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Iain & Jamie from The Giant Brain, and Oliver from Tabletop Games Blog bring you a fortnightly show featuring the best in Tabletop Gaming News
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Monday Dec 09, 2019
Monday Dec 09, 2019
Brainwaves HQ is undergoing a bit of a revamp in preparation for our awards show. With the news room inaccessible and construction everywhere Iain and Jamie do the cast themselves. On this show they cover world champions going away, Uno politics and boardgames in old age. Removing themselves to the crackling fire of RPG corner they cover a couple of recent announcements before looking back on the year for The Giant Brain. We hope you will pour yourself a glass and join us.
Headlines
Go Champion retires
Uno has a political problem, apparently
Edinburgh led study looks at boardgames
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191126140413.htm
RPG Corner
The One Ring is cast into the flames
https://www.cubicle7games.com/unexpected-tor2-update/
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/44616/dispute-ends-cubicle-7s-the-one-ring-publishing-agreement
Chaosium sail the Rivers of London
https://twitter.com/Chaosium_Inc/status/1200793820826423298?s=20
The Year in Review
Uk Games Expo
https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/
Tabletop Scotland
https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/
Art Panel at Tabletop Scotland
Dragonmeet
Jamie and Peter’s pieces
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2019/10/05/watch-the-skies-diary/
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2019/09/04/warcry-review/
Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain
Exec Producers
Lucky Sparrow Gaming Cafe
https://www.facebook.com/luckysparrowgamescafe/
Outro
Monopoly but more
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/295178/monopoly-longest-game-ever
Barkham Horror April Fools becomes real
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2019/12/2/barkham-horror/?fbclid=IwAR1IOJszClZVC9nzHtlTADJ5FXiBJUDyTYUVwgZ8O_uwUcs9PJSZ1l50J08
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Monday Nov 25, 2019
Monday Nov 25, 2019
Iain has big plans for the first Giant Brain convention but Jamie is not so sure. Luckily our convention correspondent Mark Cooke is back from Essen with lots of excellent advice. This episode the team cover abuse allegations, industry deaths, awards and more. Iain’s been working on something in the basement and it proves very useful when getting to the core of what convention organisation is all about. No interns were harmed in the making of this episode.
Headline
Industry distances itself from JR Honeycutt after abuse allegations
https://medium.com/@victoria.mann11/coming-forward-to-move-forward-8608e9c27e74
Esther MacCallum Stewart - https://twitter.com/neveahfs
Chad Jensen dies
https://twitter.com/HeavyCardboard/status/1195355111612129281?s=20&fbclid=IwAR1srh307usDj-jSIhVeh4YVK6ci9Gu08BgBES_2XhS8Tce_JTGbBbZzaB4http://www.dicetowernews.com/the-board-game-community-loses-chad-jensen-designer-of-dominant-species/61302
MTG has made it into National Toy Hall of Fame (USA)
https://www.toyhalloffame.org/toys/magic-gathering
News
MTG player asked to remove card in support of trans rights
Gw profits soar
https://www.cityam.com/games-workshop-shares-soar-as-profits-beat-55m/
Amazon Alexa now plays Ticket to Ride
https://www.amazon.com/Days-of-Wonder-Ticket-Ride/dp/B08178MR5M
Catan World Explorers
https://www.catan.com/game/catan-world-explorers
Exec Producers
Lucky Sparrow Gaming Cafe
https://www.facebook.com/luckysparrowgamescafe/
Outro
DnD Cluedo
https://www.geeksaresexy.net/2019/11/08/theres-a-dungeons-dragons-version-of-clue-now/
Mark Cooke and Airecon
Twitter: https://twitter.com/aireconuk
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Monday Nov 11, 2019
Monday Nov 11, 2019
What’s this? Iain is considering selling the Brainwaves HQ? As they consider the offer they invite the real estate magnate James Naylor to join the team and cover this week’s news: legends dying, profits falling, lawsuits concluding, mashups, acquisitions and much more on this weeks Brainwaves.
Headlines
Frances Tresham dies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Tresham_(game_designer)
Hasbro Profits Fall
https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2019/10/dd-weak-hasbro-sales-propped-up-by-dungeons-dragons.html
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3507616-hasbro-minus-7-percent-tariffs-sting
Gygax v. DeSanto lawsuit wraps up
News
Critical Role animated series picked up by Amazon!
https://twitter.com/CriticalRole/status/1191778691979735041
Hasbro Mashups line
WOTC Acquires Tuque Games
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/44397/wizards-coast-makes-acquisition
Cards Against Humanity opens boardgame cafe
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/44359/cards-against-humanity-to-open-chicago-board-game-cafe
Kickstarter Union Update
https://twitter.com/ksr_united/status/1189656841376141312?s=20
Outro
Immersive Monopoly show
https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2019/immersive-monopoly-show-to-run-in-london-in-2020/?login_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestage.co.uk%2Faccounts%2Fusers%2Fsign_up.popup
One Page Dungeon
https://watabou.itch.io/one-page-dungeon
Patreon
Lucky Sparrow Games Cafe
https://www.facebook.com/luckysparrowgamescafe/
James Naylor
Magnate official site / KS email sign-up: https://magnategame.com/
Boardgamegeek link: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/258242/magnate-first-city
Official Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Magnateboardgame
Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/magnateboardgame/
James’ twitter account: https://twitter.com/naylorjames
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Monday Oct 28, 2019
Monday Oct 28, 2019
Iain and Jamie are joined by magic man Richard from We’re Not Wizards. Together they cover actual Kickstarter Fraud, Kittens getting their hands on lots of money and visas being denied for Essen. In our Brainstorm they look at online communities and discuss whether they should all be amalgamated into one. All this and more, on this week’s Brainwaves.
