It’s a momentous episode as we hit our 70th show, our 3rd year anniversary, and say goodbye to our host Iain Chantler. Of course we won’t let sad goodbyes and jubilant celebrations get in the way of the news! The team cover yet more Wizards of the Coast entanglements, Netrunner booting up, daring robberies, and golden Uno. The team also answer questions from listeners and chat about what they’ve learnt over the last 3 years in a longer than normal episode (we hope you don’t mind us indulging ourselves a little).

Headlines

Candlekeep flame sputters

https://twitter.com/joindicebreaker/status/1374767970736427012?s=19

Netrunner opens the gates

https://nisei.net/

Tokyo card robbery

https://kotaku.com/man-arrested-following-daring-pokemon-card-robbery-1846574146

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210329/p2a/00m/0na/020000c 

News

Luke Crane update

https://www.polygon.com/22352782/kickstarter-luke-crane-perfect-rpg-adam-koebel

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/burningwheel/the-perfect-rpg/posts/3125191

MTG Art controversy

https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/magic-the-gathering-strixhaven/news/magic-the-gathering-crux-of-fate-stolen-wizards-statement

https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/magic-the-gathering-strixhaven/news/magic-the-gathering-strixhaven-prerelease-delay

Uno strikes gold

https://manofmany.com/entertainment/gaming/22ct-gold-uno-card-holder?fbclid=IwAR3XoQDxbIxT96-yR1RlHx445Sscpi4uqfBAc-XAp9bDWmV9-JoGMhrvBiA

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Outro

Monopoly Go Green!

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/steve-lister_sustainabilitymatters-activity-6779090148006141952-T_Hc

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This episode on Brainwaves the team are catching Bullets, drawing up Plan B’s, and realising that the best thing about Heroquest is the fraud cases. Come and join us as we bring you the best in Tabletop Gaming news from the big stories to the faintly ridiculous. 

Headlines

Level 99 has to bite the bullet ♥︎

https://mobile.twitter.com/Level99Games/status/13709274650618880

Asmodee adds Plan B Games

https://www.toynews-online.biz/2021/03/11/asmodee-group-acquires-award-winning-azul-publisher-plan-b-games/

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/36552/f2z-team-had-plan-b

Heroquest fraud case

https://twitter.com/lagoon83/status/1372333603024162817

https://www.elconfidencial.com/tecnologia/2020-02-09/heroquest-estafa-crowdfunding-dionisio-rubio-gil_2443744/

News

Racist spell list is racist, also awful timing

https://www.dicebreaker.com/amp/companies/legendary-games/news/legendary-games-apology-asian-spell-compendium?__twitter_impression=true

https://www.makeyourgamelegendary.com/category/design-team/

ICV2 at GAMA

Z-Man games statement

https://zmangames.com/en/news/2021/3/15/ode-euro-classics/?fbclid=IwAR29Lw0K-98-CgfvFgrcRmCaO2L0fYBJQaBLbYyR8yUWi6HaGcVeZcBd4VI

UKGE update

https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/content/news/uk-games-expo-2021-whats-happening/

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Outro

Time for party games to get METAL

https://www.loudersound.com/news/lacuna-coil-are-releasing-a-board-game-called-horns-up

Monopoly Community Chest vote

https://www.monopolycommunitychest.com/en-GB

Monopoly Wiki

https://monopoly.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page

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Iain Chantler is back from holiday and the team are raring to get back in the studio and breakdown the latest tabletop news for you. This episode we cover many Kickstarter issues, Wizards of the Coast rebranding and rising, lawsuits, and the influx of computer game themed boardgames! 

Headlines

Bamboo Bash

Original KS

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sleevekings/376876876/description?ref=bw5mj4&token=c4999380

New KS

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sleevekings/1878321907?ref=ei1m77&token=c5ae6a95

Sleeve Kings post

https://sleevekings.com/blogs/news/bamboo-bash-blows-up

Mayday Games Post

https://www.maydaygames.com/blogs/news/about-click-clack-lumberjack

Why Seth left Mayday

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2327859/bait-and-switch-publisher

Roxley Games IP dispute

https://twitter.com/roxleygames/status/1364244245859561476

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/roxley/radlands?ref=discovery&term=radlands

Luke Crane launches then cancels the “Perfect RPG”

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/burningwheel/the-perfect-rpg

News

Tasty minstrel accused of not paying royalties

https://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/2606814/tasty-minstrel-games-does-not-pay-royalties-their/page/1

Zac Smith is suing Gencon

https://beta.documentcloud.org/documents/20475730-smith-v-gen-con-king-county-superior-court-21-2-01684-3

