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

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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/

 

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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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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

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Support Us

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Boardgamewire

https://boardgamewire.com/

 

Outro

 

English Heritage Games

https://www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/toys-games/games/board-games

 

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This special episode of Brainwaves is all the interviews I conducted at Gothcon earlier in the year. Gothcon is Sweden’s premier convention with games across all genres of the hobby and it was my privilege to be invited across. You can read all about my time there in the posts below and listen to the wonderful RPG community I had the pleasure of being involved with 

 

https://giantbrain.co.uk/2024/03/30/gothcon-2024-arrival-and-day-1/

 

https://giantbrain.co.uk/2024/03/31/gothcon-2024-day-2/

 

https://giantbrain.co.uk/2024/04/07/gothcon-2024-why-do-i-attend-events/

 

Pontus

 

Gothcon 

https://wordpress.gothcon.se/en/

 

Blackfisk Publishing 

 

https://blackfiskpublishing.com/

 

Mika

 

https://mindy.nu/2024/07/29/bubblare-ian-mcallister-fran-brainwaves/

 

Emil. ROAR

 

https://open.spotify.com/show/3gptPHq0l1mg2ZuyuWMQ4R?si=5318d580a0f14560&utm_medium=share&utm_source=linktree&nd=1&dlsi=8196858e350a4fab

 

Hjalmar Norden, Red Moon Roleplaying

 

https://www.redmoonroleplaying.com/

 

Magnus Seter

 

https://www.rollspel.nu/

 

Nina, Gothcon Organiser

Anna, Podcast Room Organiser 

 

https://www.svartvikenrp.se/

While Jamie is off in that there London, Iain and Oliver are once more behind the mics to bring you the latest tabletop news. In episode 151 we cover Wizards taking over Commander, CMON losing board members, the usual smattering of awards, and a good few stories about unions. All this and more on this episode of Brainwaves. 

 

Headlines

 

Commander Format Firestorm
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/on-the-future-of-commander

https://www.rascal.news/finance-bros-and-harassment-force-mtgs-biggest-player-owned-format-into-corporate-hands/

Zenobia Award Finalists Announced

https://zenobiaaward.org/finalists/

 

CMON loses COO

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/09/19/cmons-coo-david-preti-is-resigning-after-eight-years-at-the-company/

https://investor.cmon.com/governance

 

Updates

 

Cops called on TTWU protestors 

https://www.rascal.news/brooklyn-strategist-owner-calls-police-on-employee-walkout/

 

https://www.gofundme.com/f/supportTWU?ref=rascal.news

 

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tabletop-workers-united-boycott-pledge?source=direct_link&

 

News

 

TCG Player workers call for Union contract

https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/459782/tcgplayer-union-ebay-rally-fair-pay

https://cwa-union.org/tapped-out-tcgplayer

 

Games Workshop Shareholder Revolt

https://www.cityam.com/games-workshop-suffers-major-shareholder-revolt-after-top-bosses-handed-huge-bonuses/

 

CAH sues Elon Musk

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/cards-humanity-elon-musk-spacex-lawsuit-trespassed-texas-land-rcna172016

 

2024 Player’s Handbook Breaks Dungeons & Dragons Records

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/57876/2024-players-handbook-becomes-fastest-selling-dungeons-dragons-product-ever

 

Big Bad Con Boycott averted

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mrxQaSbXd_SlFB7NJxhrCIHFsKKOvcvmLEHoXxVBstY/edit

 

Deutscher Spiele Preis 2024 Winners Announced

https://brettspielbox.de/brettspiel-preis-deutscher-spielepreis-2024-dsp24-sieger/

 

Stonemaier Games acquires "Tokaido" from Funforge

https://mailchi.mp/stonemaiergames/stonemaier-games-monthly-newsletter-august-2989870?e=f9ef617363

 

Jobs, Opportunities, and Events

 

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

 

Bluesky list of board game people

https://bsky.app/starter-pack/boardgamehottakes.bsky.social/3l5aovjrq6j2p

 

