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Iain, Iain and Jamie from The Giant Brain bring you a fortnightly show featuring the best in Tabletop Gaming News, Debates on topics of the day and special guests.
All good things come to an end, and so it is with Brainwaves. In this last special episode Richard from ‘We’re Not Wizards’ runs the show as we bring together all the hosts from the years of Brainwaves. Iain McAllister, Jamie Adams, Iain Chantler, Oliver Kinne, and Sam Maggs reminisce about the formation of the show, how it has changed over the years, why I brought it to an end and the future of games journalism.
Show Notes
Meeple People Podcast
No Pun Included
Dized Episode
Simon Lavender
Jason Perez on board game journalism
https://soundcloud.com/onestopcoopshop/397-board-game-media-a-critical-assessment-with-jason-luke-plunkett-and-keith-law
Indie Game Reading Club
Aftermath
Rascal
Boardgamewire
Mothership
Patreon Shoutouts
Kevin Bertram
https://www.fortcircle.com/
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newan
game-a-lot.fun/en
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It is the very last episode of Brainwaves. Iain, Jamie, and Oliver venture once more into the news wilds to bring you only the latest and best news. For our last show Mythic finally admit they are no more, the Diamond case starts to actually look like there may be a conclusion in sight, Ryan Dancey puts his backing behind AI, and the usual news on movements, promotions, hirings and more.
HeadlinesMythic is gone
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/12/10/darkest-dungeon-board-game-maker-mythic-games-officially-liquidated-fails-to-deliver-on-millions-of-dollars-worth-of-crowdfunding-projects/
Ryan Dancey embraces AI
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7402402221167894529?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A(activity%3A7402402221167894529%2C7402427021819076608)&dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A(7402427021819076608%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7402402221167894529)
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Diamond Bankruptcy Court Denies Motions to Dismiss + Advisors Bill Another $900k
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61085/bankruptcy-court-denies-motions-dismiss
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61108/diamond-advisors-bill-another-900k
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61214/bank-pulls-plug-diamond
NewsGAMA moves chairs
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/11/27/gama-names-veteran-leadership-consultant-past-lives-regression-hypnotist-zaria-davis-as-interim-executive-director/
Mongoose licenses Traveller
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61113/mongoose-licenses-traveller-5e-version
The Picts
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25614713.scottish-archaeologists-gamer-designers-collaborate-picts-book/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=Iwb21leAOBc-RjbGNrA4Fz3WV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHlLsAPy1xBcyuIovYHbLe8vwyB3En18KMj2-nWXN-01Fp3-TZk5xaq6n9P0g_aem_ZHoILtQp6CTdnactQo8lyQ#Echobox=1762933955-3
https://www.rascal.news/carved-in-stone-is-both-a-history-book-and-an-eye-catching-rpg/ - paying subscribers only
https://www.stoutstoat.co.uk/products/carved-in-stone?ref=rascal.news
ObituariesRIP Burt Meyer
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/arts/design/burton-meyer-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3k8.fC2y.y0ySzxk44dLP∣=url-share
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Iain and Oliver are in the studio to bring you the latest tabletop news from around the globe. From crowdfunding messes and AI promotion to Upper Deck getting counter-claimed by Ravensburger, we have all the important information you need. Also this episode we have a special announcement at the end of the cast.
Headlines
Altering the Deal
https://gamefound.com/en/projects/altered/seeds-of-unity/updates/10
Steamforged Slash Terra Mystica Special Edition
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/11/05/high-price-complaints-sluggish-start-sees-steamforged-slash-terra-mystica-special-edition-all-in-price-by-over-100-within-hours-of-gamefound-launch/
Terra Mystica Gamefound campaign: https://gamefound.com/en/projects/steamforged-games/terra-mystica
Campaign update announcing the price drop: https://gamefound.com/en/projects/steamforged-games/terra-mystica/updates/7
UKGE promotes AI art
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1aAkxyfbrB/
Gates of Krystalia Kickstarter page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gatesofkrystalia-rpg/gates-of-krystalia-book-anime-tt-jrpg-in-style-isekai
Kickstarter United victory
https://www.rascal.news/kickstarter-united-workers-will-strike-beginning-october-2/
https://www.rascal.news/kickstarter-united-ends-six-week-strike-with-a-resounding-victory/
https://kickstarterunited.org/?ref=rascal.news
Updates
Ravensburger wants money back from Upper Deck
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/11/08/ravensburger-pushes-for-upper-deck-to-pay-3-8m-legal-fees-it-racked-up-defeating-groundless-but-unrelenting-disney-lorcana-lawsuit/
News
Braincrack Games shutters
instagram.com/p/DQfH0H3jH8t/?igsh=MXFjejF3aHhoZGc1OA==
Wise Wizard Games
https://www.wisewizardgames.com/wise-wizard-games-business-update/
Asmodee interim report April-September 2025
https://corporate.asmodee.com/news/asmodees-interim-report-april-september-2025-sustained-growth-and-ebitda-improvement
Bezier Games’ Socials Hacked
https://bsky.app/profile/beziergames.bsky.social/post/3m5umtfrre22v
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Tabletop Games Blog Raffle in aid of Trussell / UK Food Banks
http://tabletopgamesblog.com/raffle
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The whole team is back in the studio to bring you the latest news from across the tabletop gaming globe. From acquisitions, financial reports, record breaking conventions, and card game companies taking on Musk.
HeadlinesSpiel Essen 25 Breaks Attendance Record
https://www.spiel-essen.de/en/press?view=article&id=304&catid=12
Deutscher Spiele Preis 2025 Winners
https://www.spiel-essen.de/en/program/dsp
Asmodee wants the precious
https://corporate.asmodee.com/news/asmodee-becomes-the-exclusive-tabletop-games-category-manager-to-middle-earth-enterprises-home-to-iconic-the-lord-of-the-rings-and-the-hobbit-ips
Asmodee announces new studio
https://corporate.asmodee.com/news/asmodee-announces-the-creation-of-moodbox-games-a-new-studio-dedicated-to-developing-party-games-for-the-us-mass-market
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60787/asmodee-launches-new-party-game-studio
Hasbro 3rd Quarter Results
https://investor.hasbro.com/news-releases/news-release-details/hasbro-reports-third-quarter-2025-financial-results
https://www.rascal.news/sigil-suffered-a-slow-ignoble-death/
UpdatesUpper Deck goes back to the well
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/10/10/upper-deck-brings-new-claim-against-ravensburger-in-disney-lorcana-lawsuit-after-losing-all-its-existing-claims-against-publisher-trial-of-designer-ryan-miller-to-start-next-month/
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60786/judge-rules-against-upper-deck-ravensburger-suit
Asmodee acquires Cthulhu Death May Die from CMON
https://corporate.asmodee.com/news/cthulhu-death-may-die-ip-and-games-now-part-of-asmodee
NewsAmigo games US shutters
https://bsky.app/profile/amigogames.bsky.social/post/3m3ajgvmohc26
Cards Against Humanity and against SpaceX
https://uk.pcmag.com/networking/160848/cards-against-humanity-we-forced-spacex-to-get-off-our-land
D&D Club goes to court
https://archive.ph/NvJwh
D&D Head brings back key talent
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60896/new-d-d-head-brings-back-key-talent
ObituariesRob Wieland
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60796/r-i-p-robert-wieland
https://www.enworld.org/threads/gaming-journalist-rob-wieland-passes-at-age-48.715723/
https://www.gofundme.com/f/family-of-robert-wieland
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OutroCa-Ton
https://www.ign.com/articles/netflix-goes-all-in-on-catan-with-live-action-and-animated-films-and-tv-series-planned?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=68f7dbba1f00ed0001016c78&fbclid=IwY2xjawNk3J1leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHiAAGCEB1IgEdWOK3TXcWCPxOVkow0HuoZTGAStyGBdf0ACjWyPRRwj_OBq__aem_crgubThNaWNbem7KUfD8vQ
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Jamie and Iain bring you the choicest cuts from the worldwide tabletop news beast. Seasoned with the usual amount of controversy, nonsense, and awards. Dig in on episode 169 of Brainwaves.
HeadlinesKickstarter workers go on strike
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/10/01/kickstarter-workers-set-to-strike-tomorrow-over-minimum-salary-proposals-four-day-work-week-protection/
GAMA rebrands
https://www.rascal.news/gama-has-been-rebranded-as-er-gama/
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/10/02/gama-unveils-10-year-plan-to-become-epicenter-of-global-tabletop-gaming-industry-renames-itself-after-almost-50-years/
CMON sells HQ
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/10/08/cmon-sells-global-headquarters-after-suffering-12m-h1-revenue-slump-charges-some-pre-order-customers-extra-to-cover-tariffs/
https://gamefound.com/en/projects/cmon/dc-heroes-united/updates/116
NewsGames workshop sues miniature designer
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1128194319521158
French Games competition
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/09/29/french-competition-which-has-celebrated-unpublished-board-game-designs-for-almost-50-years-unveils-2025-winners/
Jobs, Opportunities, and Eventshttps://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Hasbro woman innovators in play
https://spark.hasbro.com/womeninnovators
Patreon ShoutoutsKevin Bertram
https://www.fortcircle.com/
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
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OutroKaiju cluedo
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/news/clue-gets-a-monstrous-makeover-with-clue-godzilla/
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The team are back in full force to bring you the latest news from across the tabletop gaming world. From CMON escaping Hel, to the gender split in designers, and an interview with two of the team behind Tabletop Scotland, we work hard to bring you the news that really matters.
HeadlinesCmon escapes Hel
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/09/10/cmon-continues-battle-against-heavy-losses-by-selling-on-recently-acquired-hel-anastyr-ips-to-dont-panic-games/
Ludonatue stops making new games
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/09/08/passion-in-board-game-profession-has-given-way-to-economic-reality-ludonaute-to-stop-publishing-new-games-in-wake-of-selling-off-colt-express-living-forest-ips/
Tabletop Scotland grows
https://bsky.app/profile/tabletopscot.bsky.social/post/3lyl5umadk32l
UpdatesDiamond
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60388/order-clarifies-next-steps-diamond-consignment-inventory
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60503/diamond-files-adversary-proceedings-against-31-vendors
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60518/diamond-fees-top-1-million-july
NewsDutch boardgame prize
https://denederlandsespellenprijs.nl/nieuws/nominaties-2025-bekend/
Gender split in designers
https://bsky.app/profile/elizhargrave.bsky.social/post/3ly25x3cez227
https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/297088/games-by-women-and-people-of-marginalized-genders
Nominees for Bobby Nunes Memorial award
https://sdhist.com/2025-bobby-nunes-memorial-award-finalists/
Jobs, Opportunities, and Eventshttps://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Tabletop Games Blog Raffle
http://tabletopgamesblog.com/raffle
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OutroMonopoly Coin
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/sep/15/ninety-years-monopoly-special-50p-coin-royal-mint
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Iain and Oliver bring you a bumper packed episode of Brainwaves with all the latest news, controversies, and occurrences from across the tabletop gaming world in episode 167 of Brainwaves.
HeadlinesDevir… damn guys that’s racist as hell
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3555308/just-some-ole-racist-history-crap/page/1
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3555308/article/46440167#46440167
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3555679/a-message-to-the-community
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/08/08/devir-to-recall-all-copies-of-new-release-ace-of-spades-after-backlash-over-slavery-depictions-in-artwork-apologises-for-causing-harm/
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60259/devir-recalling-ace-spades
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3555679/a-message-to-the-community
More CMON Executive Leavers and profit warning
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/08/07/cmons-long-serving-chief-financial-officer-company-secretary-latest-to-resign-from-financially-troubled-business/
https://www.marketscreener.com/news/cmon-limited-announces-resignation-of-koh-zheng-kai-as-chief-financial-officer-with-effect-from-14-ce7c5ed2dd8bf026
https://consent.yahoo.com/v2/collectConsent?sessionId=3_cc-session_a4de1fe9-336e-4f30-98af-42f7d08fc4ce
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/08/21/new-cmon-profit-warning-says-losses-could-reach-8m-for-first-half-of-2025-almost-three-times-its-overall-profit-from-the-last-ten-years/
US Import Tariff Troubles
https://www.ctpa.org.uk/news/usa-de-minimis-exemption-suspended-8542
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2p17xypgko?fbclid=IwY2xjawMWgf5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHjtV7mqx6qv6P4-CSGWofvqYpk1vI-O59FV4q2U0N-UOduSuyZ8kGm8ruuFX_aem_rHTP6ygrvyZB_JDrDY_mYg
UpdatesCGE Responds to HP Codenames Backlash
CGE’s response on various social media platforms:
Instagram: https://discord.com/channels/653652846167851008/1397834273645396100/1403479858251825285
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/czechgames.com/post/3lvw44i6tk32r
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1328670495928290&id=100063560561493&mibextid=wwXIfr&rdid=c6aJLUWZCsvY5SJG#
Block Collective’s response: https://bsky.app/profile/blockcollectives.bsky.social/post/3lvyas4jezs2q
Read this
https://www.rascal.news/zatu-denies-toxic-workplace-allegations-from-former-employees/
NewsUltimate Guard jump into Harry Potter controversy
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60061/new-harry-potter-ultimate-guard-deck-boxes-unveiled
GenCon 2025 Sets New Attendance Record
https://www.gencon.com/press/record-breaking-gencon-2025
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60227/gen-con-2025-sets-new-attendance-record
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/08/05/gen-con-exhibitor-numbers-rebound-to-record-levels-despite-tariffs-uncertainty-biggest-ever-attendance-reaches-almost-72000/
Suzanne Sheldon post on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/425suzanne.bsky.social/post/3lvqiqhyche2g
Funforge has been liquidated
https://ludovox.fr/funforge-en-liquidation-judiciaire-le-dernier-mot-de-son-fondateur/
Mobeus makes Big Potato a Hot Potato
https://www.mobeus.co.uk/news/mobeus-backs-big-potato-games/
https://www.mobeus.co.uk/investments/big-potato-games/
https://www.dcadvisory.com/news-deals-insights/deal-announcements/dc-advisory-advises-mobeus-equity-partners-on-its-investment-in-big-potato-games/#gref
Jobs, Opportunities, and Eventshttps://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Pegasus Designer Days 2025
https://pegasus.de/UEber-uns/Karriere/Designer-Days/
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Playfest London
https://www.minervatabletop.co.uk/playfest
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OutroPictionary Potato
https://shopping.mattel.com/en-gb/products/pictionary-pic-tato-hot-potato-game-jdx95-en-gb
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Jamie and Oliver bring you the latest news from around the tabletop gaming world. From CGE failing to conjure a decent response, to Gamefound acquiring a rival they cover the stories that really matter in episode 166 of Brainwaves.
HeadlinesCzech Games Edition announces new Harry Potter Codenames https://bsky.app/profile/codenamesgame.bsky.social/post/3lul7oqmuws25
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/07/29/reviewers-including-no-pun-included-shut-up-sit-down-boycott-codenames-publisher-cge-for-releasing-new-harry-potter-game-while-ignoring-jk-rowlings-anti-trans-rhetoric/
Gamefound Acquires Indiegogo
https://gamefound.com/en/blog/post/gamefound-acquires-indiegogo
https://go.indiegogo.com/blog/2025/07/gamefound-x-indiegogo-the-future-of-creativity.html
Itch blocks nsfw content
itch.io
https://itch.io/updates/update-on-nsfw-content
UpdatesDiamond
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60125/diamond-moves-sell-diamond-uk-employee-group
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60161/new-filings-diamond-consignment-dispute-sparkle-pop-amends-complaint-against-alliance-entertainment
NewsZatu denies exploitative environment claims
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/07/21/board-game-retailer-zatu-games-denies-exploiting-low-paid-apprentices-toxic-work-culture-claims-after-wave-of-online-criticism/
Reddit post that was deleted - link to Web Archive / Way Back Machine saved version: https://web.archive.org/web/20250427174157/https://www.reddit.com/r/Norwich/comments/1k5xipq/experiences_with_employment_at_zatu_games/
Games Workshop rides high
https://investor.games-workshop.com/news-posts/annualreport2025
Diana Jones Award 2025 Winners Announced
https://www.dianajonesaward.org/
ObituariesAce of Aces designer Al Leonardi passed away
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3542362/passing-of-al-leonardi
https://www.potterfuneralhome.com/obituaries/alfred-leonardi/#!/Obituary
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Playfest London
https://www.minervatabletop.co.uk/playfest
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Jamie’s off boating around, no really, so it’s just Oliver and Iain in the studio this week. On episode 165 of Brainwaves they cover Diamond Heists, Spiel Des Jahres, more trouble for CMON and D&D moving to a franchise model, whatever that means.
HeadlinesDiamond Distribution go on a heist
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-green-ronin-in-critical-legal-defense?attribution_id=sl:0591297a-c303-4ba5-a93c-3b7bd62227df⟨=en_US&ts=1752187231&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp13_c-amp14_t2-amp15_t1&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&v=amp14_t2
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60060/numerous-objections-diamonds-hostage-inventory-plan?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky
Draughts union plansRascal report: https://www.rascal.news/draughts-workers-celebrated-a-unanimous-strike-vote-with-a-rally-and-a-police-visit/
UVW statement: https://www.uvwunion.org.uk/en/disputes/were-not-playing-anymore/
Strike fund: https://www.uvwunion.org.uk/en/donate/
Spiel des Jahres Award Winners
https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/aktuelle-preistraeger-2025/
https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/das-spiel-des-jahres-2025-heisst-bomb-busters/
https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/preisverleihung-2025-ich-dachte-das-koennte-etwas-werden
NewsCMON announces cancellation of Degenesis: Clan Wars Gamefound campaign after breakdown in relationship
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/07/04/cmon-announces-cancellation-of-degenesis-clan-wars-gamefound-campaign-after-breakdown-in-relationship-legal-dispute-with-ip-holder/
https://gamefound.com/en/projects/cmon/degenesis-clan-wars/updates/43
https://www.goonhammer.com/games-industry-news-roundup-july-8th-2025/
Asmodee partners with Maestro
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/news/asmodee-launches-a-new-partnership-with-maestro-media/
https://maestromedia.com/blogs/news/asmodee-usa-announces-exclusive-distribution-partnership-with-maestro-media?srsltid=AfmBOoqJAC0wnG3lfCmhalOgqifajKstu7Jzb2AkDTcYinp-Fg2ZM_jj
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59936/maestro-media-strikes-exclusive-distro-deal-asmodee
D&D moves to a franchise model
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-ayoub-0479491_dungeonsanddragons-dnd-gamedevelopment-activity-7348517655173054464-a2W3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAAAzo-SsBsPeDaLi3-DsTkFrdOApKJU-qNAc
Tycoon Games acquires Gamelyn Games
https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogpost/175835/tycoon-games-acquires-gamelyn-games
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59970/tycoon-acquires-gamelyn-brand
Women in Toys - Wonder Women Awards - 2025 Nominees
https://www.womenintoys.com/nominees
Cubicle 7 misses the credits
https://bsky.app/profile/oldoakgames.bsky.social/post/3lslf7c2zsc2h
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Tag der Brettspielkritik 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuxxkAzN7LI
Tabletop Scotland
https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/
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OutroUno Casino edition
https://www.palms.com/press-room/mattel-debuts-uno-experience-at-palms-casino-resort
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It’s the latest episode of Brainwaves! Join Iain and Jamie as they dive into the world of tabletop industry news to bring you the glistening pearls and dank seaweed from across the globe.
Headlines
Hasbro cuts 3% of workforce
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/hasbro-cuts-3-its-total-workforce-wsj-reports-2025-06-17/
Dungeons and Dragons designers end up at critical role
https://darringtonpress.com/welcoming-chris-perkins-and-jeremy-crawford-to-our-team/
DrivethruRPG hates rebels
https://www.rascal.news/drivethrurpg-delisted-a-tabletop-game-about-revolutions-over-hateful-politics/
Updates
Tabletop Workers United win a Union contract
https://www.rascal.news/new-york-based-tabletop-workers-united-win-a-union-contract-after-prolonged-battle/
Zombicide finds a new home
https://www.cmon.com/press/zombicide-finds-a-new-home-with-asmodee/
News
Diana Jones Award finalists announced
https://bsky.app/profile/dianajonesaward.org/post/3lrsurculak25
Elizabeth Hargrave, Kristin Looney and others meet Capitol Hill to talk about Tariffs
https://bsky.app/profile/elizhargrave.bsky.social/post/3lrcd6cvll22l
Link to S 1593: https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/s1593/BILLS-119s1593is.pdf
Related post on GAMA’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheGAMAOnline/photos/gama-members-and-staff-are-on-capitol-hill-advocating-for-zero-tariffs-on-toys-a/1128806115959973/
Reaper moves out of the UK
https://bsky.app/profile/leedseurope.bsky.social/post/3lrzrtm47ac25
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
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The team of three are back to bring you the latest tabletop news. This episode we have fresh stats from UK Games Expo, companies setting fire to their IPs, ebay busting unions, and the Spiel des Jahres nominations.
HeadlinesUK Games Expo figures
https://bsky.app/profile/ukge.bsky.social/post/3lqkkfgaem22y
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/06/03/uk-games-expo-now-fully-on-the-world-stage-of-mega-cons-as-record-breaking-event-surpasses-gen-con-for-trade-hall-size/
Union Busting Escalation
https://cwa-union.org/news/releases/ebay-escalates-intimidation-union-members-after-closure-announcement
CMON Fire Sale
https://www.cmon.com/press/legendary-games-find-new-homes/
NewsSpiel des Jahres nominations announced
https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/aktuelle-preistraeger-2025/
HCM Kinzel GmbH goes into insolvency
https://verbraucherschutzforum.berlin/2025-05-19/hcm-kinzel-gmbh-unter-vorlaeufiger-insolvenzverwaltung-gericht-ordnet-umfassende-sicherungsmassnahmen-an-369652/
HCM Kinzel website: https://shop.hcm-kinzel.de/
Cardboard Edison Award Winners 2025 Announced
https://cardboardedison.com/award
Jobs, Opportunities, and Eventshttps://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Game in Lab (Asmodee) - International call for projects
https://www.game-in-lab.org/en/international-call-for-projects/
IWGB launches tabletop freelancer survey
https://bsky.app/profile/gameworkers.co.uk/post/3lpmfw3tj2k2u
The survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdT1nYVqWkNVZa_jH_9q1Ofw_k-7Bbpko9EkrZFsvGU6ny3eQ/viewform
Tabletop Games Blog Raffle
http://tabletopgamesblog.com/raffle
Battle in the Burgh
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/battle-in-the-burgh/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKuuUBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETBlelpxZ0ZJY01rR0szT3JCAR6AfPtg4y3wvpPMqpjKs-xKUlGJCAT7Ctwbz3ktUgBfkFLyIztWQaznraAb6g_aem_u0AKKQZHqXFvl7a8HRnaQQ
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OutroStoryBake- game and bake your game
https://www.rascal.news/storybake-is-out-of-the-oven/
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Oliver and Iain are the dynamic duo this week as we bring you a packed show full of the usual controversy, the bizarre, and worthwhile celebrations.
HeadlinesGames Workshop on Rampage
https://spikeybits.com/warhammer-40k/games-workshop-freezes-assets-amid-world-wide-seller-takedown/
World Warhammer Championship boycotted by some players
https://www.rascal.news/players-boycott-the-world-championships-of-warhammer-because-of-trump/
Goodman Games works with Fascists
https://www.enworld.org/threads/goodman-games-revives-relationship-with-anti-semitic-publisher-for-new-city-state-kickstarter-updated.713282/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky
https://goodman-games.com/a-statement-about-city-state-of-the-invincible-overlord/
https://goodman-games.com/an-additional-statement-about-city-state-of-the-invincible-overlord/
UpdatesGreater Than Games
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/greater-than-games/sentinels-of-the-multiverse-disparation-expansion/updates/22203
Tariff pause
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/12/china-us-agree-pause-trade-war-trump
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgv5n00e0jo
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/13/nx-s1-5395866/us-china-tariffs-trade-deal
https://ludorum.substack.com/p/tariffs-and-pricing-oh-my
Alliance Game Distributors acquired
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59575/under-new-ownership-alliance-diamond
NewsRowan, Rook and Decard give Gencon a wide berth
https://rowanrookanddecard.com/were-not-coming-to-gencon-this-year/?v=7885444af42e
https://www.rascal.news/rowan-rook-and-decard-pull-out-of-gen-con-2025-over-international-travel-concerns/
Canada’s largest miniatures producer shutters
https://www.geeknative.com/172839/silver-fox-productions-and-rafm-miniatures-canadas-largest-miniatures-producer-is-closing/
Original Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/RafmCthuhluMiniatures/posts/pfbid02Zj5n1Jy8Kf85o3ap12FwAFQNMbirMGcD3FzYoLnB6TcLUyLHrpZtMXQZanDCKoDnl
Silver Fox / RAFM website: https://rafm.com/
Diana Jones Emerging Designer Award Winners
https://www.dianajonesaward.org/
BGG winners announced
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3508413/article/46053839#46053839
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OutroPendragon features at law creative day
https://www.chaosium.com/blogcreativity-in-the-law-companions-of-arthur-release-features-in-legal-creative-showcase/
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It’s just the Scottish team behind the mics this week as we bring you updates on tariffs and Diamond looking particular rough alongside all the latest industry news in Brainwaves Episode 161.
HeadlinesStonemaier Games sues the president
Stonemaier Games blog post: https://stonemaiergames.com/we-are-suing-the-president/
Lawsuit press release from Pacific Legal: https://pacificlegal.org/press-release/board-game-company-files-lawsuit-challenging-constitutionality-of-trump-tariffs/
CNN news video clip: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I8yFGUk8JG4&t=4s&pp=2AEEkAIB
Flat River Games
https://www.greaterthangames.com/blogs/news/greater-than-games-team-reduced-in-response-to-tariff-crisis
CMON woes
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/04/14/cmons-david-preti-steps-down-as-non-executive-director-seven-months-after-resigning-as-chief-operating-officer/
https://www.cmon.com/press/an-update-on-our-internal-teams-and-company-focus/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ2_4VleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHtjCdVVDsyHa8n8FICiQRZm0Lwt6vXXPWkFTGpQOTNSJvMl4fjnPfaBz_NzS_aem_Xyf9LXeqQU2EKZgjz0Wjqw
UpdatesAlliance and Diamond
https://graphicpolicy.com/2025/04/29/alliance-entertainment-submits-complaint-against-diamond-claiming-fraud-and-deception/
NewsMeredith Placko, Steve Jackson CEO resigns
https://buttondown.com/boardgamewire/archive/steve-jackson-games-ceo-meredith-placko-resigns/
Final Frontier Games
Hachette Boardgames acquires 999 Games
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59439/hachette-acquires-game-distributor
https://www.hachette.com/en/publisher/hachette-boardgames/
https://www.999games.nl/
2025 Mensa Select Winners Announced
https://www.mensamindgames.com/about/winning-games/
WotC attempts to sidestep Creative Commons license
https://thaumavore.substack.com/p/i-drafted-a-legal-argument-against?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=8gj26&triedRedirect=true
Jobs, Opportunities, and Eventshttps://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Ravensburger Game Inventor Days
https://www.ravensburger.de/de-DE/entdecken/spiele/game-inventor-days#Englisch
Tabletop Games Blog Raffle
http://tabletopgamesblog.com/raffle
Ancient Robot Workshop
https://ancientrobotworkshop.co.uk/
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OutroGotta old em all
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/27/its-done-wonders-trading-card-game-featuring-middle-aged-men-revives-japanese-town
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It’s been a little longer between episodes but the whole team are back to tackle the only news that matters on the latest episode of Brainwaves.
HeadlinesTrump tariffs turn tabletop topsy turvy
https://us8.campaign-archive.com/?u=036529e593805041d1127c76d&id=c7c5d971eb
https://rowanrookanddecard.com/what-the-new-usa-tariffs-mean-for-us/?v=7885444af42e
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/04/04/board-game-industry-reels-as-trump-tariffs-threaten-job-losses-company-extinctions/
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/cephalofair/gloomhaven/updates/20854?ref=bk-noti-project-update-20854
UpdatesCMONs woes continue
CMON’s profit warning: https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2025/0312/2025031201125.pdf
CMON’s statement on the delay of publishing results: https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2025/0325/2025032502165.pdf
HK Stock Exchange suspension notice: https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2025/0401/2025040103643.pdf
NewsCorey retires
https://unexpectedgames.com/news/corey-konieczka-retiring-as-head-of-studio?fbclid=IwY2xjawJUApZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHduavlnMOoTDKHnBYU2X0yEIk58oYX8qkWXLsundEdM0ib6D52O5gNFMmg_aem_J01OzFq_wEbLWHc2_aMP2A
Greg Stafford recognised at Garycon
https://bsky.app/profile/newsnerd.bsky.social/post/3lkzejdtf3c2z
https://www.chaosium.com/bloggreg-stafford-is-named-2025-e-gary-gygax-lifetime-achievement-award-recipient/?srsltid=AfmBOooESLE9FSnAjdkplLVfDpiI0eRu2cTXYmeG0qoeVtFB6KCKJ6BL
Amy Lowe leaves GAMA
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59242/people-move-gama-marketing-communications-manager-out
Jobs, Opportunities, and Eventshttps://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Golden Geek Awards
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3489648/19th-annual-golden-geek-awards-nominations-open
Tabletop RPG Grant
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScWfC5OMFE4woK5ryF9a-fYPlyVP2W4EsZcrez3QPbc11OnBw/viewform
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OutroCMYK launches TV Show
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/03/28/quacks-publisher-cmyk-is-launching-a-tv-game-show-based-on-another-wolfgang-warsch-game-this-year/
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It’s been a while but we are back with all the latest tabletop news. From profit warnings to big projects being cancelled, tune in to the only tabletop podcast that brings you the stories that really matter.
HeadlinesCMON Issues Profit Warning
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/03/13/board-game-crowdfunding-major-cmon-issues-profit-warning-says-losses-could-exceed-2m-for-2024/
https://www.cmon.com/project-status/#crowdfunding
Is Magic losing its sparkle? No of course not.
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58912/wotc-magic-sales-down-q4-full-year-2024
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2024/01/15/news-digest-brainwaves-episode-135/
The Sigils aren’t good
https://www.rascal.news/wizards-of-the-coast-shutters-sigil-virtual-tabletop-project-lays-off-30-staff/
NewsGAMA/Origins Award Nominations
https://www.originsawards.net/news/announcing-the-48th-annual-origins-awards-finalists
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/03/12/new-look-origins-awards-has-a-massive-120-nominees-this-year-new-hall-of-fame-inductees-revealed/
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59086/the-academy-adventure-gaming-arts-designs-hall-fame-inducts-three
Cardboard Edison award finalists announced
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rZLrFoWkt4E4uDjcUYDYvkwAUcjlqkCR/view
As D’Or Award
https://www.festivaldesjeux-cannes.com/en/festival-as-d-or-jeu-de-l-annee
https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2024/03/30/odin-saturday-review/
Stonemaier Games Stockholder Report
https://stonemaiergames.com/2024-behind-the-scenes-stakeholder-report-for-stonemaier-games/
ObituariesRespected boardgame box artist Rodger MacGowan passes
https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogpost/171204/rodger-b-macgowan-has-passed-away-at-age-77
GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-recovery-of-rodger-mae-and-steven
Ernie Gygax passes
https://www.enworld.org/threads/ernie-gygax-has-passed-away.712080/
Jobs, Opportunities, and Eventshttps://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Tabletop Mentorship Programme
https://www.unpub.org/mentorship
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OutroNearly 2 decades later, they win again
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/03/17/almost-two-decades-after-impressing-in-the-childrens-spiel-des-jahres-wild-vikings-has-won-the-japan-boardgame-prize/
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The team are back to scour the corners of the world for the best in Tabletop Gaming News. This episode we cover mergers, departures, destruction, and we have an interview with those Rascals.
Headlines
Steve Jackson merges with Possum Games
https://www.rascal.news/possum-creek-games-wanders-to-a-new-home-with-steve-jackson-games/
https://www.sjgames.com/ill/archive/2025-02-11?ref=rascal.news
Mythic crumbles
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/02/06/end-looms-for-mythic-games-as-company-gives-up-trying-to-deliver-1-3m-monsterpocalypse-kickstarter-hands-files-over-to-ip-holder-privateer-press/
Thomas Interview
https://www.rascal.news/
Updates
BGA Awards update
https://boardgamearena.com/news?id=873
News
6 out of 10 tabletop role-playing games campaigns were Gamefound. KS rattled?
https://www.polygon.com/analysis/520142/gamefound-top-10-biggest-board-game-crowdfund-campaigns
GTS cancels Splotter’s Indonesia
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid03ThtQGdUZ2wfNsbLu9yL95kKShCaQv1aJFzUkUZWpHmzpKKPQCvEFJd9BKMquzetl&id=100057260687209
Snowbright Studio announces winners of the second annual Nonbinary Tabletop Award
https://bsky.app/profile/snowbrightstudio.bsky.social/post/3liamf2lp2k2g
https://www.snowbrightstudio.com/awards
Swiss Game Awards
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/02/17/harmonies-captain-flip-triumph-in-this-years-swiss-gamers-award-castle-combo-seals-two-finalist-spots/
https://swissgamersaward.ch/
Haba and Asmodee France
https://www.spielwarenmesse.de/en/mag/toy-market-news/asmodee-france-chosen-as-official-distribution-partner-for-haba/
Roman discovery
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-ancient-tokens-that-roman-soldiers-used-to-play-strategy-games-180985903/
Obituaries
Carla Horger
https://bsky.app/profile/gmtgames.bsky.social/post/3lha6racnoc26
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Young Game Designers Scholarship Open for Applications Again
https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/nachwuchs-spieleautoren-stipendium-wieder-ausgeschrieben/
https://www.spieleautorenzunft.de/files/public/Veranstaltungen-Events/Stipendium%20Bewerbung%202025.pdf
Evil Hat creator programme
https://bsky.app/profile/evilhat.bsky.social/post/3lhh5uzbtts25
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Outro
People of note: Cornelius O’Donovan
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgj29qly2dvo
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It’s another bumper episode of Brainwaves as we bring you news from across the Tabletop globe. Diamond is in the rough, Asmodee avoids a hug, lawsuits get settled, and Iain gets to go off on one about ethics. All this, and more, on episode 157 of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Diamond files for bankruptcy
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58618/diamond-files-reorganization-under-chapter-11-bankruptcy
https://bsky.app/profile/deadlyfredly.bsky.social/post/3lgbg6e7np22o
Asmodee may not Embrace
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/01/29/star-wars-lego-lord-of-the-rings-games-drive-29-year-on-year-growth-for-asmodee-studios-as-company-prepares-to-split-from-embracer-next-week/
Ennies cave over AI inclusion
https://ennie-awards.com/revised-policy-on-generative-ai-usage/
Updates
Webcomic Name lawsuit settled
https://www.gofundme.com/f/alexnorrislegalfund?attribution_id=sl:8c2bb1ea-1039-4377-86de-d0676453b170⟨=en_GB&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link
https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/259248/golden-bell-affiliated-projects-and-companies
Evil Genius Games continue to live up to the first part of their name
https://www.reddit.com/r/rpg/comments/1i6b2wt/i_was_approached_by_evil_genius_games_to_take/
News
Wizards of the Coast drops support for marginalised gender competition
https://bsky.app/profile/vmlmtg.bsky.social/post/3lg6zejwvss2l
Man vs Meeple and CMON
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/01/27/its-important-to-us-that-we-find-new-cmon-fans-all-the-time-cmon-hires-board-game-youtube-channel-man-vs-meeples-ceo-to-run-its-global-marketing-campaigns/
Outcry in Italy over Mafia game
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/23/outcry-in-italy-over-german-board-game-based-on-sicily-mafia-wars
As d’Or nominees
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/01/30/this-years-nominees-for-frances-biggest-board-gaming-award-highlights-breadth-of-countrys-publishers/
BGA Awards 2025
https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40673
Devir acquires publisher Maldito Games
https://devirgames.com/devir-acquires-publisher-maldito-games
Games Workshop trade grows, but online shrinks
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58670/trade-grows-online-shrinks-games-workshop?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Beachhead Expo
https://www.beachheadexpo.com/
Diana Jones Award submissions are open
https://www.dianajonesaward.org/
Green Games Guide Award
https://greengamesguide.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c3b7325699ca9364175785409&id=7cbe2bd72d&e=58728bb48c
TTRPG Bundles
https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Resistance
https://takethisorg.itch.io/solo-but-not-alone-5
Hasbro’s history with the Magdalene Laundries
https://web.archive.org/web/20241125184313/https://littleatoms.com/penance-industry
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Outro
Pictionary vs AI
https://shop.mattel.com/products/pictionary-vs-ai-hyb09
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The whole team is back for the first Brainwaves of the year. Join us as we dive into the latest tabletop gaming news from Hasbro rolling the dice on gambling to chess clashing with the wrong trousers! All this and more on episode 156 of Brainwaves.
HeadlinesHasbro rolls the dice
https://igamingbusiness.com/company-news/games-global-unveils-exciting-partnership-with-hasbro/
It’s the wrong trousers, Magnus
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98lkrdkz70o?at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_campaign_type=owned&at_link_origin=BBC_News&at_link_type=web_link&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_ptr_name=facebook_page&at_medium=social&at_link_id=F833A792-C515-11EF-8185-B1A73D8FAC8C&at_format=link&fbclid=IwY2xjawHc7odleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfJpJBK1_095wLRlZ0rgn0XuT5wKSmFMu7sRbQZwvUsNfJZ-um3pgAI_dA_aem_xoeYbOqeJBjXbqmJHzGhHg
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8npkrey66o
Vallejo Workers
https://www.rascal.news/striking-workers-at-vallejo-paint-factory-claim-victory/
https://spikeybits.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Vallejo-Statment.png
UpdatesMost Monopoly
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2024/12/owner-of-worlds-largest-monopoly-collection-on-the-hunt-for-holy-grail-of-sets
News
Cardboard Edison Award 2025 Submissions Open
https://cardboardedison.com/award
https://cardboardedison.com/2025-award-submissions
Jobs, Opportunities, and Eventshttps://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Protos y Tipos
https://asociacionludo.com/actividad/protos-y-tipos
Patreon ShoutoutsKevin Bertram
https://www.fortcircle.com/
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newman
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OutroMonopoly changes the game
https://www.polygon.com/gaming/492505/monopoly-new-version-expansions-announced
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This podcast contains all the interviews that I conducted during Dragonmeet 2024. Thanks so much to everyone that took the time to talk to me.
The interviewees are:
Jason, Always Checkers Publishing
Chris, Beyond Cataclysm
Mike, Planet Smasher Games
Shaan, RPG Taverns
Finbar and Gary, Game Therapy UK
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It’s the last cast of the year and we have a full team in the studio to bring you the latest tabletop gaming news. From people taking off their masks, to copyright disputes, and awards news. Listen to the only cast to bring you the really important industry news.
HeadlinesHas Powerboats been taken for a Joyride?
Joyride vs Powerboats thread
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3412685/powerboatspowerships-joyride
Geoff Engelstein
https://gametek.substack.com/p/copy-paste
Episodes where we have covered plagiarism allegations
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2021/03/08/episode-68-kickstarter-conundrums/
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2018/04/29/episode-3-legal-vampires/
Cardboard Edison changes tack
https://bsky.app/profile/cardboardedison.bsky.social/post/3lcatxomwp22c
https://cardboardedison.com/award
Sandy Petersen wears no mask
Sandy’s posts
Quimbley’s response
https://www.quimbleys.com/blogs/kickstarter-updates/quimbleys-official-inclusion-statement
Updates
Summit Award for Wargaming winner announced - and Bobby Nunes Memorial Award finalists announced
https://sdhist.com/2024-summit-award-land-and-freedom/
https://sdhist.com/2024-bobby-nunes-memorial-award-finalists/
Wyrmwood fires staff
https://www.rascal.news/wyrmwoods-bitter-medicine-is-proving-hard-for-audiences-to-swallow/
Facebook pulls Fort Circle Games ad. Again.
https://bsky.app/profile/fortcircle.bsky.social/post/3lbyybi6hls2s
News
Itch is taken offline by Funko
https://www.polygon.com/gaming/492791/itch-io-funko-takedown
Leaf’s post to Hacker News
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42364033
GW enters the FTSE 100
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/01/games-workshop-promoted-ftse-100-quarterly-reshuffle?fbclid=IwY2xjawG5fR9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfpI4qljk5k-fjXOOMOgNiNXzPIQUwHiApvb9oHwY1_zqqmvx12t-fet8Q_aem_h_ZVqr3lvJUDFkDYW9j99w
SUSD becomes a publisher. Sort of
https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/were-partnering-with-play-to-z-to-launch-exciting-new-games/
Hachette becomes distributor for Edition Spielwiese
https://www.mojo-nation.com/hachette-boardgames-group-strikes-distribution-deal-with-edition-spielwiese/
Vallejo workers on strike
https://www.viaempresa.cat/es/empresa/98-plantilla-acrylicos-vallejo-se-suma-primera-jornada-huelga-indefinida_2206222_102.html
https://www.rascal.news/vallejo-factory-workers-go-on-strike/
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Spiel des Jahres Funding Programme 2025
https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/foerderprogramm-2025-startet-einreichungen-ab-sofort-moeglich/
https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/foerderprogramm/
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Outro
Monopoly Toppling Taxi
https://monopoly.fandom.com/wiki/Monopoly_Free_Parking:_The_Toppling_Taxi_Game
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It’s a cast of finances, awards, lawsuits, and political games as Oliver and Iain cross the world in the episode 154 of Brainwave to bring you the best in Tabletop Gaming News.
HeadlinesTariffs and Trade Rules Tax Tabletop Publishers
https://www.sjgames.com/ill/archive/2024-11-10
https://www.compliancegate.com/general-product-safety-regulation/
https://bsky.app/profile/badsquiddogames.bsky.social/post/3lb7r4n7eni22
https://www.rascal.news/new-legislation-impacts-games-sales-to-the-european-union/
Zenobia Award II Winners Announced
https://sdhist.com/zenobia-award-the-porters/
Hasbro Sued by Investors
https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/479315/hasbro-investor-lawsuit-pandemic-inventor
UpdatesUS Tabletop Unionisation Solicitation
https://www.rascal.news/rascal-receives-solicitation-from-suspicious-email-after-tabletop-union-declares-potential-strike/
NewsGerman Parliamentarian Game Night
https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/spielekultur-landet-im-bundestag/
Asmodee Gets Cash Injection
https://embracer.com/releases/embracer-group-intends-to-contribute-eur-400m-to-asmodee-and-presents-asmodees-financial-targets-dividend-policy-and-net-financial-debt/
ObituariesAmber Cook
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58275/r-i-p-amber-cook
GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/9bkqj-in-memory-of-amber-cook-support-her-son-james
Kory Heath
https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogpost/167622/in-memoriam-kory-heath
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Board Game Raffle in Aid of The Trussell Trust / UK Food Banks
https://tabletopgamesblog.com/raffle
Patreon ShoutoutsKevin Bertram
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OutroMystery Monopoly Midden
https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/comments/1gu7eel/anyone_wanna_play_monopoly_got_a_neighbour_whos/?utm_source=embedv2&utm_medium=post_embed&utm_content=post_title&embed_host_url=https://www.devonlive.com/news/uk-world-news/sudden-appearance-hundreds-monopoly-boxes-9726484&rdt=64307
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It’s been a mix of huge stories and not much else in the last few weeks. Iain and Jamie bring you the lowdown on what is going on at World of Game Design, who is bagging awards, hasbro’s financials, and what size of country the population of D&D Beyond could establish. All this, and more, on episode 153 of Brainwaves
HeadlinesWOGD investigation by Rascal
https://www.rascal.news/former-world-of-game-design-employees-claim-tabletop-company-exploits-workers-and-clients/
Zac Goins Facebook post
https://www.facebook.com/xzacklee/posts/pfbid02yf9PBqMH47ReMwKBBH7rVVTtKtYZaSioPAAYJb57Wq7YpannnPSZGLCyR1xvnsNAl
Hasbro conference call
https://investor.hasbro.com/news-releases/news-release-details/hasbro-reports-third-quarter-2024-financial-results
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58109/hasbro-ceo-reveals-magic-plans-secret-lair-volumes-d-d-dtc-percentage-more
https://www.enworld.org/threads/hasbro-hit-with-layoffs-wizards-of-the-coast-impacted.707539/page-2
FSC award
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/11/05/life-in-reterra-becomes-first-board-game-to-win-forest-stewardship-council-sustainability-award/
https://us.fsc.org/en-us/get-involved/fsc-leadership-awards/2024-leadership-award-winners-01
NewsCommander Format
https://www.polygon.com/mtg-magic-the-gathering/468627/mtg-new-commander-format-panel-rules-committee
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/introducing-the-commander-format-panel
Summit award finalists
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/10/23/summit-award-reveals-2024-contenders-which-have-best-helped-draw-in-players-broaden-scope-of-historical-board-gaming/
Jobs, Opportunities, and Eventshttps://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Boardgamewire report on Tabletop Jobs Group
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/11/07/board-gamings-biggest-job-site-is-an-almost-20000-strong-facebook-group-and-is-planning-its-first-ever-live-event-next-year/
Dragonmeet Attendance
https://dragonmeet.co.uk/
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OutroFood for Fought
https://nerdist.com/article/dungeons-dragons-beer-bourbon-dragons-milk/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGKRLBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHd7-QA1c_7gdVbxEq4gt7b59ABwXNx-YAwUz0S30T11j2J0OLEHTRcJU5A_aem_aB4GlBcElnqiWARtJzGidg
https://www.enworld.org/threads/game-night-is-well-catered-with-these-official-d-d-meat-sticks.707556/
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In this special edition of Brainwaves we present the interviews that we carried out at Tabletop Scotland 2024. Thanks so much to everyone who spoke to us.
People and Organisations
Tanya Floaker
Edinburgh Indie Gamers
Hive Mind Games
Village on Stilts
Hall or Nothing
Kayla Dice - Rat Wave Game House
Laurie O’Connell
Phil Harris
Games mentioned
DrievthruRPG links are affiliate links
Dead Air
Be Seeing You
Connection Machine
Solstice
The great Martian tripod race
Wise Women
Conspiracy & Reality
Outliers
Signal to Noise
Numbers Station
Stealing the Throne
The Gardener is Dead
Hopes and Dreams of the Orbital Bound
What’s so daring about sky pirates
Duskbringers
Runesword
Colostle
Sandwich Master
Brother Why?
