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   Patreon Shoutouts 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   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/   Oliver’s Links   Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ Radio: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/radio/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TabletopGamesBl   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

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

 

Patreon Shoutouts

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

 

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/

 

Oliver’s Links

 

Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

Radio: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/radio/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TabletopGamesBl

 

Our Links

 

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