Brainwaves - Board Game and Tabletop News Show

Episode 32 - Robot Corner

Wrecking his way into Brainwaves HQ Mark Mckinnon from Dream Big Games joins Iain and Jamie on this week’s episode. Together they tackle plagiarism, the rise of the robots, oddly shaped awards, the meteoric rise of Kickstarter and the interns have finally finished off the new RPG corner! 

Headlines

 

Plagiarism accusations hit popular boardgame site

Reddit thread

https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/c972ja/katies_game_corner_accused_of_plagiarism/

Punchboard Media Statement

https://www.punchboardmedia.com/home/2019/7/5/punchboard-media-statement-on-plagiarism-regarding-katies-game-corner

Robot AI takes on Poker

https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/11/20690078/ai-poker-pluribus-facebook-cmu-texas-hold-em-six-player-no-limit

Diana Jones Award

http://www.dianajonesaward.org/

 

News

7 Tabletop Games fund a day

https://icopartners.com/2019/07/crowdfunding-and-tabletop-games-2019-mid-year-update/

Lewis Chessmen Update

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/jul/02/lewis-chessman-bought-for-5-sold-at-auction-for-735000?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR3fqPtmUHRAlaqTC0pWv-EJyMS5BIoD_05bpuG1o5Mnb5MMes0GvBqNZHM#Echobox=1562079543

 

RPG Corner

Stygian Fox

https://www.geeknative.com/67426/kickstarter-suspends-campaign-putting-rpg-publisher-stygian-foxs-future-in-doubt/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=buffer&utm_content=buffer69ae6

https://www.facebook.com/StygianFoxPublishing/posts/2030144697090649

Destination Fantastic

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/destinationfantastic/destination-fantastic

Professional DMs

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-07-08/how-to-be-a-professional-dungeons-dragons-master-hosting-games?utm_medium=social&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_content=business&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic

...and finally

There Will Be Games

https://therewillbe.games/

Tabletop Scotland

https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/

Our Patreon

https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain

Our Guest - Mark McKinnon, Dream Big Games

https://wreckandruingame.co.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/dreambiggames/

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Brainwaves Special Edition - Megagames

In this special episode Iain and Jamie are joined by John Mizon of Southwest Megagames and Mr. Megagame himself Matthew Bambridge to discuss everything about this increasingly popular type of game. We go in deep to what makes megagames tick from the history of the genre to the recent arrival of products like Vampire: The Masquerade, Bloodlines. We hope you enjoy and would like to thank John and Matthew for being such excellent guests. 

Intro to Megagames

Off cast John recommended this video as a good primer for the genre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IlqTWTiiN8

Shut Up & Sit Down

https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/videos/susd-play-megagame-2-pt1/

https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/videos/watch-skies-2-pt-2/

Becky Becky Blogs

We mention Trope High in the cast

https://www.beckybeckyblogs.com/

PAXsims

https://paxsims.wordpress.com/

Megagame Coalition

These are where you will find the games running at Gencon

https://megagamecoalition.com/

Southwest Megagames (John Mizon)

https://www.swmegagames.co.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/swmegagames/

https://twitter.com/swmegagames

Mr. Megagame (Matthew Bambridge)

https://www.facebook.com/Mr-Megagame-463462707524380/

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

https://www.megagameassembly.com/

Other megagame creators

Megagame Makers: https://megagamemakers.uk/

Penine Megagames: https://www.penninemegagames.co.uk/

Horizon Megagames: https://www.facebook.com/groups/HorizonMegagames/

True North Megagames: https://www.facebook.com/groups/truenorthmegagames/

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Episode 31 - Honest Barrage

Iain and Jamie are joined by journalist Owen Duffy this week to cast their eyes over the gaming papers and see what is worthy of your attention. Amongst news of review bombing, Kickstarter guidelines and boardgame inspired TV shows the gents manage to sit down for a chat about the state of boardgame journalism. 

