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Monday Apr 17, 2023

Brainwaves Episode 119 - Mythic Magnate

Monday Apr 17, 2023

The team are all back together once more to bring you the best in Tabletop Gaming News. This cast they cover the passing of a legend, UK companies buying up others, ongoing issues at Mythic, and more!

Headlines

Klaus Teuber Dies

Dan Thurot’s Piece

https://spacebiff.com/2023/04/04/klaus-teuber/#more-23970

Naylor Games buy ITB assets

https://naylorgames.com/blogs/blog/naylor-games-buys-all-assets-of-itb-games-and-a-plan-for-saving-its-projects

News

Mythic in trouble

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1162110258/monsterpocalypse-board-game?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=Monsterpocalypse

American Tabletop Awards

https://americantabletopawards.com/

Paizo releases ORC

https://twitter.com/paizo/status/1644418516869578752?s=20

Kenya Chess Controversy

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/africa/65280560?at_format=link&at_link_type=web_link&at_campaign_type=owned&at_medium=social&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_link_id=5232AB7E-DAF0-11ED-B0E0-86543AE5AB7B&at_link_origin=BBC_News&at_ptr_name=facebook_page&at_bbc_team=editorial&fbclid=IwAR2U0e2YeROH6f24szE3CrksQxDelNg7Rh69NXgvubO-fzeP5aMkm7XPli8

Hasbro Hires

https://toybook.com/tim-kilpin-joins-hasbro-as-president-toy-licensing-gina-goetter-named-cfo/

Jobs, Opportunities, and Events

Creative Scotland Fund

https://www.kickstarter.com/creative-scotland?ref=banner

Tabletop Scotland

https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/

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https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/monopoly/news/monopoly-go-announcement

Outro

Monopoly Go

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https://gizmodo.com/wyrmwood-gaming-doug-costello-bobby-downey-1850237181

Monday Apr 03, 2023

Brainwaves Episode 118 - Nebulous Wyrms

Monday Apr 03, 2023

Iain isn’t around this week, but never fear! The dynamic duo of Oliver and Jamie are here to the rescue with the latest in Tabletop News. They revisit Wyrmwood, visit Nebulas, and give Warhammer the stamp of approval in episode 118 of Brainwaves.

Headlines

Gizmodo investigates Wyrmwood

Episode 116

https://giantbrain.co.uk/2023/02/27/brainwaves-episode-116-bank-wyrm/

Nebula Games Award

https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/dungeons-and-dragons-5e/news/dnd-radiant-citadel-nebula-award

New GAMA board members

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53682/new-gama-board-members-announced?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

News

Irish board game factory shuts

https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2023/0322/1365695-waterford-jobs/

One of a kind Yu-Gi-Oh card being sold

https://kotaku.com/yu-gi-oh-rarest-card-tyler-the-great-warrior-sale-price-1850282728?utm_campaign=Kotaku&utm_content=1680193809&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR3DFcjpgmD-4xIT6wXrYuBig_gATi0ppAjkpxX42ETqfgi6O0EQXx0hTEg

Jobs, Opportunities, and Events

Salute 50

https://www.excel.london/whats-on/salute-50

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https://www.royalmail.com/sending/stamps

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Warhammer stamps

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https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/03/07/recycling-trial-announced-new-life-for-old-sprues/

Monday Mar 20, 2023

Brainwaves Episode 117 - Green Workshop

Monday Mar 20, 2023

It’s Episode 117 of Brainwaves, bringing you the best in Tabletop Gaming News. This episode we cover companies going green, liquidations, closures, AI art, boardgame films and much more!

Headlines

Games Workshop Goes Green

Green Games Guide

https://www.greengamesguide.com/

Forest of Pangaia

ITB liquidates

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/itbboardgames/sub-terra-ii-infernos-edge/posts/3744854

News

Meeple Perk Shuts

https://twitter.com/MeeplePerk/status/1631286462137135104

Cubicle 7 Enter Financial Times 1000 List

https://www.ft.com/ft1000-2023

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53536/cubicle-7-makes-ft-1000-list

Paizo’s Stance on AI Art

https://twitter.com/paizo/status/1631005784145383424

https://www.pathfinderinfinite.com/

Trans Rights Bundle on itch

https://itch.io/b/1753/ttrpgs-for-trans-rights-in-florida

Hallmark Boardgames Film

https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/game-of-love/about-game-of-love

Jobs, Opportunities, and Events

Tabletop Scotland

https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/

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https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/381626/catan-soccer-fever-scenario

Outro

Catan Soccer Fever

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Monday Feb 27, 2023

Brainwaves Episode 116 - Bank Wyrm

Monday Feb 27, 2023

It’s Jamie’s last cast for a little while and it is full of news. From Wyrmwood handling of sexual assault allegations to Hasbro bank troubles and companies not delivering on time. There are even two pieces of Monopoly news, just for Jamie.