Tiny Epic Dungeons comes under criticism

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coe/tiny-epic-dungeons

Wizards rebranded and promoted plus more

https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/wizards-of-the-coast-dungeons-dragons-magic-hasbro-reorganizatio/

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210225005942/en/Hasbro-Outlines-Strategic-Growth-Drivers-at-Virtual-Investor-Event

https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/magic-the-gathering-lord-of-the-rings-warhammer-40k/

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/47728/wizards-coast-unveils-spelltable-beta

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Outro

Videogames become boardgames

Metal Gear Solid Cancelled

https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/metal-gear-solid-the-board-game/news/metal-gear-solid-board-game-cancelled

Stardew Valley

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/332290/stardew-valley-board-game

Skyrim

https://gamefound.com/projects/draft/zx6js610y7lvnlnav6qbisnxqqy#/section/project-story

https://www.polygon.com/2021/2/25/22299066/skyrim-board-game-gamefound-kickstarter-crowdfunding-launch-robinson-crusoe?utm_campaign=polygon&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Stellaris

Prison Architect

Punchboard Reviews

https://punchboard.co.uk/interview-mark-cooke-from-psc-games/

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Iain Chantler has been given time off by Jamie so it’s up the remaining Iain to fill the shoes of two Iains! With fewer big news stories than recently the team have an interview with Ian Parovel of Boardgame Arena regarding their recent acquisition by Asmodee. On top of that they cover some updates to Wizards of the Coasts legal entanglements, the world of Pokemon scalpers, and an ancient game brought back to life in beautiful detail. All this, and more, on this episode of Brainwaves

Headlines

Asmodee acquires Boardgame Arena

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-02-11-asmodee-acquires-board-game-arena

https://venturebeat.com/2021/02/11/asmodee-acquires-board-game-arena-a-platform-for-playing-tabletop-games-online/

News

Gale Force Nine and Wizards of the Coast settle

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/47558/gale-force-nine-wizards-coast-settle

ACD Distribution takes hit in case against Wizards of the Coast

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/47603/acd-distribution-required-pay-250k-wotc-fees-files-appeal

Pokemon Scalpers Target McDonalds

https://www.ign.com/articles/mcdonalds-strongly-encouraging-restaurants-to-prevent-happy-meal-pokemon-card-scalping

Pokemon product supply issues

https://support.pokemon.com/hc/en-us/articles/360056644571-Update-on-Pok%C3%A9mon-Trading-Card-Game-Product-Availability

Fantasy Flight Games brings Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game to an end

https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2021/2/17/future-of-legend/

Royal game of UR faithfully recreated

https://www.reddit.com/r/GameofUr/comments/lfot70/my_replica_with_original_materials_took_10_months/

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Outro

Clue Animated Series

https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/clue/news/clue-animated-series-announced

Monopoly Lunar New Year edition

https://www.toysrus.com.my/monopoly%3A-lunar-new-year-edition-1065654.html

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Iain and Iain are having a nice relaxing time in the garden when all news hell breaks loose! Despite their need to kick back, the team gathers once more behind the mics to cover famous names putting their foot firmly in mouth, others moving forward with action, translation issues in the world of virtual tabletops, magic cards breaking records, and Jenga. Yes. Jenga. All this and more, on this episode of Brainwaves!

Headlines

Radho runs into trouble

https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/114062/rahdo-talks-through-episode-69

Tascini Update

https://www.facebook.com/daniele.tascini - You can find Tascini’s statements on his facebook page

https://kulturgutspiel.de/politik-und-gesellschaft/rassismus-diskussion-der-fall-daniele-tascini/

https://twitter.com/sebastianwenzel/status/1357632971897995264?s=20

Tabletop Simulator outsources translation to Google?

https://steamcommunity.com/games/TabletopSimulator/announcements/detail/3024698921216466933

News

Muppets and Chainmail bras

https://mobile.twitter.com/Wizards_DnD/status/1356641032226680832

Rose Gauntlet

https://www.rosegauntlet.com

Magic card breaks records at auction

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/47446/high-grade-magic-the-gathering-alpha-black-lotus-goes-511-1k

Asmodee gets scientific

https://www.gameosity.com/2021/01/27/asmodee-brings-science-to-board-gaming-with-game-in-lab/

Patreon Shoutouts

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Outro

Jenga world record

https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/jenga/news/jenga-tower-guinness-world-record

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/500643-most-jenga-blocks-stacked-on-one-vertical-jenga-block

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It’s a solemn week for the team as they dive into all the controversies surrounding comments made by well loved designers. We spent a bit longer on this than we normally would, but we felt it deserved the coverage. 

Over the rest of the cast we update you on Dragonlance, looking at counterfeit games, conventions moving again, and taking a long overdue trip to RPG Corner. 

