasbro was NOT happy about it. And now Chris "I Love AI and Shareholder Profits" Cox has direct control of Wizards, and this is NOT going to go how they think...
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