Tabletop Games Blog Board Game Raffle in aid of The Trussell Trust / UK Food Banks

https://tabletopgamesblog.com/raffle

 

Patreon Shoutouts

 

Kevin Bertram

https://www.fortcircle.com/

 

James Naylor

https://naylorgames.com/

 

Shaun Newman

game-a-lot.fun/en

facebook.com/gamealotboardgames

 

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Outro

 

What we Clue-do in the Shadows

https://theop.games/products/clue-what-we-do-in-the-shadows?srsltid=AfmBOooKvLESoikIZ7WV0DwAhyj2tdFP0MtNxE92CDXYBwKVYqWB2ku8

 

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We have a longer than usual cast for your this week as we take a look at the controversy around Simon Lavender, a UK board game influencer. It is our only headline this week, but we still cover the business of the industry with new hires at Restoration Games, Asmodee, financial hits at CMON, a series of competitions and more! 

 

Headlines

 

Influencer Simon Lavender accused of bad practices

 

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3352419/a-simon-lavender-review-what-to-do-with-dishonest/page/1

 

The accusations at the centre of this are on page one of the link above. There are a large number of screenshots we have saved in regards to this story that will appear in a separate document linked to below. These include Simon’s replies in the thread above and my conversation with Simon.

 

SCREENSHOTS

 

Amass Games channel page

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg-md_i730k&ab_channel=AmassGames

 

Amass games video on The Strange Forgeries of S.C. Rheber

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg-md_i730k&ab_channel=AmassGames

 

News

 

Paul Sawyer shares Terminal Diagnosis

https://www.gofundme.com/f/make-dads-remaining-months-happy-comfortable?fbclid=IwY2xjawFT-cpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQvSDcadl8ZKhx_ot6aKqXHrqxSh98KtBWnbqvfKm_3U4kPIOy8AYZoMyA_aem_jNk6ocdlIkXyv0UEKJ3ysg

 

https://store.warlordgames.com/products/sergeant-sawyer-charity-figure?utm_source=drip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Introducing+the+Sergeant+Sawyer+Charity+Figure

 

Tabletop Workers Union subject to Union busting

https://www.rascal.news/tabletop-workers-union-protest-alleged-union-busting-hex-co-management/

 

Thomas Kœgler appointed as New Chief Executive Officer of Asmodee

https://corporate.asmodee.com/news/thomas-koegler-appointed-as-new-chief-executive-officer-of-asmodee/

 

Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks talks AI

https://www.enworld.org/threads/hasbro-ceo-chris-cocks-talks-ai-usage-in-d-d.706638

 

CMON Profits Take a Hit

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/09/04/cmons-h1-revenue-falls-almost-25-year-on-year-amid-heavy-slump-in-wholesale-earnings/

 

Tabletop Scotland goes large

https://bsky.app/profile/tabletopscot.bsky.social/post/3l3xcqlecdx2g

 

Jobs, Opportunities, and Events

 

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

 

2024 Traditional Deck Game Design Contest

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3360317/2024-traditional-deck-game-design-contest

 

2024 Roll and Write Game Design Contest

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3353041/2024-roll-and-write-game-design-contest

 

The Game Crafter VHS Challenge

https://www.thegamecrafter.com/contests/vhs-case-challenge

 

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

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Support Us

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Sir Meeple

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Outro

 

Map-nopoly

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

 

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Jamie is off seeing some shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, so Oliver and Iain are behind the mics this week to report on the latest tabletop news. From poisoning and sexual harrasment in chess to astonishing numbers, we bring you the news that really matters. 

