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 tangata.co.nz/reflections/moriori-still-setting-the-record-straight/">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 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   Warhammer 40k Series coming to Amazon https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63998585   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 Oliver: https://tabletopgamesblog.com 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

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

tangata.co.nz/reflections/moriori-still-setting-the-record-straight/">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

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

 

Warhammer 40k Series coming to Amazon

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63998585

 

Our Links

 

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