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Paul Bettner is a veteran game creator and the founder and CEO of Wildcard, the games studio behind The Lucky’s Tale franchise and home to The Wildcard Alliance - a subsidiary of Playful focused on Web3 gaming for fun, not finance. Driven by a strong motivation to bring joy and entertainment to players around the world, Paul has spent his 20+ year career making some of the most popular games of the last several decades including Words with Friends and Age of Empires. Having been at the forefront of every big shift in gaming, from mobile games to VR, Paul is now betting big on Web3 as a way to ensure everyone in the game ecosystem – from spectators to collectors to players – equally benefits. From founding Newtoy, Inc. and Playful to launching Age of Empires at Microsoft Game Studios to creating the first prototypes for the Oculus VR platform – Paul’s penchant for entertainment has made him a key player in the evolution of the gaming industry.