Headlines

Video for Kickstarter campaign Pingyao: First Chinese Banks

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jingstudio/pingyao-first-chinese-banks

Screencapture on our site

Daniele Tascini

Capture of the original words from Tascini

https://twitter.com/MyCryptomaniac/status/1350493656394952704?s=19

Hans im Gluck Statement

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2582616/statement-regarding-racist-remarks

Rolling Dice interview

https://www.fustellarotante.it/inclusivita-e-giochi-da-tavolo/

Previous form mentioned in the piece

https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/1cddhj/tzolkins_designer_responds_to_criticism_about/

Board, Deck and Dice Statement

https://boardanddice.com/about/statement-on-daniele-tascini/

Phil Eklund

New Ion Games Statement

https://ionsmg.com/blogs/news/essays-and-footnotes-in-our-rules

Eklund’s post alluding to lawyers

https://twitter.com/nakedmeeple/status/1351691573868769281?s=21

And the update

https://twitter.com/TabletopGamesBl/status/1353282878231162882?s=20

Jeff DeBoer

Grabs of original posts from Rodney 

https://twitter.com/WatchItPlayed/status/1351262562495684610?s=19

Parallel Games statement

https://mobile.twitter.com/parallelspiel/status/1351620848793366528

Wehrlegig Games

https://twitter.com/wehrlegig/status/1351581382112387079

Braincrack Games

https://twitter.com/BraincrackGames/status/1351545488290541569?s=19

Funagain Games

https://twitter.com/funagaingames/status/1352329830197456896

News

Dragonlance Saga comes to an end

https://www.enworld.org/threads/theres-a-new-dragonlance-novel-coming.677551/

Origins and Uk Games Expo move

https://www.originsgamefair.com/

https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/content/news/brand-new-dates-ukge-2021/

Counterfeit Games found in Zaavi

https://boardgoats.org/2021/01/11/boardgames-in-the-news-fake-games-from-a-high-street-name/

Uno Anniversary

https://www.toynews-online.biz/2021/01/12/uno-celebrates-its-50th-anniversary-with-a-raft-of-new-product-launches-and-initiatives/

RPG Corner

DnD Scouts

https://www.scouts.org.uk/supporters/dungeons-dragons

RPGs to the rescue

https://jaspersgameday.com/

https://itch.io/b/770/solo-but-not-alone

Wellerman

https://theothertracy.itch.io/one-day-the-wellerman-comes 

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Outro

Monopoly Speed

https://products.hasbro.com/en-gb/product/monopoly-speed-board-game-for-kids-ages-8-and-up:420781BC-E579-461A-8FC6-E783D4B64EEA

Risk TV

https://www.dicebreaker.com/series/risk/news/risk-tv-series

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The team are back after their close encounter with a rogue sound effect. Brushing off the audio cobwebs, they jump back into the studio to cover Kickstarter Growth, Catan Beer, Dragonlance Lawsuits, Games Workshop profits and much more on this episode of Brainwaves! 

You might notice that Iain Chantler disappears about half way through the cast. Iain had a house emergency to attend to so Jamie and I finished the cast off. 

Headlines

Kickstarter rakes in games cash

https://www.polygon.com/2020/12/22/22195749/kickstarter-top-10-highest-funded-campaigns-2020-video-games-board-games

2020 Vision Cast

https://giantbrain.co.uk/2020/12/28/brainwaves-special-edition-2020-vision/

 Catan Beer taken by the robber

https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/catan-1/news/catan-beer-revealed

Catan Snugglies

https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/catan-1/news/catan-plushie-collection

FFG permaban themselves and all users

https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/313578-ffg-forum-shutdown/

News

Dragonlance lawsuit comes to an end

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2020/12/dd-dragonlance-lawsuit-against-wotc-dismissed-is-krynn-in-the-cards.html

Origins mix up their awards, again

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/47206/rpg-categories-origins-awards-changed

Games Workshop announce record profits

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2020/12/games-workshop-half-year-trading-update.html

UK tabletop industry does well in 2020

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-9041163/amp/Britains-tabletop-games-industry-booming-year.html

Nickelodeon Board Game Recalled

https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/columns/pop/9507192/jojo-siwa-no-idea-inappropriate-content-kids-board-game

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Outro

85th Anniversary Monopoly

https://products.hasbro.com/en-gb/product/monopoly-85-th-anniversary-edition-board-game:2DFDBBE4-8CAA-47E0-8677-BDCFBA42AEDB

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Iain, Iain, and Jamie take a bit of a breather from the regular cast to look back at the year. They are joined by Josh Hartley from the Unlucky Frog to look back at the big stories of 2020 and speculate on what 2021 will bring to the world of the Tabletop. Below the subjects we talk about I’ve provided links to the shows that have featured those subjects, should you want to revisit them. 