Headlines

Chess Poisoning & Sexual Harassment 

https://www.chess.com/news/view/russian-chess-player-suspended-after-allegedly-poisoning-her-rival

 

https://www.polygon.com/gaming/440094/international-chess-scandals-2024

 

Lego and Asmodee build a house

https://www.lego.com/en-my/aboutus/news/2024/august/lego-asmodee-games?locale=en-my&age-gate=grown_up

 

Gen Con sells out

https://www.gencon.com/press/gen-con-2024-breaks-attendance-records-press-release

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/08/08/gen-con-celebrates-record-71000-attendance-after-event-sells-out-for-first-time-in-history/

https://www.gencon.com/press/4daysellout

https://www.gencon.com/press/2024-charity-partners-announcement-tangram-rose-gauntlet

 

News

 

Embracer Numbers

https://embracer.com/releases/embracer-group-publishes-interim-report-q1-april-june-2024-adjusted-ebit-amounted-to-sek-828-million/

 

Deutscher Spiele Preis 2024 Finalists

https://www.spiel-essen.de/en/program/dsp

 

Boardgamearena passes 10 million users

https://corporate.asmodee.com/news/asmodee-and-board-game-arena-celebrate-10-million-users-milestone-cementing-the-online-board-gaming-platform-as-the-industrys-1/

 

Jobs, Opportunities, and Events

 

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

 

People of Play Young Inventor Challenge

https://www.peopleofplay.com/blog/young-inventor-challenge-registration-is-open

 

International Game Inventors Convention

https://www.spielwarenmesse.de/en/game-inventors-convention/

SDhistcon

https://sdhist.com/badges-sdhistcon-summit-2024/

 

Patreon Shoutouts

 

Kevin Bertram

https://www.fortcircle.com/

 

James Naylor

https://naylorgames.com/

 

Shaun Newman

game-a-lot.fun/en

facebook.com/gamealotboardgames

 

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Support Us

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Outro

 

Tabletop Scotland

https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/

 

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With Oliver back from the Spiel des Jahres we have interviews with the winners, chat about the controversy, dive into finances, and lift up awards. Just another day at GB HQ as we bring you the best in tabletop gaming news. 

 

Headlines

 

Spiel des Jahres 2024 awards ceremony controversy

https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/preisverleihung-kennerspiel-des-jahres-2024/

Matteo Statement

https://medium.com/@baddeo/why-i-wear-55cb9459d8e7

 

Hasbro Earnings

https://www.fastcompany.com/91163137/hasbro-earnings-reveal-monopoly-go-made-3-billion-dollars

 

Diana Jones Award 2024 Winner Announced

https://x.com/dianajonesaward/status/1818883478617723112?s=4

Tabletop Industry Network (not Indie like Iain said on the cast)

https://uktin.substack.com/

Alex’s email

[email protected]

 

News

Braincrack Games

 

WOTC removes credits

https://www.enworld.org/threads/wotc-removes-digital-content-team-credits-from-d-d-beyond.705711/

 

Funforge not forging fun

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/07/22/financially-troubled-funforge-nears-deal-to-get-years-delayed-monumental-kickstarter-into-the-hands-of-backers/

 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/funforge/monumental-african-empires/description

 

GAMA Announces First Tabletop Game Retailer Survey

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/57477/gama-announces-their-first-tabletop-game-survey

Berlin Brettspiel Con 2024 visitor figures up

https://www.spielbox.de/veranstaltungen/1182-berlin-brettspiel-con-mit-besucherrekord?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

Gary Gygax day

https://www.visitlakegeneva.com/blog/post/celebrating-50-years-the-birthplace-of-dungeons-dragons/

 

Dave Arneson estate questions publisher

https://www.arnesonestate.com/press

 

Jobs, Opportunities, and Events

 

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

 

Elizabeth Hargrave List

https://boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/67/gen-con-2024-preview?designer=129337,99245,60377,154240,129338,43440,156227,91661,69754,95939,86477,115024,94364,111338,121833,137383,161639,142544,102049,6940,157015,122519,73358,97486,151267,99119,130964,27975,132398,147996,156171,160471,50567,34659,151195,69718,105088,126375,12374,132085,121227,154937,141343,152297,136220&sort=hot

 

Pegasus Designer Days

https://pegasus.de/en/designer-days

 

2024 Inventor Pitch & Innovation Conference

https://www.chitag.com/2024-inventor-pitch-innovation-conference

 