At your Peril
Wretched and Alone
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Iain is taking this cast off so Jamie and Oliver are at the helm. This episode they cover further troubles at Mythic, companies being saved and consolidating their lines, controversial giveaways and more on episode 152 of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Mythic Games France liquidates
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/10/17/no-mythic-games-hasnt-gone-into-liquidation-but-its-fate-should-be-decided-by-the-end-of-the-month/
https://annonces-legales.leparisien.fr/annonce/23cba43f-8a82-48c1-8f57-6a2285e239c3
Funforge ‘saved’ by Tokaido deal
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/10/11/did-it-save-the-company-yes-and-no-funforges-ceo-on-fighting-its-financial-woes-by-selling-the-tokaido-line-to-stonemaier/
Spiel Essen Sold Out
https://www.spiel-essen.de/en/press?view=article&id=222&catid=12
News
Barnes & Noble to list game designers
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/57959/barnes-noble-begin-listing-game-designers
NAC Wargames hands out Nazi memorabilia
https://bsky.app/profile/celacanto.bsky.social/post/3l5qu6lhp4j2n
The Other Side of the Hill crowdfunding campaign: https://gamefound.com/en/projects/masqueoca/the-other-side-of-the-hill/
Publisher’s response on BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8461574/the-other-side-of-the-hill?commentid=12438977
Gamefound update about the Iron Cross medal: https://gamefound.com/en/projects/masqueoca/the-other-side-of-the-hill/updates/5
Matagot shrinks catalogue
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/10/16/matagot-stops-publishing-heavier-games-like-kemet-inis-shifts-focus-to-family-and-childrens-titles/
Steve Jackson Games announces Fighting Fantasy Deal
https://www.sjgames.com/fightingfantasy/
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Patreon Shoutouts
Kevin Bertram
https://www.fortcircle.com/
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newman
game-a-lot.fun/en
facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
Our Patreon
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Support Us
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Boardgamewire
https://boardgamewire.com/
Outro
English Heritage Games
https://www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/toys-games/games/board-games
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This special episode of Brainwaves is all the interviews I conducted at Gothcon earlier in the year. Gothcon is Sweden’s premier convention with games across all genres of the hobby and it was my privilege to be invited across. You can read all about my time there in the posts below and listen to the wonderful RPG community I had the pleasure of being involved with
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2024/03/30/gothcon-2024-arrival-and-day-1/
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2024/03/31/gothcon-2024-day-2/
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2024/04/07/gothcon-2024-why-do-i-attend-events/
Pontus
Gothcon
https://wordpress.gothcon.se/en/
Blackfisk Publishing
https://blackfiskpublishing.com/
Mika
https://mindy.nu/2024/07/29/bubblare-ian-mcallister-fran-brainwaves/
Emil. ROAR
https://open.spotify.com/show/3gptPHq0l1mg2ZuyuWMQ4R?si=5318d580a0f14560&utm_medium=share&utm_source=linktree&nd=1&dlsi=8196858e350a4fab
Hjalmar Norden, Red Moon Roleplaying
https://www.redmoonroleplaying.com/
Magnus Seter
https://www.rollspel.nu/
Nina, Gothcon Organiser
Anna, Podcast Room Organiser
https://www.svartvikenrp.se/
While Jamie is off in that there London, Iain and Oliver are once more behind the mics to bring you the latest tabletop news. In episode 151 we cover Wizards taking over Commander, CMON losing board members, the usual smattering of awards, and a good few stories about unions. All this and more on this episode of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Commander Format Firestorm
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/on-the-future-of-commander
https://www.rascal.news/finance-bros-and-harassment-force-mtgs-biggest-player-owned-format-into-corporate-hands/
Zenobia Award Finalists Announced
https://zenobiaaward.org/finalists/
CMON loses COO
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/09/19/cmons-coo-david-preti-is-resigning-after-eight-years-at-the-company/
https://investor.cmon.com/governance
Updates
Cops called on TTWU protestors
https://www.rascal.news/brooklyn-strategist-owner-calls-police-on-employee-walkout/
https://www.gofundme.com/f/supportTWU?ref=rascal.news
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tabletop-workers-united-boycott-pledge?source=direct_link&
News
TCG Player workers call for Union contract
https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/459782/tcgplayer-union-ebay-rally-fair-pay
https://cwa-union.org/tapped-out-tcgplayer
Games Workshop Shareholder Revolt
https://www.cityam.com/games-workshop-suffers-major-shareholder-revolt-after-top-bosses-handed-huge-bonuses/
CAH sues Elon Musk
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/cards-humanity-elon-musk-spacex-lawsuit-trespassed-texas-land-rcna172016
2024 Player’s Handbook Breaks Dungeons & Dragons Records
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/57876/2024-players-handbook-becomes-fastest-selling-dungeons-dragons-product-ever
Big Bad Con Boycott averted
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mrxQaSbXd_SlFB7NJxhrCIHFsKKOvcvmLEHoXxVBstY/edit
Deutscher Spiele Preis 2024 Winners Announced
https://brettspielbox.de/brettspiel-preis-deutscher-spielepreis-2024-dsp24-sieger/
Stonemaier Games acquires "Tokaido" from Funforge
https://mailchi.mp/stonemaiergames/stonemaier-games-monthly-newsletter-august-2989870?e=f9ef617363
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Bluesky list of board game people
https://bsky.app/starter-pack/boardgamehottakes.bsky.social/3l5aovjrq6j2p
Tabletop Games Blog Board Game Raffle in aid of The Trussell Trust / UK Food Banks
https://tabletopgamesblog.com/raffle
Patreon Shoutouts
Kevin Bertram
https://www.fortcircle.com/
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newman
game-a-lot.fun/en
facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
Our Patreon
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Outro
What we Clue-do in the Shadows
https://theop.games/products/clue-what-we-do-in-the-shadows?srsltid=AfmBOooKvLESoikIZ7WV0DwAhyj2tdFP0MtNxE92CDXYBwKVYqWB2ku8
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We have a longer than usual cast for your this week as we take a look at the controversy around Simon Lavender, a UK board game influencer. It is our only headline this week, but we still cover the business of the industry with new hires at Restoration Games, Asmodee, financial hits at CMON, a series of competitions and more!
Headlines
Influencer Simon Lavender accused of bad practices
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3352419/a-simon-lavender-review-what-to-do-with-dishonest/page/1
The accusations at the centre of this are on page one of the link above. There are a large number of screenshots we have saved in regards to this story that will appear in a separate document linked to below. These include Simon’s replies in the thread above and my conversation with Simon.
SCREENSHOTS
Amass Games channel page
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg-md_i730k&ab_channel=AmassGames
Amass games video on The Strange Forgeries of S.C. Rheber
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg-md_i730k&ab_channel=AmassGames
News
Paul Sawyer shares Terminal Diagnosis
https://www.gofundme.com/f/make-dads-remaining-months-happy-comfortable?fbclid=IwY2xjawFT-cpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQvSDcadl8ZKhx_ot6aKqXHrqxSh98KtBWnbqvfKm_3U4kPIOy8AYZoMyA_aem_jNk6ocdlIkXyv0UEKJ3ysg
https://store.warlordgames.com/products/sergeant-sawyer-charity-figure?utm_source=drip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Introducing+the+Sergeant+Sawyer+Charity+Figure
Tabletop Workers Union subject to Union busting
https://www.rascal.news/tabletop-workers-union-protest-alleged-union-busting-hex-co-management/
Thomas Kœgler appointed as New Chief Executive Officer of Asmodee
https://corporate.asmodee.com/news/thomas-koegler-appointed-as-new-chief-executive-officer-of-asmodee/
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks talks AI
https://www.enworld.org/threads/hasbro-ceo-chris-cocks-talks-ai-usage-in-d-d.706638
CMON Profits Take a Hit
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/09/04/cmons-h1-revenue-falls-almost-25-year-on-year-amid-heavy-slump-in-wholesale-earnings/
Tabletop Scotland goes large
https://bsky.app/profile/tabletopscot.bsky.social/post/3l3xcqlecdx2g
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
2024 Traditional Deck Game Design Contest
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3360317/2024-traditional-deck-game-design-contest
2024 Roll and Write Game Design Contest
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3353041/2024-roll-and-write-game-design-contest
The Game Crafter VHS Challenge
https://www.thegamecrafter.com/contests/vhs-case-challenge
Patreon Shoutouts
Kevin Bertram
https://www.fortcircle.com/
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newman
game-a-lot.fun/en
facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
Our Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain
Support Us
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Outro
Map-nopoly
https://www.worldofmonopoly.com/otherpages/map.php
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Jamie is off seeing some shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, so Oliver and Iain are behind the mics this week to report on the latest tabletop news. From poisoning and sexual harrasment in chess to astonishing numbers, we bring you the news that really matters.
Headlines
Chess Poisoning & Sexual Harassment
https://www.chess.com/news/view/russian-chess-player-suspended-after-allegedly-poisoning-her-rival
https://www.polygon.com/gaming/440094/international-chess-scandals-2024
Lego and Asmodee build a house
https://www.lego.com/en-my/aboutus/news/2024/august/lego-asmodee-games?locale=en-my&age-gate=grown_up
Gen Con sells out
https://www.gencon.com/press/gen-con-2024-breaks-attendance-records-press-release
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/08/08/gen-con-celebrates-record-71000-attendance-after-event-sells-out-for-first-time-in-history/
https://www.gencon.com/press/4daysellout
https://www.gencon.com/press/2024-charity-partners-announcement-tangram-rose-gauntlet
News
Embracer Numbers
https://embracer.com/releases/embracer-group-publishes-interim-report-q1-april-june-2024-adjusted-ebit-amounted-to-sek-828-million/
Deutscher Spiele Preis 2024 Finalists
https://www.spiel-essen.de/en/program/dsp
Boardgamearena passes 10 million users
https://corporate.asmodee.com/news/asmodee-and-board-game-arena-celebrate-10-million-users-milestone-cementing-the-online-board-gaming-platform-as-the-industrys-1/
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
People of Play Young Inventor Challenge
https://www.peopleofplay.com/blog/young-inventor-challenge-registration-is-open
International Game Inventors Convention
https://www.spielwarenmesse.de/en/game-inventors-convention/
SDhistcon
https://sdhist.com/badges-sdhistcon-summit-2024/
Patreon Shoutouts
Kevin Bertram
https://www.fortcircle.com/
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newman
game-a-lot.fun/en
facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
Our Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain
Support Us
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Fanroll
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Sir Meeple
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Outro
Tabletop Scotland
https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/
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With Oliver back from the Spiel des Jahres we have interviews with the winners, chat about the controversy, dive into finances, and lift up awards. Just another day at GB HQ as we bring you the best in tabletop gaming news.
Headlines
Spiel des Jahres 2024 awards ceremony controversy
https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/preisverleihung-kennerspiel-des-jahres-2024/
Matteo Statement
https://medium.com/@baddeo/why-i-wear-55cb9459d8e7
Hasbro Earnings
https://www.fastcompany.com/91163137/hasbro-earnings-reveal-monopoly-go-made-3-billion-dollars
Diana Jones Award 2024 Winner Announced
https://x.com/dianajonesaward/status/1818883478617723112?s=4
Tabletop Industry Network (not Indie like Iain said on the cast)
https://uktin.substack.com/
Alex’s email
alex.speidel@unitedpaizoworkers.org
News
Braincrack Games
WOTC removes credits
https://www.enworld.org/threads/wotc-removes-digital-content-team-credits-from-d-d-beyond.705711/
Funforge not forging fun
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/07/22/financially-troubled-funforge-nears-deal-to-get-years-delayed-monumental-kickstarter-into-the-hands-of-backers/
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/funforge/monumental-african-empires/description
GAMA Announces First Tabletop Game Retailer Survey
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/57477/gama-announces-their-first-tabletop-game-survey
Berlin Brettspiel Con 2024 visitor figures up
https://www.spielbox.de/veranstaltungen/1182-berlin-brettspiel-con-mit-besucherrekord?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Gary Gygax day
https://www.visitlakegeneva.com/blog/post/celebrating-50-years-the-birthplace-of-dungeons-dragons/
Dave Arneson estate questions publisher
https://www.arnesonestate.com/press
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Elizabeth Hargrave List
https://boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/67/gen-con-2024-preview?designer=129337,99245,60377,154240,129338,43440,156227,91661,69754,95939,86477,115024,94364,111338,121833,137383,161639,142544,102049,6940,157015,122519,73358,97486,151267,99119,130964,27975,132398,147996,156171,160471,50567,34659,151195,69718,105088,126375,12374,132085,121227,154937,141343,152297,136220&sort=hot
Pegasus Designer Days
https://pegasus.de/en/designer-days
2024 Inventor Pitch & Innovation Conference
https://www.chitag.com/2024-inventor-pitch-innovation-conference
Board Game Raffle in Aid of The Trussell Trust / UK Food Banks
tabletopgamesblog.com/raffle/
Tabletop Scotland
https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/
Patreon Shoutouts
Kevin Bertram
https://www.fortcircle.com/
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newman
game-a-lot.fun/en
facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
Our Patreon
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Outro
Monopoly Go board game
https://www.polygon.com/24199990/monopoly-go-board-game-announcement
Monopo-Lee-ds
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crg5jym45nmo?at_link_id=EB8F13C4-4C47-11EF-A27A-98FE1C4ACFD5&at_ptr_name=facebook_page&at_link_origin=BBC_Yorkshire&at_medium=social&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_format=link&at_campaign_type=owned&at_link_type=web_link&at_campaign=Social_Flow&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0p38NbiktK_nFnCxV5heweL5QcswVIJ1QR1UjOJnqXutFdaohfqjcPMi8_aem_aHBTlw0jdGdALeNW3-mbdA
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Oliver is off at the Spiel des Jahres ceremony and Brettspiel so it is up to Iain and Jamie to bring you the latest tabletop news. From Facebook scams to new presidents we bring you the news that really matters across the tabletop world on episode 147 of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Scam takes in major publishers
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/07/08/multiple-board-game-publishers-fall-prey-to-scammers-impersonating-80000-member-board-game-facebook-group/
Ennie Awards open
https://vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2024/
Spiel des Jahres
https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/2024_preistraeger/
Updates
Berserk Games Update
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2757485/article/44554066#44554066
11 Concurso de Protojuegos
https://www.verkami.com/games-contest-2024
Petersen Games and Quimbley
https://www.quimbleys.com/pages/pg-quimbleys-faq
News
Hasbro names new WOTC President
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/57388/hasbro-names-new-wotc-president
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Tabletop Scotland 2024
https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/
Berlin Brettspiel Con 2024
https://berlin-con.de/en/homepage_en/
Board Game Raffle in Aid of The Trussell Trust / UK Food Banks
tabletopgamesblog.com/raffle-july/
AB Con
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oluwafemi/the-african-boardgames-convention-ab-con-2024
Patreon Shoutouts
Kevin Bertram
https://www.fortcircle.com/
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newman
game-a-lot.fun/en
facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
Our Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain
Support Us
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Sir Meeple
https://sirmeeple.com/collections/the-giant-brain
Outro
D&D Stamps
https://shop.royalmail.com/dungeons-&-dragons-prestige-stamp-book
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In a quieter couple of weeks for the tabletop industry the team still endeavors to bring you the industry news that really matters. From data breaches to big anniversaries it’s all here in Brainwaves episode 146
Headlines
Roll20 data breach
https://help.roll20.net/hc/en-us/articles/24620372778775-Data-Security-Incident-July-3rd-2024-FAQ
2018 breach
https://blog.roll20.net/posts/conclusion-of-2018-data-breach-investigation/
2024 WiT Wonder Women Awards Nominations
https://www.womenintoys.com/nominees
https://www.womenintoys.com/wonder-woman-awards
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/07/01/industry-professionals-from-asmodee-flat-river-group-exploding-kittens-nominated-for-2024-wonder-women-awards
Meeps, the Spiel Essen mascot, is back…
https://www.spiel-essen.de/en/news?view=article&id=172&catid=8
https://www.spiel-essen.de/en/?view=article&id=175&catid=9
News
2023 Charles S. Roberts Awards Winners Announced
https://charlessrobertsawards.com/2023-charles-s-roberts-awards-winners-announced/
Origins Awards
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c9d19e5fd679331583528a6/t/6676ffb526bde82046e682cb/1719074742155/2023+ORIGINS+AWARD+WINNERS.pdf
https://www.originsgamefair.com/2023-hall-of-fame-class
Mattel colourblind accessible
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/25/24185625/mattel-board-card-games-colorblind-accessible-uno-blokus-phase-ten-skip-bo
Nyctophobia
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/249505/nyctophobia
Obituaries
Andreas Mutschke, Spiel der Jahres Jury Member and one of the Founders of Fairplay Magazine, Dies
https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/in-gedenken-an-andreas-mutschke/
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Ravensburger Game Inventor Days
https://www.ravensburger.de/de-DE/entdecken/spiele/game-inventor-days#Englisch
GAMA Horizons Fellowship Applications Now Open
https://www.gama.org/page/Horizons
Rascal Pledge Drive
https://www.rascal.news/audience-appreciation
Patreon Shoutouts
Kevin Bertram
https://www.fortcircle.com/
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
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Outro
Rubik’s Cube turns 50
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/01/science/rubiks-cube-puzzles.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
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The team of 3 are back again like a renegade master. Only up to date references on this show. It’s another bumper cast as we cover the Spiel des Jahres, trademarks you won’t believe exist, and people on the move in the industry. All this, and more, on episode 145 of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Spiel des Jahres Nominations
https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/nominierte-spiele-2024.html
https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/162128/spiel-des-jahres-nominations-for-2024-captain-flip
Martina Fuchs Interview
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2023/07/24/brainwaves-episode-126-spiel-special/
Meeple trademarks
https://gamefound.com/en/projects/cogito-ergo-meeple/meeple-inc/updates/9
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/06/14/the-word-meeple-is-being-trademarked-in-the-us-in-reaction-to-cease-and-desist-activity-from-carcassonne-publisher-hans-im-glueck/
https://web.archive.org/web/20101130212607/http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Unity_Games/message/2301
EU trademark: https://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/marke/registerHABM?AKZ=016791741&CURSOR=0
German trademark: https://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/marke/register/3020211016416/DE
US trademark attempt: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=98576863&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch
Hachette Boardgames UK and Laurence King partner
https://www.hachetteboardgames.co.uk/
Updates
Dicebreaker broken
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/06/12/dicebreakers-future-remains-unclear-as-silenced-site-makes-editor-in-chief-senior-staff-writer-redundant-after-ign-takeover/
Evil Genius games continue to live up to half of their name
https://evilgeniusgames.com/blog/our-technology-code-of-ethics/?ref=rascal.news
https://www.rascal.news/rpg-publisher-that-promised-not-to-use-web3-technology-in-their-business-does-it-anyway/
TTWU negotiations
https://www.rascal.news/tabletop-workers-united-negotiations-stalled-by-lawyers-belligerence-and-subsequent-vacation-2/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbmYN8ZiMRI&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rascal.news%2F&source_ve_path=MzY4NDIsMjg2NjY&feature=emb_logo
https://aftermath.site/
News
UKGE People's Choice Awards
https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/content/news/peoples-choice-awards-2024/
Jogo do Ano
https://www.spielportugal.org/jogo-do-ano
Game Brewer is Closing
https://gamebrewer.com/gamebrewer-goodbuy/
X-Wing and Armada ending
https://www.atomicmassgames.com/transmission/update-on-star-wars-x-wing-and-star-wars-armada/
People on the Move
Liz Davidson becomes solo game specialist for Leder Games
https://bsky.app/profile/beyondsolitaire.bsky.social/post/3kvcjlxe35k2k
https://x.com/ledergames/status/1803532695886028857?s=46
James Hewitt and Sophie Wiliams join Warcradle
https://blog.warcradle.com/blog/welcoming-sophie-williams-and-james-hewitt-to-warcradle-studios?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR02vK1h_H5i3VqLN5Wh2qJkDvsJ9pPE_vwoq_UOMIXUoMKMzjMFCLz5Di4_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw&format=amp
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Patreon Shoutouts
Kevin Bertram
https://www.fortcircle.com/
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newman
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facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
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https://sirmeeple.com/collections/the-giant-brain
Outro
Medieval game pieces
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/medieval-game-pieces-emerge-from-the-ruins-of-a-mysterious-german-castle-2497815
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Hello everyone,
In a break from our usual cast, this is a set of interviews I carried out at UK Games Expo 2024. I’ve provided links to all the folk mentioned and more besides in the show notes. Hope you enjoy!
Folks we mention on the cast
Soul Muppet Publishing
Leyline Press
Mousehole press
Paverson Games
Black Chantry
Null Signal
Orbital Blues
Slightly Reckless Games
Wanderer’s Tome
Burn After Running
Boardgamewire
UK Tabletop Industry Network
Arcs
Darington Press - Candela Obscura
UK Indie RPG collective
Undaunted Calisto
Roland MacDonald
Crossed Paths
Tabletop Games Blog - Oliver
Tabletop Scotland
The whole team are back together covering a bumper crop of news. Mergers everywhere, UK Games Expo expands (and we were there), awards, controversies, and of course we tell you if Ryan Dancey is accountable. The answer will not surprise you.
Headlines
Steamforged bought Privateer Press rights
https://steamforged.com/en-gb/blogs/brands/sfg-acquires-iron-kingdoms
https://home.privateerpress.com/2024/06/03/privateer-press-the-next-phase/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2PzhzcDq_j5L7gg_0Esd1OvoKskXDomYpeb4rZYiQ4EY2MLBiJ3K-ns5c_aem_ARXNYQHsZBzeuEloediavrCp-Otisvcr6wr9GP2XlHPjjhzD0SqbIcDlZOftHMmNO8TPyvLxqPTWbRWjktKcix9g
Update 1
https://steamforged.com/en-gb/blogs/brands/iron-kingdoms-manifesto-part1?_kx=-sFq1XbQgQy7s_Rxhtdsx3d0aCtUpZBpQpd6_AghaTE.Xq6fgY&utm_campaign=WM%2C+IKRPG%2C+P3+-+Manifesto+P1%3A+Vision+%26+Mission&utm_medium=campaign&utm_source=Klaviyo
UK Games Expo figures
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/06/06/record-breaking-uk-games-expo-preps-for-even-bigger-future-after-being-outbid-for-its-main-hall-next-year/
Diana Jones finalists
https://www.dianajonesaward.org/the-2024-award/
Updates
Ryan Dancey update
https://x.com/rsdancey/status/1795600725034283418
Spiel Essen drops AI art
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/06/06/worlds-biggest-board-game-fair-scraps-using-ai-art-to-promote-event-after-backlash-last-year-ongoing-legal-uncertainty/
News
Roll20 acquires Demiplane
https://blog.roll20.net/posts/roll20-has-acquired-demiplane/
Mantic acquires River Horse assets
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/57016/mantic-acquires-river-horses-brand-assets
Gamefound becomes a store
https://gamefound.com/en/blog/post/our-next-big-release-introducing-creator-stores-to-gamefound
https://help.gamefound.com/article/381-project-settings-for-store
Quantum teach board game with Uwe Rosenburg
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/06/04/uwe-rosenberg-is-developing-a-quantum-tech-themed-board-game-thanks-to-e820000-of-government-funding/
First Wonders CCG
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3307388/a-little-light-doxxing-from-jeff
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Palestinian children-focused fundraiser
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/06/05/board-game-industry-professionals-band-together-for-palestinian-children-focused-fundraiser/
https://www.pcrf.net/
Patreon Shoutouts
Kevin Bertram
https://www.fortcircle.com/
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newman
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facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
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Outro
Cluedo Liars edition
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/345582/clue-liars-edition
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Oliver and Iain are back in the studio as Jamie continues to travel Scotland. This episode they bring you up to date news on the winners of the Cardboard Edison Award, look at the finances of our overlords, and ask “Is Ryan Dancey accountable?”. Tune in to find out the answer.
Headlines
Cardboard Edison Awards
https://cardboardedison.com/
https://cardboardedison.com/award
Asmodee financials and Embracer Write Down
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56967/embracer-writes-down-asmodee-dark-horse
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/05/23/asmodee-writes-down-more-than-620m-of-asset-value-despite-posting-strong-annual-sales/
Is Ryan Dancey Accountable?
Original tweet
https://x.com/PonchoRebound/status/1661308221326229504/photo/3
Apology Tweet
https://twitter.com/rsdancey/status/1661409374735327235
Updates
Mythic doubles down
https://gamefound.com/en/projects/mythic-games/rise-of-the-necromancers#/section/rewards/reward-product-20652
Iain’s “Review”
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2024/05/19/6-siege-first-thoughts/
News
Dicebreaker acquired by IGN
https://bsky.app/profile/soulmuppet.bsky.social/post/3kt3qiftbh32l
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ign-entertainment-acquires-eurogamer-gi-vg247-rock-paper-shotgun-and-more
18th Annual Golden Geek Winners for 2023 Announced
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3300892/18th-annual-golden-geek-winners-for-2023
Diana Jones emerging designer
https://www.dianajonesaward.org/
Dice Tower AI
https://bsky.app/profile/boardgamefeast.bsky.social/post/3ksp5kgndn22u
Funko Gets a Wizard
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56880/wotc-prez-funko
Japan’s Game Market Website Hacked
https://gamemarket-jp.translate.goog/information/177383?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/05/16/hackers-attack-website-of-japans-biggest-board-game-fair-years-of-irreplacable-information-lost/
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Patreon Shoutouts
Kevin Bertram
https://www.fortcircle.com/
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
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Outro
Cluedo Conspiracy
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/391824/clue-conspiracy
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Jamie is on tour around the islands of Scotland so it falls to Oliver and Iain to bring you the latest episode of Brainwaves. They look at the finances of CMON, support for designers in the US and UK, and cover some interesting programmes from the folk behind the Spiel des Jahres.
Headlines
CMON sales
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56802/cmon-sales-flat-2023
Tabletop Games Designers Association
https://www.ttgda.org/
IWBG Union welcomes tabletop members
https://iwgb.org.uk/en/post/iwgb-tabletop-workers/
Updates
Mythic review email
News
Spiel des Jahres Support Programme
https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/foerderprogramm-2024-73-000-euro-fuer-spielerische-projekte/
Deutsche Spiele Preis
https://spiel-essen.de/de/programm/dsp#abstimmen
Black Lotus beats the One Ring
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/magic-the-gathering-game/news/magic-the-gathering-pristine-black-lotus-sold-at-3-million-dollar-auction
Biggest card tournament
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56813/largest-tcg-tournament-ever
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Fallcon game award
https://fallcon.com/CGDA/Rules
Patreon Shoutouts
Kevin Bertram
https://www.fortcircle.com/
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
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game-a-lot.fun/en
facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
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It’s been a busy couple of weeks in the tabletop industry, but never fear. The Brainwaves team are here to bring you all the latest news both big and small from across the globe.
Headlines
Embracer splits up
https://embracer.com/releases/embracer-group-announces-its-intention-to-transform-into-three-standalone-publicly-listed-entities-at-nasdaq-stockholm/
https://embracer.com/releases/asmodee-secures-financing-agreement-of-eur-900-million-as-part-of-separation-deleveraging-the-remaining-embracer-group/
https://embracer.com/releases/open-letter-by-embracer-group-ceo-about-the-transformation-into-three-standalone-publicly-listed-entities/
WOTC ceo steps down
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56723/wizards-coast-president-resigns
Goliath buys Lucky Duck
https://toyworldmag.co.uk/goliath-acquires-lucky-duck-games/
News
Japon Brand joins CMON
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56786/japon-brand-love-letter-machi-koro-to-join-cmon-limited
Kickstarter implements late pledges
https://updates.kickstarter.com/first-look-late-pledges-on-kickstarter/
D&D is good for you?
https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/81119/1/JCU_Merrick%20et%20al%202023%20AAM.pdf
Steve Jackson Game Sales down
https://www.sjgames.com/general/stakeholders/
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Patreon Shoutouts
Kevin Bertram
https://www.fortcircle.com/
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
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Outro
Clue TV series
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/clue-film-tv-adaptations-hasbro-sony-1235979732/
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Hi folks,
This is another special from my time at Gothcon in Sweden. This is a panel I lead where the panellists and I talk about the state of RPG criticism in 2024 and how we go about reviewing RPG products.
The Panellists
Thanks to the panellists for joining me and discussing this interesting topic!
Andreas Lundström - Sweden Rolls
https://www.swedenrolls.com/
Hjlmar Norden - Red Moon Roleplaying
https://www.redmoonroleplaying.com/
Michael Ericson - Äventyrarna Rollspelspodd
https://www.facebook.com/arpodd/
Ras
https://dragon-legion.com/
Brainwaves is a whole 6 years old! We would like to thank all our listeners for their support and encouragement over the time we have been running the show.
The whole team are back this episode to bring you the return of Golden Bell, the defence of Hasbro by Chris Cocks, more plagiarism in Magic: The Gathering and much more!
Headlines
Webcomic Name creator sued by Golden Bell
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56568/oh-no-suit-sends-webcomic-name-creator-alex-norris-back-gofundme?fbclid=IwAR157V87k3IHCdMbXEX1IOCca6gkQw6J7myVSPZZP2FXFDxKVgrav7Ifo9I_aem_AbGJEwj7A1FunkxrgJRj7Z16rAdAxaq8Cq67f8Vv2K8gyG1kU8GE1CIOevLobqXVhpSt2yFSzm7tMi8UWYdiwwCU
Episode 110
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2022/11/14/brainwaves-episode-110-tolling-bells/
History of Golden Bell scandals
https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/259248/golden-bell-affiliated-projects-and-companies
Chris Cocks interview with NPR
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2024/04/03/dungeons-and-dragons-hasbro
MTG Plagiarism again
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/magic-the-gathering-game/news/magic-the-gathering-trouble-in-pairs-plagiarism-allegations
Post from the artist
https://www.facebook.com/story.php/?id=100001083559756&story_fbid=7377140402332005&paipv=0&eav=AfZSnOVTwNPLL5S7U8xIMYnHQ14DVal1Iacs_KVUuBbPOfyXw_04en2Y3gt2C_dnSyg&_rdr
Updates
Embracer finishes restructuring at Asmodee
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/03/28/embracer-group-commits-to-asmodees-future-as-restructuring-program-ends/
News
Ellie Dix works with Hasbro
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/03/27/hasbro-invests-in-design-from-women-innovators-of-play-winner-ellie-dix/
https://www.dicebreaker.com/companies/hasbro/news/hasbro-second-annual-women-innovators-of-play-winning-card-game-publishing-deal
Capstone and Spielworx
https://www.spielworxx.de/news/
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
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https://sirmeeple.com/collections/the-giant-brain
Outro
Scouts Cluedo
https://shop.scouts.org.uk/outlet/scouts-cluedo#selection.color=34&selection.size=719
Monopoly film, Margot Robbie’s company now producing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68786095
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Bit of a different cast to our usual today. This is an actual play I did at Gothcon, Sweden. If you aren't familiar Actual Play is a type of RPG that is recorded for people to listen to how a game plays out. I hope you enjoy it. This one is for Blades in the Dark, a game I love to bits.
Players
Huge thanks to the folks who played and made my job really easy!
Andreas Lundström - Sweden Rolls
https://www.swedenrolls.com/
Hjlmar Norden - Red Moon Roleplaying
https://www.redmoonroleplaying.com/
Krister Svanlund
https://www.svartvikenrp.se/
Giant Brain links for Blades
How to play, and run, Blades in the Dark
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2023/04/06/how-to-play-and-run-blades-in-the-dark/
Review
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2017/07/30/blades-in-the-dark-review/
Player's Review
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2022/06/22/blades-in-the-dark-players-review/
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The team of 3 are back together to bring you the best, weirdest, and most controversial news stories from around the tabletop industry. This episode cover companies collapsing, “compelling” AI, and new factories.
Headlines
Ninja Division files for bankruptcy
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/03/11/thousands-of-kickstarter-backers-left-out-of-pocket-as-super-dungeon-explore-publisher-ninja-division-files-for-bankruptcy/
Hasbro presents “compelling” case for AI
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/dungeons-and-dragons-5e/news/dungeons-and-dragons-ai-generation-chris-cocks-comments-dice-summit
https://venturebeat.com/games/how-hasbro-is-jumping-on-the-game-opportunity-chris-cocks-interview/
CGE acquires new factory
https://czechgames.com/en/home/news-24-03-01-cge-acquires-their-own-factory/
Updates
Haba emerges from Bankruptcy
https://habafamilygroup.com/en/haba-familygroup-end-self-administration-insolvency-proceeding
News
Nasa RPG
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/multimedia/online-activities/the-lost-universe/
Stonemaier Stakeholder Report
https://stonemaiergames.com/2023-behind-the-scenes-stakeholder-report-for-stonemaier-games/?fbclid=IwAR0f0pS_e4xnPPp7Dy2had_gziNjqCrdG-0d8no0f9cNnj2uBG1pxR2aLQc
James Ward Dies
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/dungeons-and-dragons-5e/news/james-m-ward-obituary-dungeons-and-dragons-designer-gamma-world-metamorphosis-alpha-creator
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
BRP Design challenge
https://www.chaosium.com/blogthe-basic-roleplaying-design-challenge/
Gothcon
https://wordpress.gothcon.se/en/
Patreon Shoutouts
Kevin Bertram
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Outro
Uno fan decks
https://nerdist.com/article/uno-fandom-decks-celebrates-disney-villains-avatar-the-last-airbender-star-trek-and-more/
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Oliver is back in the studio giving us a full complement of hosts this week! On Brainwaves Episode 138 we look at awards, shipping issues, a Tempest reising in the industry and look ahead to some conventions Iain is attending.
Headlines
As D’Or Winners announced
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/news/french-board-game-award-winners-announced/
Cardboard Edison Awards
https://cardboardedison.com/award
Prospero Hall folk start a new studio
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/chris-rowlands-9b3209b2_openforwork-activity-7167897574983581696-IkIm/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
https://www.tempestworkshop.com/?trk=public_post-text
News
Shipping woes
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/02/21/this-is-not-going-away-anytime-soon-how-soaring-costs-and-long-delays-from-the-red-sea-shipping-crisis-are-taking-their-toll-on-the-board-game-industry/
Rascal
https://www.rascal.news/
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Roleplay for Ukraine
https://linktr.ee/roleplayua?fbclid=IwAR2Bj78x6y1VTvvjh7Z_w1ujo9Pgim8KwR5w9kO8SY72N__siGrCY_cxbLk
Diana Jones Emerging Artist Award
https://www.dianajonesaward.org/
Patreon Shoutouts
Kevin Bertram
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James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newman
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Outro
Airecon
https://www.airecon.co.uk/
Gothcon
https://wordpress.gothcon.se/en/
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The Brainwaves team are back to bring you the best in tabletop gaming news. This cast covers callous corporations, soaring crowdfunding, fantastically diverse awards, and D&D on stage?
Headlines
Hasbro Financials
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/02/13/magic-dd-maker-hasbro-lost-over-1bn-in-q4-predicts-wotc-revenue-decline-in-2024/
https://investor.hasbro.com/financial-information/quarterly-results
Embracer prioritises shareholders
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/embracer-says-it-s-looking-out-for-shareholders-after-cutting-almost-1-400-jobs?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky#close-modal
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56241/board-game-sales-down-asmodee-embracer-q3
Gamefound soars
https://www.polygon.com/24063935/gamefound-top-10-biggest-board-game-campaigns-2023-kickstarter
https://www.polygon.com/24054381/kickstarter-top-10-biggest-most-backed-board-games-campaigns-2023
https://gamefound.com/en/blog/post/cmon-and-gamefound-announce-exclusive-pact
Updates
So you want to be a games master
https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/50588/site-news/a-second-historical-note-on-xandering-the-dungeon
Evil Genius games may just be evil
https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-rise-and-fall-of-evil-genius-games.702617/
News
Sexism in Chess
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-68201529
https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/1752090239491830179
Non-Binary Tabletop Awards
https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/roleplaying-game/news/nonbinary-tabletop-awards-2024-winners-announced
https://www.snowbrightstudio.com/press/first-annual-nonbinary-tabletop-award
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
MTG grant
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56215/wizards-coast-offers-magic-the-gathering-new-perspectives-grant
Patreon Shoutouts
Kevin Bertram
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Outro
D&D on stage
https://nerdist.com/article/dungeons-and-dragons-gets-theatrical-production-the-twenty-sided-tavern/?fbclid=IwAR0FiRMWa3IXR2RhSLt2I1PX4EiC32BLKWbB8ldPmqnbF6dPSJYGBiZifgA
https://airtable.com/appy2fJyip4rWguap/shrj7ohgj6JOmQZcu?fbclid=IwAR0JLuPSkaTHo9bfrGkeR-r4py4h1PHyz3XF6nabdM67mGusxee1Hv3am2E
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It’s the team of Iain and Jamie this episode to bring you all the best, and worst, in tabletop gaming news. From Funko selling off their best asset, to Mojo award winners, we have all the latest breaking news.
Headlines
Funko sells game division
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/01/17/funko-just-sold-its-board-games-assets-and-prospero-hall-design-team-to-rummikub-maker-goliath/
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/01/19/how-goliath-bought-prospero-halls-game-assets-but-left-its-heart-behind/
RPG controversy
https://diyanddragons.blogspot.com/2024/01/xandering-is-slandering.html?m=1
Mojo Nation
https://mojo-nation.com/read-the-mojo-nation-100-2024-edition-online-now/
https://mojo-nation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Mojo-Nation-100-2024-Edition-Digital-Download.pdf
Updates
Evil Genius settles Netflix case
https://evilgeniusgames.com/blog/the-netflix-case-been-settled/
Synapse fires up the engines
https://jeuxsynapsesgames.com/en/
News
Mythic sends backers to Hel
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1162110258/anastyr/posts
BGA Award Winners
https://boardgamearena.com/awards?fbclid=IwAR1txj2mSx6m4vLHPArHGkv6uLtFrQNXESYYSNXTwgQyMv2_V1BHc0lKu58
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Patreon Shoutouts
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The Brainwaves Team are back from our festive hiatus. Every two weeks we bring you the best in tabletop gaming news from the controversial to the down right strange. This episode we cover Hasbro’s unwanted Christmas present, Wizards in AI art trouble (again), Tabletop Mentorship programme expanding, and can you guess what Iain thought he would never type into the show notes?
HeadlinesHasbro cuts workforce in the run-up to Christmas
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/11/toymaker-hasbro-layoffs
Wizards under fire for AI art. Again
https://www.polygon.com/24029754/wizards-coast-magic-the-gathering-ai-art-marketing-image
D&D Beyond on AI
https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1642-updated-statement-on-ai?utm_campaign=DnD-D%26D-Beyond&utm_source=FACEBOOK&utm_medium=social&utm_content=12126547969
Tabletop Mentorship Programme joins Unpub
https://unpub.net/tabletop-mentorship-program-now-part-of-unpub/
Punchboard UK Link
https://punchboard.co.uk/
UpdatesBrooklyn Strategist Unionises https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/12/14/third-new-york-board-game-cafe-in-a-month-wins-fight-to-establish-union/
NewsVotes for Women wins Summit Award
https://sdhist.com/votes-for-women-2023-summit-award/
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/01/11/facebook-bans-ads-for-award-winning-votes-for-women-board-game-claims-sensitive-social-issue/
American Economic Liberties Project
Public Citizen
Open Markets Institute.
Rally the troops
Amazon secures 40k series
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/12/16/warhammer-starring-henry-cavill/
Nightfall Games picks up on AI art
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/the-terminator-rpg-t2-judgment-day/news/the-terminator-rpg-t2-judgment-day-ai-generated-art-discovered
Jared Earle Interview
Kelp counterfeited before release
https://wonderbowgames.com/en-uk/blogs/news/counterfeit-copies-of-kelp
Steamforged partners with Lucky Duck
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55980/steamforged-partners-lucky-duck
Chess back in the news
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/27/chinese-chess-champion-stripped-of-title-after-defecating-in-hotel-bathtub
ObituariesBernward Thole
https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/trauer-um-bernward-thole-ein-leben-fuer-das-spiel/?fbclid=IwAR05jc6FA0gD8O5tfBAtR9AUkNhMK4JO4KnPW6Dx8qe9CGRQqqDKqsY1v
Bryan Charles Ansell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Ansell
Jenell Jaquay
https://www.gofundme.com/f/jennell-jaquays-has-a-long-road-back?member=22972805&sharetype=teams&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer
Jobs, Opportunities, and Eventshttps://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Cardboard Edison Awards Open
https://cardboardedison.com/award
Patreon ShoutoutsKevin Bertram
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OutroMonopoly Knockout
https://products.hasbro.com/en-gb/product/monopoly-knockout-family-party-game-quick-playing-board-games-for-ages-8-plus-2-8-players-20-mins/38CF92E1-9DC0-404C-96FA-5BEBDDEA3FBB
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The team are back after a longer break between episodes and the tabletop world has been busy. From more art theft, to awards, loads of updates, and unfortunate lawsuits Jamie and Iain bring you the best in tabletop news from across the world in the last Brainwaves of the year!
Headlines
Wizards steals more art
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/magic-the-gathering-game/news/magic-the-gathering-artst-apologises-for-stolen-art-lost-caverns-of-ixalan
https://twitter.com/L_Lanfranconi/status/1725886246176587996?s=20
https://imgur.com/0qW5J62
Embracer in trouble
https://kotaku.com/embracer-dead-island-2-remnant-2-layoffs-lord-rings-1851028963
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/11/21/restructuring-has-started-at-asmodee-as-owner-embracer-group-battles-to-cut-1-4bn-debt-pile/
Dicebreaker Awards
https://www.dicebreaker.com/events/tabletop-awards-2023/news/tabletop-awards-2023-finalists
https://www.dicebreaker.com/events/tabletop-awards-2023/news/tabletop-awards-2023-winners
https://www.dicebreaker.com/companies/dicebreaker/news/dicebreaker-owner-reedpop-investigating-sale
Updates
Berserk Games
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2757485/seeking-help-regarding-berserk-games-resolved-reop
Hasbro women innovators winners announced
https://spark.hasbro.com/womeninnovators#contest
New york board game cafe unionises
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/11/15/new-york-board-game-cafe-workers-unionise-in-landslide-election-win/
Tranquility update
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/boardgamehub/tranquility-the-ascent/posts/3977117
News
Colin Dixon dies
https://medium.com/@eric.seri/colin-dixon-in-memory-of-a-great-sculptor-artist-de7f85f0ffc8
https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/381735-colin-dixon-has-passed/
https://twitter.com/Eldritchseer/status/1726963857162457350
Games companies sue each other
https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/154605/university-games-and-forbidden-games-file-competin#:~:text=In%20October%202023%2C%20publishers%20University,CEO%20Glenn%20Drover%20and%20with
US postal service D&D stamps next year
https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2023/1130-usps-reveals-additional-stamps-for-2024.htm?fbclid=IwAR2bbdmdwInMgcVHuUdbKhTBQMzgnADTOaDzSdFIgJbwXazkfh_l9KOt4zM
GW £2500 bonus
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/07/games-workshop-hands-staff-2500-bonus-as-half-year-profits-rise-12?fbclid=IwAR3_UXBodyu408o2b0LTpCD0dsSE4p9gfbOnrgKaSkgjewdRNWnRFx3ie_k
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
Contestants wanted for the Genius Game in the UK on ITV
https://www.thegeniusgameuk.com/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Patreon Shoutouts
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Outro
Bonjopoly
https://shop.bonjovi.com/products/bon-jovi-monopoly
Natwest board game
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/News/natwest-bank-launch-their-own-christmas-board-game
https://www.natwestgroup.com/news-and-insights/latest-stories/financial-capability-and-learning/2023/nov/fighting-fraud-this-christmas.html
https://www.natwestgroup.com/news-and-insights/news-room/press-releases/financial-capability-and-learning/2023/nov/natwest-creates-boardgame-to-educate-families-and-friends-on-the.html
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It’s just the two of us, by which I mean Oliver and Iain bringing you the tabletop news this week. This episode we cover the collapse of games companies, the formation of organisations, where you can watch the new D&D TV channel, and much more on episode 133 of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Devil pig down the drain
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3179322/here-statement-today?fbclid=IwAR31BF_-WUGVuEOJxoNUmuh3MvOPWQEEvX-aREXnvnixXMrNflsSChwqR6E
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3176686/devil-pig-team-official-statement
Essen Hacked
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3179815/looks-essen-messe-have-been-hacked
Tabletop Game Designers Association
https://www.ttgda.org/
Updates
Handiwork Games theft update
https://handiwork.games/the-loss-of-the-trials-of-the-twin-seas-pallet.html#more-33369
News
Othello solved
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2310.19387.pdf
John Wick leaves Chaosium
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnwickpresents/7th-sea-second-edition/posts/3955825
Lin Codega and others fired from G/O Media
https://twitter.com/lincodega/status/1722678033037865255
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
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Patreon Shoutouts
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Outro
Gaelic Scrabble
https://www.thenational.scot/news/23892986.scottish-gaelic-scrabble-game-released-christmas/
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It’s a spooky news cast. No not really. Well maybe a bit. At the start. Blame Jamie. This episode of Brainwaves the team bring you a Hasbro heavy episode as that company releases its third quarter earnings, Magic changes its booster format, Wizards starts a TV channel. All this and more in Brainwaves Episode 132.
