WizKids, LLC, was founded in July 2000 by twenty-year industry veteran and award-winning game designer Jordan Weisman, and his wife Dawne. Their goal was to develop a game that reduced the large barrier of entry into traditional miniature gaming. They wanted to create games that are both affordable and playable right out of the box.

With this objective in mind, Jordan designed the patent-pending “combat dial” base. The WizKids combat dial has revolutionized miniature gaming by incorporating game statistics and record keeping into a simple mechanism on the base of every figure. The combat dial eliminates the need for cumbersome charts and sourcebooks.

WizKids first release, Mage Knight Rebellion, launched worldwide on November 1st, 2000. Gone forever were miniatures that had to be assembled and painted, tables to reference and numbers to track. Players could now focus more on the fun of miniature gaming with a simpler and faster playing system. Mage Knight Rebellion took the industry by storm with more than 40 million figures sold in the first 14 months.

WizKids has released many hit game systems since Rebellion – Mage Knight Dungeons is a new take on dungeon crawling and features heroes, monsters, traps and treasure! – Mage Knight Unlimited replaces the now retired line, Mage Knight Rebellion as the basic set introducing players to the fantasy Mage Knight Universe – Marvel HeroClix brings comic book heroes and villains to life with actual super-powers and team abilities found in the comics.

WizKids continues to develop new and exciting games. Look out for the upcoming releases like, MechWarrior: Dark age set in the ever-popular BattleTech Universe - DC HeroClix, featuring all your favorite heroes and villains from the highly acclaimed DC Comics Universe and - Crimson Skies, featuring non-stop, high-flying aerial combat action.