Johnny Wilson
PMP Network Presents
Johnny Wilson is the publisher of Top Deck Magazine, a new publication covering strategy games like Pokemon and Magic: The Gathering. He discusses the magazine's first issue and its focus on collectible card games.
Johnny Wilson
Pokemon Expert, and publisher of Top Deck Magazine.
About Johnny Wilson
Johnny L. Wilson served as Editor-in-Chief of Computer Gaming World magazine before becoming Group Publisher for Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast, overseeing publications including TopDeck, Dragon, Dungeon, and Amazing Stories. He created TopDeck Magazine in 1999 as a flagship publication covering trading card games like Pokemon and Magic: The Gathering. Wilson later became President and Publisher of Paizo Publishing and co-authored High Score: An Illustrated History of Electronic Games.
In this interview
- Describes TopDeck as a strategy magazine for light games playable in quick time
- Explains the first issue featured Pokemon cover with Mr. Ishihara and pocket monsters
- Discusses pull-out reference sections in each issue, including one on fossil cards
- Notes company policy against secondary market card trading to avoid business conflicts
“It's a strategy magazine for those who love light strategy games that you can play in a pretty quick time.”— Johnny Wilson, in this interview
Since this interview
Wilson went on to lead Paizo Publishing and later taught game history courses as an adjunct professor at DePaul University's College of Computing and Digital Media, as well as at the Art Institute of Atlanta and Illinois Institute of Art of Chicago.