Headlines
Wizards starting TV channel
https://www.polygon.com/23919779/dnd-dungeons-dragons-actual-play-tv-show-encounter-party
https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/dungeons-dragons-free-streaming-fast-channel-eone-launch-1235609856/
Hasbro Third Quarter Earnings
https://investor.hasbro.com/static-files/a2a2197c-0a07-49c8-8506-34ccf3bee347
https://investor.hasbro.com/static-files/e4ea25ee-9afa-4e94-9467-443df121a4c7
Magic pack change after 29 years
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/making-magic/what-are-play-boosters
News
Paizo Price rises
https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sifa?Paizo-Pricing-Sustainability-Update
Snowbright Announces New Award
https://www.snowbrightstudio.com/awards
Kickstarter project steals art
https://twitter.com/Judgement_Dave/status/1715996516077154621
Roll20 VTT Humble Bundle for Extra Life
https://www.humblebundle.com/software/roll20-bundle-software
Bundle For Gaza
https://itch.io/b/2120/games-for-gaza
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
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Outro
Jeff Goldblum
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/magic-the-gathering-game/news/magic-the-gathering-lost-caverns-of-ixalan-jurassic-world-collection-jeff-goldblum
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Oliver and Iain are back behind the mics after a little hiatus due to holidays and lurgy. We bring you a bumper crop of news from the last month from companies suing netflix to Essen using creep AI, companies closing down, others asking for money and all the news from across the tabletop gaming hobby! All this and more on episode 131 of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Evil Genius sues Netflix regarding Snyder project
https://evilgeniusgames.com/press-release/evil-genius-games-sues-netflix-over-rebel-moon-game/
Essen uses AI
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/10/02/the-worlds-biggest-board-game-fair-is-using-ai-art-on-its-tickets-posters-and-app/
Backerkit announces AI policy
https://www.backerkit.com/blog/backerkit-ai-policy/?ref=bk_social_100223
Updates
Mythic games go back to the well
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1162110258/darkest-dungeon-the-board-game/posts/3927462
News
Winner of the Deutscher Spielepreis
https://twitter.com/brettseggel/status/1709490335628345637
Board Game Hub folds
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/boardgamehub/tranquility-the-ascent/posts/3934241
Games cafe staff move to unionise
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/10/10/new-york-board-game-cafe-chain-hex-company-accused-of-union-busting-amid-staff-seeking-living-wage/
Gaming goat orders lost in the post
https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/16srgx9/comment/k2beb9z/
Penguin no longer distributing Wizards of the Coast in the states
https://www.enworld.org/threads/penguin-random-house-to-stop-distributing-d-d-updated.700259/?fbclid=IwAR2bIyzbnKfGts9IGYT6IPJrhq00Fdmtu8zLtu_2iYGkcqRMHlrVHqUZRsE
Zenobia Award nominee finds publishing home
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/molly-house/news/molly-house-board-game-pax-pamir-john-company-publisher
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Rose Gauntlet Foundation
https://www.rosegauntlet.com/pages/rose-gauntlet-foundation-about
Melsonian Arts Council offer publishing advice
https://x.com/MelsonianArts/status/1708150021932167243?s=20
Boardgame event at British Library
https://www.bl.uk/events/board-games-fest-at-the-british-library
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Outro
Immersive Cluedo
https://www.pathents.com/news/the-path-entertainment-group-expands-license-with-hasbro-to-develop-a-cluedo-immersive-experience
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In this edition of Brainwaves the team cover Berserk Games not paying their dues, troubles at Haba, and the continued rise of AI in the hobby. All this, and more, on this episode of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Berserk Games
https://twitter.com/digisprite/status/1700078934769987626
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2757485/seeking-help-regarding-berserk-games-resolved-reop
Dicebreaker Article we refer to in the Jamey Stegmaier quote
https://www.dicebreaker.com/topics/tabletop-simulator/news/tabletop-simulator-moderation-transphobia-allegation-1
Haba is insolvent
https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/2023-09/spielwarenhersteller-haba-familienunternehmen-insolvenz-eigenverwaltung
https://observatorial.com/news/economy/510171/german-toy-manufacturer-haba-filed-for-bankruptcy/
TerrAIforming Mars
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/terraforming-mars/news/terraforming-mars-expansion-ai-art-criticism
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/strongholdgames/more-terraforming-mars/description
https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/23873453/kickstarters-ai-disclosure-terraforming-mars-release-date-price?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=polygon&utm_campaign=polygon.socialflow
Kickstarter AI policy
https://help.kickstarter.com/hc/en-us/articles/16848396410267-Can-I-use-AI-generated-content-or-create-AI-technology-in-my-project-
Updates
Gencon thieves charged
https://www.polygon.com/23860343/gen-con-magic-the-gathering-felony-theft-charges
No Rolls Barred
https://www.patreon.com/posts/update-from-no-89169433?utm_medium=post_notification_email&utm_campaign=patron_engagement&utm_source=post_link
Adam’s statement
https://www.instagram.com/p/CxGsZC7MBru/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D
News
Sheldon Menery, creator of commander format, dies
https://www.polygon.com/23864384/magic-community-mourns-sheldon-menery-creator-of-the-beloved-commander-format
Meguey Baker Breast Cancer Fundraiser
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/apocalypse-world/news/meguey-baker-apocalypse-world-breast-cancer-fundraiser
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Hasbro Woman Innovators of play challenge
https://investor.hasbro.com/news-releases/news-release-details/hasbro-announces-women-innovators-play-challenge
Patreon Shoutouts
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Outro
Second highest valued pokemon card for second place card
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/News/ultra-rare-pokemon-card-breaks-sales-records-at-444-000
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Iain Chantler, Jamie Adams, and Iain McAllister from the Brainwaves team recount their trip to Tabletop Scotland, games played, people seen, and events run! We also discuss the announcement of the 2024 move to Edinburgh.
Games Mentioned (in running order)
Turncoats
Rallyman GT
War of Whispers
Kings Breakfast
Long Shot: The Dice Game
Featherweight Fiesta
Old Kings Crown
Stomp The Plank
Men At Work
Flickfleet
Crokinole
Warhammer Underworlds
Walk The Plank
Chaos in the Old World
Cockroach Poker
Companies Mentioned (in running order)
Rent, Shuffle and Roll
Handiwork Games
Nightfall Games
Sleepy Sparrow
Hive Mind Games
Bad Cat Games - Dreamscape
Inspiring Games
Drawn to the Flame
Stuff by Bez
Edinburgh Playtest Group
Glasgow Games Lab
Jamie and Iain are fresh off their trip to Tabletop Scotland and back in the studio with Oliver for a bumper week for news. This episode we cover thefts, accusations of predatory behaviour, and we have an exclusive on Tabletop News regarding their stance on unions. All this, and more, on episode 129 of Brainwaves
Headlines
No Rolls Barred host accused of predatory behaviour (again)
https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/15wj09c/adam_blampied_is_on_disciplinary_leave_from_no/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLP-nJ7QYuU
https://www.patreon.com/posts/message-from-no-88033991
https://twitter.com/Jam_sponge/status/1697547767785066886
https://www.tridentdigitalmedia.co.uk/case-studies/no-rolls-barred/
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/sexual-harassment-women-life-career-ruined-deserved-adam-blampied-youtube-a8167751.html
Tabletop News hiring, but not if you are part of a Union
https://twitter.com/watchtabletop/status/1693722739365089683
https://www.sagaftra.org/files/sa_documents/Strike_Can_Work.pdf
https://www.sagaftra.org/files/sa_documents/Strike_Cant_Work.pdf
https://twitter.com/watchtabletop/status/1693825258376376559?s=20
Handiwork games hit by theft
https://www.geeknative.com/160479/handiwork-games-hit-by-thieves-and-respond-with-free-to-download-king-beowulf-of-kingdoms-and-ring-givers/?fbclid=IwAR2r3fnhImDlZazr6sGS7N_swHL9BQZK12qNSQeDgPVJ_NyiPu2mqM398HI
Updates
Chess Cheating Saga
https://kotaku.com/chess-com-magnus-carlsen-hans-niemann-cheating-lawsuit-1850783459
Gencon Theft
https://www.wishtv.com/news/impd-recovers-300000-of-gaming-cards-stolen-from-gen-con-in-new-york-city/
News
Tabletop Scotland numbers and move
https://twitter.com/TabletopScot/status/1696252562004132097?s=20
http://tabletopscotland.co.uk/tts2024/
Deutscher Spiele Preis 2023 reveals short-list
https://www.spiel-essen.de/de/presse?view=article&id=100&catid=2
Ennies
https://ennie-awards.com/2023-nominees/
Millie Lavelle move
https://www.facebook.com/UKGamesExpo/posts/pfbid09uzRt4o58B4Rq6C55y5uhZwvPnwj79ViXBFJzeSwczE2awQmdoA8hh3E5LgRPkDkl
The Gaming Goat gets new owners
https://www.facebook.com/TGGVegasOne/posts/pfbid0q2iv1EDaS276ygVEgU8uByAgg8CmenXBqBWQRjKdT5HpKsee4XNizmEKuMeDkSNel
https://www.facebook.com/TGGCEO/videos/653645700060986
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2724788/tgg-negative-experiences-and-controversies
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Playtest London 23
https://www.minervatabletop.co.uk/playfest
Hasbro Women Innovators Event
https://spark.hasbro.com/womeninnovators?fbclid=IwAR3GNJv2zqplEwA-L8LpTk4JPdl-iHlKYl6VS8eEXsHNrzWlw0bG9hL5SQA
Patreon Shoutouts
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Outro
Cotsc-opoly
https://www.worldofmonopoly.com/list-ad/list-cn-cq/costco/index.php
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In Brainwaves Episode 128 the team are reporting on a lighter week for news. Gencon is in the spotlight for attendance and theft, Wizards of the Coast are in trouble (again), and the Zenobia awards make a pleasant return. All this, and more, on this episode of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Gencon Breaks attendance record
https://gamingtrend.com/news/gen-con-2023-breaks-attendance-record/
Gencon Theft
https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/crime/impd-seeking-publics-help-in-identifying-2-people-of-interest-who-stole-300-000-worth-of-gaming-cards
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3133996/designers-game-are-accused-stealing-300000-worth-m
Wizards uses AI art
https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1525-preview-3-fearsome-frost-giants-from-bigby
https://twitter.com/The_Rembutt/status/1687666168390094848?s=20
https://twitter.com/leidensygdom/status/1687665130048245760
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2022/09/26/on-stage-with-jon-hodgson/
Updates
Embracers mysterious deal partner revealed
https://kotaku.com/embracer-saudi-arabia-dead-island-2-borderlands-deal-1850475619
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2022/06/27/brainwaves-episode-101-backing-up/
News
Zenobia Award
https://zenobiaaward.org/
Trans Chess Ban
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/international-chess-org-trans-women?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=tbqqy
https://doc.fide.com/docs/DOC/2FC2023/CM2_2023_45.pdf
Unseeded man becomes UK chess champ
https://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/23715291.basingstokes-jones-second-british-chess-championship/?ref=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR38PqeTPg2cyxrt4wYoyEiup9BvWPFGU7yDAW45ZFMTsIggRkzH_69sxhY
Mayfair acquires Mr B Games
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54757/webbed-spheres-mayfair-games-acquires-mr-b-games
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Tabletop Scotland
https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/
South London Playtesting
https://www.meetup.com/playtest/events/295346867
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The team of three are back together to bring you the latest tabletop gaming news. From AI declarations, to new materials, and games becoming tv series becoming games, no news escapes our watchful eye.
Headlines
Kickstarter walks the line on AI
https://updates.kickstarter.com/introducing-our-new-ai-policy/?ref=ksr_email_mktg_AIPOLICY_2023-08-01&lid=ntvmpknk03hh
Drivethru lays out policy on AI
https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2023/07/drivethrurpg-brings-down-the-ban-hammer-on-ai-written-content.html
https://help.onebookshelf.com/hc/en-us/articles/12780748778135-Product-Standards-Guidelines#note-0-16
CGE announces Rewood
https://czechgames.com/en/home/news-23-07-27-introducing-re-wood/#left
Updates
Petersen Games joins up with Catalyst Games Labs
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petersengames/cthulhu-wars-the-daemon-sultan/posts/3874477?ref=android_update_share
Chai: Tea for 2 still steeping
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/strider88/chai-tea-for-2a-tea-board-game-duel/posts/3870641
Card Kingdom Union
https://www.dicebreaker.com/companies/card-kingdom/news/card-kingdom-union-contract-approved-july
Disney Lorcana lawsuit
https://twitter.com/paul_lesko/status/1686181658284654593?s=46
One ring sold for $2million
https://geekculture.co/magic-the-gathering-one-ring-card-post-malone/
News
TCG player union attacks ebay
https://www.dicebreaker.com/topics/unions/news/tcgplayer-union-alleges-ebay-unfair-labour-practice-action
School of Psychology’s GRAIL
https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/news/grail-gaming-lab-opens-at-school-of-psychology/
GRAIL website: https://grailgamingresearch.wordpress.com/
National Education Association post about using play in education
https://www.nea.org/professional-excellence/student-engagement/tools-tips/want-your-teaching-game-let-students-play
Dannie Loe moves to Flat River
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54685/people-move-flat-river-group-hires-danni-loe?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Bree moves to Arcane Wonders
https://twitter.com/boardgamebree/status/1683860351694295040?s=21
Tylor becomes ecommerce and analytics at Hachette US
https://twitter.com/kovraystudios/status/1683972463489867780?s=21
Ryan Shoon joins Japanime Games
https://twitter.com/kovraystudios/status/1683972463489867780?s=21
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Evil Hat fund for Apocalypse Keys
https://bsky.app/profile/evilhat.bsky.social/post/3k3twzh7r3627
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Outro
Exploding Kittens Game Show
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/exploding-kittens-good-vs-evil/news/exploding-kittens-good-vs-evil
Uno tester
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66387417?xtor=AL-72-[partner]-[bbc.news.twitter]-[headline]-[news]-[bizdev]-[isapi]&at_link_id=FA47AF88-3155-11EE-A992-4CCCD89D5CC3&at_link_origin=BBCNews&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_ptr_name=twitter&at_medium=social&at_format=link&at_link_type=web_link&at_campaign_type=owned&at_campaign=Social_Flow&fbclid=IwAR3wKopuhMHPubKjAbKx3aKcs_2AvaLNkenLfckO_SxoWrbc0ZFuGTaZ9f4
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Oliver has been on special assignment in Germany attending the Spiel des Jahres ceremony! To celebrate the award, and to learn more about it, we bring you interviews with the winners and with a member of the jury, Martina Fuchs. Never fret though, the cast is still full of the good, bad, and ugly news of the industry.
Headlines
Spiel des Jahres Special
https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/
Martina Fuchs
https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/en/the-jury/martina-fuchs/
https://twitter.com/MissBayBee_de
Fox & Bear Podcast
https://www.fuxundbaer.de/
Updates
Upper Deck vs Ravensburger
https://twitter.com/Paul_Lesko/status/1677298938091560960?s=20
Petersen Games Pallet Peace
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petersengames/cthulhu-wars-the-daemon-sultan/posts/3863193?ref=android_update_share
Naylor Games move closer to delivering ITB projects
https://gamefound.com/projects/naylorgames/itb-delivery
News
IGDN Awards
https://www.igdnonline.com/groundbreakers?fbclid=IwAR2lnxvjldws-l71nMA_XoF7RuuMGrvogk8ngg5qk0fw18NYq1yWOtAlc7s
Hornby buys stake in Warlord Games
https://twitter.com/wargameswriter/status/1678111940101414913?s=46
Haba in trouble
https://www.spielwiese.at/index.php/nachrichten-marken-27605/5590-haba-in-massiver-schieflage
FTC warns board game content creators to get their act together
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/07/17/ftc-warns-board-game-influencers-publishers-over-failing-to-properly-disclose-relationships-free-gifts/
GAMA Diversity Grants
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/07/13/gama-diversity-drive-offers-1000-grants-mentoring-to-fledgling-board-game-publishers-and-retailers/
Origins Awards Winners
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/News/origins-award-2023-winners
Cubicle 7 donation
https://cubicle7games.com/blog/cubicle-7-games-raises-52-450-for-childrens-health-foundation
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Airecon Manchester
https://mailchi.mp/airecon/acnw-announcement?fbclid=IwAR3UJEXfgD_2n8g4YxR5jra4rIxL682IWH6MrW-AkWLvK9CZRvr1kRc8nHc
Playfest
https://www.minervatabletop.co.uk/playfest
Patreon Shoutouts
Kevin Bertram
https://www.fortcircle.com/
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newan
game-a-lot.fun/en
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Outro
Dice flush
https://twitter.com/Hellstorm_Mikey/status/1675990843650461697
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jZqm4r6Klk
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The team of Iain and Jamie are in the studio this week to bring you the latest in Kickstarter woes, AI writers, and blockchain backtracking. We bring you the best in tabletop gaming industry news so you don’t have to go looking.
Headlines
Petersen games in Pallet wars
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petersengames/cthulhu-wars-the-daemon-sultan/posts/3846716?fbclid=IwAR2WeExpT79HKXZ6ZWoC7IVl8JX-jIqUK560YoYAJWVB8gw8Y6uN8pQprrk
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3108824/data-breach-us-os4-backers
Gizmodo welcomes AI Overlords
https://twitter.com/lincodega/status/1676704648139362307?s=46
https://gizmodo.com/a-chronological-list-of-star-wars-movies-tv-shows-1850592566
Kickstarter steers away from Blockchain
https://www.polygon.com/23778387/kickstarter-blockchain-controversy-community-advisory-council
News
One Ring has been found
https://www.polygon.com/23779892/mtg-the-one-ring-found-how-much-price-spain
Ennie Award Nominees
https://ennie-awards.com/2023-nominees/
Game Crafter gets into Warehousing
https://www.thegamecrafter.com/warehouse
Dannie Loe leaves Hachette
https://twitter.com/dannibelow/status/1674812817344540675?s=20
Chaosium Canadian Woes
https://twitter.com/Chaosium_Inc/status/1674370565006856192?s=20
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Bez Leaving Party
https://stuffbybez.bigcartel.com/product/attend-bez-s-leaving-party-ask-me-for-a-discount-please
Patreon Shoutouts
Kevin Bertram from Fort Circle Games
https://www.fortcircle.com/
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newan
game-a-lot.fun/en
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Sir Meeple
https://sirmeeple.com/collections/the-giant-brain
Outro
100 year of Hasbro Monopoly
https://www.worldofmonopoly.com/list-eh/list-ha-hd/hasbro100/index.php
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Iain is off dealing with problems in the basement of the HQ so it is up to Jamie and Oliver to bring you the latest tabletop news. This episode we cover Embracer reversing course, nuTSR’s story coming to an end, Quackalope under more fire, studios forming and closing and much more!
Headlines
Embracer layoffs
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/06/13/asmodee-owner-embracer-group-to-make-layoffs-to-help-tackle-1-5bn-debt-pile/
https://embracer.com/releases/open-letter-by-embracer-group-ceo-on-restructuring-program/
https://embracer.com/releases/embracer-group-announces-comprehensive-restructuring-program-with-immediate-implementation/
nuTSR goes under
https://twitter.com/BrainClouds/status/1668485643532378113?t=LJW7ESGnJWay3ogLVhASxQ&s=19
ITU issue new statement
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eweFqyYmmzUBA0OuPMp6w6FusbDHdw60/view
News
Asmodee opens European Distribution Hub
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/06/22/asmodee-launches-new-distribution-business-to-get-english-titles-into-european-stores/
https://www.epn-europe.com/
Diana Jones Finalists announced
https://twitter.com/dianajonesaward/status/1671185880969560065?s=46
Renegade Games issues Cease and Desist
https://cannibalhalflinggaming.com/2023/06/17/weekend-update-6-17-2023/
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wastelandsaga1/renegade-city
Cryptozoic don’t pay then do pay
https://twitter.com/MarcoTamura/status/1668261482218283008
https://twitter.com/MarcoTamura/status/1668949109196111876
Black Cat Games closing down
https://twitter.com/okan_bcg/status/1669118287840690177?t=U7yMgj5NcPZbEwNzWDSJpQ&s=09
https://ninjastargames.com/?v=f24485ae434a
Playpunk forms
https://twitter.com/PlayPunkStudio/status/1671059237726830593
Modiphius Grows
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54367/modiphius-acquires-nordic-weasel-games-ips
Spanish game store offers $2million for the one ring
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54351/spanish-game-store-ups-offer-magic-the-gathering-the-one-ring-over-2-million
Mayfair Games returns
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54429/mayfair-games-return
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newan
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Sir Meeple
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Outro
Monopoly/Scrabble
https://twitter.com/okan_bcg/status/1669118287840690177?t=U7yMgj5NcPZbEwNzWDSJpQ&s=09
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Tim Clare has had a varied career. Poet, writer, podcaster, writing course designer and teacher, tabletop critic and podcaster. His podcast "Death of 1000 cuts" is a fascinating insight into writers and writing. I first came across Tim through his writing boot camps and he is a guest I've been looking forward to getting on the show.
Having previously worked in fiction with "The Honours" and "The Ice House", Tim has recently turned his attention to the world of non-fiction and subject of Anxiety. His most recent work is called 'Coward: Why we get Anxious and what we can do about it. To talk about that and his love of the tabletop hobby I invited Tim along to the GB HQ for a chat.
Subjects Mentioned
Coward: Why we get anxious and what we can do about it
Airecon
UK Games Expo
Walking in Burano (Roll & Write)
Joraku
Festival of 1000 cats
Dracula Dossier
Santorini
Jacob Geller
Rhystic Studies
Martin Lotze Episode of death of 1000 cuts
Project Nisei - Now called Null Signal Games
Tim’s Twitter
Death of 1000 cuts podcast/ webpage
Iain and Oliver bring you the latest tabletop news from around the world. Upper Deck sues Ravensburger, we speak to the winner of the Cardboard Edison award, UK Games Expo report, and stamps for the Emperor!
Headlines
Upper Deck sues Ravenburger
http://upperdeck.com/Corporate/News-And-Events/2023-06-07.aspx?fbclid=IwAR23uaH-lm-nn0wq8fdfjSiF3iic2ckQdBgIkS8e9WLkWdCLH5WPsL0Y2vY
Paul Lesko analysis
https://twitter.com/paul_lesko/status/1666487311943495681?s=46&t=v9SXGFVIWqrzDczbh8j44Q
Cardboad Edison Award Winner Announced
https://cardboardedison.com/award
https://twitter.com/saeru
http://diatomsthegame.com
http://ludoliminal.com
http://instagram.com/ludoliminal
https://www.google.com/search?q=diatom+mosaics
UK Games Expo
https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7071393453913366528
Games Expo RPG controversy
https://twitter.com/Aryl_Ether/status/1666030601378340864?s=20
Expo response
https://twitter.com/UKGamesExpo/status/1666425856657444865?s=20
Updates
United Paizo Workers
https://twitter.com/PaizoWorkers/status/1666236773763280897?s=20
News
Founder of BGA, Greg Isabelli, Leaves
https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=30848
Zev leaves Wizkids
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54275/zev-shlasinger-parts-ways-wizkids?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Gamefound partnership
https://gamefound.com/blog/post/exclusive-pledge-manager-cooperation-with-renowned-publishers-and-opening-a-new-pledge-manager
Battletech mods removed
https://www.dicebreaker.com/series/battletech/news/battletech-pride-month-zine-bigotry-causes-subreddit-shakeup
Anthology
https://prideanthology.itch.io/2023
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
25 June 2023: LGBTQ+ board games afternoon
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lgbtq-board-games-afternoon-tickets-382449545887
GW and Fascism
https://timcolwill.com/40K.html
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newan
game-a-lot.fun/en
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Outro
Warhammer Stamps
https://shop.royalmail.com/special-stamp-issues/warhammer?iid=SC0623_WHM_HP_01
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All 3 of the team are back in the studio to cover the latest tabletop controversies! This episode we cover things that go Quack in the night, Spiel des Jahres, important people putting their foot in it, financials, and much more!
Headlines
Quacaklope and Aeon Trespass Odyssey
The original call out on reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/13mm6tw/creators_of_aeon_trespass_odyssey_call_out/
The Horrible Truth about Aeon Trespass Odyssey review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNcXpNoTRe0
Jesse’s original response
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3086551/quackalope-ato-video-youtubers-relationship-publis/page/3
Into the Unknown statement
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tXH4U1eCTBjQ7h8qng_-dDpW54tZRvWm/view?usp=drivesdk
Iain’s thoughts on the divide between sponsorship and critic
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2022/06/08/class-acts-what-sort-of-content-creator-are-you/
Boardgameco video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIZ9QXxDolE
Jesse’s video statement
https://youtu.be/YgxJT0vGrak
Spiel des Jahres Nominations
https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/aktuelle-preistraeger-2023/
Elizabeth Hargreaves draws attention to the gender gap in designers
Elizabeth’s original tweet
https://twitter.com/elizhargrave/status/1661014895444496396?s=20
Ryan Dancey’s tweet captured (has since been deleted)
https://twitter.com/PonchoRebound/status/1661308221326229504
Elizabeth’s follow up thread
https://twitter.com/elizhargrave/status/1661880143978065923?s=20
News
Steamforged running out of puff?
Dicebreaker article
https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/board-game/news/steamforged-games-redundancies-hit-20-board-game-workers
Kickstarter partnership
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54150/steamforged-kickstarter-announce-partnership?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Wizards price hike
https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/dungeons-dragons-price-increase-rpg-rulebooks/
Embrace your failure
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54193/bad-news-embracer-earnings
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
Tabletop Jobs Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Rowan, Rook, and Deckard looking for Customer Service Assistant, remote, part-time
https://app.beapplied.com/apply/nw1y7t4bta
UK Games Expo
https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newan
game-a-lot.fun/en
facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
Our Patreon
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Sir Meeple
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Outro
Monopoly causes arguments, survey finds
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/monopoly/news/monopoly-players-uk-argue-survey
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In the latest episode of Brainwaves we dive into the troubles of Mythic Games, the sad demise of another company, Awards news from both sides of the pond, and Pokemon as an antique!
Headlines
Mythic games issues
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/04/exclusive-mythic-games-rejects-bankrupcty-fears-in-wake-of-6-siege-kickstarter-turmoil/
https://info.mythicgames.net/6siege-boardgame-faq
Grimlord Games goes into Administration
Village Attacks: Grim Dynasty by Grimlord Games - A Statement from Grimord Games - Gamefound
17th Annual Golden Geek Award Winners Announced
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3080060/17th-annual-golden-geek-winners-2022
Updates
Zak S vs. Gencon
https://twitter.com/SarahDarkmagic/status/1656808513283260416/photo/1
News
UK Games Expo 2023 Judges Choice Awards
https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/whats-on/uk-games-expo-awards/
Rebellion acquires Tunnels and Trolls
https://rebellionunplugged.com/rebellion-acquires-trailblazing-tunnels-trolls-rpg/
Root Movie
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/05/05/exclusive-root-movie-pitch-delayed-by-us-writers-strike/
Pokemon Shop bans adults
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/pokemon-trading-card-game/news/pokemon-tcg-shop-bans-adults-from-buying-pokemon-cards
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
Jobs
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
UK Games Expo
https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/
Social with Nothing On
https://nothingonevents.co.uk/event/social-with-nothing-on-hastings-board-game-museum-19th-may-2023/
South London Playtesting
https://www.meetup.com/playtest/events/zskkzsyfchbvb/
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newan
game-a-lot.fun/en
facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
Our Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain
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Sir Meeple
https://sirmeeple.com/collections/the-giant-brain
Outro
Pokemon collection on Antiques roadshow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHP3VNU5R4o&ab_channel=AntiquesRoadshowPBS
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Jamie is back on the road so it’s Oliver and Iain behind the mics this week. They bring you news from across the industry on failed kickstarter companies, Hasbro’s finances, Pokemon running out of cards, and Wizards hiring the Pinkertons! All this and more on episode 120 of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Wizards saddles up with the Pinkertons
https://twitter.com/GateGeek/status/1650025390050537473?s=20
https://www.polygon.com/23695923/mtg-aftermath-pinkerton-raid-leaked-cards
https://gizmodo.com/magic-the-gathering-leaks-wizards-wotc-pinkertons-1850374546
Hasbro and Mattel Strike Deal
https://corporate.mattel.com/news/mattel-hasbro-enter-licensing-agreements-to-launch-monopoly-barbie-edition-transformers-hot-wheels-transformers-uno
Hasbro Financials
https://investor.hasbro.com/financial-information/quarterly-results
https://hasbro.gcs-web.com/node/35691/pdf
Updates
Zak S Returns
https://twitter.com/boymonster/status/1647678950590779392?s=20
https://coinsandscrolls.blogspot.com/2022/03/on-zak-sabbath-smith-lawsuits.html?m=1
Green Ronin to publish Into the Motherlands
https://greenronin.com/blog/2023/04/21/green-ronin-to-publish-into-the-mother-lands-roleplaying-game/
Steeped in Controversy
https://ised-isde.canada.ca/cc/lgcy/fdrlCrpDtls.html?corpId=11279807
News
Renegade Hires
https://renegadegamestudios.com/blog/welcoming-andrew-lupp-to-the-renegade-team/?fbclid=IwAR2Hm_BjRDFSV9eipeQ1nyJ7B6ynZY08yM_0n53IZC_6XJDFX2ovDh0lgL4
Diana Jones emerging designer nominees
https://www.dianajonesaward.org/
Mensa Select Awards
https://www.dicebreaker.com/topics/mensa-select/news/mensa-select-winners-2023
Golden Geek Awards
https://boardgamegeek.com/award/8314/golden-geek-awards
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
TAGS Fest
https://tagsfest.co.uk/
Tabletop Jobs Facebook group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newan
game-a-lot.fun/en
facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
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Sir Meeple
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Outro
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The team are all back together once more to bring you the best in Tabletop Gaming News. This cast they cover the passing of a legend, UK companies buying up others, ongoing issues at Mythic, and more!
Headlines
Klaus Teuber Dies
https://twitter.com/settlersofcatan/status/1643252209033904128?s=20
Dan Thurot’s Piece
https://spacebiff.com/2023/04/04/klaus-teuber/#more-23970
Naylor Games buy ITB assets
https://naylorgames.com/blogs/blog/naylor-games-buys-all-assets-of-itb-games-and-a-plan-for-saving-its-projects
News
Mythic in trouble
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1162110258/monsterpocalypse-board-game?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=Monsterpocalypse
American Tabletop Awards
https://americantabletopawards.com/
Paizo releases ORC
https://twitter.com/paizo/status/1644418516869578752?s=20
Kenya Chess Controversy
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/africa/65280560?at_format=link&at_link_type=web_link&at_campaign_type=owned&at_medium=social&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_link_id=5232AB7E-DAF0-11ED-B0E0-86543AE5AB7B&at_link_origin=BBC_News&at_ptr_name=facebook_page&at_bbc_team=editorial&fbclid=IwAR2U0e2YeROH6f24szE3CrksQxDelNg7Rh69NXgvubO-fzeP5aMkm7XPli8
Hasbro Hires
https://toybook.com/tim-kilpin-joins-hasbro-as-president-toy-licensing-gina-goetter-named-cfo/
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
Creative Scotland Fund
https://www.kickstarter.com/creative-scotland?ref=banner
Tabletop Scotland
https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
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Outro
Monopoly Go
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/monopoly/news/monopoly-go-announcement
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Iain isn’t around this week, but never fear! The dynamic duo of Oliver and Jamie are here to the rescue with the latest in Tabletop News. They revisit Wyrmwood, visit Nebulas, and give Warhammer the stamp of approval in episode 118 of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Gizmodo investigates Wyrmwood
https://gizmodo.com/wyrmwood-gaming-doug-costello-bobby-downey-1850237181
Episode 116
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2023/02/27/brainwaves-episode-116-bank-wyrm/
Nebula Games Award
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/dungeons-and-dragons-5e/news/dnd-radiant-citadel-nebula-award
New GAMA board members
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53682/new-gama-board-members-announced?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
News
Irish board game factory shuts
https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2023/0322/1365695-waterford-jobs/
One of a kind Yu-Gi-Oh card being sold
https://kotaku.com/yu-gi-oh-rarest-card-tyler-the-great-warrior-sale-price-1850282728?utm_campaign=Kotaku&utm_content=1680193809&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR3DFcjpgmD-4xIT6wXrYuBig_gATi0ppAjkpxX42ETqfgi6O0EQXx0hTEg
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
Salute 50
https://www.excel.london/whats-on/salute-50
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
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game-a-lot.fun/en
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Outro
Warhammer stamps
https://www.royalmail.com/sending/stamps
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It’s Episode 117 of Brainwaves, bringing you the best in Tabletop Gaming News. This episode we cover companies going green, liquidations, closures, AI art, boardgame films and much more!
Headlines
Games Workshop Goes Green
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/03/07/recycling-trial-announced-new-life-for-old-sprues/
Green Games Guide
https://www.greengamesguide.com/
Forest of Pangaia
ITB liquidates
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/itbboardgames/sub-terra-ii-infernos-edge/posts/3744854
News
Meeple Perk Shuts
https://twitter.com/MeeplePerk/status/1631286462137135104
Cubicle 7 Enter Financial Times 1000 List
https://www.ft.com/ft1000-2023
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53536/cubicle-7-makes-ft-1000-list
Paizo’s Stance on AI Art
https://twitter.com/paizo/status/1631005784145383424
https://www.pathfinderinfinite.com/
Trans Rights Bundle on itch
https://itch.io/b/1753/ttrpgs-for-trans-rights-in-florida
Hallmark Boardgames Film
https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/game-of-love/about-game-of-love
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
Tabletop Scotland
https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/
Patreon Shoutouts
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Outro
Catan Soccer Fever
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/381626/catan-soccer-fever-scenario
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It’s Jamie’s last cast for a little while and it is full of news. From Wyrmwood handling of sexual assault allegations to Hasbro bank troubles and companies not delivering on time. There are even two pieces of Monopoly news, just for Jamie.
Headlines
Wyrmwood Gaming Sexual Assault
The Wyrmwood video mentioned in this piece has since been taken down.
Their statement is below
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gQCyOyruqCWFRq1yGcufTLZjxo3Msz0S/view
https://www.thefandomentals.com/wyrmwood-gaming-allegedly-terminated-employee-to-cover-up-sexual-miscondust/
Andrew’s videos
https://twitter.com/Andy_Morocco/status/1627178756639956995?t=QLzZIwM3Re7bqfDEEVk7OQ&s=19
https://twitter.com/Andy_Morocco/status/1628745116230815745
Some collated timelines
https://twitter.com/Scotty_Kess/status/1628417973823193093?s=20
Holy Grail Games
https://holygrail.games/
Hasbro slapped by Bank of America
https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2023/02/hasbro-slapped-by-bank-of-america-for-destroying-customer-goodwill.html
Earnings Call
https://www.geeknative.com/152972/hasbro-q4-2022-earnings-call-quotes/
https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/hasbro-ceo-admits-attempted-d-d-ogl-update-was-a-misfire/
https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2023/02/16/hasbro-has-q4-2022-earnings-call-transcript/?awc=12195_1677181663_57d7e10b4cb4dfa4e568852c9bc262a3&utm_campaign=78888&utm_source=aw
News
Chess Grandmaster under investigation
https://www.chess.com/news/view/alejandro-ramirez-under-investigation-for-sexual-misconduct
As D’or announced
https://www.philibertnet.com/en/awards/3-as-d-or
Games Workshop sales flat
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53291/games-workshop-sales-flat-north-america
Zweihander publisher shuts RPG division
https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2023/02/into-the-motherlands-rpg-adrift-after-publisher-claims-shutting-down-division.html
Chai KS delivery
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/strider88/chai-tea-for-2a-tea-board-game-duel/comments (if you search for discord.com, you’ll probably find that comment there)
https://gamefound.com/projects/steeped-games/chai-tea-for-2-tea-dice-trays#/ (pledge manager Gamefound)
https://steepedgames.com/
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
RPG Bundle for Turkey
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/425977/Aid-for-Turkiye-BUNDLE?affiliate_id=31065
Session Zero
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cshaouchine/session-zero?ref=project_tweet
Patreon Shoutouts
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Outro
Lifesized monopoly
https://blooloop.com/play/in-depth/monopoly-lifesized/
Where do we GO?
https://twitter.com/bcsmaps/status/1622505503199842304?s=20&t=u0xkbhdP9QF1FSUudHJj
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I've been invited to my first international convention. In April I'll be over in Sweden at Gothcon. To get me ready I invited Pontus Wolke and Hampus Nordin from the convention committee to tell me what the gaming scene is like in Sweden and what I can expect at the convention.
Gothcon Website
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Iain and Oliver are back in the studio while Jamie takes a break from the cast. The team of two bring you updates on the Open Gaming License, Hasbro layoffs, UK companies in trouble, a downturn in the fortunes of the German games market, and much more in episode 115 of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Wizards reverses course
https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1439-ogl-1-0a-creative-commons
Smart Party Episode
https://smartparty.wordpress.com/2023/01/23/ogl-omg/#more-1838
Hasbro lays off staff
https://www.gamesradar.com/hasbro-to-lay-off-1k-staff-with-dandd-publisher-being-one-of-the-few-to-show-strong-growth/
ITB in more trouble
https://www.dicebreaker.com/companies/inside-the-box-board-games/news/inside-the-box-claims-unpaid-staff-missing-pensions
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/itbboardgames/sub-terra-ii-infernos-edge/posts
https://www.secondgategames.com/
https://www.nutspublishing.com/eshop/index.php
Updates
Victoria Mann
https://medium.com/p/167ec2795418
News
Serge Laget dies
https://faidutti.com/blog/blog/2023/01/23/serge-laget/
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/295/serge-laget
Gamefound cuts into KS
https://twitter.com/Polygon/status/1620791604767297552
Asmodee Pearl Games Studio Closing
https://www.facebook.com/PearlGamesEditions/posts/pfbid02m6TtLAdZsYfGQRh1RAQGnxLLg1zq81ZjUvpa7JNvKR9XwBmEkZ6tqbimZYfqxqoPl
German Hobby Games and Puzzles Market Shrinks
https://kulturgutspiel.de/wirtschaft/umsatz-mit-gesellschaftsspielen-und-puzzles-2022-um-fuenf-prozent-gesunken
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
Airecon
https://www.airecon.co.uk/
Gothcon
https://wordpress.gothcon.se/
Conpulsion is back
https://conpulsion.org/
Moray Games Jam
https://www.moraygamejam.com/
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newan
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Sir Meeple
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And finally
D&D film Monopoly
https://www.worldofmonopoly.com/list-ad/list-dr-du/dungeonsanddragons/2023-uk/index.php
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The team are back after a bit of a break! In this first episode of the new year we cover all the latest with Wizards of the Coast OGL announcements and have two interviews: one with Linda Codega who broke the story and one with Jon Hodgson who runs Handiwork Games. It’s our biggest piece yet on the show and we hope you enjoy it.
Not only that but we report on a new RPG union in Europe, Gil Hova shutting up shop, GW share prices and the largest monopoly collection in the world!
Headline
WIzards of the Coast updates the Open Gaming License
Linda Codega Pieces
Linda’s Twitter
https://twitter.com/lincodega
The piece that broke the news
https://gizmodo.com/dnd-wizards-of-the-coast-ogl-1-1-open-gaming-license-1849950634
The 1.1 leaked document
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BXYQJ0ulww7BoZhjMHrZgQ5YrjfPRIma/view
OGL announcement cancelled
https://gizmodo.com/dungeons-dragons-ogl-announcement-wizards-of-the-coast-1849981365
Wizards response reaction
https://gizmodo.com/dungeons-dragons-ogl-license-wizards-of-the-coast-wotc-1849985196
The piece about the culture inside Wizards
https://gizmodo.com/dungeons-dragons-wizards-hasbro-ogl-open-game-license-1849981136
Linda’s most recent post summarising the situation
https://gizmodo.com/dungeons-and-dragons-ogl-1-1-explained-wizards-of-the-c-1850006448
Wizards replies
The first response we read out
https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1423-an-update-on-the-open-game-license-ogl
Kyle Brink first post
https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1428-a-working-conversation-about-the-open-game-license
The “playtest post”
https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1432-starting-the-ogl-playtest
The Alexandrian
https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/48760/roleplaying-games/open-gaming-license-a-brief-history
Open DnD movement
https://www.opendnd.games/
Paizo announcements
https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6si7v?Paizo-Announces-SystemNeutral-Open-RPG-License
https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6si7y
Handiwork Games
https://handiwork.games/
Critical Role response
https://twitter.com/criticalrole/status/1614019463367610392?s=61&t=5QFplhzM27MsLop4yWeCow
News
European RPG publishers band together
https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/roleplaying-game/news/european-rpg-studios-union-forms-dnd-ogl-storm
Funagain Distribution closes doors
https://twitter.com/FunagainDistro/status/1615088568975908864?s=20&t=uvarqBSNAMys61GJTEkiSw
Formal Ferret Games closing down
https://twitter.com/gilhova/status/1614377086067539970?s=21
Games workshop share price falls
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/games-workshop-falls-hornby-slumps-after-disappointing-updates/ar-AA16auCx?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=8343099ae5bb457a9fe996eb3e6bbaef
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
Cardboard Edison awards are open
https://cardboardedison.com/award
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Outro
The world’s largest Monopoly collection
https://www.worldofmonopoly.com/otherpages/worldrecord.php
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It’s the final episode of Brainwaves! For this year at least. The team are back in the studio to discuss racism in RPGs (again), AI art causing a stir, Wizards changing the Open Gaming Licence, and much more in Episode 113 of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Mythic Polynesia
https://twitter.com/mr_orgue/status/1602122837623382019?s=20&t=71lQaIfq-32saosyN0JUSQ
https://twitter.com/_Boganova_/status/1593114267519430658
https://e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/moriori-still-setting-the-record-straight/
Frank West steps down from GAMA president role
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52725/new-gama-board-president-steps-down
On Stage with Frank West
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2022/05/23/on-stage-with-frank-west/
Tabletop Games break half a billion
https://www.dicebreaker.com/companies/kickstarter/news/tabletop-games-raised-one-and-a-half-billion-dollars-on-kickstarter
News
DnD moves beyond Race
https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1393-moving-on-from-race-in-one-d-d
Wizards announces changes to the OGL
https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1410-ogls-srds-one-d-d?utm_campaign=D%26D&utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=social&utm_content=8466604836
Tric Trac shutdown
https://www.trictrac.net/
https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/140323/french-gaming-site-tric-trac-shut-down
Chaosium committed to not working with AI art
https://www.chaosium.com/blogai-art-and-chaosium-16-dec-2022/?fbclid=IwAR3Yjb0HAk7e2fj_GFxxHo7-Qko6xjimzXUz62QjduKiiMeryHhxSFDYJfs
U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) maintains that AI art cannot be copyrighted
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/us-copyright-office-rules-ai-art-cant-be-copyrighted-180979808/
Kickstarter makes noises about not allowing AI art on platform
https://updates.kickstarter.com/ai-current-thinking/
On Stage with Jon Hodgson
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2022/09/26/on-stage-with-jon-hodgson/
Further thoughts from Jon on AI art
https://www.facebook.com/722621898/posts/pfbid0JLZr61qwgM2bpwd5ZbpJSWnmz74VSgiFLP4ry9XjJLw9NtA98b3UzdooZs1Xn8YUl/?app=fbl
Cancelled AI Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/unstablediffusion/unstable-diffusion-unrestricted-ai-art-powered-by-the-crowd
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
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Outro
Warhammer 40k Series coming to Amazon
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63998585
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The newly forged trio return to the mics to bring you the latest and best tabletop gaming news. From AIs turning their minds to Stratego, Wizards fending off accusations, all the way to gaming related candles! All this, and more, on episode 112 of Brainwaves.
Headlines
AI masters Stratego
https://twitter.com/DeepMind/status/1598392039992958982
https://www.deepmind.com/blog/mastering-stratego-the-classic-game-of-imperfect-information
https://www.gravon.de/gravon/stratego/stratego.jsp
Games Industry Conference Cancelled
https://www.gic-uk.co.uk/
Wizards executives push back
https://dicebreaker.com/categories/roleplaying-game/news/dungeons-and-dragons-under-monetised-says-executives
Updates
Dicebreaker Awards announced
https://www.dicebreaker.com/events/tabletop-awards-2022/news/tabletop-awards-2022-winners
Teburu is back, maybe?
https://gamefound.com/projects/xplored/vampire-the-masquerade-milan-uprising
News
Ed Pugh dies
https://www.reapermini.com/
https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/52792/rolling-initiative-how-ed-pugh-changed-industry
Mythic delve into shady deals
https://info.mythicgames.net/darkest-dungeon-board-game-shop-produc-category-black-friday?utm_source=Master+List&utm_campaign=ba035438bd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_10_02_01_29_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_47fcf99d44-ba035438bd-361222127&goal=0_47fcf99d44-ba035438bd-361222127&mc_cid=ba035438bd&mc_eid=3429a386a9
Terraforming Mars optioned for film
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/terraforming-mars/news/terraforming-mars-film-optioned
Senet wins awards
https://twitter.com/danjolin/status/1597713195581378560?s=21
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
DnD looks for Art Director
https://twitter.com/robsather/status/1597279812116447235?s=20&t=6uZUNw5oGI0lJBb1_BRaFQ
Protospiel Online
https://protospiel.online/
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James Naylor
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Outro
Get that new boardgame smell all year round
https://dicebreaker.com/companies/cmyk/news/new-board-game-candle
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It was my great pleasure to be joined On Stage by Flavien Loisier for our last interview of the year. Flavien is the General Manager of Hachette Boardgames UK and it was a fascinating chat covering setting up the company, the challenges of handling a hit, state of the industry, and future plans.
Twitter Account
https://twitter.com/HachetteBGUK
https://www.instagram.com/hachetteboardgamesuk/
Main Website
https://www.hachetteboardgames.co.uk/
Jamie and Iain discover that Oliver Kinne has been drifting around the spacetime continuum inside the HQ. Not sure what to do about this situation they invite him to become a permanent member of the team, he has to pay down his tea debt anyway.
Together the newly expanded Brainwaves team cover trouble at Hasbro, Pandasaurus Games acting like dinosaurs, Embracer letting go, AI conquering diplomacy, Catan Cookbooks, and much more in episode 111 of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Hasbro loses the magic
https://www.polygon.com/23458064/magic-the-gathering-overprinting-hasbro-stock-downgrade
Heroscape failure to fund
https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/2022/11/16/23462750/heroscape-reboot-cancelled-hasbro-haslab-failed
Hasbro looks to sell E-One
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hasbro-puts-entertainment-one-film-tv-unit-up-for-sale-1235264107/
Pandasaurus games act like dinosaurs
https://www.dicebreaker.com/companies/pandasaurus-games/feature/pandasaurus-games-workers-allege-toxic-workplace-crunch-burnout-payment-issues
Jon Gilmour Tweet
https://twitter.com/JonGilmour/status/1592929929552805889?s=20&t=MPaYOE5ni5iuo_dRAqwGcQ
Embracer loses its grip
https://www.ft.com/content/121c749d-09c5-4c98-a07e-a12788bef7f2
Asmodee Sales
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52669/asmodee-dark-horse-sales-up-quarter
News
Magic clamps down on Card Conjurer and proxies
https://cardconjurer.com/
https://twitter.com/ImKyle4815/status/1593658825109741568
https://twitter.com/kompreya/status/1593663395890356225
AI Diplomacy
https://twitter.com/MetaAI/status/1595075884502855680
Dicebreaker Tabletop Awards 2022 finalists
https://www.dicebreaker.com/events/tabletop-awards-2022/news/tabletop-awards-2022-finalists
Anna Blackwell Interview
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2020/11/25/meeting-of-minds-anna-blackwell/
Rail/ Postal strikes coming
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52715/retailers-urge-congress-avert-rail-strike
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/22/more-uk-rail-strikes-to-disrupt-travel-in-december-and-january
Long Tail Games goes part time
https://twitter.com/long_tail_games/status/1592004962552512513?s=21
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
Gofundme for games shop that has been broken into
https://www.gofundme.com/f/get-dave-back-running?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_content=undefined&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer&utm_term=undefined
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newan
game-a-lot.fun/en
facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
Our Patreon
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Support Us
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Sir Meeple
https://sirmeeple.com/collections/the-giant-brain
Outro
Catan Cookbook
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52643/ulysses-press-will-release-catan-hardcover-cookbook
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Jamie and Iain discover that Oliver Kinne has been drifting around the spacetime continuum inside the HQ. Not sure what to do about this situation they invite him to become a permanent member of the team, he has to pay down his tea debt anyway.
