• Brainwaves - Board Game and Tabletop News Show

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Brainwaves - Board Game and Tabletop News Show

By: The Giant Brain
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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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  • Brainwaves Episode 153 - World Worries

    Brainwaves Episode 153 - World Worries
    Nov 11 2024
    It’s been a mix of huge stories and not much else in the last few weeks. Iain and Jamie bring you the lowdown on what is going on at World of Game Design, who is bagging awards, hasbro’s financials, and what size of country the population of D&D Beyond could establish. All this, and more, on episode 153 of Brainwaves Headlines WOGD investigation by Rascal https://www.rascal.news/former-world-of-game-design-employees-claim-tabletop-company-exploits-workers-and-clients/ Zac Goins Facebook post https://www.facebook.com/xzacklee/posts/pfbid02yf9PBqMH47ReMwKBBH7rVVTtKtYZaSioPAAYJb57Wq7YpannnPSZGLCyR1xvnsNAl Hasbro conference call https://investor.hasbro.com/news-releases/news-release-details/hasbro-reports-third-quarter-2024-financial-results https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58109/hasbro-ceo-reveals-magic-plans-secret-lair-volumes-d-d-dtc-percentage-more https://www.enworld.org/threads/hasbro-hit-with-layoffs-wizards-of-the-coast-impacted.707539/page-2 FSC award https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/11/05/life-in-reterra-becomes-first-board-game-to-win-forest-stewardship-council-sustainability-award/ https://us.fsc.org/en-us/get-involved/fsc-leadership-awards/2024-leadership-award-winners-01 News Commander Format https://www.polygon.com/mtg-magic-the-gathering/468627/mtg-new-commander-format-panel-rules-committee https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/introducing-the-commander-format-panel Summit award finalists https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/10/23/summit-award-reveals-2024-contenders-which-have-best-helped-draw-in-players-broaden-scope-of-historical-board-gaming/ Jobs, Opportunities, and Events https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs Boardgamewire report on Tabletop Jobs Group https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/11/07/board-gamings-biggest-job-site-is-an-almost-20000-strong-facebook-group-and-is-planning-its-first-ever-live-event-next-year/ Dragonmeet Attendance https://dragonmeet.co.uk/ Patreon Shoutouts Kevin Bertram https://www.fortcircle.com/ James Naylor https://naylorgames.com/ Shaun Newman game-a-lot.fun/en facebook.com/gamealotboardgames Our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain Support Us https://giantbrain.co.uk/support-us-new/ Fanroll https://fanrolldice.com/ref/2783/ Sir Meeple https://sirmeeple.com/collections/the-giant-brain Outro Food for Fought https://nerdist.com/article/dungeons-dragons-beer-bourbon-dragons-milk/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGKRLBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHd7-QA1c_7gdVbxEq4gt7b59ABwXNx-YAwUz0S30T11j2J0OLEHTRcJU5A_aem_aB4GlBcElnqiWARtJzGidg https://www.enworld.org/threads/game-night-is-well-catered-with-these-official-d-d-meat-sticks.707556/ Our Links Thanks very much for listening. If you like what you’ve listened to then the best way to help us out is to share the podcast and drop us a review and rating on itunes. You can also follow us on Oliver: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/3bMx2HK75r Blusky:https://bsky.app/profile/giantbrain.co.uk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/giantbrainuk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegiantbrain Website: https://giantbrain.co.uk/ Email: giantbrainuk@gmail.com
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    30 mins
  • Brainwaves Special Edition - Tabletop Scotland 2024 Interviews

    Brainwaves Special Edition - Tabletop Scotland 2024 Interviews
    Oct 28 2024

    In this special edition of Brainwaves we present the interviews that we carried out at Tabletop Scotland 2024. Thanks so much to everyone who spoke to us.

