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Outro

Fluid physics of Cardboard boxes

Card game proposal

https://www.bunburymail.com.au/story/7768232/crafty-card-game-proposal-by-south-west-man-video/

Monopoly vote

https://www.monopolytokenvote.com/en-gb

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Monday May 30, 2022

Episode 99 - Counting Down

Monday May 30, 2022

It’s the penultimate episode before the big 100. As Jamie and Iain contemplate what they have brought to the world of tabletop podcasts they dig into the latest news from the hobby. Spiel des Jahres nominations, rent a DM, Drivthru blackouts and push outs, and much more on this episode of Brainwaves.

Headlines

Spiel des Jahres nominees

Rent a DM

https://venturebeat.com/2022/05/13/startplaying-raises-6-5m-so-tabletop-players-can-rent-dungeon-masters/

Drivethru suspends designer

https://www.geeknative.com/142136/drivethrurpg-suspends-game-designer-linked-to-the-nazi-filth/

Link to horrible things this designer has posted

https://www.nohateingaming.com/

Drivethru hack

https://www.geeknative.com/142243/drivethrurpg-confirms-hacking-customer-data-secure/

https://medium.com/oneblogshelf/may-2022-security-update-2a444923984e

Updates

Mask Policies

https://twitter.com/Gen_Con/status/1525287287059357698?s=20&t=Ql7xQpHlugHVoSV-6kPB1w

https://twitter.com/originsgames/status/1526638918757646338?s=20&t=b-hI07E3ju6RQUM_W8ytRg

Dark Souls

https://steamforged.com/blogs/brands/dark-souls-replacement-statement?utm_campaign=Dark%20Souls%20Roleplaying%20Game&utm_content=208302729&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-491447816

Nebula Award Winner

https://nebulas.sfwa.org/

News

Dice hate me splits from greater than games

https://www.dicetowernews.com/article/dice-hate-me-splits-greater-games

Ravensburger games for blind

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdst_GMuldU/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

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Outro

Bake off

Stranger things 4 spoiled by monopoly

https://www.ign.com/articles/stranger-things-season-4-monopoly-tie-in-game-spoilers

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Monday May 23, 2022

On Stage with Frank West

Monday May 23, 2022

In our latest On Stage Interview Iain is joined by Frank West. Frank is the man behind City of Games, publishers of the cultural juggernaut that is Isle of Cats. Iain chats to Frank about publishing, the state of the industry, and his recent induction onto the GAMA board.

City of Games

GAMA

https://www.gama.org/

GAMA controversy

https://giantbrain.co.uk/2022/05/16/brainwaves-episode-98-contagious-conventions/

Monday May 16, 2022

Episode 98 - Contagious Conventions

Monday May 16, 2022

Iain’s been stocking up on infinite mugs to get ready for the big 100th and the builders are in to rearrange the non-euclidean geometry to accept beings of a celestial nature. Seeking refuge in the Studio Jamie and Iain cover the latest in tabletop news: GAMA membership problems, UK Games Expo Covid Policy (or lack thereof), Accessibility, Unions, Awards, and much more from across the tabletop industry.

Headlines

Gama Membership controversy

Rodney’s original Tweet

https://twitter.com/watchitplayed/status/1521875544698236928?s=21&t=ZhnXI8ogZz9etBvlDvCAIg

Tiffany Leigh was keeping track of developments

https://twitter.com/tiffanyleigh/status/1522322448569581569?s=20&t=GjHrIqHU33EMZlVPnUOezQ

https://twitter.com/tiffanyleigh/status/1522673007486984192?s=20&t=NP6KLdRUciRvGFzuFbV0pw

Jon Del Arroz N Word tweet

https://twitter.com/WatchItPlayed/status/1521924178768809985?s=20&t=KKXi5ppRlo5LMja7fGNk7A

A list of Jon Del Arroz’s behaviour

http://www.jimchines.com/2018/01/jon-del-arroz/

Games Expo Covid Communications

https://twitter.com/tburrellsaward/status/1520285907026337793?s=20&t=zOJ6QX8LLdrsPCiVBznCxA

Asmodee accessibility studio

https://www.gameosity.com/2022/05/10/asmodee-announces-access-studio-to-create-accessible-board-games/

Updates

Paizo Union go to White House

https://www.polygon.com/23059106/united-paizo-workers-cwa-white-house-visit-president-biden-kamala-harris