Board Game Raffle in Aid of The Trussell Trust / UK Food Banks 

tabletopgamesblog.com/raffle/

 

Tabletop Scotland

https://tabletopscotland.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

 

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Outro

 

Monopoly Go board game

https://www.polygon.com/24199990/monopoly-go-board-game-announcement

 

Monopo-Lee-ds

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crg5jym45nmo?at_link_id=EB8F13C4-4C47-11EF-A27A-98FE1C4ACFD5&at_ptr_name=facebook_page&at_link_origin=BBC_Yorkshire&at_medium=social&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_format=link&at_campaign_type=owned&at_link_type=web_link&at_campaign=Social_Flow&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0p38NbiktK_nFnCxV5heweL5QcswVIJ1QR1UjOJnqXutFdaohfqjcPMi8_aem_aHBTlw0jdGdALeNW3-mbdA

 

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Oliver is off at the Spiel des Jahres ceremony and Brettspiel so it is up to Iain and Jamie to bring you the latest tabletop news. From Facebook scams to new presidents we bring you the news that really matters across the tabletop world on episode 147 of Brainwaves. 

 

Headlines

 

Scam takes in major publishers 

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/07/08/multiple-board-game-publishers-fall-prey-to-scammers-impersonating-80000-member-board-game-facebook-group/

 

Ennie Awards open 

https://vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2024/

 

Spiel des Jahres

https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/2024_preistraeger/

 

Updates

 

Berserk Games Update

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2757485/article/44554066#44554066

 

11 Concurso de Protojuegos

https://www.verkami.com/games-contest-2024

 

Petersen Games and Quimbley 

https://www.quimbleys.com/pages/pg-quimbleys-faq

 

News

 

Hasbro names new WOTC President 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/57388/hasbro-names-new-wotc-president

 

Jobs, Opportunities, and Events

 

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

 

Tabletop Scotland 2024

https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/

 

Berlin Brettspiel Con 2024

https://berlin-con.de/en/homepage_en/

 

Board Game Raffle in Aid of The Trussell Trust / UK Food Banks 

tabletopgamesblog.com/raffle-july/

 

AB Con

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oluwafemi/the-african-boardgames-convention-ab-con-2024

Patreon Shoutouts

 

Kevin Bertram

https://www.fortcircle.com/

 

James Naylor

https://naylorgames.com/

 

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Outro

 

D&D Stamps

https://shop.royalmail.com/dungeons-&-dragons-prestige-stamp-book

 

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In a quieter couple of weeks for the tabletop industry the team still endeavors to bring you the industry news that really matters. From data breaches to big anniversaries it’s all here in Brainwaves episode 146

 

Headlines

 

Roll20 data breach

https://help.roll20.net/hc/en-us/articles/24620372778775-Data-Security-Incident-July-3rd-2024-FAQ

 

2018 breach

https://blog.roll20.net/posts/conclusion-of-2018-data-breach-investigation/

 

2024 WiT Wonder Women Awards Nominations

https://www.womenintoys.com/nominees

https://www.womenintoys.com/wonder-woman-awards

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/07/01/industry-professionals-from-asmodee-flat-river-group-exploding-kittens-nominated-for-2024-wonder-women-awards

 

Meeps, the Spiel Essen mascot, is back…

https://www.spiel-essen.de/en/news?view=article&id=172&catid=8

https://www.spiel-essen.de/en/?view=article&id=175&catid=9

News

 

2023 Charles S. Roberts Awards Winners Announced

https://charlessrobertsawards.com/2023-charles-s-roberts-awards-winners-announced/

 

Origins Awards
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c9d19e5fd679331583528a6/t/6676ffb526bde82046e682cb/1719074742155/2023+ORIGINS+AWARD+WINNERS.pdf

https://www.originsgamefair.com/2023-hall-of-fame-class

 

Mattel colourblind accessible

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/25/24185625/mattel-board-card-games-colorblind-accessible-uno-blokus-phase-ten-skip-bo

 

Nyctophobia

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/249505/nyctophobia

 

Obituaries

 

