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 https://giantbrain.co.uk/support-us-new/   Metallic Dice Games https://metallicdicegames.com/ 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/   Our Links   Thanks very much for listening. If you like what you’ve listened to then the best way to help us out is to share the podcast and drop us a review and rating on itunes.  You can also follow us on   Discord: https://discord.gg/3bMx2HK75r Twitter: https://twitter.com/thegiantbrain Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/giantbrainuk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegiantbrain Website: https://giantbrain.co.uk/ Email: giantbrainuk@gmail.com

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

a-lot.fun/en/">game-a-lot.fun/en

facebook.com/gamealotboardgames

Our Patreon

https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain

 

Support Us

https://giantbrain.co.uk/support-us-new/

 

Metallic Dice Games

https://metallicdicegames.com/

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/

 

Our Links

 

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