    People and Organisations

    Tanya Floaker

    Edinburgh Indie Gamers

    Hive Mind Games

    Village on Stilts

    Hall or Nothing

    Kayla Dice - Rat Wave Game House

    Laurie O’Connell

    Phil Harris

    Games mentioned

    DrievthruRPG links are affiliate links

    Dead Air

    Be Seeing You

    Connection Machine

    Solstice

    The great Martian tripod race

    Wise Women

    Conspiracy & Reality

    Outliers

    Signal to Noise

    Numbers Station

    Stealing the Throne

    The Gardener is Dead

    Hopes and Dreams of the Orbital Bound

    What’s so daring about sky pirates

    Duskbringers

    Runesword

    Colostle

    Sandwich Master

    Brother Why?

    At your Peril

    Wretched and Alone

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    Thanks very much for listening. If you like what you’ve listened to then the best way to help us out is to share the podcast and drop us a review and rating on itunes. You can also follow us on

    Oliver: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/

    Discord: https://discord.gg/3bMx2HK75r

    Blusky:https://bsky.app/profile/giantbrain.co.uk

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/giantbrainuk/

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

    Website: https://giantbrain.co.uk/

    Email: giantbrainuk@gmail.com
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    30 mins
  • Brainwaves Episode 152 - Mythic Shrinking

    Brainwaves Episode 152 - Mythic Shrinking
    Oct 21 2024
    Iain is taking this cast off so Jamie and Oliver are at the helm. This episode they cover further troubles at Mythic, companies being saved and consolidating their lines, controversial giveaways and more on episode 152 of Brainwaves. Headlines Mythic Games France liquidates https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/10/17/no-mythic-games-hasnt-gone-into-liquidation-but-its-fate-should-be-decided-by-the-end-of-the-month/ https://annonces-legales.leparisien.fr/annonce/23cba43f-8a82-48c1-8f57-6a2285e239c3 Funforge ‘saved’ by Tokaido deal https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/10/11/did-it-save-the-company-yes-and-no-funforges-ceo-on-fighting-its-financial-woes-by-selling-the-tokaido-line-to-stonemaier/ Spiel Essen Sold Out https://www.spiel-essen.de/en/press?view=article&id=222&catid=12 News Barnes & Noble to list game designers https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/57959/barnes-noble-begin-listing-game-designers NAC Wargames hands out Nazi memorabilia https://bsky.app/profile/celacanto.bsky.social/post/3l5qu6lhp4j2n The Other Side of the Hill crowdfunding campaign: https://gamefound.com/en/projects/masqueoca/the-other-side-of-the-hill/ Publisher’s response on BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8461574/the-other-side-of-the-hill?commentid=12438977 Gamefound update about the Iron Cross medal: https://gamefound.com/en/projects/masqueoca/the-other-side-of-the-hill/updates/5 Matagot shrinks catalogue https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/10/16/matagot-stops-publishing-heavier-games-like-kemet-inis-shifts-focus-to-family-and-childrens-titles/ Steve Jackson Games announces Fighting Fantasy Deal https://www.sjgames.com/fightingfantasy/ Jobs, Opportunities, and Events https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs Patreon Shoutouts Kevin Bertram https://www.fortcircle.com/ James Naylor https://naylorgames.com/ Shaun Newman game-a-lot.fun/en facebook.com/gamealotboardgames Our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain Support Us https://giantbrain.co.uk/support-us-new/ Fanroll https://fanrolldice.com/ref/2783/ Sir Meeple https://sirmeeple.com/collections/the-giant-brain Boardgamewire https://boardgamewire.com/ Outro English Heritage Games https://www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/toys-games/games/board-games Our Links Thanks very much for listening. If you like what you’ve listened to then the best way to help us out is to share the podcast and drop us a review and rating on itunes. You can also follow us on Oliver: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/3bMx2HK75r Blusky:https://bsky.app/profile/giantbrain.co.uk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/giantbrainuk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegiantbrain Website: https://giantbrain.co.uk/ Email: giantbrainuk@gmail.com
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    44 mins

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