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 Adopts-New-Membership-Structure.htm">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 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   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   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

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

Adopts-New-Membership-Structure.htm">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

Patreon Shoutouts

Shaun Newan

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

facebook.com/gamealotboardgames

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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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