Card Kingdom Union officially asks

https://twitter.com/CKUnion_/status/1524141334679855104?s=20&t=ghjSPHybDKyaeWz--vYjaw

Golden Geek Awards announced

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2859849/16th-annual-golden-geek-winners-2021

News

Reproductive Justice Bundle

https://www.dicebreaker.com/topics/charity/news/rpg-reporductive-justice-bundle-dtrpg

Death over stolen Pokemon

https://kotaku.com/pokemon-card-police-shooting-florida-target-shoplift-vi-1848870113

Magic Secret Lair celebrating Pride Blocked in some regions

https://twitter.com/WargamerCom/status/1521490548380606465?s=20&t=33jtX2E5-rOrQHImM-COew

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Sir Meeple

Outro

It’s a cookbook! A cookbook!

https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeek/status/1524849645796868096?s=20&t=v1m_Kg-nd79HjhXlktkeJA

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Monday May 02, 2022

Episode 97 - Corked Bottle

Monday May 02, 2022

With Episode 100 on the horizon, Iain and Jamie start to get things sorted out at the HQ for the big day. Of course the news has to come first and the studio beckons as they cover controversy in wine country, Hasbro announcements, GAMA elections, and much more on this episode of Brainwaves.

Headlines

Viticulture World Controversy

Thinker Themer Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIxYdLEW__w&ab_channel=ThinkerThemer

Hasbro, DnD Direct and more

https://www.geeknative.com/141215/hasbro-to-hike-prices-as-it-takes-100-million-russian-hit-will-connect-dd-50-to-dd-beyond-and-suffers-long-covid-19-delays/?utm_content=buffer071d0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/50974/wotc-plans-use-d-d-play-system-more-ips

https://www.polygon.com/23033732/dnd-spelljammer-adventures-in-space-release-date-price

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMHspJ92-hg&ab_channel=Dungeons%26Dragons

GAMA elections

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/50996/new-gama-president-is-retailer

Updates

Steamforged Dark Souls

https://steamforged.com/blogs/brands/dark-souls%E2%84%A2-the-roleplaying-game-statement?utm_campaign=Dark%20Souls%20Roleplaying%20Game&utm_content=205110810&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-491447816

News

Pokemon company acquires a printer

https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/19/23032389/the-pokemon-company-acquisition-millenium-print-group-trading-card-game

Exploding onto your TV

https://www.ign.com/articles/netflix-announces-a-first-of-its-kind-deal-with-an-exploding-kittens-game-and-animated-series

Union at MTG retailer Card Kingdom

https://www.dicebreaker.com/topics/unions/news/magic-the-gathering-card-kingdom-union

Golden Geek nominees

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2854374/16th-annual-golden-geek-awards-nominees-announced

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Tabletop Scotland

https://www.kiwirpg.com/info/

Kiwi RPG Week

Outro

Lewis chessmen inspired game

https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/bretwalda/news/bretwalda-board-game-reveal-exclusive

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Monday Apr 18, 2022

Episode 96 -Pyramid Scheme

Monday Apr 18, 2022

Iain has come up with a brilliant new way to fund the cast but Jamie is not so sure. While they contemplate the future they settle down in the studio to bring you news about NFts invading Dungeons and Dragons, Asmodee Unboxing a new line, Wizards new acquisition, some updates on previous stories, loads of awards and more on this brand new episode of Brainwaves.

Headlines

Dungeons and Scammers

https://neuemarkets.com/2022/04/12/gripnr-quickly-raises-2-5mm-with-5e-rpg-fans-and-nft-collectors/

Asmodee launches unbox now

https://venturebeat.com/2022/04/12/asmodee-launches-unbox-now-a-collection-of-its-best-board-games/

https://www.unboxnow.com/

Wizards welcomes D&D beyond to the party

https://dnd.wizards.com/news/announcement_04132022?utm_campaign=D%26D&utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=social&utm_content=6764725558

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/50923/hasbro-purchase-d-d-beyond-fandom?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Updates

Trans rights bundle

https://twitter.com/IlanaNight13/status/1510498242911301635?s=20&t=nGuQ6r4rQVebRneVYVqv_A

Hasbro refuses to let Wizards go

https://www.geeknative.com/140824/its-official-hasbro-refuse-to-spin-off-wizards-of-the-coast

