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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 Jun 10, 2019
Monday Jun 10, 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
Flat Pack Forces
Team 3
https://www.publishing.brain-games.com/team3
Seminars
Smart Party
https://smartparty.wordpress.com/
Paul Grogan - Gaming Rules
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
Contrast Paints
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/detail?N=3815391097+3891072176
Periodic
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Monday May 27, 2019
Monday May 27, 2019
Monday May 13, 2019
Monday May 13, 2019
Monday Apr 29, 2019
Monday Apr 29, 2019
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/kolossalgames/papillon?ref=discovery&term=papillon
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
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
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
Outro
Lion King Monopoly
https://www.joyscribe.com/be-prepared-to-lose-at-new-lion-king-monopoly/
Monday Apr 15, 2019
Monday Apr 15, 2019
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
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
Patreon Shoutouts
Executive Producers: Lucky Sparrow Games Cafe
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Monday Apr 01, 2019
Monday Apr 01, 2019
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
Dune reprint from Gale Force 9
CMON and Asmodee enter exclusive agreement
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
Kingdom Rush comes to mobile
Larry Ditillio, writers of Masks of Nyarlathotep dies
Critical Role Animated Film
D&D Movie begins casting
Chinese Government burns RPG books
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
Isa Yu and David Dolliver
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Monday Mar 18, 2019
Monday Mar 18, 2019
On the eve of our 1st year anniversary the guys look into the depth of the news sea and hook only the tastiest bites for you. This week the world of Bridge is rocked by doping, Martin Wallace has a bone to pick with Eagle Gryphon games, Asmodee loses track of its Bears, franchise tie-ins galore and we finally get down to debating the merits, or not, of Monopoly.
Headlines
Top Bridge Player faces doping ban
Martin Wallace says Eagle Gryphon does not have the rights to publish Age of Steam
Kickstarter page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eaglegryphon/age-of-steam-deluxe-edition
Original accusation: https://boardgamegeek.com/article/31426723#31426723
Christian Petersen statement: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/3920163#3920163
Resolution that came about after recording: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/2167942/resolution-aos-situation
Heidelbar leaves Asmodee Group
https://heidelbaer.de/en/heidelbar-games-becomes-independent-publisher/
News
IT gets the boardgame treatment
https://parameter.io/stephen-king-it-board-games/
Imaginable Guidelines
https://www.citylab.com/design/2019/02/urban-planner-card-game-turkey-imaginable-guidelines/583465/
Restoration Games announces Unmatched
https://restorationgames.com/unmatched/
Labyrinth RPG
Brainstorm
https://monopoly.hasbro.com/en-gb
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/1596064/how-monopoly-came-dominate-board-games
And finally...Black Lotus breaks the bank
Patreon Shoutouts
Executive Producers: Lucky Sparrow Games Cafe
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Monday Mar 04, 2019
Monday Mar 04, 2019
On this episode we address controversy withing the RPG community, the nature of randomness in dice, head to France for some awards, Glasgow for some games cafe action and feature more news than you can shake a reasonably sized game at!
Headlines
Wizards issue statement regarding Zak Smith
Wizards Statement - http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/news/dndstatement
Mandy Morbid's Statement - (Content Warning for descriptions of abuse) https://m.facebook.com/amandapatricianagy/posts/10215845527064252
Awards Season comes to France
http://www.festivaldesjeux-cannes.com/en/asdor/winners
How random are your dice?
http://www.awesomedice.com/blog/353/d20-dice-randomness-test-chessex-vs-gamescience/
http://www.markfickett.com/stuff/artPage.php?id=389
News
Keyforge Expansion announced
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2019/2/12/age-of-ascension/
Funko gets into board games
Root expands again
https://twitter.com/LederGames/status/1095448085809905664
D&D Stranger Things
http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2019/02/dd-breaking-new-stranger-things-dd-starter-set-revealed.html
Ancient Game Books
http://librojuegos.org/2019/02/hallazgo-impresionante-librojuegos-del-siglo-xv/
https://www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-scotland/
The Giant Brain on Tour
Outro - The monopoly news returns!
https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/barns-shelters-replace-hotels-houses-new-monopoly-game-679180
https://techraptor.net/content/hasbro-announces-overwatch-board-game-overwatch-monopoly
https://www.geeknative.com/64637/talisman-monopoly-agreed-by-usaopoly-and-games-workshop/
Patreon Shoutouts
Executive Producers: Lucky Sparrow Games Cafe
Get in touch
Monday Feb 18, 2019
Monday Feb 18, 2019
Monday Feb 04, 2019
Monday Feb 04, 2019
Iain, Jamie and Sam are back in the news saddle and are roping the best in Tabletop gaming news. On this episode we look at the smashing success of Tabletop Games on KS, wonder about some Russian inspired design, get excited about Captain Sonar and talk about ways we can all be more welcoming to new people in the hobby.
Headlines
Tabletop Games smashed records on KS this year
Dobble has smashed the million sales target
Our guys in Salisbury
News
Fog of Love sequel - Midlife Crisis
https://twitter.com/FogOfLoveGame/status/1087092840285507584
Days of Wonder announce Roll and Write game "Corinth"
http://blog.daysofwonder.com/2019/01/16/corinth-become-the-best-trader-of-the-mediterranean-sea/
http://www.leacock.com/blog/2019/1/29/announcing-era-medieval-age
Captain Sonar Campaign - Operation Dragon
https://www.matagot.com/en/catalog/extensions/captain-sonar-upgrade-two-op-ration-dragon/808/121
Tabletop Scotland Tickets are now available
https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/
Outro
Monopoly film secures Kevin Hart
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jan/17/kevin-hart-monopoly-film
The Robots are coming
Executive Producers
Lucky Sparrow Games Cafe
https://www.facebook.com/luckysparrowgamescafe/
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