Retailer confirms $300,000 in magic cards were stolen

Magic: The Gathering Cards valued in dollars300,000 were stolen From Pastimes, Indiana A gaming company, last week during Gen Con in Indianapolis – one of the largest gaming conventions in the world. Zack Reiter, a manager at Pastimes, confirmed via email to io9 that it was his store that was affected by the theft. WRTVa local news station, ran the initial story.

While the rumors that Lorcana They may have fallen victim to itVery (especially given the demand at Gen Con and on eBay), Lorcana publisher Ravensburger He acted quickly and tweeted that all of his products had been accounted for. In an email exchange, Reiter said the theft “was immediately apparent…it’s not a quantity that could go unnoticed.” The amusement intended to use the product to run games and present them as prizes and had to “scramble” to figure out how to replace everything in the meantime.

For the amusement, Gen Con was “exhausting but great!” He said Reiter Feeling “a mixture of frustration about the missing product, relief that we can still manage tournaments, and the usual exhaustion.” In addition, Reiter wanted to express that “the community has been amazing. After the initial news reports, a large number of people expressed concern and tried to help including players, friends and other businesses.”

Reiter also said that Patimes is in contact with Wizards of the Coast after the robbery. Given what we have I learned About how Wizards of the Coast works Track stolen products in the pastAnd There might be some very scary people after the two suspects in this case.

According to WRTV, the Indianapolis City Police Department said the suspects “used a pallet to remove a stack of game cards and transported them to an unknown location.” They ask that anyone with information about crime or suspects contact the Crime Stoppers Program of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477 (TIPS).

io9 has arrived Magic: The Gathering to comment. We’ll update this story if we get an answer.

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