Headlines

Wyrmwood Gaming Sexual Assault

The Wyrmwood video mentioned in this piece has since been taken down.

Their statement is below

https://www.thefandomentals.com/wyrmwood-gaming-allegedly-terminated-employee-to-cover-up-sexual-miscondust/

Andrew’s videos

https://twitter.com/Andy_Morocco/status/1627178756639956995?t=QLzZIwM3Re7bqfDEEVk7OQ&s=19

https://twitter.com/Andy_Morocco/status/1628745116230815745

Some collated timelines

https://twitter.com/Scotty_Kess/status/1628417973823193093?s=20

Holy Grail Games

https://holygrail.games/

Hasbro slapped by Bank of America

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2023/02/hasbro-slapped-by-bank-of-america-for-destroying-customer-goodwill.html

Earnings Call

https://www.geeknative.com/152972/hasbro-q4-2022-earnings-call-quotes/

https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/hasbro-ceo-admits-attempted-d-d-ogl-update-was-a-misfire/

https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2023/02/16/hasbro-has-q4-2022-earnings-call-transcript/?awc=12195_1677181663_57d7e10b4cb4dfa4e568852c9bc262a3&utm_campaign=78888&utm_source=aw

News

Chess Grandmaster under investigation

https://www.chess.com/news/view/alejandro-ramirez-under-investigation-for-sexual-misconduct

As D’or announced

https://www.philibertnet.com/en/awards/3-as-d-or

Games Workshop sales flat

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/53291/games-workshop-sales-flat-north-america

Zweihander publisher shuts RPG division

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2023/02/into-the-motherlands-rpg-adrift-after-publisher-claims-shutting-down-division.html

Chai KS delivery

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/strider88/chai-tea-for-2a-tea-board-game-duel/comments (if you search for discord.com, you’ll probably find that comment there)

https://gamefound.com/projects/steeped-games/chai-tea-for-2-tea-dice-trays#/ (pledge manager Gamefound)

https://steepedgames.com/

Jobs, Opportunities, and Events

RPG Bundle for Turkey

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/425977/Aid-for-Turkiye-BUNDLE?affiliate_id=31065

Session Zero

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cshaouchine/session-zero?ref=project_tweet

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Outro

Lifesized monopoly

Where do we GO?

https://twitter.com/bcsmaps/status/1622505503199842304?s=20&t=u0xkbhdP9QF1FSUudHJj

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Wednesday Feb 22, 2023

On Stage with Gothcon

Wednesday Feb 22, 2023

I've been invited to my first international convention. In April I'll be over in Sweden at Gothcon. To get me ready I invited Pontus Wolke and Hampus Nordin from the convention committee to tell me what the gaming scene is like in Sweden and what I can expect at the convention.

Gothcon Website

Pontus' Twitter

https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1439-ogl-1-0a-creative-commons

Monday Feb 06, 2023

Brainwaves Episode 115 - Counterspell Conundrum

Monday Feb 06, 2023

Iain and Oliver are back in the studio while Jamie takes a break from the cast. The team of two bring you updates on the Open Gaming License, Hasbro layoffs, UK companies in trouble, a downturn in the fortunes of the German games market, and much more in episode 115 of Brainwaves.