Together the newly expanded Brainwaves team cover trouble at Hasbro, Pandasaurus Games acting like dinosaurs, Embracer letting go, AI conquering diplomacy, Catan Cookbooks, and much more in episode 111 of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Hasbro loses the magic
https://www.polygon.com/23458064/magic-the-gathering-overprinting-hasbro-stock-downgrade
Heroscape failure to fund
https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/2022/11/16/23462750/heroscape-reboot-cancelled-hasbro-haslab-failed
Hasbro looks to sell E-One
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hasbro-puts-entertainment-one-film-tv-unit-up-for-sale-1235264107/
Pandasaurus games act like dinosaurs
https://www.dicebreaker.com/companies/pandasaurus-games/feature/pandasaurus-games-workers-allege-toxic-workplace-crunch-burnout-payment-issues
Jon Gilmour Tweet
https://twitter.com/JonGilmour/status/1592929929552805889?s=20&t=MPaYOE5ni5iuo_dRAqwGcQ
Embracer loses its grip
https://www.ft.com/content/121c749d-09c5-4c98-a07e-a12788bef7f2
Asmodee Sales
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52669/asmodee-dark-horse-sales-up-quarter
News
Magic clamps down on Card Conjurer and proxies
https://cardconjurer.com/
https://twitter.com/ImKyle4815/status/1593658825109741568
https://twitter.com/kompreya/status/1593663395890356225
AI Diplomacy
https://twitter.com/MetaAI/status/1595075884502855680
Dicebreaker Tabletop Awards 2022 finalists
https://www.dicebreaker.com/events/tabletop-awards-2022/news/tabletop-awards-2022-finalists
Anna Blackwell Interview
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2020/11/25/meeting-of-minds-anna-blackwell/
Rail/ Postal strikes coming
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52715/retailers-urge-congress-avert-rail-strike
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/22/more-uk-rail-strikes-to-disrupt-travel-in-december-and-january
Long Tail Games goes part time
https://twitter.com/long_tail_games/status/1592004962552512513?s=21
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
Gofundme for games shop that has been broken into
https://www.gofundme.com/f/get-dave-back-running?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_content=undefined&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer&utm_term=undefined
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newan
game-a-lot.fun/en
facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
Our Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain
Support Us
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Metallic Dice Games
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Sir Meeple
https://sirmeeple.com/collections/the-giant-brain
Outro
Catan Cookbook
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52643/ulysses-press-will-release-catan-hardcover-cookbook
Our Links
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Iain and Jamie are back after a little break to bring you a bumper crop of tabletop gaming news. From unions in the states to law suits in the world of chess the news never stops, and neither do we.
Headlines
Union formed at US retailer
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52534/union-formed-game-retailer?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
https://twitter.com/NkgUnited
Welcome Asmodee
https://welcome.asmodee.com/
For whom the bell tolls
https://twitter.com/gabrielledrolet/status/1590065270781267968?t=BILiAAoPqbs8a4YYf-QKKg&s=19
https://twitter.com/dorrismccomics/status/1590035578724052992?t=BthaYHwyHoyPEx-_kAxOkw&s=19
https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/259248/golden-bell-affiliated-projects-and-companies
Episode 53 -
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2020/07/20/brainwaves-53-meddling-wizards/
Updates
Nielsen sues Carlsen
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63338375
News
999 games head dies
https://www.999games.nl/nieuws/sad-news
DND studio head steps down
https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/dungeons-dragons-ray-winninger-wizards-of-the-coast-resigns/
Wizards changes processes
https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1375-leveling-up-our-creative-process-learnings-from
Ox Eye Media gets sued
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52520/game-designer-sues-ox-eye-media
Kickstarter Plagiarism
https://twitter.com/connorjwake/status/1583851016365428736?t=mPJN3Mxu0Upp_qdmVmLRgw&s=19
ITB in trouble
https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKboardgametrade/permalink/3433057103645275/?flite=scwspnss
https://t.me/+owDmHb-59eBmZmE8?fbclid=IwAR1D3Bz-xdGY7LPi-am7VjkAZmYZwrpQmjn2DrmMNvELz8-fOnKJUysgGXA
Hachette to sell Oink in the Uk
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/news/full-range-of-oink-games-available-in-the-uk-from-next-week/
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.montecookgames.com/careers/
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newan
game-a-lot.fun/en
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Sir Meeple
https://sirmeeple.com/collections/the-giant-brain
Outro
Catan Novel
https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeek/status/1581991094656831496
Monopoly Secret Vault
https://worldofmonopoly.com/list-ru/list-se-sh/secretvault/2022-uk/index.php
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Autumn has truly arrived in Scotland but that hasn’t stopped the Brainwaves team from venturing out to find the best in Tabletop gaming news. This episode we cover moves at the top of Kickstarter and Hasbro, licenses expanding, chess imploding, and fellowships being awarded!
Headlines
Kickstarter new CEO
https://www.dicebreaker.com/topics/kickstarter/interview/kickstarter-ceo-everette-taylor-blockchain-tabletop-future
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/exclusive-everette-taylor-named-kickstarters-new-ceo-fast-company?src=aff-ref&trk=aff-ir_progid%3D8005_partid%3D10078_sid%3D_adid%3D449670&clickid=y1I0ZATKgxyIWOzxncVdtQiSUkDQ9J1NE31WzM0&mcid=6851962469594763264&irgwc=1
Dungeons and Dragons new head
https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/hasbro-dungeons-dragons-senior-vice-president-dan-rawson/
Lego DnD https://ideas.lego.com/blogs/a4ae09b6-0d4c-4307-9da8-3ee9f3d368d6/post/e080b760-93c0-410d-bd49-5fc32726de9c
Renegade Games expands licensing with Hasbro
https://renegadegamestudios.com/blog/renegade-game-studios-expands-licensing-partnership-with-hasbro-gaming-classics/
Updates
Chess
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/oct/04/hans-niemann-chess-com-cheating-investigation-magnus-carlsen
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63108879
Satine Phoenix
https://twitter.com/POCGamer/status/1576978399654203392?s=20&t=LDo-fgguxAdQIdQlB0bNkQ
Yu-gi-oh creator death
https://sea.ign.com/yu-gi-oh-master-duel/191324/news/yu-gi-oh-creator-kazuki-takahashi-died-trying-to-save-lives
News
Chris Gabrielson death
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/badcrow/company-of-heroes-board-game-2nd-edition/posts/3634943
Essen Theft
https://twitter.com/yelmelnobrainer/status/1579069500477304833?s=20&t=KNLcNx5bNooAhqZeXka40A
Gama Horizon Fellowships
https://twitter.com/TheGAMAOnline/status/1578687006682521601?s=20&t=Fmz0T1YdVtKZbA-AhvnWbg
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
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Sir Meeple
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Outro
Stonemaier Games Charity Auction
https://www.instagram.com/p/CjiRI0rLJbI/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D
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Iain and Jamie are back behind the mics to bring you the choicest cuts of tabletop news. This episode of Brainwaves they cover the unfolding controversy in chess, companies expanding, people moving, witch trial inspired games and more!
Headlines
Chess world deals with cheating allegation fallouts
Fide official statement
https://www.chessdom.com/fide-publishes-the-official-statement-on-the-carlsen-niemann-case/
Magnus Carlsen Statement
https://twitter.com/magnuscarlsen/status/1574482694406565888
Late Night
https://www.chessdom.com/stephen-colbert-jokes-about-the-latest-accusations-against-hans-niemann-in-his-late-night-talk-show/
Grandmaster loses commentating role
https://kotaku.com/chess-grandmaster-scandal-womens-grand-prix-ilya-smirin-1849590949
Naylor Games announces future
https://mailchi.mp/368aac5f437d/mobsitters-robot-royale-available-again-free-delivery-to-celebrate-11538620?e=ffab906ec6
Updates
Star Frontiers Delisted
https://twitter.com/jedion357/status/1572610022680698881?s=20&t=dGXw9JOr5ygDHjmwTD0LFA
News
T.Caires joins Hachette US
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52240/people-move-hachette-hires-t-caires-their-staff
Stonemaier Games announces more eco-moves
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52255/wingspan-other-stonemaier-games-now-feature-more-eco-friendly-components-packaging
Iello bought
https://www.trictrac.net/actus/iello-rejoint-media-participation
Scottish Witch Hunt card games
https://marthamcgill.co.uk/witchhunt1649/
Tabletop Gaming Article
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/News/sponsored-post-witch-hunt-1649-two-card-games-about-the-scottish-witc
Scottish Government Apology
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-60667533
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
Gameosity lists some every month
https://www.gameosity.com/category/jobs/
Roll for Good
https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/roleplaying-game/news/roll-for-good-mermaids-event
https://rollforgood.carrd.co/
Theft at University of East Anglia Game’s society
https://twitter.com/ReassessHistory
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
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Sir Meeple
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Outro
D20 goes to space
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-dandd-people-sent-a-twenty-sided-die-to-space-and-it-rolled-a-20/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR0-6zs7CmwhtDKjVtDwu3-wPFfALLX8vbfdcWNblN_3NpAB37DhV0fivuQ
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In our latest On Stage interview Iain is joined by Jon Hodgson of Handiwork Games. Jon has had a long career in tableop RPGs. He started off as a freelance artist but has had creative director, art director, and Deputy CEO. He has worked on huge franchise titles like Lord of the Rings and Doctor Who but has left all that behind to establish his own company. Jon was kind enough to come over to the GB HQ to talk about his career, establishing Handiwork Games, the rise of AI art, and more besides in this wide ranging interview.
Links to some subjects discussed
Travelling Man
https://travellingman.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw1bqZBhDXARIsANTjCPKu9Pj1KYtNuhfe9oiGYF2r5VDGgjU1fD_I9dxSTtiEVRmOnx7tzbsaAjhPEALw_wcB
Kev Walker
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kev_Walker
Wayne Reynolds
https://www.waynereynolds.com/
Ralph Horsley
http://www.ralphhorsley.co.uk/
SLA Industries
https://nightfall.games/sla-industries-2nd-edition
Dead of Night
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/81572/Dead-of-Night
Midjourney
https://www.midjourney.com/home/
Jon’s Links
Handiwork Games
https://handiwork.games/
https://twitter.com/JonnyHodgsonArt
In our latest On Stage interview Iain is joined by Jon Hodgson of Handiwork Games. Jon has had a long career in tableop RPGs. He started off as a freelance artist but has had creative director, art director, and Deputy CEO. He has worked on huge franchise titles like Lord of the Rings and Doctor Who but has left all that behind to establish his own company. Jon was kind enough to come over to the GB HQ to talk about his career, establishing Handiwork Games, the rise of AI art, and more besides in this wide ranging interview.
Links to some subjects discussed
Travelling Man
https://travellingman.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw1bqZBhDXARIsANTjCPKu9Pj1KYtNuhfe9oiGYF2r5VDGgjU1fD_I9dxSTtiEVRmOnx7tzbsaAjhPEALw_wcB
Kev Walker
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kev_Walker
Wayne Reynolds
https://www.waynereynolds.com/
Ralph Horsley
http://www.ralphhorsley.co.uk/
SLA Industries
https://nightfall.games/sla-industries-2nd-edition
Dead of Night
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/81572/Dead-of-Night
Midjourney
https://www.midjourney.com/home/
Jon’s Links
Handiwork Games
https://handiwork.games/
https://twitter.com/JonnyHodgsonArt
The team are back to bring you the latest in tabletop news. This episode they lay out the history of nuTSR and Wizards of the coast before bringing you the latest developments in the case. Alongside this they look at cheating controversy in the world of chess, Origins shaking up the Awards, Gamefound announcing new initiatives, and more on this episode of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Wizards files injunction against nuTSR
https://twitter.com/NoHateInGaming/status/1568288911297847296?s=20&t=pfVPMt8_j-g6yv2X1pY9tA
https://twitter.com/BrainClouds/status/1568280027917074435?s=20&t=pfVPMt8_j-g6yv2X1pY9tA
nuTSR financial data breach
https://www.enworld.org/threads/nutsr-financial-data-breach.691241/
https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-full-glorious-history-of-nutsr.684697/
News
Chess cheating
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/sep/09/chess-hans-niemann-hits-back-over-cheating-controversy-in-st-louis
Origins Awards changes categories for 2022
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52145/gama-changes-origins-awards-categories-2022
Tabletop Gaming Live award winners
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/News/tabletop-gaming-awards-2022-winners-announced
Gamefound secure backing pledge
https://gamefound.com/blog/post/securing-your-pledge-in-unstable-times
Patreon fires staff
https://blog.patreon.com/en-GB/a-note-from-jack
Jobs & Opportunities
IGDN looking for donations
https://twitter.com/AccessibleGames/status/1567696245136703489?s=20&t=cdztmNFUhwLTqQ_EMLaGpw
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newan
game-a-lot.fun/en
facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
Our Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain
Support Us
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Metallic Dice Games
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Promo Code: ROLLWITHBRAINS
Sir Meeple
https://sirmeeple.com/collections/the-giant-brain
Outro
Monopoly helps kids with anger issues
https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/hasbro-campaign-explains-why-monopoly-is-good-for-kids-anger-issues/
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The team are back to bring you the latest in tabletop news. This episode they lay out the history of nuTSR and Wizards of the coast before bringing you the latest developments in the case. Alongside this they look at cheating controversy in the world of chess, Origins shaking up the Awards, Gamefound announcing new initiatives, and more on this episode of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Wizards files injunction against nuTSR
https://twitter.com/NoHateInGaming/status/1568288911297847296?s=20&t=pfVPMt8_j-g6yv2X1pY9tA
https://twitter.com/BrainClouds/status/1568280027917074435?s=20&t=pfVPMt8_j-g6yv2X1pY9tA
nuTSR financial data breach
https://www.enworld.org/threads/nutsr-financial-data-breach.691241/
https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-full-glorious-history-of-nutsr.684697/
News
Chess cheating
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/sep/09/chess-hans-niemann-hits-back-over-cheating-controversy-in-st-louis
Origins Awards changes categories for 2022
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52145/gama-changes-origins-awards-categories-2022
Tabletop Gaming Live award winners
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/News/tabletop-gaming-awards-2022-winners-announced
Gamefound secure backing pledge
https://gamefound.com/blog/post/securing-your-pledge-in-unstable-times
Patreon fires staff
https://blog.patreon.com/en-GB/a-note-from-jack
Jobs & Opportunities
IGDN looking for donations
https://twitter.com/AccessibleGames/status/1567696245136703489?s=20&t=cdztmNFUhwLTqQ_EMLaGpw
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newan
game-a-lot.fun/en
facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
Our Patreon
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Support Us
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Sir Meeple
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Outro
Monopoly helps kids with anger issues
https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/hasbro-campaign-explains-why-monopoly-is-good-for-kids-anger-issues/
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Iain and Jamie are back from Tabletop Scotland their bags bursting with the latest in tabletop news. Join them in the studio as they cover card games raking in the bucks, Kickstarter making changes, Wizards faltering once more, and a new segment covering jobs, events, and opportunities in the community.
Headlines
Ebay puts its cards on the table
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ebay-has-entered-into-an-agreement-to-acquire-tcgplayer-301609889.html
Kickstarter employs new head of games
https://www.polygon.com/23328798/kickstarter-new-director-of-games-interview-blockchain
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/news/kickstarter-change-up-their-games-team-is-this-a-sign-of-changes-ahead/
Fandom exits RPG market
https://www.geeknative.com/145845/cortex-sold-legends-of-grayskull-shuttered-and-dragon-prince-rpg-transferred-as-fandom-exists-tabletop-roleplaying/?utm_content=buffercc2c5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
https://www.cortexrpg.com/
https://store.talesofxadia.com/the-dragon-prince-roleplaying-game/
Updates
Phoenix and Stone carry on regardless
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stonejamison/sirens-battle-of-the-bards/posts/3588718
News
Wizards under fire for racism in Spelljammer
https://www.polygon.com/23330621/dnd-spelljammer-hadozee-racist
https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/statement-hadozee
Eagle Gryphon adds folk
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52051/people-move-eagle-gryphon-adds-two-their-team
Tabletop Scotland comes back swinging
https://mailchi.mp/ae35c7abf3cd/tabletop-scotland-2022-after-show-report
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2022/09/01/tabletop-scotland-2022-to-perth-and-back/
Jobs Board
https://twitter.com/AconyteBooks/status/1565751563846664193?s=20&t=FFnwiY2mJOmej7lEWaS4Yw
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newan
game-a-lot.fun/en
facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
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Tabletop Gaming Live
Boardgame Arena Group
Outro
Card Catastrophe
https://kotaku.com/nintendo-unboxing-tragedy-cards-kyoto-collector-1849443892
http://blog.beforemario.com/2022/08/nintendo-kyoto-souvenir-playing-cards.html
Guardian article
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/sep/02/experience-i-am-the-monopoly-world-champion
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Iain and Jamie are back in the studio to bring you the latest tabletop news. This episode we cover all the Dungeons, all the Dragons, all the awards, and all the rock music?
Headlines
Wizards announces the future of DnD
https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1313-wizards-presents-recap-catch-up-on-all-the-d-d
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2022/04/18/episode-96-pyramid-scheme/
Bits and Mortar
https://www.bits-and-mortar.com/
Tabletop Gaming Awards finalists announced
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/News/tabletop-gaming-awards-2022-finalists-announced
Harvey Awards choose boardgame
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51895/2022-harvey-award-nominations-announced
Ennie Award Winners
https://ennie-awards.com/2022-results/
GAMA elects new officers
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51940/gama-board-elects-new-officers
News
Embracer throws its arms around LOTR
https://embracer.com/release/embracer-group-enters-into-agreement-to-acquire-ip-rights-to-the-lord-of-the-rings-and-the-hobbit-literary-works-by-j-r-r-tolkien/
Renegade grows RPG team
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51897/people-move-renegade-hires-two
CMON gets its hands dirty
https://twitter.com/MonsoonDigital/status/1559163087512633344?s=20&t=BGocv2_eVdLlkQZCXJxQ8Q
New New TSR drama
https://www.geeknative.com/145607/allegations-of-hacking-wizard-tower-games-dispute-involvement-with-tsr-4-5-nutsr-drama/
Pelgrane and 13th Age second edition
https://twitter.com/cali_keftiu/status/1558592314255106049?s=20&t=ld_P8MU6qU8Z-g2Yjkv3ng
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newan
game-a-lot.fun/en
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Sir Meeple
https://sirmeeple.com/collections/the-giant-brain
Tabletop Scotland
https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/
Outro
Spelljam
https://pocp.co/spelljams.UTP?fbclid=IwAR0MXH0DWjyn5sjS1YHaQxwo1nNu6kpV9kkVG0z2oaRZWZ3ZIRDtFjlSsDs#
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Iain and Jamie are back behind the mics to bring you the hottest tabletop gaming news. This episode they cover finances of the industry, new conventions, current conventions running into porblems, and when chess robots attack! All this, and more, on episode 104 of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Record Sales for Wizards of the Coast and the hobby at large
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51714/record-sales-quarter-wizards-coast
WOTC New Studio
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-07-25-wizards-of-the-coast-opens-austin-based-studio-skeleton-key
ICv2 hobby game sales
https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/51774/hobby-game-sales-up-one-third-2021
https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/51813/new-hotness-supply-drives-board-games
Ben Riggs
https://twitter.com/BenRiggs_
https://misdirectedmark.com/2022/07/21/mastering-dungeons-the-secret-history-of-the-secret-history-of-dungeons-dragons-author-ben-riggs/
Games Expo announces new industry event GIC
https://www.gic-uk.co.uk/?fbclid=IwAR2nhOXFqojC-Y-wKyxiYeex41WnwvUkDpc-ImRapSox-S3iBO66ldlXaAA
Gencon abuse statement
https://twitter.com/Gen_Con/status/1554587874867253248?s=20&t=swN7rUwADtQgqQTWCXCCog
Loan Shark Games
https://twitter.com/LoneSharkGames/status/1554212020802555904?s=20&t=gQh2m0wQCX8Qlmt815ypVA
Gencon SB1 statement
https://twitter.com/Gen_Con/status/1554799362198347776?s=20&t=H2U5z1zHnoDzq5GXhje4rw
Updates
Diana Jones Award
https://twitter.com/nonagondice/status/1555053993004601345?s=20&t=1f2MEPyDGzNfSYMR5h0GzQ
Mythic Games ask for understanding
https://gamefound.com/projects/mythic-games/darkest-dungeon-the-board-game/updates/4
Red opera and Sirens RPG writer discusses Jamison Stone
https://www.dicebreaker.com/companies/apotheosis-studios/interview/apotheosis-rick-heinz-interview-jamison-stone-satine-phoenix
News
Geeknson
North Star Games rebrands, new strategic direction
https://www.northstargames.com/blogs/northstarnews/northstar-announces-a-rebranding-and-a-new-direction
Pokemon Cards Stolen
https://www.polygon.com/23282208/pokemon-trading-card-tcg-stolen-police-collectibles
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newan
game-a-lot.fun/en
facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
Our Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain
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Tabletop Scotland
https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/
Tabletop Gaming Live
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/information/tabletop-gaming-live
Brainwaves Survey
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeNQNsyyVPpZAkkIhA7Yc3-k5sJwvy3_vDL9_37qR6SZFxuGA/viewform?usp=sf_link
Outro
Chess Robot breaks kid’s finger
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jul/24/chess-robot-grabs-and-breaks-finger-of-seven-year-old-opponent-moscow
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Iain is trying to fit the entire studio in a fridge to escape the cool weather, while Jamie goes for a more practical solution. Resolving their differences they won’t let the hot weather stop them bringing you the latest tabletop news. This episode they cover firings, delays, and game kidnapping (sort of).
Headlines
Petersen Games lays off staff and looks in trouble
https://facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02cacbYSJYE2SL9bDBvPRozqhKJq78HkSBuA2ri1Ni2ynNhG4CdUExNrK2popjVywnl&id=100001129599199&m_entstream_source=timeline
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2892101/petersen-games-out-business/page/1
https://discord.com/channels/653652846167851008/997763650674765865
Darkest Dungeon KS in trouble
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1162110258/darkest-dungeon-the-board-game/posts/3557431
Roll20 unites the party
https://blog.roll20.net/posts/roll20-onebookshelf-are-uniting-the-party/
Updates
Spiel des Jahres 2022 announced
https://www.dicebreaker.com/topics/spiel-des-jahres/news/spiel-des-jahres-2022-winner
NuTSR continues to be awful
https://twitter.com/NoHateInGaming/status/1549479240390901760?s=20&t=pD9lcvwoAVsSDkcdIqHOBw
Zak S vs Gencon to proceed
https://www.geeknative.com/144035/washington-court-of-appeals-allows-zak-s-case-against-gen-con-and-peter-adkison/
https://www.geeknative.com/130984/court-appears-to-dismiss-zak-s-gen-con-lawsuit/
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2021/05/17/episode-73-double-time/
News
Magnus Carlsen doesn’t care about world championships
https://kotaku.com/magnus-carlsen-world-chess-championship-2023-1849199392
Modiphius SRD
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51687/modiphius-offers-2d20-world-builders-program
Pokemon Reality TV Show
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/pokemon-trading-card-game/news/pokemon-tcg-reality-show-casting-call
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newan
game-a-lot.fun/en
facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
Our Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain
Support Us
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https://metallicdicegames.com/
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GeeknSon
https://c.trackmytarget.com?a=ifg7uc&i=udc8f0
Tabletop Scotland
https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/
https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/contact-us/volunteering/
Outro
Wordle board game
https://facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02cacbYSJYE2SL9bDBvPRozqhKJq78HkSBuA2ri1Ni2ynNhG4CdUExNrK2popjVywnl&id=100001129599199&m_entstream_source=timeline
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In our most recent On Stage Iain is joined by David Wright and John Harper, two of the team behind Tabletop Scotland. Tabletop Scotland is a convention held in Perth, Scotland and is back after a couple of years due to one thing and another. They chat about the inception of the convention, attracting a diverse audience, the state of the hobby in Scotland, and a wide variety of other topics before taking questions from the audience.
Tabletop Scotland
David Wright Twitter
John Harper Twitter
It’s Good to Give Charity
Penumbra Charity
Juniper Green Boardgames
Common Ground Games
Jamie’s been away in the nation's capital and comes back to find Iain covered in popcorn and watching the latest developments in UK politics. Dusting Iain off and getting him behind the mic, the team cover the latest in tabletop news: Wizards employees form justice group, and awards doubler, Keyforge resurrected, Jamison Stone updates, DMs Guild partnerships, and more on the latest episode of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Wizards for Justice
https://twitter.com/WizardsJustice/status/1541600178616016896
Indie Bundle for Abortion funds
https://twitter.com/rolistespod/status/1543697219320250368?s=20&t=rjP_GHhEDn9LpREYiQaOPQ
https://itch.io/b/1375/ttrpgs-for-reproductive-rights
Cardboard Edison Awards
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PFlo4LYFm_iixwlB3g6khuy1JNeAVUM3UTpKU85NQXk/edit
ENNIE award nominations
https://ennie-awards.com/2022-nominations/
Keyforge acquired by new studio Ghost Galaxy
https://keyforging.com/ghost-galaxy-acquires-keyforge/
Updates
Jamison Stone back, sort of
https://www.dicebreaker.com/topics/dungeons-dragons/news/dungeons-and-dragons-5e-apotheosis-jamison-stone
https://apotheosisstudios.com/team-bios
Zak S aside
https://www.reddit.com/r/rpg/comments/vqn43u/announcement_new_rule_no_zak_s_content/
News
Yu Gi Oh creator found dead at 60
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62076080
https://www.polygon.com/23198148/yu-gi-oh-creator-manga-kazuki-takahashi-death
DMs Guild partners with Roll20
https://medium.com/oneblogshelf/dungeon-masters-guild-announces-partnership-with-roll20-6fab717dde91
CMON news
https://www.tabletopdaily.com/2022/07/01/cmon-merges-rpg-and-graphic-novel-imprints-under-guillotine-press-brand-promotes-francesco-nepitello/
https://cmon.com/press/cmon-acquires-trudvang-lexoccultum-ruinmasters-from-riotminds
Alice is Missing optioned
https://twitter.com/SpenserStarke/status/1542198093315067904?s=20&t=Tbv4CMBSg3k5uMCXWOEKFA
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/alice-is-missing-movie-1235173092/
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newan
game-a-lot.fun/en
facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
Our Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain
Support Us
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Geeknson link
https://c.trackmytarget.com?a=ifg7uc&i=udc8f0
Tabletop Scotland
https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/
Outro
Scientific paper board game
https://twitter.com/wisegoldfish/status/1542399727869874177?s=20&t=7iPmyfOZe7ed3DzNwKYdSg
- https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14324/RFA.06.1.14
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After the highs of the big 100, Iain and Jamie are back behind the mics to bring you the latest tabletop gaming news. This time out we cover a new player in the field of crowdfunding, Kickstarter’s community board, the Diana Jones Award, a whole slew of updates, and Monopoly Summer Camp.
Roe Vs Wade
We are providing links here to help those needing assistance in the states and looking to donate to causes that can help. Thanks to our Discord community and Tiffany Leigh on Twitter for providing some of these links.
Planned Parenthood
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/
Donate to Abortion Funds
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/supportabortionfunds?refcode=social
More info on local Abortion Funds
https://twitter.com/helmsinki/status/1540339667874332672?s=20&t=pawlCg5RyYxm838zZ-7MGA
Information on getting abortion pills
https://twitter.com/HealthMayday/status/1540337772979838981?s=20&t=pawlCg5RyYxm838zZ-7MGA
Tiffany’s thread with more links
https://twitter.com/tiffanyleigh/status/1540353746261053441?s=20&t=pawlCg5RyYxm838zZ-7MGA
Headlines
Backerkit enters the crowdfunding arena
http://backerkit.com/crowdfunding?ref=announcement_twitter
Kickstarter elects community council
https://www.kickstarter.com/blog/welcome-to-the-members-of-kickstarters-community-advisory-cou
Diana Jones Award Nominees
https://twitter.com/DianaJonesAward/status/1536713946190708736?s=20&t=pq2TK-_iX_WfOgOb55THrw
Updates
Satine Phoenix & Jamison Stone
Comicbook article, great summary of everything so far
https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/dungeons-dragons-satine-phoenix-jamison-stone-bullying-mistreatment-wizards-of-the-coast-origins-game-fair/
Origins Statement
https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2022/06/origins-issues-statement-following-satine-phoenix-and-jamison-stone-controversy.html
Sirens:Battle of the Bands info (linked this last cast but in the excitement of episode 100 forgot to mention it)
https://twitter.com/Miss_Jess03/status/1534572319687180293
Syrinscape Statement
https://twitter.com/syrinscape/status/1537917141193633792?s=20&t=l7kBzucxupUBATR8v5EjdA
Embracer responds to Saudi investment
https://embracer.com/release/ceo-comment-on-the-announcement-of-the-directed-share-issue-to-savvy-gaming-group-2
Union updates
https://twitter.com/BellevueMOW/status/1536430640395980801?s=20&t=W2pQAj635cWlgkmd2YSz6w
Kinderspiel announced
https://twitter.com/SpieldesJahres/status/1538810051577753600?s=20&t=ykR1lrplQWrxOcLWUgmVTA
News
Maureen Hiron dies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen_Hiron
Dragonwake KS
https://www.spielbar.com/wordpress/2022/06/12/23281/
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2887715/dont-mess-original-designer-kickstarter
GW Finances
https://www.tabletopdaily.com/2022/06/14/games-workshop-reports-9-revenue-growth-in-fiscal-2022/
https://investor.games-workshop.com/2022/06/14/year-end-trading-update/
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newan
game-a-lot.fun/en
facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
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Sir Meeple
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Outro
Monopoly Summer camp
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/monopoly/news/monopoly-summer-camp
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It’s the 100th Episode! In a very special live show Iain and Jamie welcome back Sam who has been hiding in the walls/ another dimension. They are joined by the interview legend that is Richard Simpson from We’re Not Wizards. Together they dive into the murky waters of the latest tabletop news including the Jamison Stone controversy, Cake IP issues, dodgy funding, worth causes, and much more. When the news is all dealt with Richard takes over to interview the original Brainwaves team and ask questions on behalf of our audience.
Headlines
Jamison Stone Accusations
https://twitter.com/nerdytattooer/status/1534685504813383681?s=20&t=IBQQPoS5G5F9B2LFUW62zA
https://twitter.com/Miss_Jess03/status/1534572319687180293?s=20&t=IBQQPoS5G5F9B2LFUW62zA
https://twitter.com/StoneJamison/status/1534670144907186176
Great British Bake Off IP issues
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/the-great-british-baking-show-game/news/great-british-baking-show-game-uk-release
Iain mentions this KS which is not a fever dream
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jennsandercock/edible-games-cookbook-play-with-your-food
Saudi Arabia invests in Embracer
https://twitter.com/polygon/status/1534584822840147968?s=21&t=dp-23GJr13cUdHiotBcLlA
News
Hasbro fights back against activist Investor
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/18/hasbro-slams-activist-investors-proposed-board-directors-amid-proxy-battle.html
UK Games Expo Numbers
https://twitter.com/UKGamesExpo/status/1533537131397881859?s=20&t=vT_q2hTcDnZiHYZ7PXW5eQ
Bundle for Buffalo
https://itch.io/b/1396/bundle-for-buffalo
Funforge comes off crowdfunding
https://www.dicetowernews.com/article/funforge-financial-woes
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newan
game-a-lot.fun/en
facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
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Outro
Fluid physics of Cardboard boxes
https://journals.aps.org/prfluids/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.7.044101
Card game proposal
https://www.bunburymail.com.au/story/7768232/crafty-card-game-proposal-by-south-west-man-video/
Monopoly vote
https://www.monopolytokenvote.com/en-gb
Richard’s Links
https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com/
https://twitter.com/werenotwizards
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It’s the penultimate episode before the big 100. As Jamie and Iain contemplate what they have brought to the world of tabletop podcasts they dig into the latest news from the hobby. Spiel des Jahres nominations, rent a DM, Drivthru blackouts and push outs, and much more on this episode of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Spiel des Jahres nominees
https://twitter.com/SpieldesJahres
Rent a DM
https://venturebeat.com/2022/05/13/startplaying-raises-6-5m-so-tabletop-players-can-rent-dungeon-masters/
Drivethru suspends designer
https://www.geeknative.com/142136/drivethrurpg-suspends-game-designer-linked-to-the-nazi-filth/
Link to horrible things this designer has posted
https://www.nohateingaming.com/
Drivethru hack
https://www.geeknative.com/142243/drivethrurpg-confirms-hacking-customer-data-secure/
https://medium.com/oneblogshelf/may-2022-security-update-2a444923984e
Updates
Mask Policies
https://twitter.com/Gen_Con/status/1525287287059357698?s=20&t=Ql7xQpHlugHVoSV-6kPB1w
https://twitter.com/originsgames/status/1526638918757646338?s=20&t=b-hI07E3ju6RQUM_W8ytRg
Dark Souls
https://steamforged.com/blogs/brands/dark-souls-replacement-statement?utm_campaign=Dark%20Souls%20Roleplaying%20Game&utm_content=208302729&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-491447816
Nebula Award Winner
https://nebulas.sfwa.org/
News
Dice hate me splits from greater than games
https://www.dicetowernews.com/article/dice-hate-me-splits-greater-games
Ravensburger games for blind
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdst_GMuldU/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
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Outro
Bake off
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/the-great-british-baking-show-game/news/great-british-bake-off-board-game-announced
Stranger things 4 spoiled by monopoly
https://www.ign.com/articles/stranger-things-season-4-monopoly-tie-in-game-spoilers
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In our latest On Stage Interview Iain is joined by Frank West. Frank is the man behind City of Games, publishers of the cultural juggernaut that is Isle of Cats. Iain chats to Frank about publishing, the state of the industry, and his recent induction onto the GAMA board.
City of Games
https://thecityofkings.com/
GAMA
https://www.gama.org/
GAMA controversy
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2022/05/16/brainwaves-episode-98-contagious-conventions/
Iain’s been stocking up on infinite mugs to get ready for the big 100th and the builders are in to rearrange the non-euclidean geometry to accept beings of a celestial nature. Seeking refuge in the Studio Jamie and Iain cover the latest in tabletop news: GAMA membership problems, UK Games Expo Covid Policy (or lack thereof), Accessibility, Unions, Awards, and much more from across the tabletop industry.
Headlines
Gama Membership controversy
Rodney’s original Tweet
https://twitter.com/watchitplayed/status/1521875544698236928?s=21&t=ZhnXI8ogZz9etBvlDvCAIg
Tiffany Leigh was keeping track of developments
https://twitter.com/tiffanyleigh/status/1522322448569581569?s=20&t=GjHrIqHU33EMZlVPnUOezQ
https://twitter.com/tiffanyleigh/status/1522673007486984192?s=20&t=NP6KLdRUciRvGFzuFbV0pw
Jon Del Arroz N Word tweet
https://twitter.com/WatchItPlayed/status/1521924178768809985?s=20&t=KKXi5ppRlo5LMja7fGNk7A
A list of Jon Del Arroz’s behaviour
http://www.jimchines.com/2018/01/jon-del-arroz/
Games Expo Covid Communications
https://twitter.com/tburrellsaward/status/1520285907026337793?s=20&t=zOJ6QX8LLdrsPCiVBznCxA
Asmodee accessibility studio
https://www.gameosity.com/2022/05/10/asmodee-announces-access-studio-to-create-accessible-board-games/
Updates
Paizo Union go to White House
https://www.polygon.com/23059106/united-paizo-workers-cwa-white-house-visit-president-biden-kamala-harris
Card Kingdom Union officially asks
https://twitter.com/CKUnion_/status/1524141334679855104?s=20&t=ghjSPHybDKyaeWz--vYjaw
Golden Geek Awards announced
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2859849/16th-annual-golden-geek-winners-2021
News
Reproductive Justice Bundle
https://www.dicebreaker.com/topics/charity/news/rpg-reporductive-justice-bundle-dtrpg
Death over stolen Pokemon
https://kotaku.com/pokemon-card-police-shooting-florida-target-shoplift-vi-1848870113
Magic Secret Lair celebrating Pride Blocked in some regions
https://twitter.com/WargamerCom/status/1521490548380606465?s=20&t=33jtX2E5-rOrQHImM-COew
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
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Sir Meeple
https://sirmeeple.com/collections/the-giant-brain
Outro
It’s a cookbook! A cookbook!
https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeek/status/1524849645796868096?s=20&t=v1m_Kg-nd79HjhXlktkeJA
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With Episode 100 on the horizon, Iain and Jamie start to get things sorted out at the HQ for the big day. Of course the news has to come first and the studio beckons as they cover controversy in wine country, Hasbro announcements, GAMA elections, and much more on this episode of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Viticulture World Controversy
https://stonemaiergames.com/south-america-cultural-consulting-and-fixing-a-big-mistake/
Thinker Themer Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIxYdLEW__w&ab_channel=ThinkerThemer
Hasbro, DnD Direct and more
https://www.geeknative.com/141215/hasbro-to-hike-prices-as-it-takes-100-million-russian-hit-will-connect-dd-50-to-dd-beyond-and-suffers-long-covid-19-delays/?utm_content=buffer071d0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/50974/wotc-plans-use-d-d-play-system-more-ips
https://www.polygon.com/23033732/dnd-spelljammer-adventures-in-space-release-date-price
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMHspJ92-hg&ab_channel=Dungeons%26Dragons
GAMA elections
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/50996/new-gama-president-is-retailer
Updates
Steamforged Dark Souls
https://steamforged.com/blogs/brands/dark-souls%E2%84%A2-the-roleplaying-game-statement?utm_campaign=Dark%20Souls%20Roleplaying%20Game&utm_content=205110810&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-491447816
News
Pokemon company acquires a printer
https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/19/23032389/the-pokemon-company-acquisition-millenium-print-group-trading-card-game
Exploding onto your TV
https://www.ign.com/articles/netflix-announces-a-first-of-its-kind-deal-with-an-exploding-kittens-game-and-animated-series
Union at MTG retailer Card Kingdom
https://www.dicebreaker.com/topics/unions/news/magic-the-gathering-card-kingdom-union
Golden Geek nominees
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2854374/16th-annual-golden-geek-awards-nominees-announced
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
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Tabletop Scotland
https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/
Kiwi RPG Week
https://www.kiwirpg.com/info/
Outro
Lewis chessmen inspired game
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/bretwalda/news/bretwalda-board-game-reveal-exclusive
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Iain has come up with a brilliant new way to fund the cast but Jamie is not so sure. While they contemplate the future they settle down in the studio to bring you news about NFts invading Dungeons and Dragons, Asmodee Unboxing a new line, Wizards new acquisition, some updates on previous stories, loads of awards and more on this brand new episode of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Dungeons and Scammers
https://gizmodo.com/dungeons-dragons-nft-gripnr-blockchain-dnd-ttrpg-1848686984
https://neuemarkets.com/2022/04/12/gripnr-quickly-raises-2-5mm-with-5e-rpg-fans-and-nft-collectors/
Asmodee launches unbox now
https://venturebeat.com/2022/04/12/asmodee-launches-unbox-now-a-collection-of-its-best-board-games/
https://www.unboxnow.com/
Wizards welcomes D&D beyond to the party
https://dnd.wizards.com/news/announcement_04132022?utm_campaign=D%26D&utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=social&utm_content=6764725558
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/50923/hasbro-purchase-d-d-beyond-fandom?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Updates
Trans rights bundle
https://twitter.com/IlanaNight13/status/1510498242911301635?s=20&t=nGuQ6r4rQVebRneVYVqv_A
Hasbro refuses to let Wizards go
https://www.geeknative.com/140824/its-official-hasbro-refuse-to-spin-off-wizards-of-the-coast
News
American Tabletop Awards announced
https://americantabletopawards.com/2022-american-tabletop-award-winners/
Dice Tower Award nominees announced
https://www.dicetower.com/dice-tower-awards/2021
Gayming Awards
https://gaymingmag.com/awards/
Stonemaier sales boom
https://stonemaiergames.com/2021-behind-the-scenes-stakeholder-report-for-stonemaier-games/
Dark So…h dear
https://gamerant.com/dark-souls-tabletop-rpg-is-riddled-with-bugs-say-players/
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newan
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https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/
Outro
No Monopoly, just a deck of cards
https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/board-game/news/wwii-most-wanted-art-playing-card-deck-monuments-men
https://www.monumentsmenfoundation.org/product-page/wwii-most-wanted-art
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In our most recent On Stage interview Iain is joined by Mark Cooke, organiser of Airecon, for a chat about all things conventions. They cover Airecon 2022, the future of the show, con organisation, getting celebrities along, the rise of digital conventions and a whole host of other topics before taking questions from the audience.
Airecon
https://www.airecon.co.uk/
https://twitter.com/aireconuk
Stabcon
https://www.facebook.com/groups/21195645768/
Bez’s Interview
https://youtu.be/5WAGNeI0frs
It’s been 4 years of the Brainwaves cast and the news shows no sign of slowing down. WE have once more sifted through the world of tabletop news to bring you only the best. This episode we cover Kickstarter losing its CEO, Gamefound opening its platform, Asmodee looking at tech, retailers going out of business, Chess banning players and more!
Headlines
Kickstarter CEO steps down
https://www.kickstarter.com/blog/moving-forward-with-gratitude
Gamefound open to all
https://gamefound.com/blog/post/gamefound-is-open-for-all-creators
Asmodee Tilts at the Future
https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/tm3tvh/asmodee_bringing_its_games_to_the_tilt_five/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
Updates
Cortex Prime update
https://www.dicebreaker.com/series/cortex-prime/news/cortex-prime-rpg-community-license-update
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tJ4pGBTMwYIibWKUiQe9ScdFBCFNuCuL/view
News
Dice & Decks gone bust
https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKboardgametrade/permalink/3255524031398584/
World Series of Board Games
https://wsbgvegas.com/
Gama moves dates
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/50823/gama-expo-toy-fair-new-york-shift-dates
Chess News
https://www.chessdom.com/kremlin-reacts-to-the-ban-of-sergey-karjakin/
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
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Tabletop Scotland
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Outro
South Park Monopoly
https://worldofmonopoly.com/list-ru/list-sn-sq/southpark/2022-ausuk/index.php
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Jamie’s had some bad OJ and they are recording later than usual. How will this affect your favourite tabletop news show? The only way to know is to find out as they cover Nebula awards, sales completing, more updates than you can shake a stick at and rock bands getting into RPGs.
Headlines
Four tabletop RPGs up for nebula award
https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2022/03/four-tabletop-rpgs-are-up-for-a-nebula-award.html
Embracer Group completes acquisition of Asmodee and Dark Horse
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/50703/embracer-completes-acquisition-dark-horse-asmodee
https://twitter.com/Asmodee_USA/status/1503722163731378182
Updates
US Man jailed for pokemon card buy with covid funds
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/07/pokemon-coronavirus-relief-loan-scam-georgia
TSR Vs Wizards round 364
https://twitter.com/questauthority/status/1469816863655874561?s=20&t=Biu3uFVhFNZ7zjAU_VpCiw
JR Honeycutt sues
Episode 39
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2019/11/25/episode-39-conventional-wisdom/
Original Medium Post
https://medium.com/@victoria.mann11/coming-forward-to-move-forward-8608e9c27e74
Fandomentals piece including JR apology
https://www.thefandomentals.com/abuse-allegations-lead-board-game-industry-to-distance-itself-from-prolific-designer/
Victoria’s GoFundMe
https://www.gofundme.com/f/being-sued-by-jr-honeycutt-after-me-too-article?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1
Gaming Goat Strikes Again
Episode 82
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2021/09/20/episode-82-green-awards/
Episode 83
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2021/10/04/episode-83-financial-insults/
Original Page Address - This has since been taken down
https://tgg-games.com/products/creature-comforts-sjw-racist-publisher-pre-order?_pos=2&_sid=f47d36037&_ss=r
News
Heroquest petition
https://www.change.org/p/hasbro-re-release-the-heroquest-commander-of-the-guardian-knights
Games Workshop pulls out of Russia
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/03/16/an-important-note-on-russia-and-ukraine/
Football’s Coming Home
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Outro
Have Faith in the Future of RPGs
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/the-real-thing/news/faith-no-more-rpg-the-real-thing-kickstarter
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In these turbulent times the tabletop community is showing their generosity and Iain and Jamie are highlighting as much of those efforts as they can. From the conflict in Ukraine to the battle over trans rights in Texas many in the community are raising money for organisations supporting people in their hour of need.
Statement on Ukraine
We will list here organisations you can donate to that we are aware of. There will be many others.
https://crisisrelief.un.org/ukraine
https://bank.gov.ua/en/news/all/natsionalniy-bank-vidkriv-spetsrahunok-dlya-zboru-koshtiv-na-potrebi-armiyi?fbclid=IwAR01V9yesFbYMRTRXjtrhZtKZywHCnTrllN_oaIeryT1y1tzo-4yTjEy0To
Headlines
Tabletop Community reaction to Ukraine
Bruno Cathala
https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/t4560k/bruno_cathala_stance_on_russia/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
Stonemaier Games
https://stonemaiergames.com/stonemaier-games-stands-with-ukraine/
Fide
https://twitter.com/FIDE_chess/status/1498026831089487882?s=20&t=oaZwliDNafrm37K0MZyx7Q
Handiwork Games
https://twitter.com/GamesHandiwork/status/1497510711618117633?s=20&t=lfDm-MMbGn6Pd4Uxeg4-zg
Portal Games
https://portalgames.pl/en/portal-games-support-for-the-ukraine/
Modiphius
https://www.modiphius.net/pages/ukraine-support?fbclid=IwAR0nyjNxvxlHegwygJ-CYboqQduA1gbmDc5RZEr8WXAdwhgVrE8j_obhcoc
Dicebreaker info
https://www.dicebreaker.com/topics/ukraine/news/ukraine-board-game-publishers-rally-russian-invasion
Factory 42
https://gamefound.com/projects/draft/j5ygcr990hyn0339ah08bwmostu/updates/2
Itch bundle being organised
https://itch.io/t/1964844/bundle-for-ukraine-call-for-submissions
Trans kids texas support
https://itch.io/b/1308/ttrpgs-for-trans-rights-in-texas
As D’Or (Golden Ace)
https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/t0lexx/2022_as_dor_winners_cannes_french_game_of_the_year/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPFH_6g4K0E&ab_channel=LePasseTemps
https://www.festivaldesjeux-cannes.com/en/
News
Cardboard Edison Awards Finalists announced
https://cardboardedison.com/award
Phalanx
Most expensive pokemon card ever
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/News/worlds-most-expensive-pokemon-card-sells-for-900-000-and-its-not-a?utm_source=socialmedia&utm_medium=news&utm_term=TTG_PokemonCard&fbclid=IwAR2n24PU2rhDJwaeZg0yI3YkjIpXxKycJy-seyOe0mscAjM_CFMmKtz8o2c
Kickstarter numbers for 2021
https://medium.com/icopartners/kickstarter-in-2021-for-games-6694a7c826dc
https://www.polygon.com/22898968/kickstarter-top-10-biggest-campaigns-2021
Roll20 new ceo and numbers
https://www.geeknative.com/139680/roll20-to-get-a-new-boss-as-ankit-lal-replaces-nolan-t-jones/
ORR report for Q4 2021
https://blog.roll20.net/posts/the-orr-report-q4-2021/?utm_campaign=Brand%20Posts&utm_content=199560341&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-553552636
Analyst calls for WotC to be spun off
https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2022/02/wotc-caught-up-in-proxy-fight-as-analysts-call-for-spin-off.html
https://freethewizards.com/the-case-to-repair-hasbro/
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James Naylor
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Tabletop scotland
https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/?fbclid=IwAR1ag0H7eaSnKP1cXse1u-hxsYywr_uAyWkiVJo1laxx7n_LLTDvOiz183A
Outro
Wingspan on Coronation Street
https://twitter.com/elizhargrave/status/1494830075434442755?s=20&t=bTQ0GtCTm6zJyFjNoqvL4A
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It’s back to a more news focused cast this time round as Jamie and Iain put together the highlights of the last two weeks in Tabletop industry news. NFTs cause a stir once more, Kickstarter slows their blockchain plans, and Ravensburger buddies up with a surprising partner. Alongside our headlines we look at the finances of Wizards of the Coast, remember Teburu, dig for Dice, and sing a song with the Dungeons and Dragons musical.
