Brainwaves 159 - CMON now

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Headlines

CMON Issues Profit Warning

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/03/13/board-game-crowdfunding-major-cmon-issues-profit-warning-says-losses-could-exceed-2m-for-2024/

 

https://www.cmon.com/project-status/#crowdfunding 

 

Is Magic losing its sparkle? No of course not.

 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58912/wotc-magic-sales-down-q4-full-year-2024

 

https://giantbrain.co.uk/2024/01/15/news-digest-brainwaves-episode-135/

 

The Sigils aren’t good

https://www.rascal.news/wizards-of-the-coast-shutters-sigil-virtual-tabletop-project-lays-off-30-staff/

 

News

GAMA/Origins Award Nominations

https://www.originsawards.net/news/announcing-the-48th-annual-origins-awards-finalists

 

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/03/12/new-look-origins-awards-has-a-massive-120-nominees-this-year-new-hall-of-fame-inductees-revealed/

 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59086/the-academy-adventure-gaming-arts-designs-hall-fame-inducts-three

 

Cardboard Edison award finalists announced 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rZLrFoWkt4E4uDjcUYDYvkwAUcjlqkCR/view

 

As D’Or Award

https://www.festivaldesjeux-cannes.com/en/festival-as-d-or-jeu-de-l-annee

 

https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2024/03/30/odin-saturday-review/

 

Stonemaier Games Stockholder Report

https://stonemaiergames.com/2024-behind-the-scenes-stakeholder-report-for-stonemaier-games/

 

Obituaries

 

Respected boardgame box artist Rodger MacGowan passes

https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogpost/171204/rodger-b-macgowan-has-passed-away-at-age-77

 

GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-recovery-of-rodger-mae-and-steven 

 

Ernie Gygax passes

https://www.enworld.org/threads/ernie-gygax-has-passed-away.712080/

Jobs, Opportunities, and Events

 

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Tabletop Mentorship Programme

https://www.unpub.org/mentorship

 

Patreon Shoutouts

 

Kevin Bertram

https://www.fortcircle.com/

 

James Naylor

https://naylorgames.com/

 

Shaun Newman

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facebook.com/gamealotboardgames

 

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Outro

 

Nearly 2 decades later, they win again

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/03/17/almost-two-decades-after-impressing-in-the-childrens-spiel-des-jahres-wild-vikings-has-won-the-japan-boardgame-prize/

 

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