News

American Tabletop Awards announced

https://americantabletopawards.com/2022-american-tabletop-award-winners/

Dice Tower Award nominees announced

https://www.dicetower.com/dice-tower-awards/2021

Gayming Awards

https://gaymingmag.com/awards/

Stonemaier sales boom

https://stonemaiergames.com/2021-behind-the-scenes-stakeholder-report-for-stonemaier-games/

Dark So…h dear

https://gamerant.com/dark-souls-tabletop-rpg-is-riddled-with-bugs-say-players/

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Tabletop Scotland

https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/board-game/news/wwii-most-wanted-art-playing-card-deck-monuments-men

Outro

No Monopoly, just a deck of cards

https://www.monumentsmenfoundation.org/product-page/wwii-most-wanted-art

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Monday Apr 11, 2022

On Stage - Mark Cooke (Airecon)

Monday Apr 11, 2022

In our most recent On Stage interview Iain is joined by Mark Cooke, organiser of Airecon, for a chat about all things conventions. They cover Airecon 2022, the future of the show, con organisation, getting celebrities along, the rise of digital conventions and a whole host of other topics before taking questions from the audience.

Airecon

https://twitter.com/aireconuk

Stabcon

https://www.facebook.com/groups/21195645768/

Bez’s Interview

https://youtu.be/5WAGNeI0frs

Monday Apr 04, 2022

Episode 95 - Tilting Forward

Monday Apr 04, 2022

It’s been 4 years of the Brainwaves cast and the news shows no sign of slowing down. WE have once more sifted through the world of tabletop news to bring you only the best. This episode we cover Kickstarter losing its CEO, Gamefound opening its platform, Asmodee looking at tech, retailers going out of business, Chess banning players and more!

Headlines

Kickstarter CEO steps down

https://www.kickstarter.com/blog/moving-forward-with-gratitude

Gamefound open to all

https://gamefound.com/blog/post/gamefound-is-open-for-all-creators

Asmodee Tilts at the Future

https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/tm3tvh/asmodee_bringing_its_games_to_the_tilt_five/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Updates

Cortex Prime update

https://www.dicebreaker.com/series/cortex-prime/news/cortex-prime-rpg-community-license-update

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tJ4pGBTMwYIibWKUiQe9ScdFBCFNuCuL/view

News

Dice & Decks gone bust

https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKboardgametrade/permalink/3255524031398584/

World Series of Board Games

https://wsbgvegas.com/

Gama moves dates

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/50823/gama-expo-toy-fair-new-york-shift-dates

Chess News

https://www.chessdom.com/kremlin-reacts-to-the-ban-of-sergey-karjakin/

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Tabletop Scotland

https://worldofmonopoly.com/list-ru/list-sn-sq/southpark/2022-ausuk/index.php

Outro

South Park Monopoly

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Monday Mar 21, 2022

Episode 94 - Update-a-Palooza

Monday Mar 21, 2022

Jamie’s had some bad OJ and they are recording later than usual. How will this affect your favourite tabletop news show? The only way to know is to find out as they cover Nebula awards, sales completing, more updates than you can shake a stick at and rock bands getting into RPGs.

Headlines

Four tabletop RPGs up for nebula award

Embracer Group completes acquisition of Asmodee and Dark Horse

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/50703/embracer-completes-acquisition-dark-horse-asmodee

https://twitter.com/Asmodee_USA/status/1503722163731378182

Updates

US Man jailed for pokemon card buy with covid funds

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/07/pokemon-coronavirus-relief-loan-scam-georgia

TSR Vs Wizards round 364

https://twitter.com/questauthority/status/1469816863655874561?s=20&t=Biu3uFVhFNZ7zjAU_VpCiw

JR Honeycutt sues

Episode 39

https://giantbrain.co.uk/2019/11/25/episode-39-conventional-wisdom/

Original Medium Post

https://medium.com/@victoria.mann11/coming-forward-to-move-forward-8608e9c27e74

Fandomentals piece including JR apology

https://www.thefandomentals.com/abuse-allegations-lead-board-game-industry-to-distance-itself-from-prolific-designer/

Victoria’s GoFundMe

https://www.gofundme.com/f/being-sued-by-jr-honeycutt-after-me-too-article?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1

Gaming Goat Strikes Again

Episode 82

https://giantbrain.co.uk/2021/09/20/episode-82-green-awards/

Episode 83

https://giantbrain.co.uk/2021/10/04/episode-83-financial-insults/

Original Page Address - This has since been taken down

https://tgg-games.com/products/creature-comforts-sjw-racist-publisher-pre-order?_pos=2&_sid=f47d36037&_ss=r