Headlines
NFTs
Drivethru declares against
https://twitter.com/drivethrurpg/status/1490742443549077509?s=21
Itch declares against
https://twitter.com/itchio/status/1490141815294414856?s=20&t=lnIMQPRT2sfNhz_Cw86knw
Chaosium deep in it
https://medium.com/veve-collectibles/chaosium-cthulhu-idols-1e6a889aee3e
Chaosium no longer deep in it
https://www.chaosium.com/blogchaosium-suspends-plans-for-future-nfts/?utm_content=buffer8f944&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Veve
https://moneydoneright.com/passive-income/cryptocurrency-investing/veve-nft-review
Carbon Neutral claims
https://dailyhodl.com/2021/03/29/immutable-x-is-making-nfts-carbon-neutral-on-ethereum/
Kickstarter and Blockchain
https://www.kickstarter.com/protocol?ref=section-homepage-promo-the-future-of-crowdfunding-creative-projects
Ravensburger and Gamefound
https://gamefound.com/blog/post/gamefound-ravensburger-partnership
www.ravensburger-group.com/nextventures.
News
Remember Teburu?
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/vampire-the-masquerade-milan-uprising/news/vampire-the-masquerade-milan-uprising?fbclid=IwAR2k1hAwm71OhKGW6fvChXdNW5Kob5uUCNrTjOslOINtmxMyPlRGF2ch_kY
Finances of WOTC
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/50387/wotc-sold-over-950-million-tabletop-games-2021?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Dice dig
https://twitter.com/James_M_Hewitt/status/1491170306375155722?s=20&t=_XKi0LPIf1rUcSQ-_x4tLw
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vettweiss-Froitzheim_Dice_Tower
D&D Musical
https://www.terisandoneill.com/heretherebedragons
Starling Games flies off Twitter
https://twitter.com/StarlingGames/status/1491779339272302593?s=20&t=A_wXTMOf7XI8khQozukj6A
Patreon
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
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Sinister Side of Boardgames
https://medium.com/@tanyapobuda/the-sinister-side-of-board-games-2fc87442019a
Outro
Discover Monopoly
https://worldofmonopoly.com/junior/list-ad/discover/2022-uk/index.php
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It’s been a light couple of weeks for news so the team has decided to bring you a 2 for 1 deal. Part Brainwaves, part Idle thoughts, all sparkling conversation. News wise we cover a couple of important hirings, odd goings on in the world of competitive chess, and Iello picking a new home for their US distribution. Iain and Jamie chat about Tapestry, Marrakech, and nu-Dune (or whatever you want to call it).
Headlines
New Ceo for Wizards Digital Gaming
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/50343/new-ceo-hasbro-wizards-coast-digital-gaming
- Caires heads Snowbright Studio
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/50334/people-move-t-caires-heads-snowbright-studio?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Iello announces new US distributor
Episode 86 update
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2021/11/15/episode-86-iello-iello/
https://www.toynews-online.biz/2022/01/21/iello-names-flat-river-group-as-its-u-s-and-canadian-distributor/
New
Carlsen gets trolled?
https://kotaku.com/pro-chess-sergey-karjakin-magnus-carlsen-2900-tata-stee-1848453065
Idle Thoughts
Tapestry
https://stonemaiergames.com/games/tapestry/
Marrakech
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/29223/marrakech
Dune: A game of conquest and Diplomacy
https://www.gf9games.com/dune/743/dune-a-game-of-conquest-diplomacy/
Patreon Shoutouts
Gavin Jones
https://twitter.com/jonesfamgames
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
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game-a-lot.fun/en
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Outro
Jostle Boys
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/monopoly-fall-guys-ultimate-edition/news/monopoly-fall-guys-ultimate-edition
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It was my great pleasure to be joined by two friends of the show and RPG veterans recently. Gaz Bowerbank and Baz Stevens are a firm fixture on the UK RPG scene and their podcast ‘What would the Smart Party do?” frequently features high up the lists of the best the format has to offer. Well this time it is their turn to be interviewed as they sit down with me in RPG corner to discuss the last couple of years in tabletop RPGs, their own output, controversies, and future predictions.
Things mentioned in the cast
Quest RPG
https://www.adventure.game/
Astate
https://handiwork.games/games/astate
Gaz’s Twitter
https://twitter.com/the_smart_party
Baz’s Twitter
https://twitter.com/BazStevens
The Smart Party site
https://smartparty.wordpress.com/
Gaz’s Work
Shadow of the Devourer (D&D)
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/382966/Shadow-of-the-Devourer?affiliate_id=171762
Unbearable (Vaesen) https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/363819/Unbearable--Vaesen?affiliate_id=171762
Baz’s Work
King of Dungeons
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kingofdungeons/the-king-of-dungeons
Iain and Jamie are in the studio to bring you the best in tabletop news. This episode covers all that is going on with Tabletop Simulator, TSR returns with yet more controversy, Pokemon fraud (again), very old games, world record attempts and more!
Get the Extended Edition from our Patreon!
Headlines
Tabletop Simulator Transphobia
https://twitter.com/mx_danger/status/1479732364830023682?s=20
1st response
https://twitter.com/TabletopSim/status/1479909440065257474?s=20
2nd response
https://twitter.com/tabletopsim/status/1480229909150769156?s=21
3rd response
https://twitter.com/tabletopsim/status/1482079600335536128?s=21
Steam review bombing
https://twitter.com/JoeSondow/status/1480330254069600260?s=20
Sample review support quote
https://twitter.com/mattthr/status/1481315246287507465?s=20
Link to Xoe’s document
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17kBMorbq59Izsu5gYA1B3pQfbyoaG102_p0pEWZx4Hk/edit
Backup of Xoe’s encounters with Mods
https://twitter.com/urbanritual/status/1479934875255787520?s=21
Xoe apology acknowledgement
https://twitter.com/XoeAllred/status/1482579098308276225?s=20
Polygon Summary
https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/22879963/tabletop-simulator-moderation-homophobic-transphobic-global-chat
Updates
TSR
https://mobile.twitter.com/BrainClouds/status/1479472322276995073
https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/TSR
Logan Paul did buy fake cards
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-01-14-youtuber-logan-paul-wastes-usd3-5m-on-fake-pokemon-cards
News
Archaeologists discover 4000 year old stone board game
https://pcma.uw.edu.pl/en/2022/01/04/qumayrah-valley-in-oman-ancient-towers-copper-trade-and-games/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/archaeologists-discover-4000-year-old-stone-board-game/142440?amp
Essen Spiel bought
https://twitter.com/spiel_messe/status/1480507331469266947?s=21
Pandemic digital removed from stores
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/pandemic/news/pandemic-digital-board-game-removed
World Longest Game attempt
https://www.facebook.com/dave.wetherall/posts/10158411691642791
https://herefordshireboardgamers.co.uk/duneworldrecord/
Patreon Shoutouts
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Outro
Wild Uno
https://twitter.com/realUNOgame/status/1479513241399267332?t=jo-_MZ51DdvKfEE-iFCl1g&s=19
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It’s a slow start to the year for the team as they shake off their hibernation and get back behind the news desk. The news is anything but sleep though with the acquisition of Asmodee, changes at the top of Hasbro, and famous folk getting Knighted. Welcome back to the Brainwaves HQ for another year of tabletop gaming news.
Headlines
Asmodee Sold
https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/embracer-buys-board-games-publisher-asmodee-3-bln-deal-2021-12-16/#:~:text=STOCKHOLM%2C%20Dec%2016%20(Reuters),the%20largest%20European%20gaming%20group.
Asmodee buys Miniatures Market
https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeek/status/1471889038810529793
Asmodee hikes prices
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/50011/asmodee-hike-prices-again-2022
Wizards of the Coast president to run Hasbro
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/50109/wizards-coast-president-run-hasbro
Ian Livingstone Knighted
https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/content/news/ian-livingstone-knighted/
Updates
Zak S update
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/diyrpgproductions/demon-city-the-ultimate-horror-rpg
News
Pokemon fraud
https://kotaku.com/logan-paul-spends-3-5-million-on-pokemon-cards-that-ar-1848307244
GW re-releases Cursed City
https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/22846447/cursed-city-reprint-warhammer-release-date-price
Paizo removes slavery references
https://www.geeknative.com/137872/controversially-paizo-wont-mention-slavery-in-pathfinder-ever-again/?utm_content=bufferf999c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
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Shaun Newan
game-a-lot.fun/en
facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
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Sir Meeple
https://sirmeeple.com/collections/the-giant-brain
Metallic Dice Games
https://metallicdicegames.com/
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Sexism in boardgames
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2788252/bgg-survey-results-sexism-boardgaming-spaces
Outro
DPD Delivers Monopoly to employees
https://worldofmonopoly.com/list-ad/list-dn-dq/dpd/index.php
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It’s the final show of the year and it is a packed one! TSR is back, no not that one, Asmodee are on the radio, Kickstarter thinks Blockchain is a good idea, and we plan our holidays for 2022. All this and more on this episode of Brainwaves!
Headlines
Kickstarter goes to Blockchain
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-08/kickstarter-blockchain-will-combine-crowdfunding-with-crypto
https://www.kickstarter.com/articles/the-future-of-crowdfunding-creative-projects
TSR sues Wizards of the Coast
https://www.geeknative.com/137425/tsr-sue-wizards-of-the-coast-and-want-your-money-to-pay-the-lawyers/
https://www.geeknative.com/137502/tsr-drops-case-against-wizards-of-the-coast-but-keeps-indiegogo-campaign-running/?utm_content=bufferdef4c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Previous Episodes where we discussed TSR
https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-76-tactically-stupid/
https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-77-groundhog-brains/
Updates
Zak S
https://www.geeknative.com/137030/former-dd-consultant-zak-s-is-being-sued-for-sexual-assault-and-defamation/
https://www.gofundme.com/f/wd76ub-help-with-legal-fees
News
Asmodee invests in Exploding Kittens
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/49910/asmodee-invests-exploding-kittens
https://radiotoday.co.uk/2021/12/absolute-radio-attracts-asmodee-uk-for-its-first-radio-campaign/?fbclid=IwAR0j3h6-M-ucoHW-mQ0cjE__BnuqWrjeA9Zq8Nv4qiVUNRMybTrYsDH_eMU
Henry Cavill on Graham Norton
https://twitter.com/Garfytwit/status/1466909517631864832
Greater than Games bought by Flat River
https://greaterthangames.com/major-business-announcement/
Werewolf of Miller’s Hollow film
https://www.licenseglobal.com/entertainment/werewolves-millers-hollow-become-feature-film
Carbon 2185 publisher Dragonmeet
https://www.geeknative.com/137337/carbon-2185-publisher-promises-action-after-dragonmeet-abuse-allegations/?fbclid=IwAR3XI9NaFLRMktrPMiS__eTDyjd5__MVRPRr5SLHLQwBUENaHC8kjVVxeMA
Cortex Prime changes
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/cortex-prime/news/cortex-prime-rpg-community-license
Patreon Shoutouts
Shaun Newan
game-a-lot.fun/en
facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
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Dark history of anti-semitism in board games
https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/board-game/feature/dark-history-antisemitism-board-games
Outro
Dungeons and Dragons Restaurant
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/49860/dungeons-dragons-inspired-restaurant-planned-lake-geneva
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Iain thought it would be a good idea to record outside, but it didn't go quite according to plan. Dusting themselves off they get to the business of reporting on the tabletop news of the last couple of weeks. They cover Warhammer tournaments, Heroquest pre-orders, fake pokemon cards and much more on this episode of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Make war not hate
https://spikeybits.com/2021/11/warhammer-isnt-for-everyone-especially-these-nazis.html
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/11/19/the-imperium-is-driven-by-hate-warhammer-is-not/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Article&utm_campaign=Hate+group+response,+Nov+19
The worst thing about heroquest is
https://www.facebook.com/TheOutpostSheffield
Fake pokemon cards
https://twitter.com/yicaichina/status/146306607967354883
News
Trivial pursuit becomes game show
https://www.dicebreaker.com/series/trivial-pursuit/news/trivial-pursuit-levar-burton-game-show
Pop up piracy
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/everythingepicgames/upzone-the-pop-up-wargaming-and-rpg-terrain-system/posts/3363973?ref=android_update_share
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tabletoptitans/titans-terrain/posts/3364206
Catan furniture
https://www.dicetowernews.com/article/catan-expanding-home-decor
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newan
game-a-lot.fun/en
facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
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Outro
Metallica Clue
https://www.metallica.com/store/metallica-clue/CLUE.html
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It has been a quiet couple of weeks in the world of tabletop news, but not too quiet. Iain and Jamie are back to look at Iello waving goodbye to Iello USA, Mike Selinker accusations, Nederland game awards and much more on this episode of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Iello splits with Iello USA
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/49655/french-board-game-company-iello-ends-ties-iello-usa?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
https://www.dicebreaker.com/companies/iello/news/iello-cuts-ties-iellousa
Mike Selinker Accusations
https://medium.com/@gabrielleweidling/youre-no-good-to-me-if-you-re-slowly-killing-yourself-on-mike-selinker-and-lone-shark-games-f92204d99fc3
Apology
https://twitter.com/mikeselinker/status/1459272455785041922?s=20
Nederland game prize announced
https://denederlandsespellenprijs.nl/
News
Alliance hit by Ransomware attack
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/49710/diamond-alliance-hit-ransomware-attack
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/49750/diamond-alliance-ransomware-update
Arrests in string of burglaries at Midwest game stores
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/49665/arrest-texas-string-midwest-game-store-burglaries
Berserk Games royalties
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2757485/seeking-help-regarding-berserk-games
Sustainability in Games
https://www.dicebreaker.com/companies/postmark-games/news/postmark-games-studio-print-at-home-board-games
https://postmark-games.mailchimpsites.com/
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newan
game-a-lot.fun/en
facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
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Outro
Moto GP Monopoly
https://www.worldofmonopoly.com/sport/motorsport/motogp/2021/index.php
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Iain catches Jamie freelancing in the Brainwaves Studio for a very odd charity. With the matter resolved they turn their attention to the news in a fortnight of more bad tidings from China, Unions getting recognized, and Awards coming to fruition. All this, and more, on this episode of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Power shortages in china
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tcokgame/the-isle-of-cats-dont-forget-the-kittens?ref=android_project_share
Paizo recognises Union
https://www.geeknative.com/135875/pathfinder-and-starfinder-rpg-production-is-frozen-according-to-senior-developer/
https://www.wired.com/story/tabletop-rpg-workers-say-their-jobs-are-no-fantasy/
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/49586/paizo-voluntarily-recognizes-union
Zenobia Awards
https://twitter.com/zenobiaaward/status/1449187856208076804?s=21
https://zenobiaaward.org/winners/
Updates
Mayfair games up to old tricks
https://twitter.com/dustinbschwartz/status/1450505060019056645?t=M8d2h4hCWFVkk1mckV88sA&s=19
News
Hasbro’s Magic numbers
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/49617/magic-sales-beat-2020-numbers-three-quarters
Environmentally conscious packaging
https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeek/status/1448862271464222750?s=20
https://ultimateguard.com/en/boulder/boulder-100-deck-case-return-to-earth
https://ultimateguard.com/en/p/return-to-earth
Martin Wallace joins the old white guys club
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2744805/unsettling-remarks-mw-latest-ludology-podcast
https://ludology.libsyn.com/ludology-161-tinners-tips-and-tricks - the part we are referring to starts aroun 32:45.
DnD play cancelled because homophobes
https://twitter.com/harrietprebble/status/1451735635656544256?s=20
https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-she-kills-monsters-hillsboro
https://www.newsweek.com/ohio-high-school-cancels-performance-she-kills-monsters-over-implied-gay-character-1642449
Pokemon, the dark desire
https://kotaku.com/feds-say-man-spent-covid-loan-on-57-000-pokemon-card-1847926408
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
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Outro
Queen Monopoly
https://theop.games/2021/10/monopoly-queen-edition-available-now/?utm_source=Coshedule&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=QueenMonopoly
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Iain invites Christopher Eggett to the Giant Brain HQ lecture theatre, editor of Tabletop Gaming Magazine. They talk about the ethical side of games journalism, how the pandemic has affected the magazine and how a product like Tabletop Gaming Magazine gets put together. They also take questions from the audience.
Magazine
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/
Personal website
https://cjeggett.co.uk/
Magazine
https://twitter.com/TabletopMag
Chris
https://twitter.com/CjEggett
Chad Wilkinson Links
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/chad-wilkinson-6641919b
Senet
https://senetmagazine.com/
Necromolds and shipping: https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/news//the-real-costs-of-the-shipping-crisis-in-board-games
Tabletop Gaming Live 2022: https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/News/tabletop-gaming-live-2022-is-back
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Jamie took a wrong turn on the Mobius loop in the Brainwaves HQ and ended up in London. After walking back home he is tired, but ready and raring to bring you the latest tabletop news. He and Iain cover hackers, ransomware attacks, awards, chess, deaths and more on this episode of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Twitch hack reveals top earners
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-10-06-twitch-hacked-source-code-and-creator-payout-information-leaked-online?fbclid=IwAR3lpiKXFOn4QoLGCxMZOio1VBMwssx3KS_9fCSP4NB6_J-3iBRvd6j8w8Y
https://variety.com/2021/digital/features/critical-role-amazon-legend-of-vox-machina-1235088274/
Paizo workers form union
https://twitter.com/PaizoWorkers/status/1448698340745486364?s=20
Juego del ano
https://www.dicetowernews.com/article/game-year-nominees-are
Updates
Broken token
https://twitter.com/Folded__Space/status/1446487943699439654?s=20
Keyforge
https://www.reddit.com/r/KeyforgeGame/comments/q4u3b4/more_kf_news_from_mr_buonocore/
News
CEO Hasbro dies
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/brian-goldner-dead-hasbro-ceo-1235030399/
Prisoners allowed to play chess
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/oct/13/uk-prisoners-allowed-play-chess-global-online-tournament
Card and dice poll
https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2021/10/04/card-and-dice-poll-2021-results
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Outro
Schitts creek monopoly
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/schitts-creek-monopoly-edition
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Jamie has plans to lose weight by emulating Richard from We’re Not Wizards and run around Origins. Restrictions being what they are, he settles on a novel solution. Whilst he gets ready the team cover the latest in tabletop news from controversy at Paizo, to Boardgame Arena insults and more on this episode of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Paizo Publishing
https://twitter.com/Delafina777/status/1437545371245424640?s=20
https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43h04?Staff-Change-Update-from-Paizo-President-Jeff
https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sht8?Paizo-Update-from-Jeff-Alvarez
Asmodee up for sale
https://twitter.com/PodfatherGaming/status/1441016235723010050?s=20
Boardgame Arena insults other platforms
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2732392/boardgamearena-calls-other-gaming-sites-illegal-st
https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=22655
https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=22655&start=30
News
Jeff Bergen update
https://twitter.com/TheGAMAOnline/status/1441187971395305479?s=20
https://www.dicebreaker.com/events/origins-game-fair-2021/news/gama-event-tgg-bergren-expelled
Global Shipping update
https://spikeybits.com/2021/09/over-the-top-asmodee-raises-prices-again-yes-really.html
https://time.com/6096497/board-games-shipping-crisis/?fbclid=IwAR1n_SwjYnds27kZULphoD2sVx1fYeCkS9oUAbooX6gC6n6x2-Y--Haq3zo
https://twitter.com/NKGames/status/1443698479419822083?s=20
Tabletop Gaming Awards announced
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/News/tabletop-gaming-awards-2021-winners-announced
Diana Jones and the Missing Award
https://www.dianajonesaward.org/the-lost-trophy/
DnD 6th Edition
https://nerdvanamedia.com/gaming/dungeons-and-dragons-new-edition-50th-anniversary/153986/
Niantic shuts down AR Catan
https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/17/22680166/niantic-catan-world-explorers-shutdown-early-access
Asmodee announces Ticket to Ride play pink
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/49373/asmodee-days-wonder-announce-ticket-ride-play-pink?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Women’s chess gets an unwelcome sponsor
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/oct/01/fide-sparks-anger-with-gross-breast-enlargement-sponsor-for-womens-chess
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Outro
Monopoly meets Fortnite
https://gamerant.com/fortnite-monopoly-crossover-leak/
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Iain and Jamie aren’t at Gencon but are scouring the interwebs for the latest and greatest in tabletop news. This cast they cover Kickstarter controversy, GAMA elections, awards galore and much, much more!
Headlines
Tournament Fishing Controversy
https://twitter.com/425suzanne/status/1435393263196798981?s=21
https://twitter.com/AMathemagician/status/1438190440549961736
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2724788/tgg-negative-experiences-and-controversies
https://twitter.com/ludicreations/status/1436270962723463174?s=21
https://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/2723017/badgers-mars-and-tgg-games
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2721966/article/38427073#38427073
GAMA
https://www.gama.org/news/580337/Press-Release-GAMA-Announces-Results-Of-Special-Board-Election-.htm
Diana Jones
https://twitter.com/nibcardgames/status/1438468347100811266
https://www.dianajonesaward.org/the-2021-award/
Updates
Dragonlance comes to DnD
https://twitter.com/Polygon/status/1436422655012392970?s=20
Global Shipping crisis affects publishers
https://www.dicebreaker.com/companies/asmodee/news/asmodee-price-increases
https://twitter.com/lelakezurich/status/1436448534933512197?s=21
News
Reuben Klamer dies
https://twitter.com/thegameaisle/status/1437812880053780488?s=21
Ennies announced
https://ennie-awards.com/2021-nominees-and-winners/
Keyforge Cools
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2021/9/10/down-but-not-out/#
Pandasaurus Robbery
https://twitter.com/Pandasaurusgame/status/1437609943495028736?s=20
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pandasaurus/dinosaur-world-and-dinosaur-island-rawr-n-write/posts/3300794
Pegasus Spiele NA branch opens
https://pegasus-web.com/blog/detail/sCategory/589/blogArticle/514?fbclid=IwAR2P7h3DtTfdDQkOq3sNi9tNF0n907PLPfNj2fGA2OGx320cLoV7foF-u3Y
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Shaun Newan
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Outro
Pictionary Air Harry Potter
https://www.mattelgames.com/en-us/family/pictionary-air
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Excited by the news of a Blades in the Dark TV series Iain pitches Jamie his best boardgame based TV shows. Will he pass muster or fall flat? Whilst Jamie is mulling it over they cover the latest news from a well known publisher shutting its doors to a team up between Magic: The Gathering and football. All this, and more, on this episode of Brainwaves.
Headlines
IDW shutters publishing arm
https://www.dicebreaker.com/companies/idw-games/news/idw-games-closure
Kickstarter board games do well
https://medium.com/icopartners/state-of-kickstarter-and-games-mid-2021-update-132964d2c523
Blades in the Dark TV show
https://www.screendaily.com/news/uks-warp-films-and-anton-team-for-international-development-partnership/5162777.article
https://twitter.com/bladesinthedark
News
Broken Token Update
Pandasauraus Games statement https://twitter.com/Pandasaurusgame/status/1430239890617286658
Broken Token Statement
https://twitter.com/tbt_gaming/status/1433528322474971137?s=21
There’s Magic down at Leyton Orient
https://www.leytonorient.com/magic-the-gathering/
SW: Armada loses support (outside OP)
https://twitter.com/atomicmassgames/status/1428828647994109954/photo/1
R Talsorian backs out of GenCon https://twitter.com/RTalsorianGames/status/1433122593159143433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1433122593159143433%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dicebreaker.com%2Fcompanies%2Fr-talsorian-games%2Fnews%2Fr-talsorian-games-exits-gen-con-2021
https://twitter.com/Gen_Con/status/1433145981361659919
Netrunner rises from the Digital ashes (maybe?)
https://twitter.com/captainraffi/status/1430252745265754116
https://nisei.net/
https://jinteki.net/
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Outro
Catan Beer is real!
https://table22.com/champion#membership-tiers
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Iain and Jamie dust off their hats, strap on a pen and paper, and venture into the wild west of tabletop news to bring you only the chunkiest nuggets. This time they cover abuse allegations at Broken Token, the Zenobia awards finalists, global shipping problems, sad passings and more.
Headlines
Broken Token abuse allegations
https://medium.com/@ashrtaylor13/speaking-up-to-protect-others-73f152bcb772
Iello Comment
https://twitter.com/IelloUSA/status/1428747934078685188?s=20
Pandasaurus
https://twitter.com/Pandasaurusgame/status/1428421753919901709?s=19
Broken Token Statement
https://twitter.com/tbt_gaming?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
RAINN (US)
https://www.rainn.org/
Rape Crisis (UK)
https://rapecrisis.org.uk/about-us/who-we-are/
Women’s Aid (UK)
https://www.womensaid.org.uk/
Femicide Census
https://www.femicidecensus.org/
Brissaud Assault
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/41392/security-camera-footage-brissaud-gen-con-incident
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/41222/brissaud-statement-gen-con-incident
Zenobia Award announces nominees
https://zenobiaaward.org/finalists/
Global Shipping problems
https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeek/status/1427281645275582466
https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeek/status/1427347558129676289?s=19
http://www.sjgames.com/ill/archive/August_10_2021/Freight_An_Extinction_Level_Event
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/restorationgames/return-to-dark-tower/posts/3273565
News
RIP Steve Perrin
https://twitter.com/Chaosium_Inc/status/1426433090415562752?s=19
Knizia terminates all planned releases with a variety of publishers
https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/board-game/news/knizia-games-terminates-releases
Gencon requiring masks, maybe vax proof
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/49012/gen-con-reverses-course-maskless-attendance
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Outro
Monopoly Restaurant
https://www.foodandwine.com/news/monopoly-restaurant-top-hat-london
https://www.thetophatrestaurant.com/menus
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It’s the latest episode of Brainwaves! Join Iain and Jamie as they inspect the underbelly of the industry so you don’t have to. This cast the team report on finances at Wizards of the Coast and Games Workshop, abuse allegations, a games company going under, D&D competitions going awry and much more! They also announce the Brainwaves Apprenticeship. Listen in to find out how to get involved!
Headlines
Wizards of the Coast post sales figures
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/48915/wizards-coast-digital-gaming-segment-sales-surge-q2?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2021/07/dd-digital-roleplaying-is-in-the-cards-after-wotc-leads-hasbro-stock-surge.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/26/hasbro-ceo-expects-robust-toy-demand-to-continue-despite-higher-prices.html
https://www.pymnts.com/news/retail/2021/digital-business-helps-hasbro-make-up-for-lagging-board-game-sales/
Games Workshop Sales, Wages
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jul/27/warhammer-maker-games-workshop-hands-staff-5000-bonus-after-lockdown-sales-surge
James https://twitter.com/lagoon83/status/1419634369464082434
Longer Version https://lagoon83.medium.com/working-at-games-workshop-the-nuanced-version-edda9ffb1237
Sophie https://twitter.com/sophisaurus_rex/status/1419738513386397699
Gates Dowd abuse allegations
https://gatesdowd.com/
News
Tasty Minstrel’s bankruptcy issues
https://www.dicebreaker.com/companies/tasty-minstrel-games/news/tasty-minstrel-games-virtual-bankruptcy
D&D cancels competition amid backlash
https://www.geeknative.com/133777/dd-beyond-cancels-anniversary-competition-after-a-backlash/
Z-Man’s new head is oddly familiar
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/48990/asmodee-places-sophie-gravel-back-helm-z-man-games
Hybrid card sells a lot
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/pokemon-trading-card-game/news/pokemon-mtg-hybrid-card-blastoise-sold
CCG post https://www.cgccomics.com/news/article/8744/pokemon-test-print-blastoise/
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Outro
Game of Life: Super Mario edition
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/the-game-of-life-super-mario-edition/news/game-of-life-super-mario-edition
Brooklyn 99 Cluedo
https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/brooklyn-nine-nine-lives-on-as-a-clue-board-game/
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Iain has made so much money from reviewing over the years that he is off to an island, and Jamie has become a Doomsayer? Is this the end of Brainwaves? Nah, it’s just a skit. The team bore of their new lives quickly and decide to get back in the podcasting saddle for a cast featuring Iain on paid reviews, Jamie on awards, old white guys being wrong on the internet and so much more!
Headlines
Jamey Stegmaier on paid reviews
https://stonemaiergames.com/is-it-unethical-to-pay-the-media-to-form-and-broadcast-their-opinion/
SdJ winners 2021
https://twitter.com/SpieldesJahres/status/1417051241964834816?s=20
Diana Jones Award 2021 finalists
https://www.dianajonesaward.org/the-2021-award/
News
UKGE changes tack
https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/plan/before-the-expo/playwithconfidence/
sigh Phil Eklund
https://twitter.com/SeanFranco_/status/1416516388345286664
Gama unveils fellowship Program
https://www.gama.org/news/574483/GAMA-Announces-30000-Horizons-Fellowship-To-Support-Underrepresented-Communities-In-The-Industry.htm
Hobby game Sales
https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/48827/hobby-game-sales-over-2-billion-2020
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Atlantic article on Colonialism in Boardgames
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/07/board-games-have-colonialism-problem/619518/
Outro
Falcon & Winter Soldier Monopoly
https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a37082580/marvel-falcon-and-winter-soldier-monopoly/
Cluedo house up for sale
https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/59054854/
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We are outside in the garden again, and Iain seems to be experiencing a strong sense of Deja Vu. The reason is that we are covering TSR again, alongside news of convention’s covid preparations, GAMA restructures, Knizia vs grail games and much more on this episode of Brainwaves!
Headlines
TSR continues to dig its own hole
https://www.geeknative.com/133043/its-not-over-tsr-games-3-re-returns-tsr-games-4-tsr-games-3-5/
- Banned by Gencon https://twitter.com/gmsmagazine/status/1411237903427121153?s=09
https://twitter.com/Gen_Con/status/1408930300185432071
- Origins statement
https://twitter.com/originsgames/status/1409576625147154440
- Gun statement
- Legal action threatened https://www.geeknative.com/132668/tsr-games-3-threatens-legal-action-against-osr-community/
- Wonderfilled
https://twitter.com/wunderfilled?lang=en
Gama Restructures
https://www.gama.org/news/572134/GAMA-Adopts-New-Membership-Structure.htm
Conventions announce covid commitments
https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/plan/before-the-expo/playwithconfidence/
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/News/psc-bad-squiddo-hub-games-and-more-confirm-non-attendance-at-ukge?utm_source=socialmedia
https://twitter.com/gen_con/status/1413247658580496392?s=12
News
Evergreen on the move
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-57719551
Grail Games vs. Reiner Knizia
https://techraptor.net/tabletop/news/reiner-knizia-seeks-legal-action-against-grail-games?fbclid=IwAR2ne2pSUwXed7W2quw8fOiYKwC5lQ564pMqDroMzA4HCU4_l38IP0faQnA
Asmodee and Amazon take on counterfeiters
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/48683/amazon-asmodee-sue-game-counterfeiters
Old games for new
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/News/trade-in-your-old-games-for-discount-with-big-potato-games
Card grading company worth a ton of cheddar
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/pokemon-trading-card-game/news/ccg-valued-at-500-million
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Outro
Animal Crossing Monopoly
https://nintendowire.com/news/2021/07/05/unannounced-monopoly-animal-crossing-new-horizons-edition-discovered-by-reddit-user/
Warcraft Pandemic
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/pandemic/news/world-of-warcraft-pandemic-board-game
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In our first live interview Iain talks to miniature and board game designer James Hewitt about his career, current state of the industry, and the use of Kickstarter. They also take questions from the audience.
James on Twitter
Needy Cat Games
Games Workshop
Mantic Games
Steamforged Games
Blacklist Games
Tabletop Mentorship Programme - Brainwaves Special
Bad Squiddo Games
Iain and Jamie once more get behind the mics at the Brainwaves Studio to bring you freshly baked news. On this episode they cover the bizarre return of TSR, no not that one, Kickstarter death threats, a dispute with an industry legend and much, much more!
Headlines
TSR games returns
https://www.enworld.org/threads/tsr-is-back-again.680779/
https://www.geeknative.com/132526/the-new-tsr-games-clarify-position-as-key-names-appeared-to-distance-themselves/
And then
https://twitter.com/TSR_games/status/1408236783264047106?s=19
https://twitter.com/danielhkwan/status/1408248241754345475?s=19
https://twitter.com/ANerdery/status/1408133590563627010?s=09
Kickstarter Death threats
https://twitter.com/TriciaSydney/status/1406634001163456515
Grail vs Knizia
https://www.dicebreaker.com/companies/grail-games/news/grail-games-cancels-knizia-reprints
https://twitter.com/ReinerKnizia/status/1407242460250640385
News
RIP Andrew Hackard
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/48624/r-i-p-andrew-hackard
International Shipping woes hit Kickstarters
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/21/1007938067/cargo-is-piling-up-everywhere-and-its-making-inflation-worse?t=1624649350838
Cardboard Edison Awards
https://twitter.com/CardboardEdison/status/1407327747026849793?s=19
Heroquest RPG time runs out
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/News/get-them-before-theyre-gone-heroquest-rpgs-to-be-removed-from-sale
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Unlucky Frog
https://unluckyfrog.podbean.com/
Outro
Fresh Prince & DJ Jazzy Jeff ‘Summertime’ https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/48638/summer-time-proves-who-is-coolest-crew
Monopoly Builder & Crooked Cash
https://www.cnet.com/news/monopoly-builder-adds-a-resource-building-twist-while-crooked-cash-adds-in-fake-money/
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The Brainwaves team have exclusive boardgame coverage of the G7 summit in Cornwall to share with you! Listen to our exclusive interviews with some of the world leaders before settling down with a nice ice cream to absorb the latest in tabletop gaming news.
Headlines
Brexit Deadline looms for small businesses
https://twitter.com/AllRolledUpUK/status/1403283946251632641?s=09
Deities and Demigods manuscript goes under the hammer
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/48558/original-manuscript-classic-advanced-dungeons-dragons-sourcebook-ends-up-ebay-correction-6-10-2021
Ken St. Andre joins the old white guy club
https://twitter.com/frasersimons/status/1402286855060561927?s=19
News
Coiledspring update
Brainwaves 74
Palestinian Aid Bundle
https://www.dicebreaker.com/topics/indie-bundle-for-palestinian-aid/news/indie-bundle-palestinian-aid-itchio
United Nations Relief and Works Agency.
Queer Games Bundle
https://itch.io/b/861/queer-games-bundle-2021
Pokemon cards
https://kotaku.com/logan-paul-wore-a-pokemon-card-to-mayweather-fight-say-1847044171
Earthborne Games
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2672337/article/37859080?fbclid=IwAR0XlXDiRDeIXti6TnE1jJGP9imGJom4_fd2N9VeIiNWHmjjRGPlxIs4iOs#37859080
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Outro
Godfather Monopoly
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/647278/the-godfather-monopoly-board-game
Sopranos Monopoly
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/48505/the-op-unveils-two-new-versions-classic-games
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Jamie’s away so Iain gets Oliver from Tabletop Games Blog in the studio for a tryout. Jamie’s surprise return puts things on a rather awkward note but together they come together to report on this week’s news. From distributors getting themselves tied in knots, Kickstarters getting cancelled and convention season looking a bit wobbly, no news corner is too dark for the Brainwaves team to stick their snout in.
Headlines
Coiledspring games promotion with Mumsnet sparks backlash
https://twitter.com/coiledspring/status/1396058393287213056?s=19
https://twitter.com/coiledspring/status/1397643793248161795?s=20
Spiele des Jahres
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/48381/spiel-des-jahres-nominations-revealed
Games Expo to go ahead, tickets on sale
https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/
Gencon Indy has big exhibitors bail
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/48400/big-companies-continue-bail-attending-gen-con-indy-2021
News
Plastic Soldier Company cancels Prison Architect Kickstarter after controversy
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pscgamesuk/prison-architect-cardboard-county-penitentiary
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2666011/statement-prison-theme-designers
Bruno Faidutti likes a drink and thinks you should to
Blog post https://faidutti.com/blog/blog/2021/05/23/jeux-et-alcool-alcool-and-games/
Hobby finances look good
https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/board-game/news/board-game-sales-2020-digital-fatigue
Dungeons and Dragons stats
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robwieland/2021/05/19/2020-was-the-best-year-ever-for-dungeons--dragons/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
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Tanya Pobuda’s Research
https://twitter.com/PobudaTanya/status/1395786235399049217
Polygon on Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
https://www.polygon.com/22440453/dungeons-dragons-ezmerelda-davenir-retcon-van-richtens-guide-to-ravenloft?utm_campaign=polygon.social&utm_content=polygon&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR3nqg5-MEym40HqoOvlhOcFE10-09FR356pL-QJq1gu5Rd2g2XXluf3mMY
Outro
D&D Monopoly
https://theop.games/2021/05/monopoly-dungeons-dragons-available-now/
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Iain recently participated in the Tabletop Mentorship programme as a mentor to Adam Richards. Adam writes reviews and opinion pieces on his own site Punchboard Reviews. He joins Iain to talk about the programme along with the progamme creators Mike Belsole and Grace Kendall. We dive in the history of the programme, how it's changed since inception, and what the future holds.
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Tabletop Mentorship Programme
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It’s time for your fortnightly does of boardgame news. Please take with plenty of water along with some food.
Headlines
Richard Halliwell passes away
https://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2021/05/rip-richard-halliwell.html
California court rules Amazon responsible for third party goods
https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/1/22414185/california-appeals-court-amazon-marketplace-responsible-third-party-hoverboard
Golden Geek Awards announced
https://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/2652238/15th-annual-golden-geek-awards-winners-2020
News
Zak Smith lawsuit against Gencon dismissed
https://www.geeknative.com/130984/court-appears-to-dismiss-zak-s-gen-con-lawsuit/
DnD Movie begins shooting
https://collider.com/dungeons-and-dragons-movie-filming-begins/
Daniele Tascini update
https://boardanddice.com/news/update-on-the-situation-with-daniele-tascini/
Walmart and Target pulls Pokemon cards
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/48339/mass-merchants-pull-pokemon-tcg-sports-cards-off-shelves
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2021/may/13/us-target-stores-to-stop-selling-pokemon-cards-after-rising-value-prompts-threats-to-staff
https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kv9a9/pokemon-cards-psa-cgc-bgs-turnaround-times?fbclid=IwAR0iIwvpFbenSd7d0153Unk-Scbny_vLFUp6QPfnNKLTwA7RG3yyedrBsS4
Monopoly loses trademark in EU. Kinda. Sorta.
https://www.worldipreview.com/news/hasbro-loses-eu-monopoly-tm-after-bad-faith-finding-21292
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Outro
Lifesize Monopoly
https://www.monopolylifesized.com/
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Iain has gotten Ben Porter from the Unlucky Frog round for some painting and decorating, but has rather misunderstood what sort of thing Ben paints. He joins the team to discuss the latest news including Wizards of the Coast looking at NFTs, Christian T Petersen buying up Fantasy Flight property, Games Workshop Supply issues, pokemon cards and much more. In our interview with Ben we look at the world of commission miniature painting and what brought Ben to setup his own business.
Headlines
RIP Robin Wood
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/48169/r-i-p-robin-wood
Wotc makes up 75% of Hasbro
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/48207/wotc-segment-75-hasbro-profits-q1
https://www.dicebreaker.com/companies/hasbro/news/magic-the-gathering-nft-earnings-call
Christian T Petersen Company buys Fantasy Flight Games Centre
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/48174/christian-petersen-company-buys-fantasy-flight-games-center
News
Games Workshop hit by supply issues
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/04/18/our-pre-order-schedules-changing-a-bit-heres-how/
Monster Hunter World Board game cuts in retailers
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/48165/steamforged-games-reveals-retail-referral-program
Pokemon Finance news is back
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/pokemon-trading-card-game/news/incredibly-rare-autographed-pokemon-card-sold-tsunekazu-ishihara
Vampire RPG gets TV series
https://deadline.com/2021/04/world-of-darkness-film-and-tv-in-development-eric-heisserer-christine-boylan-hivemind-1234744965/
Interview
Ben’s Links
https://ashenholdart.co.uk/
https://www.instagram.com/ashenholdart/?hl=en
https://www.facebook.com/AshenholdArt
Jamie who did Ben’s new logo
https://thenobleartist.com/
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Outro
DBZ Cluedo https://theop.games/2021/04/clue-dragon-ball-z-available-now/?utm_source=Master+media+List&utm_campaign=8bfc92f2e2-Dragon+Ball+Z+Clue+Available+Now+%28Press%29&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c1d1e7b85b-8bfc92f2e2-356660665&mc_cid=8bfc92f2e2&mc_eid=093cc94f5b
Unlucky Frog
https://www.unluckyfrog.com/
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The Brainwaves team may have lost a host but that hasn’t stopped them hunting down the best stories with their patented news nets. This episode they cover GAMA, Board Game Atlas, American Tabletop Awards, and more Monopoly news than you can shake a reasonably sized stick at.
Headlines
GAMA’s bad year
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/48102/gamas-tough-2020
Metacritic for Boardgames
https://www.boardgameatlas.com/forum/kLTWmAAzzE/critic-reviews--new-feature-preview-and-invitation-to-content-creators
American Tabletop Awards
https://americantabletopawards.com/
News
Suez Canal update
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-56743556
Zenobia Awards
https://zenobiaaward.org/advancing-game-proposals/
Stonemaier Games sales
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/48056/stonemaier-games-sales-up-40-covid-year
Wizards lifts in store play ban in Japan
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/48107/wizards-coast-lifts-magic-the-gathering-in-store-play-suspension-japan
Freeplay
https://twitter.com/free_play/status/1380429240202452998?s=09
Patreon Shoutouts
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Outro
Iain Chantler features in this article
https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/board-game/feature/board-games-sustainability-environment-eco
Spongebob Squarepants Meme Monopoly https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/board-game/news/monopoly-spongebob-squarepants-meme-edition-announced
Nerf meets Monopoly
https://toybook.com/hasbro-roblox-toy-collab/
Monopoly board discovered on floor of house https://www.itv.com/news/2021-04-14/homeowners-rip-up-old-carpet-and-find-giant-monopoly-board-painted-underneath
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It’s a momentous episode as we hit our 70th show, our 3rd year anniversary, and say goodbye to our host Iain Chantler. Of course we won’t let sad goodbyes and jubilant celebrations get in the way of the news! The team cover yet more Wizards of the Coast entanglements, Netrunner booting up, daring robberies, and golden Uno. The team also answer questions from listeners and chat about what they’ve learnt over the last 3 years in a longer than normal episode (we hope you don’t mind us indulging ourselves a little).
Headlines
Candlekeep flame sputters
https://twitter.com/joindicebreaker/status/1374767970736427012?s=19 https://twitter.com/POCGamer/status/1373847320370970626?s=20
Netrunner opens the gates
https://nisei.net/
Tokyo card robbery
https://kotaku.com/man-arrested-following-daring-pokemon-card-robbery-1846574146
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210329/p2a/00m/0na/020000c
News
Luke Crane update
https://www.polygon.com/22352782/kickstarter-luke-crane-perfect-rpg-adam-koebel
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/burningwheel/the-perfect-rpg/posts/3125191
MTG Art controversy
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/magic-the-gathering-strixhaven/news/magic-the-gathering-crux-of-fate-stolen-wizards-statement
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/magic-the-gathering-strixhaven/news/magic-the-gathering-strixhaven-prerelease-delay
Uno strikes gold
https://manofmany.com/entertainment/gaming/22ct-gold-uno-card-holder?fbclid=IwAR3XoQDxbIxT96-yR1RlHx445Sscpi4uqfBAc-XAp9bDWmV9-JoGMhrvBiA
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Tabletop Games Blog Radio
https://tabletopgamesblog.com/radio/
Outro
Monopoly Go Green!
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/steve-lister_sustainabilitymatters-activity-6779090148006141952-T_Hc
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This episode on Brainwaves the team are catching Bullets, drawing up Plan B’s, and realising that the best thing about Heroquest is the fraud cases. Come and join us as we bring you the best in Tabletop Gaming news from the big stories to the faintly ridiculous.
Headlines
Level 99 has to bite the bullet ♥︎
https://mobile.twitter.com/Level99Games/status/13709274650618880
Asmodee adds Plan B Games
https://www.toynews-online.biz/2021/03/11/asmodee-group-acquires-award-winning-azul-publisher-plan-b-games/
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/36552/f2z-team-had-plan-b
Heroquest fraud case
https://twitter.com/lagoon83/status/1372333603024162817
https://www.elconfidencial.com/tecnologia/2020-02-09/heroquest-estafa-crowdfunding-dionisio-rubio-gil_2443744/
News
Racist spell list is racist, also awful timing
https://www.dicebreaker.com/amp/companies/legendary-games/news/legendary-games-apology-asian-spell-compendium?__twitter_impression=true
https://www.makeyourgamelegendary.com/category/design-team/
ICV2 at GAMA
Z-Man games statement
https://zmangames.com/en/news/2021/3/15/ode-euro-classics/?fbclid=IwAR29Lw0K-98-CgfvFgrcRmCaO2L0fYBJQaBLbYyR8yUWi6HaGcVeZcBd4VI
UKGE update
https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/content/news/uk-games-expo-2021-whats-happening/
Patreon Shoutouts
Exec Producers: Lucky Sparrow Gaming Cafe
https://luckysparrow.co.uk/
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Outro
Time for party games to get METAL
https://www.loudersound.com/news/lacuna-coil-are-releasing-a-board-game-called-horns-up
Monopoly Community Chest vote
https://www.monopolycommunitychest.com/en-GB
Monopoly Wiki
https://monopoly.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page
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Iain Chantler is back from holiday and the team are raring to get back in the studio and breakdown the latest tabletop news for you. This episode we cover many Kickstarter issues, Wizards of the Coast rebranding and rising, lawsuits, and the influx of computer game themed boardgames!