Headlines

Kickstarter new guidelines

https://www.kickstarter.com/honest?fbclid=IwAR3-yno3b1KjdZhaY3TUokueyFan-2PckwDFit7NXJo1E5h_nZ17oOd6rKk#framing

Watch the skies in a box

https://www.stonepaperscissors.co.uk/games-purchase/watch-the-skies-megagameinabox

Review Bombing on Boardgamegeek

https://www.geeknative.com/66873/angry-geeks-manipulate-barrages-board-game-geek-rating-in-protest/?fbclid=IwAR1w3yFITkDFhmXVCKm1RVZWDoQIQ_mjDH8mkugwr0aRQvppWVuFNrY9sGM

Tarrifs Update

https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/43524/rolling-initiative-good-bye-lee-garvin

News

Cyberpunk 2077 is getting a Tabletop prequel

https://www.techradar.com/news/cyberpunk-2077-prequel-is-on-the-way-in-tabletop-rpg-board-game-form

Ticket to Ride TV show

https://deadline.com/2019/06/ticket-to-ride-propagate-asmodee-entertainment-developing-tv-competition-series-based-on-board-game-1202639225/?fbclid=IwAR0cuA5_ZsnRSIQGFB2ZQwtO8srRSWCGERowYki6HTV4OANFUil253ooOK8

D&D becomes more audio accessible

https://twitter.com/Wizards_DnD/status/1144280363285528576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1144280363285528576&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.belloflostsouls.net%2F2019%2F07%2Fdd-for-all-library-of-congress-makes-dd-more-accessible.html

Archaeologists dig up Roman boardgame

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-48745656?fbclid=IwAR0aFZKiE-DZNgF5oakDhk28ef3ElZRGEtZ6ik0uP129rzFMOBC2twD2hUM

Outro

Monopoly Voice Banking

https://gizmodo.com/the-new-monopoly-has-a-voice-controlled-ai-banker-that-1835593536

Patreon

Lucky Sparrow Gaming Cafe

https://www.facebook.com/luckysparrowgamescafe/

Owen Duffy

https://boardgame-book.com/

https://twitter.com/BoardGameBook

https://twitter.com/owen_duffy

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Episode 30 - Brain Burner

Iain & Jamie have gotten out the Necronomicon this week to summon themselves another roving reporter back to the fold. Garbed in his best cultist outfit Peter Hopkins from Drawn to the Flame joins the team to discuss Lewis Chessmen found in drawers, Origin Awards, Contrast paints and more! In the Brainstorm this week the 3 acolytes discuss seperating art from artist. 

Headlines

James Mathe Dies

http://www.jamesmathe.com/

https://wreckandruingame.co.uk/james-mathe-a-tribute/?fbclid=IwAR0uUPttcfeN4KfIvG6YfJrBODOHsX5IxcNXiw96vCEV4iwf1PJ1_pSYMKE

http://oneblogshelf.blogspot.com/2019/06/tribute-to-james-mathe.html

Lewis Chessmen

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/medieval-chess-piece-set-go-auction-12-million-180972352/

Origins Awards

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/43425/origins-awards-2019-winners

 

News

Contrast Paints

https://citadelcolour.com/

Asmoplay

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/43404/new-asmoplay-program-launches-july

https://b2b-media-production-ana.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/2a/97/2a97dbf9-4b47-4b7a-8954-1635e26a5a9d/ana_bestsellers_03192019_web.pdf

Magic & Netflix

https://media.netflix.com/en/press-releases/netflix-and-the-russo-brothers-join-forces-with-wizards-of-the-coast-for-first-of-its-kind-animated-series-magic-the-gathering

Cmon Physical Store

https://geekculture.co/cool-mini-or-not-grand-opening-of-the-new-cmon-play-singapore-store/

Patreon

Lucky Sparrow Gaming Cafe

https://www.facebook.com/luckysparrowgamescafe/

Drawn to the Flame

https://www.facebook.com/drawntotheflamepodcast/

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Brainwaves Special Edition - UK Games Expo 2019

The team are back from UK Games Expo and whilst everything was fresh in their minds, sat down to wax lyrical about the games they had seen at the convention. Our special guest is our honorary member of The Giant Brain, Rich Stokes: long time friend of Iain and the show. We cover a wide range of games and products from ones so new they barely have a name to the behemoth that is Games Workshop.