Headlines

Wizards reverses course

Smart Party Episode

https://smartparty.wordpress.com/2023/01/23/ogl-omg/#more-1838

Hasbro lays off staff

https://www.gamesradar.com/hasbro-to-lay-off-1k-staff-with-dandd-publisher-being-one-of-the-few-to-show-strong-growth/

ITB in more trouble

https://www.dicebreaker.com/companies/inside-the-box-board-games/news/inside-the-box-claims-unpaid-staff-missing-pensions

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/itbboardgames/sub-terra-ii-infernos-edge/posts

https://www.secondgategames.com/

https://www.nutspublishing.com/eshop/index.php

Updates

Victoria Mann

https://medium.com/p/167ec2795418

News

Serge Laget dies

https://faidutti.com/blog/blog/2023/01/23/serge-laget/

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/295/serge-laget

Gamefound cuts into KS

https://twitter.com/Polygon/status/1620791604767297552

Asmodee Pearl Games Studio Closing

https://www.facebook.com/PearlGamesEditions/posts/pfbid02m6TtLAdZsYfGQRh1RAQGnxLLg1zq81ZjUvpa7JNvKR9XwBmEkZ6tqbimZYfqxqoPl

German Hobby Games and Puzzles Market Shrinks

https://kulturgutspiel.de/wirtschaft/umsatz-mit-gesellschaftsspielen-und-puzzles-2022-um-fuenf-prozent-gesunken

Jobs, Opportunities, and Events

Airecon

https://www.airecon.co.uk/

Gothcon

https://wordpress.gothcon.se/

Conpulsion is back

https://conpulsion.org/

Moray Games Jam

https://www.moraygamejam.com/

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https://www.worldofmonopoly.com/list-ad/list-dr-du/dungeonsanddragons/2023-uk/index.php

And finally

D&D film Monopoly

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Monday Jan 23, 2023

Brainwaves Episode 114 - OMG OGL

Monday Jan 23, 2023

The team are back after a bit of a break! In this first episode of the new year we cover all the latest with Wizards of the Coast OGL announcements and have two interviews: one with Linda Codega who broke the story and one with Jon Hodgson who runs Handiwork Games. It’s our biggest piece yet on the show and we hope you enjoy it.

Not only that but we report on a new RPG union in Europe, Gil Hova shutting up shop, GW share prices and the largest monopoly collection in the world!

Headline

WIzards of the Coast updates the Open Gaming License

Linda Codega Pieces

Linda’s Twitter

The piece that broke the news

https://gizmodo.com/dnd-wizards-of-the-coast-ogl-1-1-open-gaming-license-1849950634

The 1.1 leaked document

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BXYQJ0ulww7BoZhjMHrZgQ5YrjfPRIma/view

OGL announcement cancelled

https://gizmodo.com/dungeons-dragons-ogl-announcement-wizards-of-the-coast-1849981365

Wizards response reaction

https://gizmodo.com/dungeons-dragons-ogl-license-wizards-of-the-coast-wotc-1849985196

The piece about the culture inside Wizards

https://gizmodo.com/dungeons-dragons-wizards-hasbro-ogl-open-game-license-1849981136

Linda’s most recent post summarising the situation

https://gizmodo.com/dungeons-and-dragons-ogl-1-1-explained-wizards-of-the-c-1850006448

Wizards replies

The first response we read out

https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1423-an-update-on-the-open-game-license-ogl

Kyle Brink first post

https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1428-a-working-conversation-about-the-open-game-license

The “playtest post”

https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1432-starting-the-ogl-playtest

The Alexandrian

https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/48760/roleplaying-games/open-gaming-license-a-brief-history

Open DnD movement

https://www.opendnd.games/

Paizo announcements

https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6si7v?Paizo-Announces-SystemNeutral-Open-RPG-License

https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6si7y

Handiwork Games

https://handiwork.games/

Critical Role response

https://twitter.com/criticalrole/status/1614019463367610392?s=61&t=5QFplhzM27MsLop4yWeCow

News

European RPG publishers band together

https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/roleplaying-game/news/european-rpg-studios-union-forms-dnd-ogl-storm

Funagain Distribution closes doors

https://twitter.com/FunagainDistro/status/1615088568975908864?s=20&t=uvarqBSNAMys61GJTEkiSw

Formal Ferret Games closing down

https://twitter.com/gilhova/status/1614377086067539970?s=21

Games workshop share price falls

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/games-workshop-falls-hornby-slumps-after-disappointing-updates/ar-AA16auCx?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=8343099ae5bb457a9fe996eb3e6bbaef

Jobs, Opportunities, and Events

Cardboard Edison awards are open

https://cardboardedison.com/award

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https://www.worldofmonopoly.com/otherpages/worldrecord.php

Outro

The world’s largest Monopoly collection

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Monday Dec 26, 2022

Brainwaves Episode 113 - Christmas News!