Headlines
Bamboo Bash
Original KS
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sleevekings/376876876/description?ref=bw5mj4&token=c4999380
New KS
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sleevekings/1878321907?ref=ei1m77&token=c5ae6a95
Sleeve Kings post
https://sleevekings.com/blogs/news/bamboo-bash-blows-up
Mayday Games Post
https://www.maydaygames.com/blogs/news/about-click-clack-lumberjack
Why Seth left Mayday
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2327859/bait-and-switch-publisher
Roxley Games IP dispute
https://twitter.com/roxleygames/status/1364244245859561476
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/roxley/radlands?ref=discovery&term=radlands
Luke Crane launches then cancels the “Perfect RPG”
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/burningwheel/the-perfect-rpg
News
Tasty minstrel accused of not paying royalties
https://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/2606814/tasty-minstrel-games-does-not-pay-royalties-their/page/1
Zac Smith is suing Gencon
https://beta.documentcloud.org/documents/20475730-smith-v-gen-con-king-county-superior-court-21-2-01684-3
Tiny Epic Dungeons comes under criticism
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coe/tiny-epic-dungeons
Wizards rebranded and promoted plus more
https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/wizards-of-the-coast-dungeons-dragons-magic-hasbro-reorganizatio/
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210225005942/en/Hasbro-Outlines-Strategic-Growth-Drivers-at-Virtual-Investor-Event
https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/magic-the-gathering-lord-of-the-rings-warhammer-40k/
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/47728/wizards-coast-unveils-spelltable-beta
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Outro
Videogames become boardgames
Metal Gear Solid Cancelled
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/metal-gear-solid-the-board-game/news/metal-gear-solid-board-game-cancelled
Stardew Valley
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/332290/stardew-valley-board-game
Skyrim
https://gamefound.com/projects/draft/zx6js610y7lvnlnav6qbisnxqqy#/section/project-story
https://www.polygon.com/2021/2/25/22299066/skyrim-board-game-gamefound-kickstarter-crowdfunding-launch-robinson-crusoe?utm_campaign=polygon&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
Stellaris https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/stellaris-infinite-legacy/news/stellaris-infinite-legacy-board-game-kickstarter
Prison Architect https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/332313/prison-architect-cardboard-county-penitentiary?fbclid=IwAR0pW22kN6ENoSsgPxcu8xWRxBXYosjgU6KeNPmklPSDHTJkz8JoCbFndeQ
Punchboard Reviews
https://punchboard.co.uk/interview-mark-cooke-from-psc-games/
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Iain Chantler has been given time off by Jamie so it’s up the remaining Iain to fill the shoes of two Iains! With fewer big news stories than recently the team have an interview with Ian Parovel of Boardgame Arena regarding their recent acquisition by Asmodee. On top of that they cover some updates to Wizards of the Coasts legal entanglements, the world of Pokemon scalpers, and an ancient game brought back to life in beautiful detail. All this, and more, on this episode of Brainwaves
Headlines
Asmodee acquires Boardgame Arena
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-02-11-asmodee-acquires-board-game-arena
https://venturebeat.com/2021/02/11/asmodee-acquires-board-game-arena-a-platform-for-playing-tabletop-games-online/
News
Gale Force Nine and Wizards of the Coast settle
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/47558/gale-force-nine-wizards-coast-settle
ACD Distribution takes hit in case against Wizards of the Coast
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/47603/acd-distribution-required-pay-250k-wotc-fees-files-appeal
Pokemon Scalpers Target McDonalds
https://www.ign.com/articles/mcdonalds-strongly-encouraging-restaurants-to-prevent-happy-meal-pokemon-card-scalping
Pokemon product supply issues
https://support.pokemon.com/hc/en-us/articles/360056644571-Update-on-Pok%C3%A9mon-Trading-Card-Game-Product-Availability
Fantasy Flight Games brings Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game to an end
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2021/2/17/future-of-legend/
Royal game of UR faithfully recreated
https://www.reddit.com/r/GameofUr/comments/lfot70/my_replica_with_original_materials_took_10_months/
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Outro
Clue Animated Series
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/clue/news/clue-animated-series-announced
Monopoly Lunar New Year edition
https://www.toysrus.com.my/monopoly%3A-lunar-new-year-edition-1065654.html
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Iain and Iain are having a nice relaxing time in the garden when all news hell breaks loose! Despite their need to kick back, the team gathers once more behind the mics to cover famous names putting their foot firmly in mouth, others moving forward with action, translation issues in the world of virtual tabletops, magic cards breaking records, and Jenga. Yes. Jenga. All this and more, on this episode of Brainwaves!
Headlines
Radho runs into trouble
https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/114062/rahdo-talks-through-episode-69
Tascini Update
https://www.facebook.com/daniele.tascini - You can find Tascini’s statements on his facebook page
https://kulturgutspiel.de/politik-und-gesellschaft/rassismus-diskussion-der-fall-daniele-tascini/
https://twitter.com/sebastianwenzel/status/1357632971897995264?s=20
Tabletop Simulator outsources translation to Google?
https://steamcommunity.com/games/TabletopSimulator/announcements/detail/3024698921216466933
News
Muppets and Chainmail bras
https://mobile.twitter.com/Wizards_DnD/status/1356641032226680832
Rose Gauntlet
https://www.rosegauntlet.com
Magic card breaks records at auction
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/47446/high-grade-magic-the-gathering-alpha-black-lotus-goes-511-1k
Asmodee gets scientific
https://www.gameosity.com/2021/01/27/asmodee-brings-science-to-board-gaming-with-game-in-lab/
Patreon Shoutouts
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https://luckysparrow.co.uk/
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Outro
Jenga world record
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/jenga/news/jenga-tower-guinness-world-record
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/500643-most-jenga-blocks-stacked-on-one-vertical-jenga-block
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It’s a solemn week for the team as they dive into all the controversies surrounding comments made by well loved designers. We spent a bit longer on this than we normally would, but we felt it deserved the coverage.
Over the rest of the cast we update you on Dragonlance, looking at counterfeit games, conventions moving again, and taking a long overdue trip to RPG Corner.
Headlines
Video for Kickstarter campaign Pingyao: First Chinese Banks
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jingstudio/pingyao-first-chinese-banks
Screencapture on our site
Daniele Tascini
Capture of the original words from Tascini
https://twitter.com/MyCryptomaniac/status/1350493656394952704?s=19
Hans im Gluck Statement
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2582616/statement-regarding-racist-remarks
Rolling Dice interview
https://www.fustellarotante.it/inclusivita-e-giochi-da-tavolo/
Previous form mentioned in the piece
https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/1cddhj/tzolkins_designer_responds_to_criticism_about/
Board, Deck and Dice Statement
https://boardanddice.com/about/statement-on-daniele-tascini/
Phil Eklund
New Ion Games Statement
https://ionsmg.com/blogs/news/essays-and-footnotes-in-our-rules
Eklund’s post alluding to lawyers
https://twitter.com/nakedmeeple/status/1351691573868769281?s=21
And the update
https://twitter.com/TabletopGamesBl/status/1353282878231162882?s=20
Jeff DeBoer
Grabs of original posts from Rodney
https://twitter.com/WatchItPlayed/status/1351262562495684610?s=19
Parallel Games statement
https://mobile.twitter.com/parallelspiel/status/1351620848793366528
Wehrlegig Games
https://twitter.com/wehrlegig/status/1351581382112387079
Braincrack Games
https://twitter.com/BraincrackGames/status/1351545488290541569?s=19
Funagain Games
https://twitter.com/funagaingames/status/1352329830197456896
News
Dragonlance Saga comes to an end
https://www.enworld.org/threads/theres-a-new-dragonlance-novel-coming.677551/
Origins and Uk Games Expo move
https://www.originsgamefair.com/
https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/content/news/brand-new-dates-ukge-2021/
Counterfeit Games found in Zaavi
https://boardgoats.org/2021/01/11/boardgames-in-the-news-fake-games-from-a-high-street-name/
Uno Anniversary
https://www.toynews-online.biz/2021/01/12/uno-celebrates-its-50th-anniversary-with-a-raft-of-new-product-launches-and-initiatives/
RPG Corner
DnD Scouts
https://www.scouts.org.uk/supporters/dungeons-dragons
RPGs to the rescue
https://jaspersgameday.com/
https://itch.io/b/770/solo-but-not-alone
Wellerman https://twitter.com/TheOtherTracy/status/1349386754651017218
https://theothertracy.itch.io/one-day-the-wellerman-comes
Patreon Shoutouts
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https://luckysparrow.co.uk/
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Outro
Monopoly Speed
https://products.hasbro.com/en-gb/product/monopoly-speed-board-game-for-kids-ages-8-and-up:420781BC-E579-461A-8FC6-E783D4B64EEA
Risk TV
https://www.dicebreaker.com/series/risk/news/risk-tv-series
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The team are back after their close encounter with a rogue sound effect. Brushing off the audio cobwebs, they jump back into the studio to cover Kickstarter Growth, Catan Beer, Dragonlance Lawsuits, Games Workshop profits and much more on this episode of Brainwaves!
You might notice that Iain Chantler disappears about half way through the cast. Iain had a house emergency to attend to so Jamie and I finished the cast off.
Headlines
Kickstarter rakes in games cash
https://www.polygon.com/2020/12/22/22195749/kickstarter-top-10-highest-funded-campaigns-2020-video-games-board-games
2020 Vision Cast
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2020/12/28/brainwaves-special-edition-2020-vision/
Catan Beer taken by the robber
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/catan-1/news/catan-beer-revealed
Catan Snugglies
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/catan-1/news/catan-plushie-collection
FFG permaban themselves and all users
https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/313578-ffg-forum-shutdown/
News
Dragonlance lawsuit comes to an end
https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2020/12/dd-dragonlance-lawsuit-against-wotc-dismissed-is-krynn-in-the-cards.html
Origins mix up their awards, again
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/47206/rpg-categories-origins-awards-changed
Games Workshop announce record profits
https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2020/12/games-workshop-half-year-trading-update.html
UK tabletop industry does well in 2020
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-9041163/amp/Britains-tabletop-games-industry-booming-year.html
Nickelodeon Board Game Recalled
https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/columns/pop/9507192/jojo-siwa-no-idea-inappropriate-content-kids-board-game
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Outro
85th Anniversary Monopoly
https://products.hasbro.com/en-gb/product/monopoly-85-th-anniversary-edition-board-game:2DFDBBE4-8CAA-47E0-8677-BDCFBA42AEDB
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Iain, Iain, and Jamie take a bit of a breather from the regular cast to look back at the year. They are joined by Josh Hartley from the Unlucky Frog to look back at the big stories of 2020 and speculate on what 2021 will bring to the world of the Tabletop. Below the subjects we talk about I’ve provided links to the shows that have featured those subjects, should you want to revisit them.
Subjects
Coronavirus
https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-43-executive-bell/
https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/brainwaves-45-multiplayer-solitaire/
https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-49-cancellation-crisis/
Black Lives Matter, representation in the industry
https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-50-going-strong/
https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-51-troubling-origins/
https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-55-rolling-wheelchair/
Wizards of the Coast bad PR year
https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-51-troubling-origins/
https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-52-controversial-machines/
https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-53-meddling-wizards/
https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-59-rap-shoes/
Kickstarter Union Efforts
https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-44-robot-club/
https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-47-courtroom-melodrama/
https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-48-golden-brains/
Asmodee buys and sells
https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-44-robot-club/
https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-53-meddling-wizards/
https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-61-galaxy-gale/
Unlucky Frog
https://www.unluckyfrog.com/
https://twitter.com/TheUnluckyfrog
https://www.facebook.com/unluckyfroggaming
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It’s the last cast of the year, and over the Christmas break Iain McAllister is rebuilding the HQ. Thankfully the studio isn’t affected and the team gather for one last time in 2020 to cover companies going bankrupt, Gencon announcing new dates, Alexa grabbing more games and the return of RPG corner.
Headlines
Sans Detour goes under
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sansdetour/confrontation-classic-the-legendary-skirmish-game/comments
https://www.chaosium.com/blogstatement-about-ditions-sansdtour/
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2224909/sans-detour-red-flags-thread
Gencon announces dates for 2021
https://www.gencon.com/press/holidays-2020-and-gen-con-2021-updates
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/47186/gen-con-pushes-back-badge-registration-event-submission
https://eu.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2015/03/24/gen-con-threatens-move-convention-gov-mike-pence-signs-religious-freedom-bill/70393474/
Alexa catches a hot potato
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/News/alexa-play-big-potato-games
News
Max Brookes leaves FFG
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/star-wars-x-wing-miniatures-game/news/max-brooke-leaves-fantasy-flight
Dungeons & Dragons Film
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/News/chris-pine-cast-in-dungeons-dragons-film
Jewish anthology of RPGs
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/doikayt-a-jewish-ttrpg-anthology/news/doikayt-jewish-anthology-tabletop-rpg
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/5527230/doikayt-a-jewish-ttrpg-anthology/description
Cyberpunk bundle on itch
https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/roleplaying-game/news/cyberpunk-asian-creators-game-jam-itch
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It’s Christmas time at Brainwaves HQ and the two Iains are decorating the tree! It shines magnificently in the corner of the Brainwaves studio as the team cover sinkings, new awards, old awards, Wizards dropping the ball (or should that be snitch?), and the feud between Uri Geller and a card game.
Headlines
The Zenobia Award
https://www.dicebreaker.com/companies/the-zenobia-award/news/zenobia-award-historical-board-game
https://zenobiaaward.org/who-we-are/
GAMA Makes more Changes to the Origin Awards for 2020/2021 Cycle
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/47053/gama-makes-more-changes-origins-awards-2020-2021-cycle
Games Shipped to Abyssal Floor
https://www.dicebreaker.com/amp/games/good-puppers/news/good-puppers-card-game-shipping-accident?__twitter_impression=true
News
Update: Netflix Settles Bandersnatch “Choose Your Own Adventure” Lawsuit
https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/25/21720533/netflix-bandersnatch-chooseco-lawsuit-settlement-choose-your-own-adventure
MODCon Announced, the Online Convention of Modiphius and Dragonmeet
https://www.modiphius.net/pages/modcon
D&D Racial Improvements will “take years”
https://www.dicebreaker.com/amp/games/dungeons-and-dragons-5e/news/dnd-improvements-racial-depictions-take-years?__twitter_impression=true
Wizards being prepped for sale?
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/47054/rolling-initiative-a-case-possible-sale-wizards-coast-being-horizon
Knight Models bungles Harry Potter Response
https://twitter.com/little_lizzie22/status/1333285477001154563?s=19
Uri Geller retracts feud with specific pokemon
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/pokemon-trading-card-game/news/kadabra-uri-geller-lawsuit
Patreon Shoutouts
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James Naylor’s mental health first aid https://twitter.com/naylorjames/status/1332320278639243265
Outro
Sea of Thieves Monopoly
https://www.raregames.store/rare-store-exclusives/sea-of-thieves-x-monopoly-limited-edition-rare-store-exclusive
Metallica Monopoly
https://www.metallica.com/store/monopoly-world-tour-edition/MONOPOLYWT.html
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The Brainwaves team are back to bring you the best in Tabletop Gaming News. This week they cover the sad closure of Girls Game Shelf, troubles in a galaxy far, far away, legal troubles here on earth, convention cancellations, interesting kickstarters, and much, much more.
Headlines
Girls’ Game Shelf shuts up shop
https://girlsgameshelf.com/2020/11/not-goodbye-but-hello/
Asmodee moves Star Wars minis from FFG to Atomic Mass Games
https://www.atomicmassgames.com/special-announcement
Gale Force Nine sues Wizards of the Coast
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/47010/gale-force-nine-sues-wizards-coast
News
Pokemon Auction
https://comics.ha.com/itm/memorabilia/pokemon-first-edition-base-set-sealed-booster-box-wizards-of-the-coast-1999-/a/7236-92312.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/47011/heritage-auctions-sets-new-record-sale-price-sealed-pokemon-1st-edition-booster-box
GAMA 2021 cancelled
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/46933/gama-cancels-expo-2021-reno
Endangered Alphabet Project
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/ulus/news/board-game-ulus-mongolian-language https://www.endangeredalphabets.com/
DnD Combat Wheelchair resources released
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/the-witcher-trpg/news/witcher-trpg-disability-resources
Comic Relief DnD
https://twitter.com/TabletopMag/status/1329400465113706498?s=19
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Outro
Uno to become tv game show
https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/uno-game-show-1234833785/
Cluedo: Disney Villains
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/clue-disney-villains/news/clue-disney-villains-board-game
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Viva le Revolution! Iain Chantler leads the charge in strike action at the Brainwaves studio! After a brief negotiation involving coffee, the team resolve their differences by coming together behind the mics. This cast we cover new studios, old money, sad partings, pay deals, auctions, and more!
Headlines
Critical Role announce boardgame studio
https://critrole.com/announcing-darrington-press-our-game-publishing-company/
Ex-Blizzard dev starts Tabletop game studio
https://warchiefgaming.com/2020/10/27/chris-metzen-charges-back-into-world-development-with-warchief-gaming/
Pokemon deal goes south
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2020/oct/28/how-live-streamed-375k-deal-for-pokemon-cards-ended-in-disaster
Hasbro Earnings call
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/46853/big-gains-hasbro-gaming-q3
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/46855/hasbro-developing-d-d-tv-more
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4381371-hasbro-inc-ceo-brian-goldner-on-q3-2020-results-earnings-call-transcript?page=1
News
Martin McKenna dies
https://officialfightingfantasy.blogspot.com/2020/11/martin-mckenna-1969-2020.html
Asmodee launches P&P online guides
https://connect-and-play.asmodee.fun/
Wotc strikes deal to pay DMs
https://www.geeknative.com/99894/wizards-of-the-coast-strikes-a-deal-to-pay-some-dms/
http://heraldsguild.com/virtual-dd-weekends/
…..and auctions off unique items https://www.geeknative.com/101016/wizards-of-the-coast-to-hold-unique-dd-item-ebay-action/
Patreon Shoutouts
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Outro
Monopoly for Sore Losers
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8114895
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The team is excited to bring you their first cast live from Essen! Turns out it’s been cancelled. Boo. Gathering themselves and retreating back to the confines of their hotel room the team diligently bring you the latest in tabletop gaming news: Wizards getting sued, more awards, chess cheating continued, rappers, pokemon and much, much more!
Headlines
Wizards taken to court over Dragonlance Books
https://www.geeknative.com/99114/racism-and-sexism-blamed-for-ruining-multi-million-dollar-dragonlance-deal-as-wizards-of-the-coast-are-taken-to-court/
International Gamers Award Game of the Year Nominees Announced
https://therewillbe.games/news-newsflashes/8206-international-gamers-award-game-of-the-year-2020-nominees-announced?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Chess Cheating Crisis Continues
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/oct/16/chesss-cheating-crisis-paranoia-has-become-the-culture
News
Wu-Tang Clan play chess for Charity
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/chess/news/wu-tang-chess-rza-gza-charity-match
https://www.chess.com/news/view/hennessy-wu-tang-maurice-ashley-chess
Rapper Logic buys pokemon card for $200,574
https://twitter.com/ICV2/status/1317169445534535680?s=19
Geek Retreat to expand
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54599300?fbclid=IwAR0a1yjtf4hwkyb8dj3LWYCN5hyFhimu-Z1pZpOKTuN85VwKu90B0cRGt-o
Dragonmeet Cancelled
https://www.facebook.com/groups/dragonmeet
Sign up to GM https://www.dragonmeet.co.uk/gms.html?fbclid=IwAR0axku_DzAR-LguWhTa-moeKq40OZtGu5jPZiTn4bRlfl3h3-BkEU09EMc
Haba USA gets new CEO
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/46698/haba-usa-gets-new-ceo
Hasbro President retiring
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/46718/hasbro-president-retiring?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Patreon Shoutouts
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https://luckysparrow.co.uk/
Shaun Newan
game-a-lot.fun/en
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Outro
Catan Shoes?
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/catan-1/news/catan-footwear-collection-plainview
https://mojo-nation.com/catan-footwear-collection-way-plainview/
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The cast has hit 10000 downloads and Iain M is throwing a party! He does seem to have forgotten about having to record the cast though. The show must go on and the team wrangle karaoking interns out of the studio and get down to the business of recording cast 58. This time round they cover Origins Awards, Magic meets the Walking Dead, Covid impact on Scottish stores, new crowdfunding sites and much more. Iain M has been hard at work in the basement on his latest news gathering invention, the Rumor Mill. What nuggets has he managed to sift from the detritus of the internet? Listen on to find out.
Headlines
Origins Awards announce winners
https://www.originsawards.net/
Magic the Gathering/ Walking Dead crossover
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/wizards-of-the-coast-responds-to-concerns-over-walking-dead-crossover/1100-6482915/
Scottish stores hit by Covid 19
http://www.commongroundgames.co.uk/
https://www.westendgames.co.uk/
Rumour Mill
Battlestar Galactica Returns
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2515543/unconfirmed-rumourleak-rethemererelease-bsg-arkham
News
Update: Heroquest available in UK
https://www.zavvi.com/toys-games/heroquest-board-game-by-haslab-hasbro/12706785.html?sv_campaign_id=78888&sv_tax1=affiliate&sv_tax2=17149&sv_tax3=Skimlinks&sv_tax4=tabletopgaming.co.uk&sv_affiliate_id=78888&awc=2549_1602183647_823d1e34621f2fd195fdad29dff1a4f0&utm_source=AWin-78888&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=AffiliateWin&sv_campaign_id=78888&sv_tax1=affiliate&sv_tax2=17149&sv_tax3=Skimlinks&sv_tax4=0&sv_affiliate_id=78888
Folklore KS hit by Mold
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gbg/folklore-the-fall-of-the-spire/posts/2968464
Steam to host digital Tabletop Games festival in October
https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/2769108226045128183
Scandal in Chess World
https://kotaku.com/chess-tournament-winner-banned-says-opponent-was-doin-1845295980?rev=1602107874550&utm_campaign=Kotaku&utm_content=1602108128&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_source=facebook
Patreon Shoutouts
Exec Producers: Lucky Sparrow Gaming Cafe
https://luckysparrow.co.uk/
Shaun Newman
game-a-lot.fun/en
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Our Patreon
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Outro
Holidays are coming
https://www.boardgamehalv.com/new-holiday-board-games-based-on-movies-funko/?fbclid=IwAR1UybjS-dKoVmKJRbQTZ8HN04MmFXAMboxaC7qOuY8syugybRh79u1XNck
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Jamie has returned from the depths of the Brainwaves HQ with the help of Iain C and large quantities of caffeine. As Iain M gets them back in the studio and calms things down the team get back on the news wagon. This cast covers the return of an old friend, more awards, Critical role’s charitable side, old games, new money and much more. Brainstorm returns as the team discusses whether bigger companies should use crowdfunding at all.
Headlines
Hero Quest Returns
https://hasbropulse.com/products/heroquest-game-system
Iain plays Heroquest with Paul Grogan and others.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg4TwGKDsKU&ab_channel=GamingRules%21
More Awards
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/the-crew-the-quest-for-planet-nine/news/the-crew-wins-deutscher-spielepreis
https://www.dianajonesaward.org/the-2020-award/
Critical Role Foundation
https://critrole.com/foundation/
News
Cards against humanity sells cafe
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/46589/in-quick-surrender-cards-against-humanity-sells-chicago-board-game-cafe
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2019/11/11/episode-39-selling-up/
Viking Game dug up
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/metal-detectorist-unearths-1150-year-old-viking-board-game/ar-BB18UtKK?li=BBoPWjQ
Pokemon sells for lots
https://www.geeknative.com/93364/first-edition-wizards-of-the-coast-pokemon-box-doubles-world-record-price/?fbclid=IwAR2BBCpO3wdNVt3Zr8vB0h34lXbvieSUyc82FazjPdmfCVl9glE1lF-4MZ8
Patreon Shoutouts
UK Games Expo Interview
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/749676849
Exec Producers: Lucky Sparrow Gaming Cafe
https://luckysparrow.co.uk/
Our Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain
Shaun Newman
game-a-lot.fun/en
facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
Our Patreon
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Outro
https://www.zavvi.com/toys-games/monopoly-mandalorian-edition-board-game/12693692.html?fbclid=IwAR0e-NMVnnt9sVIRdbZq50duKCDlUejFTPjL3etKUm56Rirk0bmSN9SS_Jw
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Jamie’s back from travels and Iain M has had a nice long sleep. Too long though it seems as they missed the last cast! Making up for lost time the pair, Iain C is fixing the coffee machine, cover Eric Lang leaving CMON, updates from previous reports, Avalon Hill changing hands (sort of), and much more on this edition of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Eric Lang leaves Cool Mini or Not(CMON)
https://twitter.com/eric_lang/status/1299401294201917441
https://cmon.com/press/eric-lang-steps-down-from-his-exec-role-at-cmon-to-focus-on-design-and-activism
Fantasy Flight Games cancels Organised Play
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2020/8/24/august-covid-update/
UK Games Expo Award Winners
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=704305163454777&extid=fn6fbyBbGb9NHyDx
https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/plan/at-the-expo/uk-games-expo-awards/
News
Curse of Hearts returns to sale
https://www.geeknative.com/87846/curse-of-hearts-controversial-horny-vampire-dd-goes-back-on-sale/?fbclid=IwAR3hh6ywAvPeZ0doGRhYPrWgTSNxyk7VHuuulRLUb91ziaP6zX6YgZYbFbY
https://www.proud-geek.co.uk/product-page/curse-of-hearts-stake-parry-kill
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2020/07/06/brainwaves-52-controversial-machines/
CMON choose new auditor https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/46462/cmon-chooses-new-auditor
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2020/04/13/brainwaves-episode-46-non-euclidean-coffee/
Stonemaier Games takes brokerage in house
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/46445/stonemaier-takes-distribution-brokerage-in-house?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Avalon Hill changes hands
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/46496/management-avalon-hill-board-game-brand-will-move-from-wizards-coast-hasbro
Patreon Shoutouts
Exec Producers: Lucky Sparrow Gaming Cafe
https://luckysparrow.co.uk/
Shaun Newman
game-a-lot.fun/en
facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
Our Patreon
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Outro
Bob Ross Monopoly
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/bob-ross-themed-version-monopoly-1904610
Root on PC
https://twitter.com/direwolfdigital/status/1296171599977222145
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Welcome to Idle Thoughts our spin-off podcast where the team get together and talk about games they have played recently. This cast was formerly a patreon exclusive that we would occasionally share with the main feed, but it is now going to be a regular fixture of our release schedule. Patrons still get it early and extended, as we do for the Brainwaves cast.
This is a recording of our opinions about a bunch of games that we played when we met up recently in Glasgow to actually play some games together. We cover Overstocked, Swatch, Biblios, Valley of the Kings, Letterpress and Root!
Going to try something a bit different for the show notes here. I'll link to the companies for the KS games of course but for the ones that are actually out and you fancy buying we are providing Amazon Affiliate links (marked AL as usual). If you buy the game through one of these links we get a small cut.
Games that we talked about Overstocked Swatch Biblios (AL) Valley of the Kings I can only find these two on the current Amazon listings. We would recommend Afterlife if you just want to try it out. Afterlife (AL) Deluxe (AL) Letterpress (AL) Root Yeah we wouldn't recommend getting Root from Amazon, heard of counterfeits from there. You can get it direct from Leder Games site with a reprint coming pretty soon.
The deluge of news is finally slowing and the team takes a well deserved rest in the gardens, whilst still bringing you the latest information from the world of tabletop. This cast covers the Ennie Winners, Roll20 boom, Combat Wheelchairs, Asmodee going alone, Starfinder returning to Alexa and more! As the storm clouds gather overhead the team discuss the relationship between publishers and reviewers and where the line lies between reviews and paid content.
Headlines
Ennies announced
https://ennie-awards.com/2020-nominees_winners/
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/aug/11/mork-borg-swedish-metal-role-playing-game
Roll20 reports covid RPG boom
https://www.geeknative.com/82373/roll20-reports-2020-q2-boom-in-rpgs-dd-reigns-supreme/?fbclid=IwAR0TuxfLid81m4OLS00i6HplH6Zmc-RFaziDb02k037zWq7pTsm18bEB8cA
Combat Wheelchair
https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2020/08/dd-combat-wheelchair-makes-splash-with-wotc-staff-critical-roles-dm-but-not-all-agree.html
AJ Le Brun Interview
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2020/08/12/meeting-of-minds-able-table-gaming/
News
AEG CEO John Zinser unwell
https://www.alderac.com/2020/08/03/statement-about-john-zinsers-health/
Asmofair
https://www.toynews-online.biz/2020/08/11/asmodee-introduces-its-own-virtual-trade-event-asmofair-for-2020/
WOTC drops ACD
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/46274/wizards-coast-says-acd-distribution-no-longer-option
Alexa Starfinder RPG grows
https://www.engadget.com/amazon-alexa-starfinder-rpg-series-140029360.html?guccounter=1
Patreon Shoutouts
Exec Producers
Lucky Sparrow Gaming Cafe
https://luckysparrow.co.uk/
Shaun Newman
game-a-lot.fun/en
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Metallic Dice Games
https://metallicdicegames.com/
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Outro
Captain Sir Tom Moore memorial mini https://warlordgames.myshopify.com/products/nhs-tribute-figure
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/News/nhs-tribute-miniature-from-warlord-games
Albacon
https://twitter.com/AlbaConRPG/status/1294348360007196674
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Excavating Iain Chantler out from underneath a huge pile of news the team are reunited and set about the latest developments in Tabletop gaming with enthusiasm (or at least workman-like efficiency). This episode we take a look at the Spiel des Jahres, Uk Games Expo Award shortlists, a whole bunch of financial news from across the industry, Mind Sports Olympiad. Also the return of RPG corner where the team uncovers tales of HORROR!
Headlines
Spiel des Jahres Winner announced
https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/en/aktuelle-preistraeger-2020/
UK Games Expo Awards
https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/whats-on/show/awards-shortlist/
Board Game Sales Data
https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/46196/hobby-game-sales-hit-1-675-billion-2019?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#.Xx68pgJBDHo.twitter
News
Time of Legends Update
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/destinies/time-of-legends-destinies/posts/2906454?fbclid=IwAR1sr6O3YAbCbBiHexahZ1seV2JjpNt0kF9qMW966X1MiMHc-Zh-bsy0kIM
Open letter to retailers from minority creators
https://medium.com/@cardsforallpeople/minority-gamemakers-open-letter-to-retailers-c9b7472f36b8
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/46150/minority-game-makers-urge-changes-big-box-retailers
Hasbro reports sales in Q2
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/46203/hasbros-total-gaming-sales-down-19-q2
Games Workshop thrives despite Covid
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/46227/games-workshop-shrugs-off-covid-shutdown
Mind sports olympiad Book Events - Mind Sports OlympiadMind Sports Olympiad
RPG Corner
Update - Modiphius cuts ties with Adam Koebel
https://www.geeknative.com/77184/adam-koebel-quits-the-dune-rpg-adventures-in-the-imperium/?fbclid=IwAR0X_Baqvl1GRtrEBp1ohnJkUG3k6AP32FKkcRiybnodvkhJLoebzgrVvIQ
https://twitter.com/Modiphius/status/1287749933215502338?s=19
https://www.adam-koebel.com/blog
Lamentations invites Zak S in
https://www.geeknative.com/74747/lamentations-of-the-flame-princess-lose-major-project-over-zak-smith-support/?fbclid=IwAR13LYwW_3HuY20svInOx9JnhGUpn05sJQ3ufL8Ze27NxqvX37YXnATlyLU
Green ronin report
https://greenronin.com/blog/2020/07/10/ronin-report-july-9-2020/
Patreon Shoutouts
Exec Producers: Lucky Sparrow Gaming Cafe
https://luckysparrow.co.uk/
Our Patreon
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Outro
Super Mario Monopoly
https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1283831264525647874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1283831264525647874%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamesradar.com%2Fuk%2Fwahoo-nintendo-announces-special-super-mario-editions-of-monopoly-and-jenga%2F
Albacon
https://albacon.co.uk/
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On this special episode of Brainwaves we chat to two of the people behind Project Nisei, a fan run continuation of the Netrunner card game. Serenity, Community Manager, and Jonni, Design lead, join Iain and Iain to chat about the challenges of keeping a worldwide community going amidst the current crisis, how the game is continuing to evolve, their plans for forthcoming releases, and the best way for new players to get into this fantastic game of cyber criminals and the corps who hate them.
Jonni
http://www.twitter.com/jvtrev
http://www.twitch.tv/jvtrev
Serenity
https://twitter.com/exalts
Project Nisei
https://nisei.net/
https://twitter.com/ProjectNISEI
Other things mentioned
Duelyst
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duelyst
Dave Hoyland vs. Kenny Wong match
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmrfrT1lYfI
Make Playing Cards
https://www.makeplayingcards.com/
Drivethrucards
https://www.drivethrucards.com/
Netrunner subreddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/Netrunner/
There you can also find the link to the Green level clearance discord
Calvin Wong
https://twitter.com/ithayla
The HQ is on red alert as the news tubes fill up with more information than they can handle. Setting the interns on the problem Iain M and Jamie set about getting the podcast done to reduce the strain on the system whilst Iain C is lost somewhere in the piles of news! This episode we report on the return of Golden Bell to crowdfunding, Wizards having more employee troubles, Twitter Bans, Scrabble bans, deaths, awards and loads more!
Headlines
Golden Bell Studios launches crowdfunding site
https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/hkxaun/golden_bell_studios_is_starting_their_own/
https://www.thegrowingtreehouse.com/
Wizards Employee Troubles
https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2020/07/dd-wotc-employee-quits-sparking-uproar.html
https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2020/07/dd-wotc-issues-apology-community-demands-action.html
https://twitter.com/DungeonCommandr/status/1279208531103629312
Eric Lang twitter ban
https://www.facebook.com/eric.lang.1217/posts/10158245957480856
https://www.facebook.com/eric.lang.1217/posts/10158247949970856
News
Mythic Update
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1162110258/time-of-legends-joan-of-arc/posts/2893949
Episode 42
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2020/02/03/episode-42-parting-ways/
Jim Holloway has Died
https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2020/07/the-bell-tolls-for-jim-holloway.html
Dice Tower Awards
https://www.dicetowernews.com/article/winners-13th-annual-dice-tower-awards-announced
Scrabble bans offensive words
https://kotaku.com/scrabble-bans-hundreds-of-offensive-words-from-competit-1844301407?utm_campaign=Kotaku&utm_content=1594179486&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_source=twitter
Edinburgh Games Lab
https://historyandgames.shca.ed.ac.uk/?fbclid=IwAR1NppB8MBJuIPclig4kEf_Gcmcz-FHtaXT-5tz0rcvrJgDyKj_T4F61Ivc
Asmodee buys Libellud
https://www.geeknative.com/74652/growth-hungry-asmodee-buys-dixit-and-mysteriums-libellud/?fbclid=IwAR2bsVMDqq8JdvmrgJJDef_JXJIXwJ5ydDay2PWwBlSe8ZMs5Jq3OrgMJqk
Patreon Shoutouts
Exec Producers: Lucky Sparrow Gaming Cafe
https://luckysparrow.co.uk/
Our Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain
Metallic Dice Games
https://metallicdicegames.com/
Use code ROLLWITHBRAINS for 10% off and support the show!
Outro
Gamemaster Documentary
https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/board-game/news/board-game-documentary-gamemaster-released
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Iain M thought he was going to have a nice relaxing time in the Brainwaves studios over lockdown but no! There is so much news that it is threatening to bury the entire HQ! Together the team dig into the giant piles to bring you only the best nuggets of news; CAH revelations continue, WOTC part ways with artist, Ennies deals with their own controversy, AI taking over and much, much more!
Headlines
Cards against humanity head ousted
https://www.cardsagainsthumanity.com/statement/
https://medium.com/@nicolas.j.carter/how-to-know-youre-not-insane-and-how-a-cards-against-humanity-staff-writer-was-fired-40fe07fbbfe4
https://www.polygon.com/2020/6/30/21308708/cards-against-humanity-unionization-toxic-culture-chicago
Wizards of the Coast parts way with Magic the Gathering artist
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45990/wizards-coast-parts-ways-magic-the-gathering-artist-noah-bradley
https://twitter.com/noahbradley/status/1274670378296774658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1274670378296774658&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fkotaku.com%2Fajax%2Finset%2Fiframe%3Fid%3Dtwitter-1274670378296774658%26autosize%3D1
Zak S Cast
https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-23-stranger-dice/
Ennies announced amidst Lancer controversy
http://www.ennie-awhttp://www.ennie-awards.com/blog/2020-nominees-and-judges-spotlight-winners/ards.com/blog/2020-nominees-and-judges-spotlight-winners/
https://www.geeknative.com/74293/ennies-2020-nominee-will-refuse-any-awards-until-organisers-address-2017-controversy/
https://twitter.com/Lancer_RPG/status/1277650899243077632
Meeting of Minds - Loke Battlemats
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2020/07/01/meeting-of-minds-loke-battlemats/
News
DMs Guild removes book from sale for provocative art
https://twitter.com/deathbybadger/status/1277920649055518725
AI set loose on Diplomacy
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/deepmind-sets-ai-loose-on-diplomacy-board-game-and-collaboration-is-key/
Alpha Go Episode
https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-40-wrapping-up/
Assembly Link
http://wrengames.co.uk/main/
Tabletop Games Blog Link
https://tabletopgamesblog.com/
Marvel and Games Workshop Team Up
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/46004/marvel-comics-games-workshop-reveal-new-warhammer-40-000-comic
Tabletop Mentorship announces Micro-Grants
https://twitter.com/TabletopMentor/status/1278339936761139200?s=20
Stephen Buonocore to Step Down as President of Stronghold Games
http://strongholdgames.com/press-release-buonocorestepsdown/
Boardgamegeek acquires TabletopEvents
https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeek/status/1277615780998365184?s=19
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After the rose tinted glasses of episode 50 we put on the harsh specs of reality and dive into this week’s news. Together the team cover the cancellation of Origins Online, Wizards of the Coast banning cards and striving for diversity, Cards Against Humanity abuse allegations, Golden Bell tolling once more, Everything Board Games imploding and much, much more.
Headlines
Origins Online Cancelled amidst mass walkout of guests over silence on American protests
https://kotaku.com/board-gamings-industry-body-refuses-to-say-a-word-about-1843990186/amp?fbclid=IwAR0mzioSECyHsAtJyW8f8g7v-OPCpkCnQpBGG-fiEO_i1zWKKx85ahcAFmM&__twitter_impression=true
Statement can be found on GAMA facebook page @TheGAMAOnline
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45895/gama-cancels-origins-online
Eric Lang Statement
https://twitter.com/eric_lang/status/1271095405644779521
Wizards of the Coast bans Racist magic cards
https://www.geeknative.com/73805/here-are-the-racist-magic-cards-wizards-have-banned/
https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Default.aspx
Cards against Humanity under fire
https://medium.com/@anitasarkeesian/ending-my-relationship-with-cards-against-humanity-and-max-temkin-2f25108dfeb4
https://twitter.com/atheresastewart/status/1269310742450393089
News
Golden Bell Strike again
https://twitter.com/moregamespls/status/1270687206756233217?s=19
Episode 34 cast link
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2019/08/19/episode-34-golden-gnomes/
Everything Board Games implodes
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1941412327/everything-board-games-bi-monthly-digital-magazin
https://mobile.twitter.com/NDShipley/status/1273357515846189058
https://twitter.com/NDShipley/status/1273383596653457410
Diversity & Dungeons & Dragons
https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/diversity-and-dnd?fbclid=IwAR08nGlNVFzeFlxaWVIlix7YvyyWd5b0db08bhX1Dw_Xw7dkTpFIWrUCehc
Kinderspiel announced
https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/en/aktuelle-preistraeger-2020/
Itch bundle breaks $8million dollars
https://itch.io/b/520/bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equality
Blades in the Dark Review
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2017/07/30/blades-in-the-dark-review/
CMON does P&P Foodies https://www.cmon.com/news/foodies-print-play-edition
Patreon Shoutouts
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Outro
New reddit!
https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgamediscussion/
Munchkin Disney
https://theop.games/2020/06/munchkin-disney-game-coming-soon/
Dobble Variants are on the way
https://twitter.com/ICV2/status/1270386811102101505?s=19
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Brainwaves Statement on the U.S. Protests
Hello everyone, before we get to the cast proper we wanted to take a moment to address how the Brainwaves team feels about the current situation in America. We feel that even though our voice is small, it is important to speak up when events like this occur.
As 3 white guys we will not pretend to understand what the black community has experienced worldwide during our lifetimes and for centuries beforehand. However we do stand with the protesters who are seeking justice for the killing of George Floyd and the countless other black Americans who have been unlawfully killed.
The United States is being run by a fascist who wants nothing more than to line his pockets and those of his rich, white friends. He doesn’t care about people, especially those who look different from him. We hope his rule is brought to an end in November. Our own country is being run by people who foster the fear of ‘the other’ to score political points, to divide, and make money. Whilst they have not quite sunk to the levels of the Trump administration, it is all too easy to imagine a scenario where they would.
For our own part we will be endeavouring to highlight the work of BAME UK designers more. We are conscious of the fact that we have not had a diverse range of voices on the cast or in interviews. We'll be striving to do better on that front over the coming weeks, months, and years. Our goal has always been to lift up smaller publishers and designers and we also need to add diversity to that goal. We, and games, are all made better by listening to and understanding diverse voices.
It is easy to feel powerless against what is happening in the US, and in the UK regarding Brexit, at the moment. We hope in our own small corner of the internet that we can do better, and that we can help lift up a diverse range of voices through our actions.
Black Lives Matter.
Show Notes
It’s our 50th episode! Before we break out the bubbly, the team bring you the choicest slices of tabletop games news from Magic competitions going digital to pintable trains. In a longer than normal cast, we look back on how the cast came to be, what the future holds, and chat about our experiences behind the scenes.
Headlines
Spiel des Jahres nominations out
https://www.dicebreaker.com/topics/spiel-des-jahres/news/spiel-des-jahres-2020-nominations
Wizards of the Coast announces major changes to M:tG competitive play.
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45828/wizards-coast-announces-major-changes-to-competitive-level-magic-the-gathering-events?fbclid=IwAR2SXWztpeqgqdkvYTc8MG_WtrsAKrqAsu5H_BGvaU3NRn9iiCJ4ZAbKWqI
Gen Con online https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/News/gen-con-online-registration-to-open-1-june-2020
News
Boardgame design lab hires J.R. Honeycutt
https://mobile.twitter.com/BGDesignLab/status/1268505651522740224
Ticket to Ride Print and Play
https://print-and-play.asmodee.fun/files/tickettoride/Ticket-to-Ride-Stay-at-Home-A4_en.pdf
Aquelarre RPG now coming out in English https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/News/aquelarre-rpg-out-now?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=news&fbclid=IwAR36vxnSIpoRNLacCsxqRkNxw1b80uXhrovIpSfxYJfSAhp2dygGkSLTYkE
Retrospective
Meeple People Podcast
https://soundcloud.com/user-434999721
First Player Token
https://twitter.com/1stplayertoken?lang=en
Unlucky Frog
https://www.unluckyfrog.com/
We’re Not Wizards
https://werenotwizards.podbean.com/
Patreon Shoutouts
Exec Producers: Lucky Sparrow Gaming Cafe
https://luckysparrow.co.uk/
Our Patreon
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Iain C is having some outside time in the Brainwaves garden, leaving Jamie and Iain M to get on with the business of the cast. This week we cover convention cancellations, Avengers’ board game night, BGG Geek Game store, Spartacus returning, Hot Zones for free and more. In Brainstorm we discuss the possibility of a silver lining to all the convention cancellations: are release schedules going to get a little more spread out?
Headlines
Coronavirus cancels conventions
Uk Games Expo
https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/virtually-expo/
Tabletop Scotland
https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/tabletop-scotland-2020-cancelled/
Essen
https://www.spiel-messe.com/en/covid-19/
Gencon
https://www.gencon.com/press/updates-gen-con-covid19
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45767/gen-con-officially-cancelled-2020-over-covid-19-concerns
Play boardgames with the Avengers
https://www.fanatics.com/giftcards/virtual-hangout-with-chris-evans-and-five-of-his-super-close-friends/o-32270109+p-9276001395646+z-9-3629237344?_ref=p-SRP:m-GRID:i-r0c0:po-0
Boardgamegeek announce new geek store- Geek Game Shop
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2432453/announcing-geek-game-shop
News
FFG takedowns follow up
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2020/5/15/play-together-while-apart/?fbclid=IwAR0dRBzFH4IA5y373NIxiS7By1-BrOVMeYMlkIDQXMrFClajGDzEK7xsxsM
Pandemic Hot Zone https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/pandemic-hot-zone-north-america/news/pandemic-hot-zone-print-and-play-demo
Spartacus returns
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45726/spartacus-returns
Patreon Shoutouts
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Outro
Breaking Bad Monopoly
https://twitter.com/joindicebreaker/status/1259778023789867009?s=19
The Child Monopoly
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45730/baby-yoda-monopoly
Godzilla Monopoly
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/monopoly-godzilla-monster-edition/news/monopoly-godzilla-edition-announced
Guardian article about DnD
https://amp.theguardian.com/games/2020/may/20/dungeons-dragons-in-lockdown-as-my-universe-contracts-this-game-expands-whole-worlds?fbclid=IwAR1ON45rfLEqJON8mDu2GCOJ2hGr4kM0UpUH4i2Q-tSi8fDf1y5sErDKZW4
James Wallis head of UK Games studio
https://twitter.com/JamesWallis/status/1262323767910502400?s=19
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It’s time for the most coveted prize in the boardgame award season calendar, The Golden Brains! These coveted prizes are only given out on this cast to categories of our own devising, number two will shock you. Of course we still have time to bring you the best in tabletop gaming news: comic relief DnD, Wingspan sweeps awards and picks up some controversy, Frosthaven rocks Kickstarter, Asmodee takedowns, Union negotiations and much more! In our Brainstorm we look at the thorny subject of boardgame categories and ask if it is time that things are shaken up.