Do let us know what you saw at the show and if you think we missed any gems.

Chapter 2 - Strudle Games

https://twitter.com/RomanRybiczka

 

Watch the Skies 2 - Second Sight

http://www.megagame-makers.org.uk/megagamet-wts.htm

 

Villagers

https://www.sinisterfish.com/

 

Flat Pack Forces

https://flatpackforces.com/

 

Team 3

https://www.publishing.brain-games.com/team3

 

Seminars

Smart Party

https://smartparty.wordpress.com/

 

Paul Grogan - Gaming Rules

https://gaming-rules.com/

 

Megacity Oceania

https://www.wearehubgames.com/our-games/megacity

 

Big Book of Battlemats

https://www.gamingbooks.co.uk/shop/big-book-of-battle-mats.html

 

Folded Space

https://www.foldedspace.net/

 

Contrast Paints

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/detail?N=3815391097+3891072176

 

Periodic

https://www.geniusgames.org/

 

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Episode 29 - Great Expo-tations

UK Games Expo is on the horizon and the crew are setting sail to this promised land. Joining them on the good ship Brainwaves is a man who is no stranger to the Expo himself: Mr. Rory Sommers of the Polyhedron Collider Crew. 

Before they get to chatting about the convention we cover the latest in Tabletop news including the potential impacts of the US/China trade war, Elder Scrolls getting into some plagiarism and all the news from D&D live. Do get in touch and let us know what you are looking forward to at Expo! 

 

Headlines

 

U.S. Tarrifs

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/43201/games-books-periodicals-toys-targeted-new-round-china-tariffs 

 

CMON Profits

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/43164/cmon-reports-down-year-2018

 

Elder Scrolls

 https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/05/bethesdas-latest-elder-scrolls-adventure-taken-down-amid-cries-of-plagiarism/ 

 

News

 

DND Live

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/43237/product-highlights-d-d-live-2019-the-descent-livestream 

 

Dice Tower Awards

 http://www.dicetowernews.com/2018-dice-tower-awards-nominees-announced/58877?fbclid=IwAR3_L6BEE2X0JtJWf38djyKppNYP1ErPupFU87npLuQRPLaH15yV5A0GaQw 

 

Rule & Make studio folds

 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chaoticpattern/hand-of-fate-ordeals/posts/2506264

 

Expo Buildup

 

Iain

 

Big Potato

 https://bigpotato.com/gb 

Escape the Dark Sector

 https://www.themeborne.com/ 

Gaming Rules

 https://gaming-rules.com/ 

 

Jamie

 

Watch the Skies

 https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/videos/susd-play-megagame-2-pt1/ 

 https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/videos/watch-skies-2-pt-2/ 

Bosk

 https://floodgategames.com/ 

Namiji

 https://www.funforge.fr/US/ 

 

Rory

 

Dice Hospital

 https://www.alleycatgames.com/ 

Dust in the Wings

 https://store.boardanddice.com/ 

Magnate: The First City

 https://magnategame.com/ 

Megacity: Oceania

 https://www.wearehubgames.com/our-games/megacity 

Oathsworn

 https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/251661/oathsworn-deepwood 

 

Patreon Shoutouts

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 https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain 

 

Rory & Polyhedron Collider

 www.polyhedroncollider.com 

www.facebook.com/PolyhedronCollider

Twitter: @roryjsomers or @PolyhedronC

Instagram: @roryjsomers

 

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Episode 28 - In Spaaaccce!

Iain and Jamie are delighted to welcome home their space based roving reporter Janice Turner from Wren Games. The crew cover legal rustling on the Great Western Trail, companies producing less games and Aliens returning to the tabletop. In our Brainstorm we turn to the subject of Kickstarter and seek sage advice from Janice who has been down that road in the not too distant past and has a background in project management.