Subjects

Coronavirus

https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-43-executive-bell/

https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/brainwaves-45-multiplayer-solitaire/

https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-49-cancellation-crisis/

Black Lives Matter, representation in the industry

https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-50-going-strong/

https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-51-troubling-origins/

https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-55-rolling-wheelchair/

Wizards of the Coast bad PR year

https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-51-troubling-origins/

https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-52-controversial-machines/

https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-53-meddling-wizards/

https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-59-rap-shoes/

Kickstarter Union Efforts

https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-44-robot-club/

https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-47-courtroom-melodrama/

https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-48-golden-brains/

Asmodee buys and sells

https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-44-robot-club/

https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-53-meddling-wizards/

https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-61-galaxy-gale/

Unlucky Frog

https://www.unluckyfrog.com/

https://twitter.com/TheUnluckyfrog

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It’s the last cast of the year, and over the Christmas break Iain McAllister is rebuilding the HQ. Thankfully the studio isn’t affected and the team gather for one last time in 2020 to cover companies going bankrupt, Gencon announcing new dates, Alexa grabbing more games and the return of RPG corner.

Headlines

Sans Detour goes under

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sansdetour/confrontation-classic-the-legendary-skirmish-game/comments

https://www.chaosium.com/blogstatement-about-ditions-sansdtour/

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2224909/sans-detour-red-flags-thread

Gencon announces dates for 2021

https://www.gencon.com/press/holidays-2020-and-gen-con-2021-updates

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/47186/gen-con-pushes-back-badge-registration-event-submission

https://eu.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2015/03/24/gen-con-threatens-move-convention-gov-mike-pence-signs-religious-freedom-bill/70393474/

Alexa catches a hot potato

https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/News/alexa-play-big-potato-games

News

Max Brookes leaves FFG

https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/star-wars-x-wing-miniatures-game/news/max-brooke-leaves-fantasy-flight

Dungeons & Dragons Film

https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/News/chris-pine-cast-in-dungeons-dragons-film

Jewish anthology of RPGs

https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/doikayt-a-jewish-ttrpg-anthology/news/doikayt-jewish-anthology-tabletop-rpg

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/5527230/doikayt-a-jewish-ttrpg-anthology/description

Cyberpunk bundle on itch

https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/roleplaying-game/news/cyberpunk-asian-creators-game-jam-itch

Patreon Shoutouts

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https://luckysparrow.co.uk/

Shaun Newan

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It’s Christmas time at Brainwaves HQ and the two Iains are decorating the tree! It shines magnificently in the corner of the Brainwaves studio as the team cover sinkings, new awards, old awards, Wizards dropping the ball (or should that be snitch?), and the feud between Uri Geller and a card game. 

Headlines

The Zenobia Award

https://www.dicebreaker.com/companies/the-zenobia-award/news/zenobia-award-historical-board-game

https://zenobiaaward.org/who-we-are/

GAMA Makes more Changes to the Origin Awards for 2020/2021 Cycle

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/47053/gama-makes-more-changes-origins-awards-2020-2021-cycle

Games Shipped to Abyssal Floor

https://www.dicebreaker.com/amp/games/good-puppers/news/good-puppers-card-game-shipping-accident?__twitter_impression=true

News

Update: Netflix Settles Bandersnatch “Choose Your Own Adventure” Lawsuit

https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/25/21720533/netflix-bandersnatch-chooseco-lawsuit-settlement-choose-your-own-adventure

MODCon Announced, the Online Convention of Modiphius and Dragonmeet

https://www.modiphius.net/pages/modcon

D&D Racial Improvements will “take years”

https://www.dicebreaker.com/amp/games/dungeons-and-dragons-5e/news/dnd-improvements-racial-depictions-take-years?__twitter_impression=true

Wizards being prepped for sale?

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/47054/rolling-initiative-a-case-possible-sale-wizards-coast-being-horizon

Knight Models bungles Harry Potter Response

https://twitter.com/little_lizzie22/status/1333285477001154563?s=19

Uri Geller retracts feud with specific pokemon

https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/pokemon-trading-card-game/news/kadabra-uri-geller-lawsuit

Patreon Shoutouts

Exec Producers: Lucky Sparrow Gaming Cafe

https://luckysparrow.co.uk/

Shaun Newan

game-a-lot.fun/en

facebook.com/gamealotboardgames

Our Patreon

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Support Us

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James Naylor’s mental health first aid

Outro

Sea of Thieves Monopoly

https://www.raregames.store/rare-store-exclusives/sea-of-thieves-x-monopoly-limited-edition-rare-store-exclusive

Metallica Monopoly

https://www.metallica.com/store/monopoly-world-tour-edition/MONOPOLYWT.html

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