Headlines
Comic Relief goes Dungeon Delving
https://twitter.com/comicrelief/status/1255814860102828033?s=19
https://tiltify.com/@comic-relief-plays-dungeons-dragons/crplaysdnd
BGG announces Golden Geek Awards 2019
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2421320/14th-annual-golden-geek-awards-winners-2019
Frosthaven takes eleventybillion dollars
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45687/frosthaven-kickstarter-raises-nearly-13-million
News
Hasbro gets lift from lockdown
https://www.wsj.com/articles/monopoly-maker-gets-a-big-lift-from-lockdown-11588169873
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45666/hasbros-total-gaming-business-up-40-q1
Kickstarter Union announces negotiated settlement
https://twitter.com/ksr_united/status/1256382357311012871
Steamforged Games offer to retailers
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45652/steamforged-offers-retailers-40-affiliate-sales
DM’s Guild giving 100% of royalties to Creators until 17th May
https://twitter.com/RPG_EmeraldS/status/1257248719449268224
https://www.dmsguild.com/special.php
Asmodee Humble Bundle
https://www.humblebundle.com/games/asmodee-play-with-friends?hmb_source=humble_home&hmb_medium=product_tile&hmb_campaign=mosaic_section_2_layout_index_1_layout_type_threes_tile_index_2_c_asmodeeplaywithfriends_bundle
Asmodee takedowns
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2415261/asmodee-ffg-seem-be-taking-down-all-ffg-games-tts/page/3
Patreon Shoutouts
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Outro
Huge bet on Rock, Paper, Scissors https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/500-k-bet-on-rock-paper-scissors-1.5543533
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This week on Brainwaves Iain Chantler is on trial for crimes too heinous to write down! With the proceedings out of the way the team gather to pour over the last fortnight in boardgame news: CMON trading statement, Kickstarter cuts, Game store owner arrested and companies support for your FLGS. We look at Roll20 and the ways it can help you roleplay online.
The Trial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAaTLcQq_D4&app=desktop Headlines
Cmon Trading Statement
https://cmon.com/news/cmon-april-2020-update
Kickstarter to cut staff
https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/20/21228412/kickstarter-layoffs-planned-coronavirus-project-declines-crowdfunding-union
Florida Game Store Owner arrested over stay at home orders
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45615/florida-game-store-owner-arrested-violating-safer-home-orders
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45620/game-store-owner-to-fight-charges
News
Games Workshop to begin Opening Stores around the world
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/04/21/lockdown-updategw-homepage-post-2
Tales from the Loop on TV, boardgame out on KS https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1192053011/tales-from-the-loop-the-board-game
Pegasus Spiele and Portal Games announce Kickback programmes
https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/103078/covid-19-gaming-table-vi-store-support-pegasus-and
CGE blog
https://blog.czechgames.com/2020/04/06/why-cge-blog-now/
At Home with Iain
https://roll20.net/
Outro
Trivial Pursuit
https://bloody-disgusting.com/toys/3612946/brand-new-board-game-trivial-pursuit-horror-ultimate-edition-coming-fall/?fbclid=IwAR1mwl58KyE3O3JxOq5aEbyUwEWL3cIxIz1HVM0sKLpMe2wvB8VekSvYgoc
Patreon Shoutouts
Exec Producers: Lucky Sparrow Gaming Cafe
https://luckysparrow.co.uk/
No Pun Included
https://www.nopunincluded.com/
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The Team are all together in Brainwaves HQ and Iain C has made his way back from the non-euclidean geometry of the coffee machine. Joining Jamie and Iain M they dive into the news ocean once more to bring you the juiciest pearls. This week they cover the Far Verona cancellation, the passing of a TSR founder, CMON trading woes, Asmodee generosity, Z-Man on Pandemic and much, much more. Iain M has been busy putting together a new corner of the studio to help out those stuck at home with online gaming, and the team chat about the merits of Tabletop Simulator.
Headlines
Far Verona Cancellation
https://www.reddit.com/r/rpg/comments/fts4rd/adam_koebel_dungeon_worlds_far_verona_stream/
https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2020/04/rpg-far-verona-canceled-dungeon-world-creator-faces-backlash.html
Elspeth Eastman Explainer Vid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y21hx6FEPE&feature=emb_err_watch_on_yt
Koebel Apology
https://youtu.be/yYonGyQiILQ
Monte Cooke material
https://www.montecookgames.com/consent-in-gaming/
Brian J Blume dies
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45529/r-i-p-brian-j-blume
Cool Mini Or Not Stock Trading Suspended
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45581/annual-report-delayed-trading-suspended-cmon?fbclid=IwAR1SquWmVuleOhkP4lWL4p3zkaCEXsrXvQNrvRqFetZ93-IG4TgyafmFpxE
News
Asmodee PnP
https://print-and-play.asmodee.fun/
Asmodee hires GW Interactive Games licensing Manager
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45523/asmodee-adds-interactive-games-licensing-manager
Gama launches search and help site
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45535/gama-launches-game-store-locator-status-info
Z-Man on Pandemic.
https://www.zmangames.com/en/news/2020/3/28/pandemic-and-covid-19/
Matt Leacocks’ oped: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/25/opinion/pandemic-game-covid.html?fbclid=IwAR2q1ZAglTon2KlcmmqOhCayWWp_qKbsxQshv0OSgTNVXBLK7mfqj0aUnC0
New edition of Love Letter from Z-Man Games https://www.zmangames.com/en/news/2020/4/1/announcing-love-letter-sender/
WOTC announces game store relief
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45511/wotc-announces-game-store-relief
Frosthaven KS
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/frosthaven/frosthaven/description
At Home with Iain M
Tabletop Simulator
https://store.steampowered.com/app/286160/Tabletop_Simulator/
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Brainwaves HQ is a lonely place for Iain M to be on his own: Iain C is self isolating, and we’ve sent all the interns home for safety. Contemplating what to do next he is thankfully joined by Jamie who has returned from his walkabout, and a very special guest. Together they look at the impact Covid-19 has had on the boardgaming world before turning to news of companies splitting, awards being announced, and games companies reacting to counterfeiting. In Brainstorm we look at ways you can still engage with the Tabletop community online.
Headline
Coronavirus Impacts Tabletop World
Games Expo Moves to August
https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/content/news/uk-games-expo-postponed-august-2020/
Tabletop Scotland moves to October
https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/tabletop-scotland-2020-postponed-news/
Asmodee USA is not releasing any new titles over April
https://www.boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/102183/covid-19-gaming-table-iii-asmodee-alliance-and-acd
Wizards suspends WPN
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45485/wizards-coast-suspends-wpn-qualifiers-premier-series-events-for-magic-the-gathering-due-coronavirus
Brighton A&E staff use boardgame to practice managing overcrowded department
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-sussex-51630120/brighton-ae-staff-practise-with-crisis-board-game?fbclid=IwAR3XZW1W18n-zRgd3q16tvtdQ-elYHqliuaX7sAqoL_015mOc6AfLI9YnTs
News
Plaid Hat Games Splits from Asmodee
https://twitter.com/PlaidHatGames/status/1233512952965337088
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2020/2/28/fight-for-survival/
https://www.plaidhatgames.com/news/1049
Boardgame Crate Shutters
https://www.boardgamecrate.co.uk/
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/665127585801306112/681463461271699479/Screenshot_20200224-113213.png?width=327&height=671
Calliope Games reduces distribution roster
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45443/calliope-games-slashes-distributor-roster
Origins Awards nominees
https://www.originsgamefair.com/news/2020-origins-awards-nominees
Brainstorm
Search the #isloationcon on Twitter to see all the stuff we have found or check this list:
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2020/03/24/isolationcon-the-list/
You can join the Discord here
Smartparty Agon AP
https://smartparty.wordpress.com/2020/03/04/agon-actual-play/
Patreon Shoutouts
Olive Kinne
- Tabletop Games blog https://tabletopgamesblog.com/
- Tabletop Inquisition podcast https://tabletopinquisition.com/
Exec Producers: Lucky Sparrow Gaming Cafe
https://luckysparrow.co.uk/
Outro
Ayr Monopoly
https://www.ayradvertiser.com/news/18276621.ayr-wins-competition-get-version-monopoly/?ref=fbshr&fbclid=IwAR0uv_jhH7VlPHY0TpK9g41vpCm-D8S-Um8MvHJn6Q8V7TkyJnH5nX49vcQ
https://www.facebook.com/AyrMonopoly/?hc_location=ufi&comment_id=Y29tbWVudDoyMzE4OTQ5Nzc0ODc0MTYxXzIzMTkwMDUxOTQ4Njg2MTk%3D
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Iain and Iain were off in Harrogate over the last weekend, and haven't had the time to put together the usual Brainwaves cast. To fill the gap we are releasing one of our older Idle Thoughts episodes featuring the original team of Iain, Jamie and Sam. We hope you enjoy their thoughts on the games they played round December 2018.
Iain Chantler has established a Robot Fight Club in the basement of Brainwaves HQ and who better than James Hewitt to help him get it setup. Iain McAllister is enthusiastic about the idea but James really needs to help out around the place if the club is going to stay, so he joins the Iains on the cast. This episode we cover Kickstarter unions, DTRPG categories, Hasbro Finances, Replacement policies and more. In Brainwaves we cast our eye to the new Federal Trade Commision rules on influencers and discuss the relationship between the press and publishers.
Headlines
Kickstarter employees form union
https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/3a8pp5/kickstarter-employees-win-historic-union-election?__twitter_impression=true
Kickstarter Hires law firm that advertises maintaining a union free workplace
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3a8vyk/kickstarter-hired-a-law-firm-that-advertises-maintaining-a-union-free-workplace
DTRPG launches LGBTQ+ and Romance genres
https://www.geeknative.com/71220/drivethrurpg-launches-lgbtq-and-romance-genres
Episode 43 link - Free League Workshop
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2020/02/17/episode-43-executive-bell/
Hasbro Finance report, MTG up 30%
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45147/magic-the-gathering-up-30-including-digital-2019
News
Daniel Scott Palter, of Final Sword Games, passes away
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45207/r-i-p-daniel-scott-palter.
Asmodee Replacement Parts policy
https://www.asmodeena.com/en/customer-service-faq/
FFG to end RPG production
http://www.d20radio.com/main/fantasy-flight-games-long-term-plan-will-discontinue-rpg-development/
Brainstorm
FTC announces crackdown on undisclosed influencer advertising
https://www.inputmag.com/culture/ftc-social-media-influencers-new-rules-instagram-youtube-tiktok
Advertising Standards Authority
https://www.asa.org.uk/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA1-3yBRCmARIsAN7B4H1ZvU-F4FCfCCJVsSYqt-Jlr4Bwq79YLyN56VSi7k9KHpJTOt8WfyIaAoDXEALw_wcB
Fyre Festival Documentary
https://www.netflix.com/title/81035279
Outro
Monopoly News:
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45149/the-op-partners-toho-international-two-godzilla-brand-games
Patreon Shoutouts
Exec Producers: Lucky Sparrow Gaming Cafe
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Guest Links
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lagoon83
Website: https://www.needycatgames.com/
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Robot Fight Club: https://www.needycatgames.com/robotfightclub
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Bugglebots https://www.bugglebots.com/
Bristol Bot Builders - audio from one of their fights was used in this cast https://bristolbotbuilders.com/
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Jamie is gone and Iain is hiding below the recording desk. No not that Iain, the other one. Checking up that their Patreon money isn’t going to frivolous expenditure, the Executive Producers turn up for a performance review and join the team behind the mics. This episode they cover notorious Kickstarter company Golden Bell, Wizards of the Coast setting up games studios, more awards, Archaeological finds and Iain takes his first trip to RPG corner which is definitely not filled with lizards.
Headlines
Golden Bell Banned from Kickstarter
https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgameindustry/comments/ewr237/golden_bell_studios_officially_suspended_from/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
https://www.abbynews.com/news/abbotsford-woman-wins-legal-battle-over-board-game-on-reality-t-v-s-the-peoples-court/
WOTC establish Arkwright games studio
https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/2020/1/30/21115752/wizards-of-the-coast-archetype-entertainment-bioware-new-studio
As D'or
https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/board-game/news/as-dor-game-of-the-year-awards-2020-nominations
News
Coronavirus shuts down factories
https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/f283yb/restoration_games_is_reporting_that_no_game/
Boardgame piece found
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/feb/06/boardgame-piece-first-viking-raid-found-lindisfarne-archaeology
RPG Corner
RPG industry report from Roll 20
https://blog.roll20.net/post/190665086865/the-orr-group-industry-report-q4-2020-a
Free League Workshop
https://support.drivethrurpg.com/hc/en-us/articles/360037116592-Free-League-Workshop
Thinking Cap
Unboxed Gaming Cafe
https://www.unboxedcafe.co.uk/
Southside gaming initiative
https://twitter.com/d20glasgow
Outro
Monopoly: New version announced on Thursday
https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/18213427.salisbury-running-monopoly-game/
Patreon Shoutouts
Exec Producers: Lucky Sparrow Gaming Cafe
https://luckysparrow.co.uk/
A good read
https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/board-game/feature/counterfeit-board-games-pandemic-catan
Guest links
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Lucky Sparrow Gaming Groups
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It’s week two of intern training and it’s Iain’s turn to get Iain behind the mic as Jamie is off doing….something. They start off by covering the latest developments at Monolith games and when Jamie eventually turns up, without coffee, all three of the team cover Kickstarter Boardgame finances, Mythic getting sued, Kickstarter Union updates, charity efforts by gamers, Warhammer 40k escape rooms and mainstream boardgames. In our Brainstorm we answer a question posed by a follower: What RPG would you recommend to a new DM and/or player?
Headlines
Beyond the Monolith
The Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/806316071/beyond-the-monolith-core-system-conan-universe
Brainwaves Episode 36
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2019/10/14/episode-36-creaking-brains/
Official statement from Monolith
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/806316071/beyond-the-monolith-core-system-conan-universe/posts/2731545-
Tabletop Tribe article
https://www.tabletoptribe.com/beyond-the-monolith-or-how-to-ruin-cool-with-bloat/?fbclid=IwAR1HFYnIOcYAZFzUpv68I0lF06J56VCcDoHRHTafqONVT5SqUS5vowTy0ic
Boardgames on Kickstarter
https://www.geeknative.com/70594/tabletop-games-pledges-at-an-all-time-high-on-kickstarter-but-campaign-success-ratio-drops/
Pascal Bernard sues Mythic Games
The Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1162110258/time-of-legends-joan-of-arc/description
Facebook Thread
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10219452961328525&set=a.2309367647470&type=3&theater
Boardgamegeek thread
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2341737/pascal-bernards-ip-dispute-hopefully-we-can-hear-h
News
Kickstarter Union update
https://twitter.com/aprilaser/status/1220363637597958144?s=19
Gamers band together to donate to Australian Fire relief funds
https://twitter.com/anarchytabletop/status/1220473182152318977?s=09
24 hour boardgame marathon
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1795750387160773/?hc_location=ufi
Auroch Digital gave all money from sales of their game On Mars to an animal charity
https://www.aurochdigital.com/blog/2020/1/20/you-helped-us-save-loads-of-lovely-animals-thank-you?fbclid=IwAR1l5OmqGfKE6HVwwjYHeKxFjYB5Y9ImYPfj9LG2AaEs4RL2DZlsui_BebU
Reaper Minis put out some minis with all proceeds going to the relief funds
https://www.reapermini.com/search/Australia?fbclid=IwAR1SOS6jkXF-yzg1Z-maGypwCoxv7ZKz27kvQuWoAEGKnkYu6FIw8BE1ZUY
Facebook event for Edinburgh “Blob that ate everything event”
https://www.facebook.com/events/1496676043820777/
Orchard Toys in the money thanks to boardgames
https://www.edp24.co.uk/business/toy-firm-based-in-wymondham-attributes-success-to-kids-wanting-to-play-old-fashioned-board-games-1-6478601
Warhammer 40k Escape Room https://www.escapologic.com/nottingham-escape-rooms/immaterium/
Brainstorm
DnD
https://dnd.wizards.com/
Blades in the Dark
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/170689/Blades-in-the-Dark
Inspectres
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17891/InSpectres?term=inspectr
Genesys
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/genesys/
Rowan, Rook and Decard
https://rowanrookanddecard.com/
Outro
Monopoly goes back to the 80s
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45014/usaopoly-the-op-offers-irreverent-80s-nostalgia-with-monopoly-garbage-pail-kids
Tabletop Scotland
https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/
Patreon Shoutouts
Exec Producers: Lucky Sparrow Gaming Cafe
https://luckysparrow.co.uk/
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The Brainwaves studios are dusty, Jamie has been sleeping under a desk and there has been some confusion over who was booking the next guest. Luckily we have a spare intern lying around, Iain Chantler, who helps out on this cast and makes us both look like consummate unprofessionals.
On our first Brainwaves of 2020 we cover FFG layoffs and cancellations, new DnD, Tabletop Art initiatives, small game, big games and pre-order systems. In our Brainstorm the team read the signs, chuck runes up in the air and look forward to 2020 and what it might bring to the hobby.
Headlines
FFG Layoffs and cancellations https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/elfkbq/massive_layoffs_at_ffg/ - Reddit https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/44911/fantasy-flight-games-layoffs-rpg-lines-continue- RPG info
New D&D book announced… and Matt Mercer has to defend it
https://www.geeknative.com/70491/matthew-mercer-defends-explorers-guide-to-wildemount-and-thats-a-shame/
Critical Role
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpXBGqwsBkpvcYjsJBQ7LEQ
DMs Guild
https://www.dmsguild.com/
Art of the Tabletop Initiative
https://mojo-nation.com/asmodee-mojo-nation-uk-games-expo-usher-next-wave-tabletop-art-talent-new-university-initiative/?fbclid=IwAR1WVveaYgduLmfhwo7G1x_aLu_uTXjYEJRgO3G8axIHiubR9r7FSGX2eMQ
More Games Please episode
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2019/04/29/episode-27-kollosal-cash/
Oath Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2074786394/oath-chronicles-of-empire-and-exile?ref=discovery_category
News
Gibsons picks up Quirk
https://twitter.com/gibsons_games/status/1215645038178336773
Emmerse Studios
https://twitter.com/EmmerseStudios
AEG P3 Programme
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/44889/aeg-reveals-new-p3-pre-order-program
Cosmic Encounter Duel https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2020/1/13/cosmic-encounter-duel/?fbclid=IwAR2aQFCeN_e739mJ3-U68yJVEOjSEuqMv07HMu1WZKcXvB1RmZbWw_dD-MU
7 Wonders Duel
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/173346/7-wonders-duel
Brainstorm
Kemet Blood & Sand
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/297562/kemet-blood-and-sand
Return to Dark Tower Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/restorationgames/return-to-dark-tower?ref=section-homepage-featured-project
Dan Thurot
https://spacebiff.com/
Owen Duffy
https://twitter.com/owen_duffy
There Will Be Games
https://therewillbe.games/
Dan Jolin
https://twitter.com/DanJolin
Matt Thrower
https://twitter.com/mattthr
Critical Faculties article
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2019/12/11/critical-faculties/
Outro
Monopoly Llamas vs Unicorns https://www.worldofmonopoly.com/list-ru/list-un-uq/unicornsvsllamas/index.php
Patreon Shoutouts
Welcome to new patron Hal Duncan, Team member
Exec Producers: Lucky Sparrow Gaming Cafe
https://luckysparrow.co.uk/
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Happy New Year everyone! Iain did some interviews down at Dragonmeet 2019 (not 2020 as he says repeatedly throughout) and now you can hear them as well. He spoke to giants of the UK RPG podcast scene The Smart Party and some of the indie board game publishers. Hope you enjoy!
Loke Battlemats
https://lokebattlemats.com/
Ruined Sky Games
https://www.ruinedsky.com/
The Smart Party
https://smartparty.wordpress.com/
Hercules Game Studios
https://www.after-london.com/role-quest
Play For Keeps
https://www.playforkeeps.games/
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The plans for the award show have gone awry so Iain and Jamie retreat to RPG corner to discuss their nominations for the year in games.
Best Short Game
Tortuga 1667
https://facadegames.com/products/tortuga-1667
Cockroach Poker
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11971/cockroach-poker
Tabletop Scotland
https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/
Best Rulebook
Villagers
https://www.sinisterfish.com/games/villagers/
Bargain Quest
https://www.renegadegamestudios.com/bargain-quest-landing-page
Paul Grogan - Gaming Rules
https://gaming-rules.com/
Shut up & Sit Down
https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/
Best Original Screenplay - An Award for Story in Game
Roll Player
https://www.thunderworksgames.com/
Dune
https://www.gf9.com/
Best Blacklist Game - we've played but isn't released yet
Magnate: The First City
https://magnategame.com/
Riftforce
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/291859/riftforce
Best Production/ Most Overproduced Game
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Starter Set
https://www.cubicle7games.com/our-games/warhammer-fantasy-roleplay/
Root
https://ledergames.com/root/
Best Visual Effects - An Award for Art in Games
Chronicles of Crime
https://luckyduckgames.com/games/chroniclesofcrime.html
Root
Unlucky Frog
https://www.unluckyfrog.com/
More Games Please
https://www.moregamesplease.com/
Most Innovative Product
Chronicles of Crime
Icarus
https://www.renegadegamestudios.com/icarus
Dicebreaker playthrough of Icarus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRmf9ZmUm40
Best Director (Publisher)
Big Potato Games
https://bigpotato.com/
Renegade Game Studios
https://www.renegadegamestudios.com/
Best Game (we've played this year that wasn't released this year)
Scrawl, Big Potato Games
Cockroach Poker
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Brainwaves HQ is undergoing a bit of a revamp in preparation for our awards show. With the news room inaccessible and construction everywhere Iain and Jamie do the cast themselves. On this show they cover world champions going away, Uno politics and boardgames in old age. Removing themselves to the crackling fire of RPG corner they cover a couple of recent announcements before looking back on the year for The Giant Brain. We hope you will pour yourself a glass and join us.
Headlines
Go Champion retires
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/27/go-game-master-quits-saying-machines-cannot-be-defeated
Uno has a political problem, apparently
https://www.mattelgames.com/en-us/uno-nonpartisan?fbclid=IwAR2Xq48AfxqKziEUOUnOwS97uRQCTWEwL0N-RhYirid7uqaUdF9N7cQnGSk
Edinburgh led study looks at boardgames
https://stv.tv/news/scotland/1442675-playing-board-games-keeps-you-mentally-sharp-in-later-life/?fbclid=IwAR02POvkG_Jcawg9xQGiznA4V_g8KbamLw26y4QRUfvjKAnC1Mvr5OVFCoI
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191126140413.htm
RPG Corner
The One Ring is cast into the flames
https://www.cubicle7games.com/unexpected-tor2-update/
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/44616/dispute-ends-cubicle-7s-the-one-ring-publishing-agreement
Chaosium sail the Rivers of London
https://twitter.com/Chaosium_Inc/status/1200793820826423298?s=20
The Year in Review
Uk Games Expo
https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/
Tabletop Scotland
https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/
Art Panel at Tabletop Scotland
https://unluckyfrog.podbean.com/e/tabletop-scotland-2019-seminar-the-art-of-tabletop-featuring-ralph-horsley-andy-hepworth-jon-hodgson/
Dragonmeet
https://www.dragonmeet.co.uk/
Jamie and Peter’s pieces
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2019/10/05/watch-the-skies-diary/
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2019/09/04/warcry-review/
Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain
Exec Producers
Lucky Sparrow Gaming Cafe
https://www.facebook.com/luckysparrowgamescafe/
Outro
Monopoly but more https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/295178/monopoly-longest-game-ever
Barkham Horror April Fools becomes real https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2019/12/2/barkham-horror/?fbclid=IwAR1IOJszClZVC9nzHtlTADJ5FXiBJUDyTYUVwgZ8O_uwUcs9PJSZ1l50J08
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Iain has big plans for the first Giant Brain convention but Jamie is not so sure. Luckily our convention correspondent Mark Cooke is back from Essen with lots of excellent advice. This episode the team cover abuse allegations, industry deaths, awards and more. Iain’s been working on something in the basement and it proves very useful when getting to the core of what convention organisation is all about. No interns were harmed in the making of this episode.
Headline
Industry distances itself from JR Honeycutt after abuse allegations
https://www.thefandomentals.com/abuse-allegations-lead-board-game-industry-to-distance-itself-from-prolific-designer/
https://medium.com/@victoria.mann11/coming-forward-to-move-forward-8608e9c27e74
Esther MacCallum Stewart - https://twitter.com/neveahfs
Chad Jensen dies
https://twitter.com/HeavyCardboard/status/1195355111612129281?s=20&fbclid=IwAR1srh307usDj-jSIhVeh4YVK6ci9Gu08BgBES_2XhS8Tce_JTGbBbZzaB4http://www.dicetowernews.com/the-board-game-community-loses-chad-jensen-designer-of-dominant-species/61302
MTG has made it into National Toy Hall of Fame (USA)
https://www.toyhalloffame.org/toys/magic-gathering
News
MTG player asked to remove card in support of trans rights
https://dotesports.com/mtg/news/autumn-burchett-told-to-remove-cards-supporting-trans-rights-at-magics-mythic-championship-vi
Gw profits soar
https://www.cityam.com/games-workshop-shares-soar-as-profits-beat-55m/
Amazon Alexa now plays Ticket to Ride
https://www.amazon.com/Days-of-Wonder-Ticket-Ride/dp/B08178MR5M
Catan World Explorers
https://www.catan.com/game/catan-world-explorers
Exec Producers
Lucky Sparrow Gaming Cafe
https://www.facebook.com/luckysparrowgamescafe/
Outro
DnD Cluedo
https://www.geeksaresexy.net/2019/11/08/theres-a-dungeons-dragons-version-of-clue-now/
Mark Cooke and Airecon
Twitter: https://twitter.com/aireconuk
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What’s this? Iain is considering selling the Brainwaves HQ? As they consider the offer they invite the real estate magnate James Naylor to join the team and cover this week’s news: legends dying, profits falling, lawsuits concluding, mashups, acquisitions and much more on this weeks Brainwaves.
Headlines
Frances Tresham dies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Tresham_(game_designer)
Hasbro Profits Fall
https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2019/10/dd-weak-hasbro-sales-propped-up-by-dungeons-dragons.html
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3507616-hasbro-minus-7-percent-tariffs-sting
Gygax v. DeSanto lawsuit wraps up
https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2019/11/dd-gail-gygax-was-being-sued-by-the-producer-of-transformers-until-this-week.html
News
Critical Role animated series picked up by Amazon!
https://twitter.com/CriticalRole/status/1191778691979735041
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/criticalrole/critical-role-the-legend-of-vox-machina-animated-s/posts/2674520
Hasbro Mashups line
https://www.target.com/s?searchTerm=hasbro+mashup+games&category=0%7CAll%7Cmatchallpartial%7Call+categories&tref=typeahead%7Cterm%7C0%7Chasbro+mashup+games%7C%7C%7Cservice&searchRawTerm=hasbro+mashup
WOTC Acquires Tuque Games
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/44397/wizards-coast-makes-acquisition
Cards Against Humanity opens boardgame cafe
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/44359/cards-against-humanity-to-open-chicago-board-game-cafe
Kickstarter Union Update
https://twitter.com/ksr_united/status/1189656841376141312?s=20
Outro
Immersive Monopoly show https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2019/immersive-monopoly-show-to-run-in-london-in-2020/?login_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestage.co.uk%2Faccounts%2Fusers%2Fsign_up.popup
One Page Dungeon
https://watabou.itch.io/one-page-dungeon
Patreon
Lucky Sparrow Games Cafe
https://www.facebook.com/luckysparrowgamescafe/
James Naylor
Magnate official site / KS email sign-up: https://magnategame.com/
Boardgamegeek link: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/258242/magnate-first-city
Official Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Magnateboardgame
Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/magnateboardgame/
James’ twitter account: https://twitter.com/naylorjames
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Iain and Jamie are joined by magic man Richard from We’re Not Wizards. Together they cover actual Kickstarter Fraud, Kittens getting their hands on lots of money and visas being denied for Essen. In our Brainstorm they look at online communities and discuss whether they should all be amalgamated into one. All this and more, on this week’s Brainwaves.
Headlines
Carbon Copies on KS
https://twitter.com/GreyGnomeGames/status/1184308826822057984?s=19
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hoard/dungeon-hoard
https://www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/dungeon-hoard
Exploding kittens in the money
https://www.pehub.com/2019/10/tcg-invests-30-mln-in-tabletop-game-company-exploding-kittens/?fbclid=IwAR334eeJoD2wtOQiwHwKwbLUUqFtEZ4W3p5lded8Gm7rNV6edt2ED3JRWjQ
Iranian Game Designers denied visas
https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/95673/iranian-publishers-denied-visas-germany-spiel-19 https://www.instagram.com/p/B3tTjBiD5Sb/ - Letter to EU
News
Another boardgame tablet hits KS
https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/15/20915213/gameboard-1-rob-wyatt-atari-vcs-tabletop-gaming-digital-board
https://luckyduckgames.com/games/chroniclesofcrime.html - Chronicles of Crime
Glasgow Uni academics trying to make family law board games
https://www-legalcheek-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.legalcheek.com/2019/10/the-glasgow-uni-boffins-trying-their-hands-at-designing-law-themed-board-games/amp/?fbclid=IwAR2R95RynYziGLsdlHms7pb8GxfcT6UzOgdPgY6Riz0ted44jz2uOJ7cyrc
https://www.geniusgames.org/ - Genius Games
https://www.facebook.com/groups/393090567800456/ - Juniper Green Board Games
Brainstorm
https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=sporadically%20board&epa=SEARCH_BOX - Sporadically Board
https://www.facebook.com/moregamesplease/ - More Games Please
Outro
Hallmark Monopoly
https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/a29519551/hallmark-channel-monopoly-board-game/
Jimi Hendrix, Acid and Risk
http://blog.siriusxm.com/graham-nash-over-the-years/
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Lucky Sparrow Gaming Cafe
https://www.facebook.com/luckysparrowgamescafe/
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That sound isn't the Brainwaves HQ starting to strain under the weight of all the new interns, no it's the sound of Creaking Shelves recently installed by our latest guest Matt Evans, we really must get professionals to do this kind of thing. Matt joins us to discuss Kickstarter Unions, cash prizes, fast food RPGs, discuss "Killer Games" and much, much more.
Headlines
Kickstarter Unionisation
https://rowanrookanddecard.com/kickstarter-heart-and-the-union/ https://twitter.com/ksr_united/status/1181591340624334848
Keyforge Cash Prizes
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2019/9/26/rise-of-the-vaultwarrior/?fbclid=IwAR3Y1s7UoH1SMu-aiygveiZYn8f_ySRzLKso_eW-B6iQDdmQ_RGB4NKYEhk
Wendy’s RPG
https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/10/wendys-has-unveiled-its-own-tabletop-rpg-feast-of.html?fbclid=IwAR15M2XLJc52BSb8j8Bg7KsuzVVD8wROYyzWUmBdkT0pGNbnl12-3MaH4TE
KFC Dating Sim
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1121910/I_Love_You_Colonel_Sanders_A_Finger_Lickin_Good_Dating_Simulator/
News
Gamesfest
https://www.geeknative.com/68766/the-gamesfest-rpg-convention-descends-into-far-right-bigotry-on-twitter/
Sunken Sailor
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233994/sunken-sailor
German press release https://asmodee.de/drunken-sailor
Monolith Go Beyond
https://www.facebook.com/monolithedition/posts/2153445098093795:0?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARD4PJqvpx5TmliO97AWq2nqg3phoQ4_cbYG7EY3G0ZlZDfEf9bvz8MATOwePlAultjRP5_AGnrR_77ZEIzE514ZFvj9VhEtvOSdNEwhG6MQyZ32cPhz0Jmfc4ZEDIOZG8X5tz-55tW3_L7Tb9DyxO9fDeEwGy5diWJCWODCxzvesjIhYTQPeKjXEEDZUb6dgeKVp8Mz0KQ1FevKb5UPAdi5n92kG7cz4Rs9hragGThFlCcn5D08nwIvfP84avl3hLHixUv1jV_-QpL6TNVdvAOkmTTjRf5JAXSQuYvIInG0GhCsGY5PRYhqFd-ec5-hWQA8Yxi0pBz5j4u-_YdULQPwQQ&__tn__=K-R
Mattel release Braille Uno
https://news.mattel.com/news/unoR-introduces-first-official-braille-deck
Meeples Like Us
https://meeplelikeus.co.uk/
Unbroken Update
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-unbreak-unbroken-funding
Brainstorm
Deception vs. Mysterium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSXbsbExmCU
Outro
https://mixmag.net/read/pacha-ibiza-monopoly-board-game-news
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Iain & Jamie are back from their vacation with a longer cast than normal to catch up on all the tasty boardgame news. They are joined by Glenn Ford of Man O’Kent Games to cover Kickstarter Unions, CMON time machines, trucks full of dice, when RPGs go wrong and much more!
Headlines
Kickstarter in the Firing Line
https://slate.com/technology/2019/09/kickstarter-union-organizing.html https://www.evilhat.com/home/a-word-about-kickstarter/ https://www.evilhat.com/home/a-further-word-about-kickstarter/
CMON goes back in time
https://cmon.com/news/back-to-the-past?fbclid=IwAR1v-Mx4Y_U08vXFN-mQBKJcEX7BZPoh-DyI-6EEO-cdtoZRwlnJfVXkJcE
Fantasy Flight Games looks to the future
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2019/9/6/scry-the-future/
News
Dice hit the road
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP1iaE42DU4
Stores given grants by Wizards
https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/44094/rolling-for-initiative-wizards-puts-its-money-where-its-mouth-is-other-trends
Evil Dead 2 springs back to life
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/44085/evil-dead-2-board-game-will-finally-reach-market-via-jasco
RPG Corner
Kamigakari ks goes sideways
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/serpentseagames/kamigakari-god-hunters-modern-action-anime-rolepla/posts/2620992?ref=ksr_email_creator_project_update_copy
Fandom acquires Cortex from Margaret Weiss Productions
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/44087/fandom-acquires-cortex-rpg-rules-system
Monte Cook games releases consent guide
https://twitter.com/MonteCookGames/status/1171825130575671296?s=19
Outro
Belgian Monopoly takes the piss
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/09/20/monopoly-censor-belgiums-manneken-pis-brussels-edition-box/?fbclid=IwAR0cc449Hsxqiznz4mO4rDfWdj2bA0cd1ci26zHTviQWlN2RJT3MUuz6AYo
Ms. Monopoly
https://twitter.com/hasbro/status/1171355523989561344
Dollop episode: Landlords game
https://thedollop.libsyn.com/379-the-landlords-game
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Funding Article
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2019/09/25/funding-the-time/
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We are taking a little break this week from our regular cast but rest assured we will be back in two weeks time with all the usual Tabletop News from near and far. This episode was recorded before Sam was lost in 'the incident' and covers Keyforge, Scrawl and Dungeons & Dragons.
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This week on Brainwaves we are bringing you a series of interviews we conducted at Tabletop Scotland. This convention took place in Perth on the 24th and 25th of August, 2019. We spoke to the sponsors of the convention, various retailers, exhibitors and some friends of the show. We hope you enjoy. The links below are in the order they appear on the cast.
Daniel Taylor Woodworking
https://www.instagram.com/dtaylorwoodworking/?hl=en
Inspiring Games
https://www.inspiringgames.com/
Unlucky Frog
https://www.unluckyfrog.com/
The Boardgame Book
https://www.boardgame-book.com/
DMB Games
https://dmbgames.co.uk/
Murphy’s Vault
https://www.murphysvault.com/
Dice Roll Cafe
https://www.facebook.com/DiceRollCafe/
Geeknson
http://www.geeknson.co.uk/uk/
Bez
http://www.stuffbybez.com/
Iain (Unpopular Mechanics)
https://twitter.com/UnMech
Lucky Sparrow Games Cafe
https://www.facebook.com/luckysparrowgamescafe/
Handiwork Games
https://handiwork.games/
Campaign Coins
https://campaigncoins.com/
Jon Hodgson Maps - Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/jonhodgsonmaps
Paul Bourne
https://www.facebook.com/paul.bourne.77
Juniper Green Board Gamers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/393090567800456/
Redwell Games
http://redwellgames.com/
Arcane Blaster Casters
https://twitter.com/battleboargames?lang=en
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Iain has been trying to bring the Brainwaves garden under control but much to his annoyance has found the place overrun by wrestling Gnomes. Laying the blame squarely at the feet of Robbie Munn, Robbie joins Iain and Jamie on the cast as penance for his out of control Sumo Gnomes. We cover more awards, Golden Bell/ Unbroken Kickstarter, hirings, mergers and lawsuits. In Brainstorm we tackle the weighty issue of problematic themes in games.
Headlines
Golden Bell/ Unbroken Kickstarter
https://boardgamegeek.com/article/32704614#32704614
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1227872561/unbroken-a-solo-game-of-survival-and-revenge
Ennies
http://www.ennie-awards.com/blog/2019-ennie-winners/
Diana Jones Award
https://twitter.com/dianajonesaward?lang=en
https://bullypulpitgames.com/
https://dreadthegame.wordpress.com/about-dread-the-game/
News
Ross O’Connell joins Alleycat Games
https://twitter.com/moregamespls/status/1159892361373192197?s=20
https://www.moregamesplease.com/
https://www.alleycatgames.com/
Wil Wheaton Sues Geek & Sundry
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/wil-wheaton-sues-geek-sundry-web-series-profits-1229358?fbclid=IwAR3J00V-aN3_Il0u-4AKp5dgwPd4lGGtHrTZI-C7zhwN60OAnJX0HNPWt58
Genius Games acquires Artana Games
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/43789/genius-games-acquires-artana
Pokemon Cards sell at auction
https://goldinauctions.com/1999_Pokemon_1st_Edition_PSA_GEM_MT_10_Complete_Se-lot51339.aspx
Brainstorm
https://ospreypublishing.com/undaunted-normandy
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3076/puerto-rico
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/style/board-games-cancel-culture.html?action=click&module=Editors+Picks&pgtype=Homepage&fbclid=IwAR0KN7lxmzlKmLpF-fenlAG7ugSWPw2sqPloJFgUfOeJGVAuY4cp6KDN-o4
Outro
Monopoly Socialism
https://intl.target.com/p/parody-monopoly-socialism-board-game/-/A-76151691
Bar bill paid with Monopoly money
https://www.thinkspain.com/news-spain/31696/irish-tourists-use-monopoly-money-to-pay-bar-bill
Tabletop Scotland
https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/
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Our Guest - Robbie Munn
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The team dare to roll and welcome the excellent Mike Barnes back to the cast. This episode we cover the announcement of the Teburu smart board, along with how to pronounce it, Spiel des Jahres winners, deaths of some giants of the industry, Digital innovations and much more. In Brainstorm we turn our attention to the biggest conventions and ask if there are just too many games.
Headlines
Mike Brunton & Richard Berg die
https://twitter.com/RBMStudio1/status/1154885530649165825?s=09 https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/135/richard-h-berg https://twitter.com/cubicle7/status/1153270713228419077
CMON announces smart tech
https://www.cmon.com/news/teburu-a-new-evolution-in-board-games
Spiel des Jahres winners announced
https://www.cmon.com/news/teburu-a-new-evolution-in-board-games
News
Terraforming Mars Digital Studio shuts https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/346822/Terraforming_Mars_dev_LuckyHammers_has_closed_down.php
Bezier Games digital 'try before you buy'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCJtl6yO73E&feature=youtu.be
D&D in U.S. prisons
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kleercreative/lets-play-dungeons-and-dragons-behind-bars?ref=project_link#
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/padk7z/how-inmates-play-tabletop-rpgs-in-prisons-where-dice-are-contraband https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/yvwnpx/dragons-in-the-department-of-corrections
40k Eisenhorn series in development
https://www.warhammer-community.com/press_releases/games-workshop-and-frank-spotnitz-to-create-live-action-warhammer-40000-tv-series/
Outro
Ticket to Ride 15th Anniversary https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/43693/days-wonder-unveils-15th-anniversary-edition-ticket-ride
Who Dares Rolls
http://www.whodaresrolls.com/
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Wrecking his way into Brainwaves HQ Mark Mckinnon from Dream Big Games joins Iain and Jamie on this week’s episode. Together they tackle plagiarism, the rise of the robots, oddly shaped awards, the meteoric rise of Kickstarter and the interns have finally finished off the new RPG corner!
Headlines
Plagiarism accusations hit popular boardgame site
Reddit thread
https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/c972ja/katies_game_corner_accused_of_plagiarism/
Punchboard Media Statement
https://www.punchboardmedia.com/home/2019/7/5/punchboard-media-statement-on-plagiarism-regarding-katies-game-corner
Robot AI takes on Poker
https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/11/20690078/ai-poker-pluribus-facebook-cmu-texas-hold-em-six-player-no-limit
Diana Jones Award
http://www.dianajonesaward.org/
News
7 Tabletop Games fund a day
https://icopartners.com/2019/07/crowdfunding-and-tabletop-games-2019-mid-year-update/
Lewis Chessmen Update
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/jul/02/lewis-chessman-bought-for-5-sold-at-auction-for-735000?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR3fqPtmUHRAlaqTC0pWv-EJyMS5BIoD_05bpuG1o5Mnb5MMes0GvBqNZHM#Echobox=1562079543
RPG Corner
Stygian Fox
https://www.geeknative.com/67426/kickstarter-suspends-campaign-putting-rpg-publisher-stygian-foxs-future-in-doubt/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=buffer&utm_content=buffer69ae6
https://www.facebook.com/StygianFoxPublishing/posts/2030144697090649
Destination Fantastic
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/destinationfantastic/destination-fantastic
Professional DMs
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-07-08/how-to-be-a-professional-dungeons-dragons-master-hosting-games?utm_medium=social&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_content=business&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic
...and finally
There Will Be Games
https://therewillbe.games/
Tabletop Scotland
https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/
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Our Guest - Mark McKinnon, Dream Big Games
https://wreckandruingame.co.uk/
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In this special episode Iain and Jamie are joined by John Mizon of Southwest Megagames and Mr. Megagame himself Matthew Bambridge to discuss everything about this increasingly popular type of game. We go in deep to what makes megagames tick from the history of the genre to the recent arrival of products like Vampire: The Masquerade, Bloodlines. We hope you enjoy and would like to thank John and Matthew for being such excellent guests.
Intro to Megagames
Off cast John recommended this video as a good primer for the genre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IlqTWTiiN8
Shut Up & Sit Down
https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/videos/susd-play-megagame-2-pt1/
https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/videos/watch-skies-2-pt-2/
Becky Becky Blogs
We mention Trope High in the cast
https://www.beckybeckyblogs.com/
PAXsims
https://paxsims.wordpress.com/
Megagame Coalition
These are where you will find the games running at Gencon
https://megagamecoalition.com/
Southwest Megagames (John Mizon)
https://www.swmegagames.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/swmegagames/
https://twitter.com/swmegagames
Mr. Megagame (Matthew Bambridge)
https://www.facebook.com/Mr-Megagame-463462707524380/
https://www.instagram.com/mr_megagame/?hl=en
https://www.megagameassembly.com/
Other megagame creators
Megagame Makers: https://megagamemakers.uk/
Penine Megagames: https://www.penninemegagames.co.uk/
Horizon Megagames: https://www.facebook.com/groups/HorizonMegagames/
True North Megagames: https://www.facebook.com/groups/truenorthmegagames/
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Iain and Jamie are joined by journalist Owen Duffy this week to cast their eyes over the gaming papers and see what is worthy of your attention. Amongst news of review bombing, Kickstarter guidelines and boardgame inspired TV shows the gents manage to sit down for a chat about the state of boardgame journalism.
Headlines
Kickstarter new guidelines
https://www.kickstarter.com/honest?fbclid=IwAR3-yno3b1KjdZhaY3TUokueyFan-2PckwDFit7NXJo1E5h_nZ17oOd6rKk#framing
Watch the skies in a box
https://www.stonepaperscissors.co.uk/games-purchase/watch-the-skies-megagameinabox
Review Bombing on Boardgamegeek
https://www.geeknative.com/66873/angry-geeks-manipulate-barrages-board-game-geek-rating-in-protest/?fbclid=IwAR1w3yFITkDFhmXVCKm1RVZWDoQIQ_mjDH8mkugwr0aRQvppWVuFNrY9sGM
Tarrifs Update
https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/43524/rolling-initiative-good-bye-lee-garvin
News
Cyberpunk 2077 is getting a Tabletop prequel
https://www.techradar.com/news/cyberpunk-2077-prequel-is-on-the-way-in-tabletop-rpg-board-game-form
Ticket to Ride TV show
https://deadline.com/2019/06/ticket-to-ride-propagate-asmodee-entertainment-developing-tv-competition-series-based-on-board-game-1202639225/?fbclid=IwAR0cuA5_ZsnRSIQGFB2ZQwtO8srRSWCGERowYki6HTV4OANFUil253ooOK8
D&D becomes more audio accessible
https://twitter.com/Wizards_DnD/status/1144280363285528576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1144280363285528576&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.belloflostsouls.net%2F2019%2F07%2Fdd-for-all-library-of-congress-makes-dd-more-accessible.html
Archaeologists dig up Roman boardgame
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-48745656?fbclid=IwAR0aFZKiE-DZNgF5oakDhk28ef3ElZRGEtZ6ik0uP129rzFMOBC2twD2hUM
Outro
Monopoly Voice Banking
https://gizmodo.com/the-new-monopoly-has-a-voice-controlled-ai-banker-that-1835593536
Patreon
Lucky Sparrow Gaming Cafe
https://www.facebook.com/luckysparrowgamescafe/
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https://boardgame-book.com/
https://twitter.com/BoardGameBook
https://twitter.com/owen_duffy
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Iain & Jamie have gotten out the Necronomicon this week to summon themselves another roving reporter back to the fold. Garbed in his best cultist outfit Peter Hopkins from Drawn to the Flame joins the team to discuss Lewis Chessmen found in drawers, Origin Awards, Contrast paints and more! In the Brainstorm this week the 3 acolytes discuss seperating art from artist.