 

Headlines

 

Indie Game Studios sues Plan B Games

https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/88986/indie-game-studiosstronghold-games-sues-plan-b-gam 

 

AEG pledges to make Less Games

 https://www.alderac.com/2019/04/25/publish-fewer-new-games/ 

 

Steve Jackson games releases stakeholder report for 2018

http://www.sjgames.com/general/stakeholders/report19.html

 

News

 

Alien films return to the Tabletop 

https://frialigan.se/sv/startsida/ 

 

Asmodee launches Aconyte fiction arm

https://www.asmodee.co.uk/news-item/asmodee-announces-fiction-imprint-aconyte/

 

Steamforged games gains steam

 https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/43073/steamforged-games-raises-5-million-roughly-6-5-million 

 

Origins Award Nominees announced

 https://www.originsgamefair.com/origins-awards-nominees 

 

 

 

Another Kickstarter Suspended

 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1361678389/devil-ring-age-of-the-war?fbclid=IwAR1iUr3dDIveZN9l3i9Yiu3AanbNFa82jpnKANlBC1WPY_YbrCdvAnhwSGw 

 

Previous campaigns

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/player11boardgame/age-of-the-war-devil-invasion-of-the-ring/

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/121737448/age-of-the-war-kingdoms-conquest-boardgame/comments

 

Brainstorm

 

Janice's articles

 https://www.cardboardvault.com/lessons-learned/little-things-add-up-1-standard-costs 

 

Outro

 https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/ 

 

Patreon Shoutouts

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Guest Links

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/Dravvin 

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/wrengames/?hl=en 

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/wrengames/ 

UKGE: Hall 2, Stand 624

Kickstarter Link:  www.ks.wrengames.co.uk 

Website:  www.wrengames.co.uk

 

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Episode 27 - Kollosal Cash

Jamie, Iain and..... well Sam is away doing things beyond Space and Time. In the meantime it's time to call in our band of roving reporters in from the wild and get them a seat at the table. First up is Ross Connell from More Games Please. The team cover the recent cancellation of Kollosal Games kickstarters, why they didn't win any Golden Geeks, loads of financial news from across the hobby and discuss the importance of art in games.

Headlines

Kickstarter pulls Kollosal Games' campaigns

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/389480684/folding-space?ref=discovery_category&term=Folding%20space

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kolossalgames/papillon?ref=discovery&term=papillon

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kolossalmikro/hunt-the-ravager?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=hunt%20ravager

Mensa Select Awards

https://www.us.mensa.org/newsroom/press-releases/2019-mensa-select-winners-announced/

https://mensamindgames.com/about/information-for-first-timers/

13th Annual Golden Geek Awards

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2179643/13th-annual-golden-geek-awards-winners-2018

News

Steve Jackson offers refunds after ethical concerns over relationship with Frog God Games

https://www.geeknative.com/65227/steve-jackson-games-offer-partial-refunds-after-gamers-raise-ethical-concerns/

http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?4613-Harassment-At-PaizoCon-2017

Solar City Kickstarter Collapses

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1689336268/solar-city-a-solarpunk-game/posts/2480259

GW profits

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-6915187/Games-Workshop-expects-bumper-profit-haul-Warhammer-fans-come-force.html

ICV2 reports hobby game sales

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/43024/hobby-game-sales-total-1-5-billion-2018

Kickstarter breaks $1 billion in its game category

https://venturebeat.com/2019/04/16/kickstarter-game-projects-top-1-billion-with-tabletop-making-up-69-of-pledges/?fbclid=IwAR0eW6QM09RbXiEj8YDz9sACna2L5wZ9CK9F0HlKBF24vaiUNTYjZiCQd04

Outro

Lion King Monopoly

https://www.joyscribe.com/be-prepared-to-lose-at-new-lion-king-monopoly/

Episode 26 - Setting Sail

Well it's the morning after the party and the crew are all nursing a headache and wondering what is going on in the basement. In the meantime they get down to the business of news reporting. We cover 7th sea sailing into a safe habour, scholarships from gaming luminaries, controversy at GMT and debate the merit, or not, of expansions. 

