Episode 81 - Small Screen

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/

 

Patreon Shoutouts

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Outro

 

Catan Beer is real!

https://table22.com/champion#membership-tiers

 

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