Headlines
James Mathe Dies
http://www.jamesmathe.com/
https://wreckandruingame.co.uk/james-mathe-a-tribute/?fbclid=IwAR0uUPttcfeN4KfIvG6YfJrBODOHsX5IxcNXiw96vCEV4iwf1PJ1_pSYMKE
http://oneblogshelf.blogspot.com/2019/06/tribute-to-james-mathe.html
Lewis Chessmen
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/medieval-chess-piece-set-go-auction-12-million-180972352/
Origins Awards
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/43425/origins-awards-2019-winners
News
Contrast Paints
https://citadelcolour.com/
Asmoplay
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/43404/new-asmoplay-program-launches-july
https://b2b-media-production-ana.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/2a/97/2a97dbf9-4b47-4b7a-8954-1635e26a5a9d/ana_bestsellers_03192019_web.pdf
Magic & Netflix
https://media.netflix.com/en/press-releases/netflix-and-the-russo-brothers-join-forces-with-wizards-of-the-coast-for-first-of-its-kind-animated-series-magic-the-gathering
Cmon Physical Store
https://geekculture.co/cool-mini-or-not-grand-opening-of-the-new-cmon-play-singapore-store/
Patreon
Lucky Sparrow Gaming Cafe
https://www.facebook.com/luckysparrowgamescafe/
Drawn to the Flame
https://www.facebook.com/drawntotheflamepodcast/
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The team are back from UK Games Expo and whilst everything was fresh in their minds, sat down to wax lyrical about the games they had seen at the convention. Our special guest is our honorary member of The Giant Brain, Rich Stokes: long time friend of Iain and the show. We cover a wide range of games and products from ones so new they barely have a name to the behemoth that is Games Workshop.
Do let us know what you saw at the show and if you think we missed any gems.
Chapter 2 - Strudle Games
https://twitter.com/RomanRybiczka
Watch the Skies 2 - Second Sight
http://www.megagame-makers.org.uk/megagamet-wts.htm
Villagers
https://www.sinisterfish.com/
Flat Pack Forces
https://flatpackforces.com/
Team 3
https://www.publishing.brain-games.com/team3
Seminars
Smart Party
https://smartparty.wordpress.com/
Paul Grogan - Gaming Rules
https://gaming-rules.com/
Megacity Oceania
https://www.wearehubgames.com/our-games/megacity
Big Book of Battlemats
https://www.gamingbooks.co.uk/shop/big-book-of-battle-mats.html
Folded Space
https://www.foldedspace.net/
Contrast Paints
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/detail?N=3815391097+3891072176
Periodic
https://www.geniusgames.org/
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UK Games Expo is on the horizon and the crew are setting sail to this promised land. Joining them on the good ship Brainwaves is a man who is no stranger to the Expo himself: Mr. Rory Sommers of the Polyhedron Collider Crew.
Before they get to chatting about the convention we cover the latest in Tabletop news including the potential impacts of the US/China trade war, Elder Scrolls getting into some plagiarism and all the news from D&D live. Do get in touch and let us know what you are looking forward to at Expo!
Headlines
U.S. Tarrifs
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/43201/games-books-periodicals-toys-targeted-new-round-china-tariffs
CMON Profits
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/43164/cmon-reports-down-year-2018
Elder Scrolls
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/05/bethesdas-latest-elder-scrolls-adventure-taken-down-amid-cries-of-plagiarism/
News
DND Live
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/43237/product-highlights-d-d-live-2019-the-descent-livestream
Dice Tower Awards
http://www.dicetowernews.com/2018-dice-tower-awards-nominees-announced/58877?fbclid=IwAR3_L6BEE2X0JtJWf38djyKppNYP1ErPupFU87npLuQRPLaH15yV5A0GaQw
Rule & Make studio folds
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chaoticpattern/hand-of-fate-ordeals/posts/2506264
Expo Buildup
Iain
Big Potato
https://bigpotato.com/gb
Escape the Dark Sector
https://www.themeborne.com/
Gaming Rules
https://gaming-rules.com/
Jamie
Watch the Skies
https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/videos/susd-play-megagame-2-pt1/ https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/videos/watch-skies-2-pt-2/
Bosk
https://floodgategames.com/
Namiji
https://www.funforge.fr/US/
Rory
Dice Hospital
https://www.alleycatgames.com/
Dust in the Wings
https://store.boardanddice.com/
Magnate: The First City
https://magnategame.com/
Megacity: Oceania
https://www.wearehubgames.com/our-games/megacity
Oathsworn
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/251661/oathsworn-deepwood
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Rory & Polyhedron Collider
www.polyhedroncollider.com
www.facebook.com/PolyhedronCollider
Twitter: @roryjsomers or @PolyhedronC
Instagram: @roryjsomers
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Iain and Jamie are delighted to welcome home their space based roving reporter Janice Turner from Wren Games. The crew cover legal rustling on the Great Western Trail, companies producing less games and Aliens returning to the tabletop. In our Brainstorm we turn to the subject of Kickstarter and seek sage advice from Janice who has been down that road in the not too distant past and has a background in project management.
Headlines
Indie Game Studios sues Plan B Games
https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/88986/indie-game-studiosstronghold-games-sues-plan-b-gam
AEG pledges to make Less Games
https://www.alderac.com/2019/04/25/publish-fewer-new-games/
Steve Jackson games releases stakeholder report for 2018
http://www.sjgames.com/general/stakeholders/report19.html
News
Alien films return to the Tabletop
https://frialigan.se/sv/startsida/
Asmodee launches Aconyte fiction arm
https://www.asmodee.co.uk/news-item/asmodee-announces-fiction-imprint-aconyte/
Steamforged games gains steam
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/43073/steamforged-games-raises-5-million-roughly-6-5-million
Origins Award Nominees announced
https://www.originsgamefair.com/origins-awards-nominees
Another Kickstarter Suspended
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1361678389/devil-ring-age-of-the-war?fbclid=IwAR1iUr3dDIveZN9l3i9Yiu3AanbNFa82jpnKANlBC1WPY_YbrCdvAnhwSGw
Previous campaigns
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/player11boardgame/age-of-the-war-devil-invasion-of-the-ring/ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/121737448/age-of-the-war-kingdoms-conquest-boardgame/comments
Brainstorm
Janice's articles
https://www.cardboardvault.com/lessons-learned/little-things-add-up-1-standard-costs
Outro
https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/
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UKGE: Hall 2, Stand 624
Kickstarter Link: www.ks.wrengames.co.uk
Website: www.wrengames.co.uk
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Jamie, Iain and..... well Sam is away doing things beyond Space and Time. In the meantime it's time to call in our band of roving reporters in from the wild and get them a seat at the table. First up is Ross Connell from More Games Please. The team cover the recent cancellation of Kollosal Games kickstarters, why they didn't win any Golden Geeks, loads of financial news from across the hobby and discuss the importance of art in games.
Headlines
Kickstarter pulls Kollosal Games' campaigns
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/389480684/folding-space?ref=discovery_category&term=Folding%20space
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kolossalgames/papillon?ref=discovery&term=papillon
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kolossalmikro/hunt-the-ravager?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=hunt%20ravager
Mensa Select Awards
https://www.us.mensa.org/newsroom/press-releases/2019-mensa-select-winners-announced/
https://mensamindgames.com/about/information-for-first-timers/
13th Annual Golden Geek Awards
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2179643/13th-annual-golden-geek-awards-winners-2018
News
Steve Jackson offers refunds after ethical concerns over relationship with Frog God Games
https://www.geeknative.com/65227/steve-jackson-games-offer-partial-refunds-after-gamers-raise-ethical-concerns/
http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?4613-Harassment-At-PaizoCon-2017
Solar City Kickstarter Collapses
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1689336268/solar-city-a-solarpunk-game/posts/2480259
GW profits
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-6915187/Games-Workshop-expects-bumper-profit-haul-Warhammer-fans-come-force.html
ICV2 reports hobby game sales
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/43024/hobby-game-sales-total-1-5-billion-2018
Kickstarter breaks $1 billion in its game category
https://venturebeat.com/2019/04/16/kickstarter-game-projects-top-1-billion-with-tabletop-making-up-69-of-pledges/?fbclid=IwAR0eW6QM09RbXiEj8YDz9sACna2L5wZ9CK9F0HlKBF24vaiUNTYjZiCQd04
Outro
Lion King Monopoly
https://www.joyscribe.com/be-prepared-to-lose-at-new-lion-king-monopoly/
Well it's the morning after the party and the crew are all nursing a headache and wondering what is going on in the basement. In the meantime they get down to the business of news reporting. We cover 7th sea sailing into a safe habour, scholarships from gaming luminaries, controversy at GMT and debate the merit, or not, of expansions.
Headlines
7th Sea finds safe harbour
https://www.chaosium.com/blogjohn-wick-joins-chaosium/
Geoff Englestein announces Scholarship
https://www.tabletopnetwork.com/new-voices-scholarship
Scramble for Africa pulled by GMT
https://mailchi.mp/a9c2643ed89c/p500-update-removing-scramble-for-africa?fbclid=IwAR0blZiYs6U02Nw8YhTEFyQDEU5QT2KdkV_aFB2GQXXV71UrcKFDmN7phBE
News
Games Workshop rebrand Warhammer and Warhammer 40k
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/04/05/together-at-last/
Acquisition Incorporated book from Penny Arcade and Wizards of the Coast
http://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/acqinc
Hunter's Enterainment to produce Altered Carbon RPG
https://www.facebook.com/HuntersEntertainment/
District 9 from Weta Workshop
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wetaworkshop/district-9-the-boardgame
Outro
Iain's Charity Ride
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/iain-mcallister
April Fool's
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2019/4/1/the-dogwich-legacy/
https://www.modiphius.net/products/star-trek-adventures-tribble-player-character-free-pdf
https://www.zmangames.com/en/pandemic-cereal-product/?fbclid=IwAR1NezFaG-3R0ajWvkcsDG7A90Iqj7HZL2aLitv9I9pEQqSD7womhhayNlM
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Get on your party hats, blow up the balloons and cut the cake because Brainwaves is one year old! On this special episode we are joined by our executive producers Robert and Sadie from the Lucky Sparrow Games Cafe and a few friends of the show. Although we were mostly partying we still had time to cover a bit of news with our guests and debate the merits of various party games!
Iain, Jamie and Sam would like to thank all our listeners, friends and family for supporting us over the last year. The response to the cast has been more than we could have hoped and we are looking forward to what the next year will bring.
Resolution to Martin Wallace/Eagle Gryphon
https://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/2167942/resolution-aos-situation?fbclid=IwAR3NATWG89Ya3_aRYmP14rkDvMiHZoYrxc9o5dCi3PMN-2I72Ht6DPRjBxA
Dune reprint from Gale Force 9
https://twitter.com/therewillbegame/status/1106260088308686848?s=19&fbclid=IwAR1FpdJEFdmZEJ1GkyXLxE2fLl6wRcYKK34ByMam7L20LVxPQU1n-Br_nM4
CMON and Asmodee enter exclusive agreement
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/42699/cmon-enters-exclusive-north-american-distribution-deal-asmodee-na
Die Hard: Nakatomi Heist Board Game
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/42754/die-hard-the-nakatomi-heist-board-game
Root Tabletop Game of the year at SXSW
http://www.dicetowernews.com/big-honors-for-root-at-sxsw-and-on-kickstarter/57964
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2074786394/root-the-underworld-expansion/posts/2451778
TalisBatman
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/board-games/news/become-dc-super-villains-and-try-to-bring-down-the-dark-knight-in
Kingdom Rush comes to mobile
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/board-games/news/kingdom-rush-is-the-next-ridiculously-popular-mobile-app-to-get-a
Larry Ditillio, writers of Masks of Nyarlathotep dies
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/board-games/news/r-i-p--larry-ditillio-rpg-designer-and-writer-of-legendary-call-ofhttps://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/board-games/news/r-i-p--larry-ditillio-rpg-designer-and-writer-of-legendary-call-of
Critical Role Animated Film
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/criticalrole/critical-role-the-legend-of-vox-machina-animated-s?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=critical%20role
D&D Movie begins casting
http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?6151-Casting-Begins-Soon-For-D-D-Movie&s=177d02adc97cdae1c78127ed5aab6483
Chinese Government burns RPG books
https://www.yog-sothoth.com/index.html/news/chinese-government-burns-call-of-cthulhu-supplement/?fbclid=IwAR07CifFloRO_f_C8QfhGAtsGAfHPM4z_dokA6GLDDvRxzrqX7UM4Bihqpc
Monopoly proposal
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45398154
Many thanks to those who sent us some audio for the cast
Ross from More Games Please
https://www.moregamesplease.com/
Gaz from The Smart Party
https://smartparty.wordpress.com/
Stuart Garside from District 31
http://www.district31.co.uk/
Isa Yu and David Dolliver
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On the eve of our 1st year anniversary the guys look into the depth of the news sea and hook only the tastiest bites for you. This week the world of Bridge is rocked by doping, Martin Wallace has a bone to pick with Eagle Gryphon games, Asmodee loses track of its Bears, franchise tie-ins galore and we finally get down to debating the merits, or not, of Monopoly.
Headlines
Top Bridge Player faces doping ban
https://amp.theguardian.com/sport/2019/mar/01/world-no1-bridge-player-suspended-after-failing-a-drugs-test-geir-helgemo?__twitter_impression=true
Martin Wallace says Eagle Gryphon does not have the rights to publish Age of Steam
Kickstarter page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eaglegryphon/age-of-steam-deluxe-edition
Original accusation: https://boardgamegeek.com/article/31426723#31426723
Christian Petersen statement: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/3920163#3920163
Resolution that came about after recording: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/2167942/resolution-aos-situation
Heidelbar leaves Asmodee Group
https://heidelbaer.de/en/heidelbar-games-becomes-independent-publisher/
News
IT gets the boardgame treatment
https://parameter.io/stephen-king-it-board-games/
Imaginable Guidelines
https://www.citylab.com/design/2019/02/urban-planner-card-game-turkey-imaginable-guidelines/583465/
Restoration Games announces Unmatched
https://restorationgames.com/unmatched/
Labyrinth RPG
https://www.geeknative.com/64770/game-designer-announces-official-jim-henson-labyrinth-rpg-adventure/
Brainstorm
https://monopoly.hasbro.com/en-gb
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/1596064/how-monopoly-came-dominate-board-games
And finally...Black Lotus breaks the bank
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/42632/rare-m-tg-alpha-black-lotus-nearly-doubles-price-last-ebay-auction
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On this episode we address controversy withing the RPG community, the nature of randomness in dice, head to France for some awards, Glasgow for some games cafe action and feature more news than you can shake a reasonably sized game at!
Headlines
Wizards issue statement regarding Zak Smith
Wizards Statement - http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/news/dndstatement
Mandy Morbid's Statement - (Content Warning for descriptions of abuse) https://m.facebook.com/amandapatricianagy/posts/10215845527064252
Awards Season comes to France
http://www.festivaldesjeux-cannes.com/en/asdor/winners
How random are your dice?
http://www.awesomedice.com/blog/353/d20-dice-randomness-test-chessex-vs-gamescience/
http://www.markfickett.com/stuff/artPage.php?id=389
News
Keyforge Expansion announced
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2019/2/12/age-of-ascension/
Funko gets into board games
http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/02/15/1726226/0/en/Funko-Acquires-Award-Winning-Board-Game-Studio.html
Root expands again
https://twitter.com/LederGames/status/1095448085809905664
D&D Stranger Things
http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2019/02/dd-breaking-new-stranger-things-dd-starter-set-revealed.html
Ancient Game Books
http://librojuegos.org/2019/02/hallazgo-impresionante-librojuegos-del-siglo-xv/
https://www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-scotland/
The Giant Brain on Tour
Lucky Sparrow Games Cafe
UK Games Expo
Tabletop Scotland
Dragonmeet
Outro - The monopoly news returns!
https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/barns-shelters-replace-hotels-houses-new-monopoly-game-679180
https://techraptor.net/content/hasbro-announces-overwatch-board-game-overwatch-monopoly
https://www.geeknative.com/64637/talisman-monopoly-agreed-by-usaopoly-and-games-workshop/
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They're back with a brand new invention, or at the very least a new cast. This week they steady themselves from the Aftershock of a cancelled KS, counter their pennies as CMON announces financial results and journey to the Outer Rim with FFG. Relaxing into RPG corner, we use our new widescreen TV to watch the Champion of the Wild and finally look at a very, very expensive games.
Headlines
Aftershock Kickstarter Cancelled
KS - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/strongholdgames/aftershock-deluxe-edition
Paxsims - https://paxsims.wordpress.com/2019/02/05/aftershocks/
Cmon Profit Update
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/42395/cmon-promises-better-q4
FFG announces Outer Rim
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2019/2/8/star-wars-outer-rim/
News
ITB looking for summer intern
https://itbboardgames.typeform.com/to/QjB9DG?fbclid=IwAR3tM7BfhIiVv7TaTVNjuWnc_eFNFi4fvuI9GYW9V2ykG6wAoepjPwe-EOI
Talisman Lives
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/42429/licensed-talisman-games-coming-usaopoly
Sushi Roll
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/271869/sushi-roll
RPG Corner
Relics & Rarities
http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?6017-Relics-Rarities-Special-Guests-Are-Kevin-Smith-Daredevil-s-Charlie-Cox
Call of Cthlhu Starter Set
https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-starter-set/ https://smartparty.wordpress.com/2019/02/07/mike-mason-interview-2019/#more-1358
WFRP Starter Set
http://shop.cubicle7store.com/epages/es113347.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/es113347_shop/Products/CB72401
Handiwork Games
https://handiwork.games/
What's on TV?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1321865567/the-champion-of-the-wild-second-edition/
Outro
Louis Vuitton expensive Jenga set
http://luxurylaunches.com/fashion/jenga-set-for-the-0-1-its-a-louis-vuitton-and-costs-2500.php?fbclid=IwAR02FKfrJuDOUImbKt_BM7lku7OKbNZdC1U4rla_Cl333ydSlQtp0Dhd_aE
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Iain, Jamie and Sam are back in the news saddle and are roping the best in Tabletop gaming news. On this episode we look at the smashing success of Tabletop Games on KS, wonder about some Russian inspired design, get excited about Captain Sonar and talk about ways we can all be more welcoming to new people in the hobby.
Headlines
Tabletop Games smashed records on KS this year
https://www.polygon.com/2019/1/15/18184108/kickstarter-2018-stats-tabletop-video-games?fbclid=IwAR1QxgokulvgZLiip7NIr9Wga9mth-m9h1wzFZ0JX8nFkXq4rVGYsCW7eD8
Dobble has smashed the million sales target
https://www.toynews-online.biz/retail/dobble-named-uks-biggest-selling-card-game-as-one-millionth-unit-sold
Our guys in Salisbury
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/24/salisbury-novichok-attack-board-game-on-sale-russia?fbclid=IwAR05EqG7RddHDO6AN9FR4beHf_PrE4fBz7VB9_tooIecnY9MvXUorx-i1_Q
News
Fog of Love sequel - Midlife Crisis
https://twitter.com/FogOfLoveGame/status/1087092840285507584
Days of Wonder announce Roll and Write game "Corinth"
http://blog.daysofwonder.com/2019/01/16/corinth-become-the-best-trader-of-the-mediterranean-sea/
http://www.leacock.com/blog/2019/1/29/announcing-era-medieval-age
Captain Sonar Campaign - Operation Dragon
https://www.matagot.com/en/catalog/extensions/captain-sonar-upgrade-two-op-ration-dragon/808/121
Tabletop Scotland Tickets are now available
https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/
Outro
Monopoly film secures Kevin Hart
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jan/17/kevin-hart-monopoly-film
The Robots are coming
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/31/block-party-scientists-celebrate-robot-that-can-play-jenga?fbclid=IwAR3HJOy47-jLj9nox5DrO3HUR06S7vTGrX3TCFVfZUGVeP5oqeUgLZBZs9M
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Happy New Year everyone and welcome to the first Brainwaves episode of 2019! Iain, Jamie and Sam are back to bring you the best in Tabletop Gaming News. This episode we cover the latest Middle Earth announcements from FFG, licensing issues for the Great Old Ones and the arrival of interactive TV to Netflix. Our Brainstorm covers Iain's resolution to reduce his collection down: how big does a collection need to be?
Headlines
Lord of the Rings: Journey to Middle Earth
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2019/1/11/the-lord-of-the-rings-journeys-in-middle-earth/
Netflix sued over Bandersnatch
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jan/11/netflix-black-mirror-bandersnatch-choose-your-own-adventure-lawsuit
Chaosium suspends Editions Sans-Detour license
https://www.chaosium.com/blogstatement-about-ditions-sansdtour
News
Terraforming Mars Legacy
https://www.brettspiel-news.de/index.php/nachrichten/2613-terraforming-mars-legacy-fuer-2020-2021-angekuendigt?fbclid=IwAR11XkZEkyvSiHEdg7LVt2UFTieB6M7yRETZCzlZEcMJ92JsPXI1D113XQk
Reversible Neoprene Space/Terrain Battle Mats Quickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gamingbooks/reversible-neoprene-space-terrain-battle-mats-quic
Dized KS 2 is a success
https://dized.com/
Outro
Dundee teen assaults people during dnd game
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/dundee/796247/dundee-teen-brandished-hammer-in-dungeons-and-dragons-argument/?fbclid=IwAR3Z6yjj1AD0tf7WdiYudwrz8uPD2Zn57oQyjtpdkgsE_R6bOAZ1GdHrOuY
Monopoly Pizza https://monopoly.hasbro.com/en-us/product/monopoly-pizza-board-game-for-kids-ages-8-and-up:3C39C14A-1045-46EF-8EBC-1EBA8DB231C5
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Happy New Year! We are taking a little break from the regular cast this week, but we didn't want to leave you with nothing to listen to. To this end we present the first of our Idle Thoughts podcasts. This is the cast we put out once a month to our patrons and features the team talking about the games they have played in the preceding month. This particular cast went out in November and features our October plays. We hope that this taster of the cast will give you an idea of the benefits of becoming a patron.
We would like to thank all our listeners for their support over the last year. The response to the cast has been excellent and we are looking forward to seeing what 2019 brings our way.
The Giant Brain Patreon
Many thanks
Iain, Jamie and Sam
On this final episode of the year, we bring you a special cast highlighting games that we have played over the last year or so that we really think deserve recognition in one way or another. We hope you enjoy it and look forward to bringing you more excellent news shows and specials over 2019. Thank you to everyone who has listened to us, got in touch and shared the cast. We are humbled by the response the podcast has gotten.
Iain, Jamie and Sam
Best short game - plays in under 30 mins
Iain - Carta Impera Victoria, Ludonaute
Jamie - Tank Chess, Forsage Games
Sam - Layers, Happy Boabab
Best Rulebook
Iain - Arkham Horror 3rd edition, FFG
Jamie - Blades in the Dark, John Harper & Evil Hat
Sam - Fog of Love, Hush Hush Projects
Best original Screenplay - An award for story in game
Iain - Arkham Horror LCG, FFG
Sam - Arkham Horror LCG, FFG
Jamie - Fog of Love, Hush Hush Projects
Best Adapted Screenplay - best game established from an intellectual property
Iain - Gladiatores, Badcat Games
Jamie - Battle for Rokugan, FFG
Sam - X-wing 2.0, FFG
Best Production/ most over produced game (suggested by Richard Simpson from the We’re Not Wizards podcast)
Iain - Cthluhu: Death may Die, CMON
Jamie - Dinosaur Island, Pandasauras games
Sam - My Little Scythe, Stonemaier Games
Best Visual Effects - An award for Art in games
Iain - Champion of the Wild, Big Imagination Games
Jamie - Troubled life of billy kerr, Hub Games
Sam - Keyforge, FFG
Most Innovative Product
Iain - Ruthless, Roland’s Revenge
Jamie - Fog of Love, Hush Hush Projects
Sam - Arkham Horror LCG, Labyrinths of Lunacy, FFG
Best Director - An award for best publisher
Iain - One Free Elephant
Jamie - Facade Games
Sam - FFG
Best Game we played this year, that wasn’t released this year - This is our game of the year award
Iain - Gloomhaven
Jamie - Photosynthesis
Sam - Azul
Best game that doesn’t exist
Iain - Eldritch Horror 2nd Edition
Jamie - Flicky Souls
Sam - Sushi-go Legacy, the unique deck game
Winner - Can you cook what the Rock is smelling
Welcome to Brainwaves a fortnightly podcast bringing you the best in Boardgame and Tabletop Gaming News. In our final regular episode of the year the guys cover falling profits, surprising mergers, new and ancient games alongside a whole bunch of license based news.
Headlines
Cmon fall in profits
http://www.tabletopwire.com/cmon-reports-losses-stock-continues-slide/
Board & Dice and NSKN merge
https://www.facebook.com/boardanddice/
Big Potato Games make a vending machine
https://toyworldmag.co.uk/news/big-potato-reveals-board-game-vending-machine/
News
Print and Play Arcade
https://www.pnparcade.com/
Royal Game of Ur
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1411051/art-culture
Hasbro sued over pensions
http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20181128/pension-funds-sue-hasbro-alleging-executives-misled-investors-while-dumping-their-own-shares
License News
IDW announces Metal Gear Solid game
https://twitter.com/IDWGames/status/1068579678603149313
Clank Legacy: Acquisitions Acquired
https://www.direwolfdigital.com/news/clank-legacy-acquisitions-incorporated/
Brainstorm
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2016/12/22/iains-alternatives-to-the-usual-game-list/
Travels
Dragonmeet
https://www.dragonmeet.co.uk/
Sumo Gnomes - https://twitter.com/Gumley
Aquanauts - http://itbboardgames.com/
Possession - https://www.crooked-tower.com/
Penance RPG - http://www.penancerpg.com/
Magnate - https://twitter.com/naylorjames
UK Indie RPG League - https://ukindierpgleague.com/
Lucky Sparrow Games Cafe
https://www.facebook.com/luckysparrowgamescafe/
Unlucky Frog - https://www.unluckyfrog.com/
Owen Duffy - https://twitter.com/owen_duffy
Outro
Don't step in it
https://www.chitag.com/single-post/2018/11/30/2018-TOY-AND-GAME-INNOVATION-AWARD-TAGIE-WINNERS-ANNOUNCED
Shoutout
We're Not Wizards KS - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/revatar/were-not-wizards-tabletop-podcast-biscuit-fund?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=we%27re%20not%20wizards
Executive Producers
Lucky Sparrow Games Cafe
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Welcome to Brainwaves a fortnightly podcast bringing you the best in Boardgame and Tabletop Gaming News. In this episode we cover controversy at White Wolf, Ninja Division's financial troubles, the launch of Keyforge and more! In Brainstorm the guys discuss the most used mechanics in games over 2018 and peer into the future at what we might see in 2019.
Headlines
White Wolf Implodes
https://www.white-wolf.com/newsblog/a-message-from-white-wolf
Ninja Division's $750k hole
https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/9wbzoe/super_dungeon_explore_legends_kickstarter_project/?utm_source=reddit-android
Legal Doc
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Iu7HOs3mkd6GCve9LqHT_9Q5rdghW5xY/view
Keyforge
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2018/11/9/archon-names/?fbclid=IwAR1B6MdBNyLgtKB5SIfxzj3gFNDm0O8fDCfxRqyVg8L0e_jQFQHocAdzbN8
News
Gamer creates board game/rpg to help with anxiety
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-46029562?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=facebook
https://realideas.org/game-changer/
Black Mirror episode Nosedive to become a boardgame
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/265316/black-mirror-nosedive
Lord of the Rings Custom Scenario Kits
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2018/11/13/decide-your-destiny/
Brainstorm
From Simon Marr on Twitter. Original question "Game mechanics you would like to see the back of or see more of in 2019". We twisted that a little to be "What do we think was the most used mechanic in games that came out this year, and where do we think we will see innovation over the course of 2019".
Tail
Scout Monopoly
https://shop.scouts.org.uk/gifting/scouts-monopoly-board-game?utm_source=Scout%20Shops%20Ltd%20(shops)&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10029946_Monopoly%20Launch%20-%20Nov%202018&utm_content=monopoly%20cta&dm_i=1SYI,5YZ5M,BERJX7,NE9L2,1&fbclid=IwAR3uM6bLILwKrPp8iSyImh4T_-jIR-ZWnJXnVLbsJGqAnGPUJgV2sUsGg00
Game of Thrones Monopoly
https://mashable.com/article/monopoly-game-of-thrones/?europe=true
Patreon Shoutouts
Robert Ruthven, Lucky Sparrow Games Cafe. Opening 30th November.
https://m.facebook.com/luckysparrowgamescafe/
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Welcome to Brainwaves a fortnightly podcast bringing you the best in Boardgame and Tabletop Gaming News. In this episode we cover thefts at the Essen game fair, accusations of plagiarism, movies coming to games and games coming to movies as well as the innovations of Tabletopia and Tabletop Simulator.
Headlines
Essen Thefts
https://boardgamegeek.com/article/30345396#30345396
https://twitter.com/ArtipiaGames
https://twitter.com/DnDiceUK/status/1056663300648386561
This last link emerged after we had recorded and mentions other companies targeted we were not aware of
https://japanimegames.com/blogs/press/press-release-thieves-target-multiple-small-businesses-at-essen-spiel
Dreamworks options Mice and Mystics
https://variety.com/2018/film/news/dreamworks-animation-mice-and-mystics-movie-1202992375/
Netrunner rises
https://www.facebook.com/NetrunnerNISEI/
https://stimhack.com/nisei-board-scores-personality-profiles/
News
Strange & Norrell
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/board-games/news/war-of-the-ring-designers-adapting-magical-book-jonathan-strange-mr?fbclid=IwAR2IY298wdH7h8l1cTBbZEv6SDMFDoxmKFfo1RUKA7fCwwyHHa30nCSoeMU
Amigo Spiele Accusations
https://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/2089688/official-amigo-statement-crypto-cartel-vs-bohnanza
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andymazeika/crytpo-cartel?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=crypto%20cartel
CMON obtains Night of the Living Dead license
https://cmon.com/news/cmon-acquires-license-for-night-of-the-living-dead?fbclid=IwAR1uYmVZNy54Sm1-XED00Bnjf1n863FCslzTLpIkeeG7hACbb5ynw4c6_MY
MIB/ Ghostbusters crossover
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/264227/men-blackghostbusters-ecto-terrestrial-invasion
RPG Corner
Root RPG
http://www.magpiegames.com/2018/10/26/leder-games-awards-root-magpie-games/?fbclid=IwAR0TXeh5Bp4gpDmi45bNz7DaxXBbQDRzI8KdpwCpY8Kpk3l7K-3lcQXdr6Y
John Wick Presents announcement
No public link, only for backers
Brainstorm
https://tabletopia.com/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/286160/Tabletop_Simulator/
Tail
Monopoly for Millennials
https://www.resetera.com/threads/monopoly-for-millennials-a-real-game-that-exists.77607/?fbclid=IwAR1mXaMUKbEb06RP2psG3wWR8brKLG6-BbRBRmMeyUodleYMxFX3ExJL5uE
Shoutouts
Lloyd Burt - our latest patron, thanks Lloyd!
Mairi Jacks, the winner of our Escape the Dark Castle giveaway. Congratulations!
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Welcome to Brainwaves a fortnightly podcast bringing you the best in Boardgame and Tabletop Gaming News. In this episode we start with some sad news from the world of RPGs move onto some good news about the return and expansion of some of our favourites and discuss if the cult of the new allows some games to get away with low replayability.
Headlines
Greg Stafford Death
https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-greg-stafford-1948-2018/
Dized KS (now cancelled)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dized/dized-the-best-way-to-learn-board-games?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=dized
Games Workshop Stocks
https://www.economist.com/britain/2018/10/06/britons-are-increasingly-turning-to-tabletop-games-for-entertainment
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-6289819/Games-Workshop-raises-alarm-bells-blue-warning-trading-uncertainties.html
News
Keyforge
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/keyforge/
Arkham Horror LCG - The Circle Undone
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2018/10/12/the-circle-undone/
Fog of Love expansions and LGBT content
https://twitter.com/FogOfLoveGame/status/1050355936269877253
Gencon extends Indy contact
https://www.ibj.com/articles/70958-citing-hotel-deal-gen-con-extends-indy-contract?fbclid=IwAR0iHj1pGdTpGFQcvf3wUWczZAhGQP91p1HbIgmHNzvNvE4ZAd_LqEIAbAs
Evil Hat scales back
https://www.evilhat.com/home/refocused-resized-hat-mode-activated/?fbclid=IwAR3KuRI1NadnPrOVRkN8VQaNywa8RENHPzky7dTxCnUu62Qj-qfOu3_WLjc
Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain
Ex- Libris
https://www.renegadegamestudios.com/ex-libris/
Brainstorm
Thanks to listener Richard Vernon for this week's question
Tail
Paul Dean is leaving SUSD
https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/paul-is-moving-to-pastures-new/
Giant Brain on tour!
Glasgow Games Festival
https://www.facebook.com/glasgowgamesfestival/
Dragonmeet
https://www.dragonmeet.co.uk/
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Welcome to a very special episode of Brainwaves. We interrupt your normal programming to bring you an investigation into the state of the Dized App, a companion app for boardgames that teaches games through interactive tutorials and rules. We have interviews with Mike Barnes of Who Dares Roll, former UK Regional Manager for Dized, and Jared Miller, Dized Marketing and Social Media manager. We cover a wide range of topics with both our interviewees from the inception of the app right up to the present day and the launch of the Kickstarter.
Since the recording of this episode the Kickstarter has been cancelled and we will be covering this news in the next regular episode of Brainwaves.
Links from this episode
Mike Barnes- Who Dares Rolls
http://www.whodaresrolls.com/
Jared Miller - Dized
https://dized.com/
Indiegogo campaign
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/dized-board-games-made-easy#/
KS Campaign (now cancelled)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dized/dized-the-best-way-to-learn-board-games/description
https://twitter.com/getDized
https://www.facebook.com/getdized/
Welcome to Brainwaves a fortnightly podcast bringing you the best in Boardgame and Tabletop Gaming News. In this episode Catan gets seedy, Evil Dead 2 rises once more (sort of), a whole truck of deliveries turns up for RPG corner and the guys discuss the difference between standalone games and community games.
Headlines
Catan Crop Trust - https://www.catan.com/game/catan-scenario-crop-trust
Seedbank - https://www.croptrust.org/our-work/svalbard-global-seed-vault/
Evil Dead 2 and Jasco - https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/board-games/news/the-disastrous-evil-dead-2-board-game-is-being-resurrected-by-a-new
Hasbro Self Parody - https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/board-games/news/game-of-life-quarter-life-crisis-gets-a-little-too-real-by-plunging
News
CEX taking boardgame tradeins - https://uk.webuy.com/search/?categoryIds=1106&categoryName=board-games#ng-jmrrwy25
Leagcy for kids - https://www.scorpionmasque.com/en/zombie-kidz-evolution
RPG Corner
Android book for Genesys - https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2018/10/2/shadow-of-the-beanstalk/
Fria Lagan Merger - http://frialigan.se/en/news/#/pressreleases/free-league-and-jaernringen-become-one-2739714
Judge Dredd - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enworld/judge-dredd-and-the-worlds-of-2000-ad-roleplaying?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=judge%20dredd
Smart Party Interview - https://smartparty.wordpress.com/2018/09/20/judge-dredd-and-the-worlds-of-2000ad/
Cthlhu Mythos for 5E - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petersengames/sandy-petersens-cthulhu-mythos-for-5e?ref=ax61jw
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Welcome to Brainwaves a fortnightly podcast bringing you the best in Boardgame and Tabletop Gaming News. In this episode the chaps cover the latest in Star Trek announcements, more boardgames coming to digital, and computer games influencing RPGs. They also take a visit to the lovely quiet town of Arkham for a swathe of news about Iain's favourite game. Sam gets the lowdown on Essen from Jamie and Iain and they all chat about the benefits, or not, of FAQ and errata in games.
Headlines
Star Trek Flix
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/41376/flick-where-no-one-has-flicked-before
Things from the Flood
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1192053011/things-from-the-flood-sequel-to-tales-from-the-loo
GMT announces Mystery Wizard
http://www.mysterywizardgame.com/
News
Boardgames come to the switch
https://www.polygon.com/2018/9/13/17857524/settlers-of-catan-pandemic-carcassone-munchkin-asmodee-nintendo-switch
Magic Maze Expansion
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/260658/magic-maze-hidden-roles
Sunless Skies RPG
https://kotaku.com/sunless-skies-now-has-a-tabletop-rpg-1829246171/amp?__twitter_impression=true
https://rowanrookanddecard.com/resistance-toolbox-now-available/
Arkham Horror News
Return to Dunwich - https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2018/9/5/return-to-the-dunwich-legacy/
New Invocation event - https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2018/9/24/no-rest-for-the-wicked/
Arkham Nights announced- https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2018/9/20/arkham-nights-2018/
New Errata - https://images-cdn.fantasyflightgames.com/filer_public/e0/61/e061c570-76fa-4bdb-9bd8-c2c98cd37ced/ahc_faq_v14.pdf
Essen Hyperdrive
Swordcrafters - https://adamsapplegames.com/swordcrafters/
Ruthless - https://www.alleycatgames.com/product-page/ruthless
Gloomhaven: Forgotten Circles - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/250337/gloomhaven-forgotten-circles
Layers & Magic Fold - https://www.happybaobab.net/en/
Wildlands - https://ospreypublishing.com/wildlands
Arboretum - https://www.renegadegamestudios.com/arboretum/
Spell Smashers- https://www.renegadegamestudios.com/spell-smashers/
Ominoes: Hieroglyphs - http://www.yaygames.uk/ominoes-hieroglyphs
BSG: Starship Battles - http://www.aresgames.eu/tag/battlestar-galactica
Magic Maze Kids - https://sitdown-games.com/produit/magic-maze-kids/
Planet - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/252929/planet
Maki Stack - http://www.blueorangegames.com/index.php/games/maki-stack
K2 : Lhotse - https://www.rebelgames.eu/games/k2-lhotse-1191.html
Soviet Kitchen - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/260407/soviet-kitchen
Treasure Island - http://www.matagot.com/en/catalog/details/gateway-games/2/treasure-island/955#scrol
Mountains - https://www.haba.de/en_GB/toys/mountains/e/ah8k0
River - https://www.daysofwonder.com/the-river/en
Brainstorm
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/board-games/news/prepare-for-a-beatdown-sheeple-is-scrabbles-latest-dictionary-update
Tail
Dice Summoners
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/870869293/dice-summoners?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=dice%20summoners
Outro
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Welcome to Brainwaves a fortnightly podcast bringing you the best in Boardgame and Tabletop Gaming News. Fresh off their time at Tabletop Scotland, Iain and Sam cover their time at the convention. Jamie and Sam then dive into the rest of the news, the Rock cooks something up in the kitchen, Iain digs some mysterious holes in the Brainwaves garden and Sam goes into The Chair. Once Iain is back out of the garden the gang discuss the rise of apps in tabletop gaming and what they can bring to the table and finish up with a nice coffee at Meeple Perk.
Headlines
Tabletop Scotland
http://tabletopscotland.co.uk/what/newsletter-updates/
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2018/09/04/tabletop-scotland-wot-we-did/
Pandemic: Fall of Rome
https://www.zmangames.com/en/news/2018/9/7/announcing-pandemic-fall-of-rome/
Fortnite Monopoly
https://twitter.com/DonaldMustard/status/1037806051632893953
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mccaskellgames/last-one-standing-the-battle-royale-board-game
News
Wizkids announces WWE tie-in
https://wizkids.com/2018/09/07/wizkids-announces-new-licensing-partnership-with-wwe/
Steamforged drops cards for app
http://steamforged.com/sfg-news-blog/7-8-2018-opd-update-and-gb-manager-app?rq=app
Out in the Garden
Ancient boardgame discovered in Russian church
https://themoscowtimes.com/news/archeologists-discover-medieval-board-game-secret-castle-crypt-russia-62792
Scottish boardgame discovery
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-45335491
Jersey anti-occupation game
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/aug/29/occupation-boardgame-found-in-jersey-attic-pokes-fun-at-nazis
Brainstorm
X-Wing Second Edition
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2018/5/1/x-wing-second-edition/
Mansions of Madness second edition
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/mansions-of-madness-second-edition/
Imperial Assault app
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2017/11/20/legends-of-the-alliance/
Fireball Island
https://restorationgames.com/fireball-island/
World of Yo-Ho
http://yoho.io/english/index.html
Dized
https://dized.com/
Tail
Newcastle boardgame cafe - Meeple Perk
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/meepleperk/meeple-perk?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=meeple%20perk
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Welcome to Brainwaves a fortnightly podcast bringing you the best in Boardgame and Tabletop Gaming News. After clearing away the aftermath of the Gencon episode the chaps have a nice relaxing cuppa as they discuss the return of Dune to the Tabletop, Tabletop Scotland, updates on the unique games from FFG and debate about the merits of selling betas of games. Also contains free David Bowie impersonations, 1 per customer.
Headlines
Dune returns to Tabletop
https://www.gf9.com/
https://www.modiphius.com/dune.html
Tabletop Scotland
http://tabletopscotland.co.uk/
Discover: Lands Unknown
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2018/8/13/discover-lands-unknown/
News
Keyforge interview with Richard Garfield
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2018/8/22/the-enigmatic-architect/
Critical Role D&D Helpers guides
https://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/08/22/critical-role-handbooker-helper-new-show/
Dized go back to crowdfunding
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/dized-board-games-made-easy#/updates/all
BOWIE!
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/257028/bowie
Codenames: Harry Potter
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/249821/codenames-harry-potter
Holiday
https://oinkgms.com/en/deep-sea-adventure
Brainstorm
Pathfinder playtest
http://paizo.com/pathfinderplaytest
WFRP 4th edition
http://cubicle7.co.uk/our-games/warhammer-fantasy-roleplay/
Tail
https://wizkids.com/awrithe-a-game-of-eldritch-contortions/
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Welcome to Brainwaves a fortnightly podcast bringing you the best in Boardgame and Tabletop Gaming News. Iain brings a giant sack of Gencon news to the table that the gang all wade through to bring you the tastiest morsels. The boys discuss Keyforge: Rise of the Archons, a plethora of GW announcements, a game you wouldn't expect getting the legacy treatment, and Iain settles down in RPG corner to take a long hard look at the Ennie announcements.
Headlines
Gloomhaven comes to digital
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2018/08/02/gloomhaven-digital-game-announced-for-early-next-year-gen-con-2018
Stronghold Games and Indie Board & Cards merger
http://strongholdgames.com/2018/08/07/indie-boards-cards-and-stronghold-games-merge/
Keyforge: Call of the Archons
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2018/8/3/keyforge-call-of-the-archons/
News
GW announcement bonanza
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/08/02/2nd-aug-new-warhammer-board-game-bonanza-announced-at-gencongw-homepage-post-1/
Munchkin 40k
http://worldofmunchkin.com/warhammer40000/
Machi Koro Legacy
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2036493/pandasaurus-announces-machi-koro-legacy
Huge Star Wars Armada release
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2018/8/3/executor-arrives/
Restoring the Dark Tower
https://restorationgames.com/return-to-dark-tower/
Horizon: Zero Dawn
http://steamforged.com/sfg-news-blog/hzdtbg
Macho Koro: Legacy
https://www.pandasaurusgames.com/machi-koro-legacy-from-rob-daviau-jr-honeycutt-masao-suganuma-with-brand-new-artwork-from-nobura-hotta/
Gen 7
https://www.plaidhatgames.com/news/922
RPG Corner
Ennies Awards
http://www.ennie-awards.com/blog/2018-ennie-winners/
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We're Not Wizards
https://werenotwizards.podbean.com/
Unlucky Frog Gaming
https://www.unluckyfrog.com/
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Welcome to Brainwaves a fortnightly podcast bringing you the best in Tabletop Gaming News. On this Episode Jamie and Sam run riot as the boss is away! Covering big mergers, sad departures and a bunch of IP related news and discussion. During their quiet time they snuggle down in the comforting embrace of RPG corner. Don't worry Iain will be back soon to sort everything out, assuming he hasn't died on the Oregon Trail.
Headlines
Asmodee sold
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/40926/eurazeo-finds-buyer-asmodee
Christian T. Petersen leaves Asmodee NA
http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2018/07/industry-breaking-christian-t-petersen-departing-as-asmodee-ceo.html
Kickstarter cashes in on Tabletop Gaming Boom
http://icopartners.com/2018/07/kickstarter-and-tabletop-games-2018-mid-year-update/
News
Wacky Races
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256729/wacky-races-board-game
Dr. Horrible Kickstarter cancelled
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/board-games/news/dr--horrible-board-game-cancelled-after-raising-thousands-on
RPG Corner
Expanse RPG
https://greenronin.com/expanse/
Tales from the Loop gets optioned
https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/amazon-tales-from-the-loop-1202875431/
Dungeons and Dragons expands
http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/news/new-worlds
Brainstorm
X-Wing & LOTR
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/
Star Trek: Ascendancy
http://startrek.gf9games.com/
Labyrinth
https://riverhorse.eu/our-games/labyrinth/
Tail
Oregon Trail Boardgame
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256792/oregon-trail-game-journey-willamette-valley
Love Island Boardgame
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ginger-Fox-Love-Island-adults/dp/B0796X5MR8/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1533453756&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=love+island+board+game&psc=1
Patron Shoutout
Jon from Earth to Games - publishing Masters of Gettown later in the year
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Welcome to Brainwaves a fortnightly podcast bringing you the best in Tabletop Gaming News. On this Episode Iain, Jamie and Sam cover monopolising the Grim Dark of the Future, withcy goings on in RPGs along with a whole host of other news. In our Brainstorm segment we discuss the rise and rise of large miniature focused kickstarters and whether they are always as luxurious as they seem. The podcast gets interrupted once more by a transmission from Bunker 42.
Headlines
Jurassic Park: Chaos Gene
https://mondotees.com/blogs/news/mondo-games-presents-jurassic-park-the-chaos-gene-board-game
Monopoly 40k
http://usaopoly.com/games/monopoly-warhammer-40000
Overturn: Rising Sands
- Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1412544049/overturn-rising-sands
- PDF Comparison: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6n3bzikexhmmuhv/Overturn-Massive%20Darkness%20Rulebook%20-%20Comparison.pdf?dl=0
- Keith McLennan: Cardboard and Coffee https://www.facebook.com/CardboardAndCoffee/
- Stuart Garside: District 31 https://www.facebook.com/District31UK/ (I got the name wrong in the podcast, sorry Stuart!)
News
Witcher RPG
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-witcher-tabletop-rpg-is-finally-releasing/
Spyfall: Time Travel
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256085/spyfall-time-travel
Battlestar Galactica Miniatures
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/40828/first-details-battlestar-galactica-starship-battles
African Boardgames Indiegogo
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/14-board-games-from-africa-sports-toys#/
Brainstorm
Cthulhu: Death may Die
https://cmon.com/news/cthulhu-death-may-die-the-great-old-ones-are-coming
CIV
https://www.ludonaute.fr/portfolio/civ-carta-impera-victoria/
Games Workshop
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Home
Bunker 42
Rory Somers - Board Meetings
https://boardmeetings.co.uk/
Pandemic
https://www.zmangames.com/en/games/pandemic/
Tail
Glasgow University plans Waterloo tabletop re-enactment
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-44845892#
Patreon Shoutout
Unlucky Frog Gaming
https://www.unluckyfrog.com/
We're Not Wizards
https://werenotwizards.podbean.com/
Matt Machell - Realms Publishing
https://realms.co.uk/
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