Headlines

7th Sea finds safe harbour

https://www.chaosium.com/blogjohn-wick-joins-chaosium/

Geoff Englestein announces Scholarship

https://www.tabletopnetwork.com/new-voices-scholarship

Scramble for Africa pulled by GMT

https://mailchi.mp/a9c2643ed89c/p500-update-removing-scramble-for-africa?fbclid=IwAR0blZiYs6U02Nw8YhTEFyQDEU5QT2KdkV_aFB2GQXXV71UrcKFDmN7phBE

News

Games Workshop rebrand Warhammer and Warhammer 40k

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/04/05/together-at-last/

Acquisition Incorporated book from Penny Arcade and Wizards of the Coast

http://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/acqinc

Hunter's Enterainment to produce Altered Carbon RPG

https://www.facebook.com/HuntersEntertainment/

District 9 from Weta Workshop

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wetaworkshop/district-9-the-boardgame

Outro

Iain's Charity Ride

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/iain-mcallister

April Fool's

https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2019/4/1/the-dogwich-legacy/

https://www.modiphius.net/products/star-trek-adventures-tribble-player-character-free-pdf

https://www.zmangames.com/en/pandemic-cereal-product/?fbclid=IwAR1NezFaG-3R0ajWvkcsDG7A90Iqj7HZL2aLitv9I9pEQqSD7womhhayNlM

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Episode 25 - Party Time!

Get on your party hats, blow up the balloons and cut the cake because Brainwaves is one year old! On this special episode we are joined by our executive producers Robert and Sadie from the Lucky Sparrow Games Cafe and a few friends of the show. Although we were mostly partying we still had time to cover a bit of news with our guests and debate the merits of various party games! 

Iain, Jamie and Sam would like to thank all our listeners, friends and family for supporting us over the last year. The response to the cast has been more than we could have hoped and we are looking forward to what the next year will bring. 

Resolution to Martin Wallace/Eagle Gryphon

https://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/2167942/resolution-aos-situation?fbclid=IwAR3NATWG89Ya3_aRYmP14rkDvMiHZoYrxc9o5dCi3PMN-2I72Ht6DPRjBxA

Dune reprint from Gale Force 9

https://twitter.com/therewillbegame/status/1106260088308686848?s=19&fbclid=IwAR1FpdJEFdmZEJ1GkyXLxE2fLl6wRcYKK34ByMam7L20LVxPQU1n-Br_nM4

CMON and Asmodee enter exclusive agreement

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/42699/cmon-enters-exclusive-north-american-distribution-deal-asmodee-na

Die Hard: Nakatomi Heist Board Game

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/42754/die-hard-the-nakatomi-heist-board-game

Root Tabletop Game of the year at SXSW

http://www.dicetowernews.com/big-honors-for-root-at-sxsw-and-on-kickstarter/57964

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2074786394/root-the-underworld-expansion/posts/2451778

TalisBatman

https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/board-games/news/become-dc-super-villains-and-try-to-bring-down-the-dark-knight-in

Kingdom Rush comes to mobile

https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/board-games/news/kingdom-rush-is-the-next-ridiculously-popular-mobile-app-to-get-a

Larry Ditillio, writers of Masks of Nyarlathotep dies

https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/board-games/news/r-i-p--larry-ditillio-rpg-designer-and-writer-of-legendary-call-ofhttps://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/board-games/news/r-i-p--larry-ditillio-rpg-designer-and-writer-of-legendary-call-of

Critical Role Animated Film

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/criticalrole/critical-role-the-legend-of-vox-machina-animated-s?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=critical%20role

D&D Movie begins casting

http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?6151-Casting-Begins-Soon-For-D-D-Movie&s=177d02adc97cdae1c78127ed5aab6483

Chinese Government burns RPG books

https://www.yog-sothoth.com/index.html/news/chinese-government-burns-call-of-cthulhu-supplement/?fbclid=IwAR07CifFloRO_f_C8QfhGAtsGAfHPM4z_dokA6GLDDvRxzrqX7UM4Bihqpc

Monopoly proposal

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45398154

Many thanks to those who sent us some audio for the cast

Ross from More Games Please

https://www.moregamesplease.com/

Gaz from The Smart Party

https://smartparty.wordpress.com/

Stuart Garside from District 31

http://www.district31.co.uk/

Isa Yu and David Dolliver 

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