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Atlantic article on Colonialism in Boardgames

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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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Monday Jul 12, 2021

Episode 77 - Groundhog Brains

Monday Jul 12, 2021

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

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

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

Warcraft Pandemic

https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/pandemic/news/world-of-warcraft-pandemic-board-game

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Tabletop Mentorship Programme - Brainwaves Special

Monday Jul 05, 2021

On Stage with James Hewitt

Monday Jul 05, 2021

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.

Bad Squiddo Games

Monday Jun 28, 2021

Episode 76 - Tactically Stupid

Monday Jun 28, 2021

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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Unlucky Frog

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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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Monday Jun 14, 2021

Episode 75 - G7 Games

Monday Jun 14, 2021

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

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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https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/647278/the-godfather-monopoly-board-game

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Godfather Monopoly

Sopranos Monopoly

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/48505/the-op-unveils-two-new-versions-classic-games

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Monday May 31, 2021

Episode 74 - Coiled Prison

Monday May 31, 2021

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/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

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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Monday May 24, 2021

Brainwaves Special Edition - Tabletop Mentorship Programme

Monday May 24, 2021

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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Monday May 17, 2021

Episode 73 - Double Time

Monday May 17, 2021

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

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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Outro

Lifesize Monopoly

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Monday May 03, 2021

Episode 72 - Art Attack

Monday May 03, 2021

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

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

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

https://ashenholdart.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/ashenholdart/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/AshenholdArt

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

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Outro

Unlucky Frog

https://www.unluckyfrog.com/

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https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/48102/gamas-tough-2020

Monday Apr 19, 2021

Episode 71 - Chapter Four

Monday Apr 19, 2021

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

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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https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/board-game/feature/board-games-sustainability-environment-eco

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Outro

Iain Chantler features in this article

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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