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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 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
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Sunday Jan 20, 2019
Sunday Jan 20, 2019
Happy New Year everyone and welcome to the first Brainwaves episode of 2019! Iain, Jamie and Sam are back to bring you the best in Tabletop Gaming News. This episode we cover the latest Middle Earth announcements from FFG, licensing issues for the Great Old Ones and the arrival of interactive TV to Netflix. Our Brainstorm covers Iain's resolution to reduce his collection down: how big does a collection need to be?
Headlines
Lord of the Rings: Journey to Middle Earth
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2019/1/11/the-lord-of-the-rings-journeys-in-middle-earth/
Netflix sued over Bandersnatch
Chaosium suspends Editions Sans-Detour license
https://www.chaosium.com/blogstatement-about-ditions-sansdtour
News
Terraforming Mars Legacy
Reversible Neoprene Space/Terrain Battle Mats Quickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gamingbooks/reversible-neoprene-space-terrain-battle-mats-quic
Dized KS 2 is a success
Outro
Dundee teen assaults people during dnd game
Monopoly Pizza
https://monopoly.hasbro.com/en-us/product/monopoly-pizza-board-game-for-kids-ages-8-and-up:3C39C14A-1045-46EF-8EBC-1EBA8DB231C5
Executive Producers
Lucky Sparrow Games Cafe
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Sunday Jan 06, 2019
Sunday Jan 06, 2019
Happy New Year! We are taking a little break from the regular cast this week, but we didn't want to leave you with nothing to listen to. To this end we present the first of our Idle Thoughts podcasts. This is the cast we put out once a month to our patrons and features the team talking about the games they have played in the preceding month. This particular cast went out in November and features our October plays. We hope that this taster of the cast will give you an idea of the benefits of becoming a patron.
We would like to thank all our listeners for their support over the last year. The response to the cast has been excellent and we are looking forward to seeing what 2019 brings our way.
Many thanks
Iain, Jamie and Sam
Sunday Dec 23, 2018
Sunday Dec 23, 2018
On this final episode of the year, we bring you a special cast highlighting games that we have played over the last year or so that we really think deserve recognition in one way or another. We hope you enjoy it and look forward to bringing you more excellent news shows and specials over 2019. Thank you to everyone who has listened to us, got in touch and shared the cast. We are humbled by the response the podcast has gotten.
Iain, Jamie and Sam
Best short game - plays in under 30 mins
Iain - Carta Impera Victoria, Ludonaute
Jamie - Tank Chess, Forsage Games
Sam - Layers, Happy Boabab
Best Rulebook
Iain - Arkham Horror 3rd edition, FFG
Jamie - Blades in the Dark, John Harper & Evil Hat
Sam - Fog of Love, Hush Hush Projects
Best original Screenplay - An award for story in game
Iain - Arkham Horror LCG, FFG
Sam - Arkham Horror LCG, FFG
Jamie - Fog of Love, Hush Hush Projects
Best Adapted Screenplay - best game established from an intellectual property
Iain - Gladiatores, Badcat Games
Jamie - Battle for Rokugan, FFG
Sam - X-wing 2.0, FFG
Best Production/ most over produced game (suggested by Richard Simpson from the We’re Not Wizards podcast)
Iain - Cthluhu: Death may Die, CMON
Jamie - Dinosaur Island, Pandasauras games
Sam - My Little Scythe, Stonemaier Games
Best Visual Effects - An award for Art in games
Iain - Champion of the Wild, Big Imagination Games
Jamie - Troubled life of billy kerr, Hub Games
Sam - Keyforge, FFG
Most Innovative Product
Iain - Ruthless, Roland’s Revenge
Jamie - Fog of Love, Hush Hush Projects
Sam - Arkham Horror LCG, Labyrinths of Lunacy, FFG
Best Director - An award for best publisher
Iain - One Free Elephant
Jamie - Facade Games
Sam - FFG
Best Game we played this year, that wasn’t released this year - This is our game of the year award
Iain - Gloomhaven
Jamie - Photosynthesis
Sam - Azul
Best game that doesn’t exist
Iain - Eldritch Horror 2nd Edition
Jamie - Flicky Souls
Sam - Sushi-go Legacy, the unique deck game
Winner - Can you cook what the Rock is smelling
Sunday Dec 09, 2018
Sunday Dec 09, 2018
Welcome to Brainwaves a fortnightly podcast bringing you the best in Boardgame and Tabletop Gaming News. In our final regular episode of the year the guys cover falling profits, surprising mergers, new and ancient games alongside a whole bunch of license based news.
Headlines
Cmon fall in profits
http://www.tabletopwire.com/cmon-reports-losses-stock-continues-slide/
Board & Dice and NSKN merge
https://www.facebook.com/boardanddice/
Big Potato Games make a vending machine
https://toyworldmag.co.uk/news/big-potato-reveals-board-game-vending-machine/
News
Print and Play Arcade
Royal Game of Ur
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1411051/art-culture
Hasbro sued over pensions
License News
IDW announces Metal Gear Solid game
https://twitter.com/IDWGames/status/1068579678603149313
Clank Legacy: Acquisitions Acquired
https://www.direwolfdigital.com/news/clank-legacy-acquisitions-incorporated/
Brainstorm
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2016/12/22/iains-alternatives-to-the-usual-game-list/
Travels
Dragonmeet
Sumo Gnomes - https://twitter.com/Gumley
Aquanauts - http://itbboardgames.com/
Possession - https://www.crooked-tower.com/
Penance RPG - http://www.penancerpg.com/
Magnate - https://twitter.com/naylorjames
UK Indie RPG League - https://ukindierpgleague.com/
Lucky Sparrow Games Cafe
https://www.facebook.com/luckysparrowgamescafe/
Unlucky Frog - https://www.unluckyfrog.com/
Owen Duffy - https://twitter.com/owen_duffy
Outro
Don't step in it
Shoutout
We're Not Wizards KS - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/revatar/were-not-wizards-tabletop-podcast-biscuit-fund?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=we%27re%20not%20wizards
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