brand. Wizards of the Coast president Chris Cocks announced on Thursday the launch of Universes Beyond, a new series of cards that will feature crossovers with other franchises. They will include the Warhammer 40,000 franchise and characters from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth.
The partnership with Games Workshop is quite a a surprise. The United Kingdom-based company has had an incredible resurgence in recent years, with plastic kits in short supply around the world. It has also experienced a massive bottleneck in its card-based products. There’s no word on whether Wizards will be lending its expertise to help resolve that shortage, which has resulted in scalpers charging exorbitant prices for sets of cards online.