Brainwaves Episode 109 - Two Heads

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

 

Patreon Shoutouts

James Naylor

https://naylorgames.com/

Shaun Newan

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facebook.com/gamealotboardgames

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Outro

 

Stonemaier Games Charity Auction

https://www.instagram.com/p/CjiRI0rLJbI/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D

 

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