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

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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

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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

community.com/2023/03/07/recycling-trial-announced-new-life-for-old-sprues/">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/

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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

slapped-by-bank-of-america-for-destroying-customer-goodwill.html">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 

the-motherlands-rpg-adrift-after-publisher-claims-shutting-down-division.html">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

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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. 

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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/

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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

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

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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

uk.co.uk/">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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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

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Instagram

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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

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Outro

Catan Cookbook

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52643/ulysses-press-will-release-catan-hardcover-cookbook

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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/

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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

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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

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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/

Twitter

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

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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

has-entered-into-an-agreement-to-acquire-tcgplayer-301609889.html">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

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Outro

Card Catastrophe

https://kotaku.com/nintendo-unboxing-tragedy-cards-kyoto-collector-1849443892

kyoto-souvenir-playing-cards.html">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

and-mortar.com/">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

awards.com/2022-results/">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

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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

uk.co.uk/?fbclid=IwAR2nhOXFqojC-Y-wKyxiYeex41WnwvUkDpc-ImRapSox-S3iBO66ldlXaAA">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

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https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/

Tabletop Gaming Live

https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/information/tabletop-gaming-live

Brainwaves Survey

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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

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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

awards.com/2022-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

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facebook.com/gamealotboardgames

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Geeknson link

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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

issues-statement-following-satine-phoenix-and-jamison-stone-controversy.html">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/

workshop.com/2022/06/14/year-end-trading-update/">https://investor.games-workshop.com/2022/06/14/year-end-trading-update/

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James Naylor

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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

slams-activist-investors-proposed-board-directors-amid-proxy-battle.html">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

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https://naylorgames.com/

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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

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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

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James Naylor

https://naylorgames.com/

Shaun Newan

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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

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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

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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/

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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/

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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

tabletop-rpgs-are-up-for-a-nebula-award.html">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

games.com/products/creature-comforts-sjw-racist-publisher-pre-order?_pos=2&_sid=f47d36037&_ss=r">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

community.com/2022/03/16/an-important-note-on-russia-and-ukraine/">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

cannes.com/en/">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

caught-up-in-proxy-fight-as-analysts-call-for-spin-off.html">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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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

group.com/nextventures">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

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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

1. 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/

online.biz/2022/01/21/iello-names-flat-river-group-as-its-u-s-and-canadian-distributor/">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/

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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! 

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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/

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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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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

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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

isnt-for-everyone-especially-these-nazis.html">https://spikeybits.com/2021/11/warhammer-isnt-for-everyone-especially-these-nazis.html

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">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

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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

games.mailchimpsites.com/">https://postmark-games.mailchimpsites.com/

Patreon Shoutouts

James Naylor

https://naylorgames.com/

Shaun Newan

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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

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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/

Twitter 

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 

Tabletop Gaming Podcast: apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/tabletop-gaming-magazine-podcast/id1374328014 

Subscribe to the mag

https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/Store/Subscriptions/tabletop-gaming

Single issues:

https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/Store/Back-Issues/tabletop-gaming 

Advent Calendar

https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/games-store/advent-calendar/ 

Chris has mad 1.3 games:

https://cjeggett.itch.io/ 

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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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

the-top-asmodee-raises-prices-again-yes-really.html">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

awards.com/2021-nominees-and-winners/">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

web.com/blog/detail/sCategory/589/blogArticle/514?fbclid=IwAR2P7h3DtTfdDQkOq3sNi9tNF0n907PLPfNj2fGA2OGx320cLoV7foF-u3Y">https://pegasus-web.com/blog/detail/sCategory/589/blogArticle/514?fbclid=IwAR2P7h3DtTfdDQkOq3sNi9tNF0n907PLPfNj2fGA2OGx320cLoV7foF-u3Y

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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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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

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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

digital-roleplaying-is-in-the-cards-after-wotc-leads-hasbro-stock-surge.html">https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2021/07/dd-digital-roleplaying-is-in-the-cards-after-wotc-leads-hasbro-stock-surge.html

ceo-expects-robust-toy-demand-to-continue-despite-higher-prices.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

Announces-30000-Horizons-Fellowship-To-Support-Underrepresented-Communities-In-The-Industry.htm">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

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

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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

workshop.com/en-GB/Home">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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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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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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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

richard-halliwell.html">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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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

community.com/2021/04/18/our-pre-order-schedules-changing-a-bit-heres-how/">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

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Jamie who did Ben’s new logo

https://thenobleartist.com/

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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 

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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

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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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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

online.biz/2021/03/11/asmodee-group-acquires-award-winning-azul-publisher-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/

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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

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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

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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/

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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

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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

online.biz/2021/01/12/uno-celebrates-its-50th-anniversary-with-a-raft-of-new-product-launches-and-initiatives/">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 

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