<P> In Summer 1997, Wizards revisited the concept of a 3rd edition of Dungeons & Dragons, having first discussed it soon after the purchase of TSR . Looking back on the decision in 2004, Adkison stated: "Obviously, (Wizards) had a strong economic incentive for publishing a new edition; sales for any product line tend to spike when a new edition comes out, assuming the new edition is an improvement over the first . And given the change in ownership we thought this would be an excellent opportunity for WotC to' put its stamp on D&D' ." He later "Set (the) overall design direction" for the new edition of D&D . Wizards released the third edition of Dungeons & Dragons in 2000, as well as the d20 System . With these releases came the Open Game License, which allowed other companies to make use of those systems . The new edition of the D&D game won the 2000 Origins Award for Best Roleplaying Game . In 2002, Wizards sponsored a design contest which allowed designers to submit their campaign worlds to Wizards, to produce an entirely original campaign world; Wizards selected "Eberron", submitted by Keith Baker, and its first hardcover book was released in June 2004 . In 2003 Wizards released version 3.5 of Dungeons & Dragons and the d20 system . Wizards helped to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the D&D game at Gen Con Indy 2004 . </P> <P> On August 2, 1997, Wizards of the Coast was granted U.S. Patent 5,662,332 on collectible card games . In January 1999, Wizards of the Coast began publishing the highly successful Pokémon Trading Card Game . The game proved to be very popular, selling nearly 400,000 copies in less than six weeks, and selling 10 times better than Wizards' initial projections . There was such a high demand for Pokémon cards that some sports card series were discontinued in 1999 because so many printers were producing Pokémon cards . The game won the 1999 National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval . </P> <P> Within a year, Wizards had sold millions of copies of the Pokémon game, and the company released a new set that included an instructional CD - ROM . Wizards continued to publish the game until 2003 . One of Nintendo's affiliates, Pokémon USA, had begun producing a new edition for the game before the last of its agreements with Wizards expired September 30, and Wizards filed suit against Nintendo the following day, October 1, 2003 . The two companies resolved their differences in December 2003 without going to court . </P> <P> Seeing the continued success of Pokémon and Magic: The Gathering, the game and toy giant Hasbro bought Wizards of the Coast in September 1999, for about US $325 million . Hasbro had expressed interest in purchasing Wizards of the Coast as early as 1994, and had been further impressed after the success of its Pokémon game . Avalon Hill was made a division of Wizards of the Coast, in late 1999; the company had been purchased by Hasbro in the summer of 1998 . </P>

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