Brainwaves Episode 103 - Crowdfunding Crisis

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

 

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Outro

 

Wordle board game

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