News

Heroquest petition

https://www.change.org/p/hasbro-re-release-the-heroquest-commander-of-the-guardian-knights

Games Workshop pulls out of Russia

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/03/16/an-important-note-on-russia-and-ukraine/

Football’s Coming Home

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Tabletop Scotland

https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/the-real-thing/news/faith-no-more-rpg-the-real-thing-kickstarter

Outro

Have Faith in the Future of RPGs

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Monday Mar 07, 2022

Episode 93 - World Events

Monday Mar 07, 2022

In these turbulent times the tabletop community is showing their generosity and Iain and Jamie are highlighting as much of those efforts as they can. From the conflict in Ukraine to the battle over trans rights in Texas many in the community are raising money for organisations supporting people in their hour of need.

Statement on Ukraine

We will list here organisations you can donate to that we are aware of. There will be many others.

https://bank.gov.ua/en/news/all/natsionalniy-bank-vidkriv-spetsrahunok-dlya-zboru-koshtiv-na-potrebi-armiyi?fbclid=IwAR01V9yesFbYMRTRXjtrhZtKZywHCnTrllN_oaIeryT1y1tzo-4yTjEy0To

Headlines

Tabletop Community reaction to Ukraine

Bruno Cathala

https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/t4560k/bruno_cathala_stance_on_russia/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Stonemaier Games

https://stonemaiergames.com/stonemaier-games-stands-with-ukraine/

Fide

https://twitter.com/FIDE_chess/status/1498026831089487882?s=20&t=oaZwliDNafrm37K0MZyx7Q

Handiwork Games

https://twitter.com/GamesHandiwork/status/1497510711618117633?s=20&t=lfDm-MMbGn6Pd4Uxeg4-zg

Portal Games

https://portalgames.pl/en/portal-games-support-for-the-ukraine/

Modiphius

https://www.modiphius.net/pages/ukraine-support?fbclid=IwAR0nyjNxvxlHegwygJ-CYboqQduA1gbmDc5RZEr8WXAdwhgVrE8j_obhcoc

Dicebreaker info

https://www.dicebreaker.com/topics/ukraine/news/ukraine-board-game-publishers-rally-russian-invasion

Factory 42

https://gamefound.com/projects/draft/j5ygcr990hyn0339ah08bwmostu/updates/2

Itch bundle being organised

https://itch.io/t/1964844/bundle-for-ukraine-call-for-submissions

Trans kids texas support

https://itch.io/b/1308/ttrpgs-for-trans-rights-in-texas

As D’Or (Golden Ace)

https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/t0lexx/2022_as_dor_winners_cannes_french_game_of_the_year/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPFH_6g4K0E&ab_channel=LePasseTemps

https://www.festivaldesjeux-cannes.com/en/

News

Cardboard Edison Awards Finalists announced

https://cardboardedison.com/award

Phalanx

Most expensive pokemon card ever

https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/News/worlds-most-expensive-pokemon-card-sells-for-900-000-and-its-not-a?utm_source=socialmedia&utm_medium=news&utm_term=TTG_PokemonCard&fbclid=IwAR2n24PU2rhDJwaeZg0yI3YkjIpXxKycJy-seyOe0mscAjM_CFMmKtz8o2c

Kickstarter numbers for 2021

https://medium.com/icopartners/kickstarter-in-2021-for-games-6694a7c826dc

https://www.polygon.com/22898968/kickstarter-top-10-biggest-campaigns-2021

Roll20 new ceo and numbers

https://www.geeknative.com/139680/roll20-to-get-a-new-boss-as-ankit-lal-replaces-nolan-t-jones/

ORR report for Q4 2021

https://blog.roll20.net/posts/the-orr-report-q4-2021/?utm_campaign=Brand%20Posts&utm_content=199560341&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-553552636

Analyst calls for WotC to be spun off

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2022/02/wotc-caught-up-in-proxy-fight-as-analysts-call-for-spin-off.html

https://freethewizards.com/the-case-to-repair-hasbro/

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Tabletop scotland

Outro

Wingspan on Coronation Street

https://twitter.com/elizhargrave/status/1494830075434442755?s=20&t=bTQ0GtCTm6zJyFjNoqvL4A

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