Headlines
Carbon Copies on KS
https://twitter.com/GreyGnomeGames/status/1184308826822057984?s=19
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hoard/dungeon-hoard
https://www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/dungeon-hoard
Exploding kittens in the money
Iranian Game Designers denied visas
https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/95673/iranian-publishers-denied-visas-germany-spiel-19
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3tTjBiD5Sb/ - Letter to EU
News
Another boardgame tablet hits KS
https://luckyduckgames.com/games/chroniclesofcrime.html - Chronicles of Crime
Glasgow Uni academics trying to make family law board games
https://www.geniusgames.org/ - Genius Games
https://www.facebook.com/groups/393090567800456/ - Juniper Green Board Games
Brainstorm
https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=sporadically%20board&epa=SEARCH_BOX - Sporadically Board
https://www.facebook.com/moregamesplease/ - More Games Please
Outro
Hallmark Monopoly
https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/a29519551/hallmark-channel-monopoly-board-game/
Jimi Hendrix, Acid and Risk
http://blog.siriusxm.com/graham-nash-over-the-years/
Exec Producers
Lucky Sparrow Gaming Cafe
https://www.facebook.com/luckysparrowgamescafe/
We’re Not Wizards
https://werenotwizards.podbean.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Werenotwizards/
https://twitter.com/werenotwizards
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Monday Oct 14, 2019
Monday Oct 14, 2019
Monday Sep 30, 2019
Monday Sep 30, 2019
Monday Sep 16, 2019
Monday Sep 16, 2019
We are taking a little break this week from our regular cast but rest assured we will be back in two weeks time with all the usual Tabletop News from near and far. This episode was recorded before Sam was lost in 'the incident' and covers Keyforge, Scrawl and Dungeons & Dragons.
This episode was made possible by the kind sponsorship of all our patrons.
Monday Sep 02, 2019
Monday Sep 02, 2019
This week on Brainwaves we are bringing you a series of interviews we conducted at Tabletop Scotland. This convention took place in Perth on the 24th and 25th of August, 2019. We spoke to the sponsors of the convention, various retailers, exhibitors and some friends of the show. We hope you enjoy. The links below are in the order they appear on the cast.
Daniel Taylor Woodworking
https://www.instagram.com/dtaylorwoodworking/?hl=en
Inspiring Games
https://www.inspiringgames.com/
Unlucky Frog
The Boardgame Book
https://www.boardgame-book.com/
DMB Games
Murphy’s Vault
Dice Roll Cafe
https://www.facebook.com/DiceRollCafe/
Geeknson
Bez
Iain (Unpopular Mechanics)
Lucky Sparrow Games Cafe
https://www.facebook.com/luckysparrowgamescafe/
Handiwork Games
Campaign Coins
Jon Hodgson Maps - Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/jonhodgsonmaps
Paul Bourne
https://www.facebook.com/paul.bourne.77
Juniper Green Board Gamers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/393090567800456/
Redwell Games
Arcane Blaster Casters
https://twitter.com/battleboargames?lang=en
Contact Us
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Monday Aug 19, 2019
Monday Aug 19, 2019
Iain has been trying to bring the Brainwaves garden under control but much to his annoyance has found the place overrun by wrestling Gnomes. Laying the blame squarely at the feet of Robbie Munn, Robbie joins Iain and Jamie on the cast as penance for his out of control Sumo Gnomes. We cover more awards, Golden Bell/ Unbroken Kickstarter, hirings, mergers and lawsuits. In Brainstorm we tackle the weighty issue of problematic themes in games.
Headlines
Golden Bell/ Unbroken Kickstarter
https://boardgamegeek.com/article/32704614#32704614
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1227872561/unbroken-a-solo-game-of-survival-and-revenge
Ennies
http://www.ennie-awards.com/blog/2019-ennie-winners/
Diana Jones Award
https://twitter.com/dianajonesaward?lang=en
https://dreadthegame.wordpress.com/about-dread-the-game/
News
Ross O’Connell joins Alleycat Games
https://twitter.com/moregamespls/status/1159892361373192197?s=20
https://www.moregamesplease.com/
https://www.alleycatgames.com/
Wil Wheaton Sues Geek & Sundry
Genius Games acquires Artana Games
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/43789/genius-games-acquires-artana
Pokemon Cards sell at auction
https://goldinauctions.com/1999_Pokemon_1st_Edition_PSA_GEM_MT_10_Complete_Se-lot51339.aspx
Brainstorm
https://ospreypublishing.com/undaunted-normandy
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3076/puerto-rico
Outro
Monopoly Socialism
https://intl.target.com/p/parody-monopoly-socialism-board-game/-/A-76151691
Bar bill paid with Monopoly money
https://www.thinkspain.com/news-spain/31696/irish-tourists-use-monopoly-money-to-pay-bar-bill
Tabletop Scotland
https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/
Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain
https://www.facebook.com/luckysparrowgamescafe/
Our Guest - Robbie Munn
Twitter - https://twitter.com/Gumley
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Email - peculiarityuk@gmail.com
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Monday Aug 05, 2019
Monday Aug 05, 2019