Monday Dec 26, 2022

It’s the final episode of Brainwaves! For this year at least. The team are back in the studio to discuss racism in RPGs (again), AI art causing a stir, Wizards changing the Open Gaming Licence, and much more in Episode 113 of Brainwaves.

Headlines

Mythic Polynesia

https://twitter.com/_Boganova_/status/1593114267519430658

https://e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/moriori-still-setting-the-record-straight/

Frank West steps down from GAMA president role

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52725/new-gama-board-president-steps-down

On Stage with Frank West

https://giantbrain.co.uk/2022/05/23/on-stage-with-frank-west/

Tabletop Games break half a billion

https://www.dicebreaker.com/companies/kickstarter/news/tabletop-games-raised-one-and-a-half-billion-dollars-on-kickstarter

News

DnD moves beyond Race

https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1393-moving-on-from-race-in-one-d-d

Wizards announces changes to the OGL

https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1410-ogls-srds-one-d-d?utm_campaign=D%26D&utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=social&utm_content=8466604836

Tric Trac shutdown

https://www.trictrac.net/

https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/140323/french-gaming-site-tric-trac-shut-down

Chaosium committed to not working with AI art

https://www.chaosium.com/blogai-art-and-chaosium-16-dec-2022/?fbclid=IwAR3Yjb0HAk7e2fj_GFxxHo7-Qko6xjimzXUz62QjduKiiMeryHhxSFDYJfs

U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) maintains that AI art cannot be copyrighted

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/us-copyright-office-rules-ai-art-cant-be-copyrighted-180979808/

Kickstarter makes noises about not allowing AI art on platform

https://updates.kickstarter.com/ai-current-thinking/

On Stage with Jon Hodgson

https://giantbrain.co.uk/2022/09/26/on-stage-with-jon-hodgson/

Further thoughts from Jon on AI art

https://www.facebook.com/722621898/posts/pfbid0JLZr61qwgM2bpwd5ZbpJSWnmz74VSgiFLP4ry9XjJLw9NtA98b3UzdooZs1Xn8YUl/?app=fbl

Cancelled AI Kickstarter

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/unstablediffusion/unstable-diffusion-unrestricted-ai-art-powered-by-the-crowd

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Sir Meeple

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63998585

Outro

Warhammer 40k Series coming to Amazon

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https://twitter.com/DeepMind/status/1598392039992958982

Monday Dec 12, 2022

Brainwaves Episode 112 - Robotic Moves

Monday Dec 12, 2022

The newly forged trio return to the mics to bring you the latest and best tabletop gaming news. From AIs turning their minds to Stratego, Wizards fending off accusations, all the way to gaming related candles! All this, and more, on episode 112 of Brainwaves.

Headlines

AI masters Stratego

https://www.deepmind.com/blog/mastering-stratego-the-classic-game-of-imperfect-information

https://www.gravon.de/gravon/stratego/stratego.jsp

Games Industry Conference Cancelled

https://www.gic-uk.co.uk/

Wizards executives push back

https://dicebreaker.com/categories/roleplaying-game/news/dungeons-and-dragons-under-monetised-says-executives

Updates

Dicebreaker Awards announced

https://www.dicebreaker.com/events/tabletop-awards-2022/news/tabletop-awards-2022-winners

Teburu is back, maybe?

https://gamefound.com/projects/xplored/vampire-the-masquerade-milan-uprising

News

Ed Pugh dies

https://www.reapermini.com/

https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/52792/rolling-initiative-how-ed-pugh-changed-industry

Mythic delve into shady deals

https://info.mythicgames.net/darkest-dungeon-board-game-shop-produc-category-black-friday?utm_source=Master+List&utm_campaign=ba035438bd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_10_02_01_29_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_47fcf99d44-ba035438bd-361222127&goal=0_47fcf99d44-ba035438bd-361222127&mc_cid=ba035438bd&mc_eid=3429a386a9

Terraforming Mars optioned for film

https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/terraforming-mars/news/terraforming-mars-film-optioned

Senet wins awards

https://twitter.com/danjolin/status/1597713195581378560?s=21

Jobs, Opportunities, and Events

DnD looks for Art Director

https://twitter.com/robsather/status/1597279812116447235?s=20&t=6uZUNw5oGI0lJBb1_BRaFQ

Protospiel Online

https://protospiel.online/

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https://dicebreaker.com/companies/cmyk/news/new-board-game-candle

Outro

Get that new boardgame smell all year round

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