Andreas Mutschke, Spiel der Jahres Jury Member and one of the Founders of Fairplay Magazine, Dies

https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/in-gedenken-an-andreas-mutschke/

Jobs, Opportunities, and Events

 

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

 

Ravensburger Game Inventor Days

https://www.ravensburger.de/de-DE/entdecken/spiele/game-inventor-days#Englisch

 

GAMA Horizons Fellowship Applications Now Open

https://www.gama.org/page/Horizons

 

Rascal Pledge Drive

https://www.rascal.news/audience-appreciation

Patreon Shoutouts

 

Kevin Bertram

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James Naylor

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Outro

 

Rubik’s Cube turns 50

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/01/science/rubiks-cube-puzzles.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

 

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The team of 3 are back again like a renegade master. Only up to date references on this show. It’s another bumper cast as we cover the Spiel des Jahres, trademarks you won’t believe exist, and people on the move in the industry. All this, and more, on episode 145 of Brainwaves. 

 

Headlines

Spiel des Jahres Nominations

https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/nominierte-spiele-2024.html

https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/162128/spiel-des-jahres-nominations-for-2024-captain-flip

 

Martina Fuchs Interview

https://giantbrain.co.uk/2023/07/24/brainwaves-episode-126-spiel-special/

 

Meeple trademarks 

https://gamefound.com/en/projects/cogito-ergo-meeple/meeple-inc/updates/9

 

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/06/14/the-word-meeple-is-being-trademarked-in-the-us-in-reaction-to-cease-and-desist-activity-from-carcassonne-publisher-hans-im-glueck/

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20101130212607/http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Unity_Games/message/2301

EU trademark: https://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/marke/registerHABM?AKZ=016791741&CURSOR=0

 

German trademark: https://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/marke/register/3020211016416/DE 

 

US trademark attempt: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=98576863&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch

 

Hachette Boardgames UK and Laurence King partner

https://www.hachetteboardgames.co.uk/

 

Updates

 

Dicebreaker broken

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/06/12/dicebreakers-future-remains-unclear-as-silenced-site-makes-editor-in-chief-senior-staff-writer-redundant-after-ign-takeover/

 

Evil Genius games continue to live up to half of their name 

https://evilgeniusgames.com/blog/our-technology-code-of-ethics/?ref=rascal.news

https://www.rascal.news/rpg-publisher-that-promised-not-to-use-web3-technology-in-their-business-does-it-anyway/

 

TTWU negotiations

https://www.rascal.news/tabletop-workers-united-negotiations-stalled-by-lawyers-belligerence-and-subsequent-vacation-2/

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbmYN8ZiMRI&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rascal.news%2F&source_ve_path=MzY4NDIsMjg2NjY&feature=emb_logo

 

https://aftermath.site/

 

News

 

UKGE People's Choice Awards

https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/content/news/peoples-choice-awards-2024/

 

Jogo do Ano

https://www.spielportugal.org/jogo-do-ano

 

Game Brewer is Closing

https://gamebrewer.com/gamebrewer-goodbuy/

 

X-Wing and Armada ending

https://www.atomicmassgames.com/transmission/update-on-star-wars-x-wing-and-star-wars-armada/

 

People on the Move

 

Liz Davidson becomes solo game specialist for Leder Games

https://bsky.app/profile/beyondsolitaire.bsky.social/post/3kvcjlxe35k2k

https://x.com/ledergames/status/1803532695886028857?s=46

 

James Hewitt and Sophie Wiliams join Warcradle 

https://blog.warcradle.com/blog/welcoming-sophie-williams-and-james-hewitt-to-warcradle-studios?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR02vK1h_H5i3VqLN5Wh2qJkDvsJ9pPE_vwoq_UOMIXUoMKMzjMFCLz5Di4_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw&format=amp

 

Jobs, Opportunities, and Events

 

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

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Kevin Bertram

https://www.fortcircle.com/

 

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Outro

 

Medieval game pieces

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/medieval-game-pieces-emerge-from-the-ruins-of-a-mysterious-german-castle-2497815

 

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