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/mr_orgue/status/1602122837623382019?s=20&t=71lQaIfq-32saosyN0JUSQ

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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Outro

Warhammer 40k Series coming to Amazon

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

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

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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Outro

Get that new boardgame smell all year round

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

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It was my great pleasure to be joined On Stage by Flavien Loisier for our last interview of the year. Flavien is the General Manager of Hachette Boardgames UK and it was a fascinating chat covering setting up the company, the challenges of handling a hit, state of the industry, and future plans. 

Twitter Account

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Instagram

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Main Website

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Jamie and Iain discover that Oliver Kinne has been drifting around the spacetime continuum inside the HQ. Not sure what to do about this situation they invite him to become a permanent member of the team, he has to pay down his tea debt anyway. 

Together the newly expanded Brainwaves team cover trouble at Hasbro, Pandasaurus Games acting like dinosaurs, Embracer letting go, AI conquering diplomacy, Catan Cookbooks, and much more in episode 111 of Brainwaves. 

Headlines

Hasbro loses the magic

https://www.polygon.com/23458064/magic-the-gathering-overprinting-hasbro-stock-downgrade

Heroscape failure to fund

https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/2022/11/16/23462750/heroscape-reboot-cancelled-hasbro-haslab-failed

Hasbro looks to sell E-One

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hasbro-puts-entertainment-one-film-tv-unit-up-for-sale-1235264107/

Pandasaurus games act like dinosaurs

https://www.dicebreaker.com/companies/pandasaurus-games/feature/pandasaurus-games-workers-allege-toxic-workplace-crunch-burnout-payment-issues

Jon Gilmour Tweet

https://twitter.com/JonGilmour/status/1592929929552805889?s=20&t=MPaYOE5ni5iuo_dRAqwGcQ

Embracer loses its grip

https://www.ft.com/content/121c749d-09c5-4c98-a07e-a12788bef7f2

Asmodee Sales

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52669/asmodee-dark-horse-sales-up-quarter

News

Magic clamps down on Card Conjurer and proxies

https://cardconjurer.com/

https://twitter.com/ImKyle4815/status/1593658825109741568

https://twitter.com/kompreya/status/1593663395890356225

AI Diplomacy

https://twitter.com/MetaAI/status/1595075884502855680

Dicebreaker Tabletop Awards 2022 finalists 

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

Anna Blackwell Interview

https://giantbrain.co.uk/2020/11/25/meeting-of-minds-anna-blackwell/

Rail/ Postal strikes coming

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52715/retailers-urge-congress-avert-rail-strike

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/22/more-uk-rail-strikes-to-disrupt-travel-in-december-and-january

Long Tail Games goes part time

https://twitter.com/long_tail_games/status/1592004962552512513?s=21

Jobs, Opportunities, and Events

Gofundme for games shop that has been broken into

https://www.gofundme.com/f/get-dave-back-running?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_content=undefined&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer&utm_term=undefined

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James Naylor

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Outro

Catan Cookbook

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52643/ulysses-press-will-release-catan-hardcover-cookbook

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Iain and Jamie are back after a little break to bring you a bumper crop of tabletop gaming news. From unions in the states to law suits in the world of chess the news never stops, and neither do we. 

Headlines

Union formed at US retailer

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52534/union-formed-game-retailer?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

https://twitter.com/NkgUnited

Welcome Asmodee 

https://welcome.asmodee.com/

For whom the bell tolls

https://twitter.com/gabrielledrolet/status/1590065270781267968?t=BILiAAoPqbs8a4YYf-QKKg&s=19

https://twitter.com/dorrismccomics/status/1590035578724052992?t=BthaYHwyHoyPEx-_kAxOkw&s=19

https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/259248/golden-bell-affiliated-projects-and-companies

Episode 53 -

https://giantbrain.co.uk/2020/07/20/brainwaves-53-meddling-wizards/

Updates

Nielsen sues Carlsen 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63338375

News

999 games head dies 

https://www.999games.nl/nieuws/sad-news

DND studio head steps down

https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/dungeons-dragons-ray-winninger-wizards-of-the-coast-resigns/

Wizards changes processes

https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1375-leveling-up-our-creative-process-learnings-from

Ox Eye Media gets sued

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52520/game-designer-sues-ox-eye-media

Kickstarter Plagiarism

https://twitter.com/connorjwake/status/1583851016365428736?t=mPJN3Mxu0Upp_qdmVmLRgw&s=19

ITB in trouble

https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKboardgametrade/permalink/3433057103645275/?flite=scwspnss

https://t.me/+owDmHb-59eBmZmE8?fbclid=IwAR1D3Bz-xdGY7LPi-am7VjkAZmYZwrpQmjn2DrmMNvELz8-fOnKJUysgGXA

Hachette to sell Oink in the Uk

https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/news/full-range-of-oink-games-available-in-the-uk-from-next-week/

Jobs, Opportunities, and Events

https://www.montecookgames.com/careers/

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Outro

Catan Novel

https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeek/status/1581991094656831496

Monopoly Secret Vault

https://worldofmonopoly.com/list-ru/list-se-sh/secretvault/2022-uk/index.php

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Autumn has truly arrived in Scotland but that hasn’t stopped the Brainwaves team from venturing out to find the best in Tabletop gaming news. This episode we cover moves at the top of Kickstarter and Hasbro, licenses expanding, chess imploding, and fellowships being awarded!

Headlines

Kickstarter new CEO

https://www.dicebreaker.com/topics/kickstarter/interview/kickstarter-ceo-everette-taylor-blockchain-tabletop-future

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/exclusive-everette-taylor-named-kickstarters-new-ceo-fast-company?src=aff-ref&trk=aff-ir_progid%3D8005_partid%3D10078_sid%3D_adid%3D449670&clickid=y1I0ZATKgxyIWOzxncVdtQiSUkDQ9J1NE31WzM0&mcid=6851962469594763264&irgwc=1

Dungeons and Dragons new head 

https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/hasbro-dungeons-dragons-senior-vice-president-dan-rawson/

Lego DnD https://ideas.lego.com/blogs/a4ae09b6-0d4c-4307-9da8-3ee9f3d368d6/post/e080b760-93c0-410d-bd49-5fc32726de9c

Renegade Games expands licensing with Hasbro

https://renegadegamestudios.com/blog/renegade-game-studios-expands-licensing-partnership-with-hasbro-gaming-classics/

Updates

Chess

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/oct/04/hans-niemann-chess-com-cheating-investigation-magnus-carlsen

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63108879

Satine Phoenix

https://twitter.com/POCGamer/status/1576978399654203392?s=20&t=LDo-fgguxAdQIdQlB0bNkQ

Yu-gi-oh creator death

https://sea.ign.com/yu-gi-oh-master-duel/191324/news/yu-gi-oh-creator-kazuki-takahashi-died-trying-to-save-lives

News

Chris Gabrielson death

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/badcrow/company-of-heroes-board-game-2nd-edition/posts/3634943

Essen Theft

https://twitter.com/yelmelnobrainer/status/1579069500477304833?s=20&t=KNLcNx5bNooAhqZeXka40A

Gama Horizon Fellowships

https://twitter.com/TheGAMAOnline/status/1578687006682521601?s=20&t=Fmz0T1YdVtKZbA-AhvnWbg

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Outro

Stonemaier Games Charity Auction

https://www.instagram.com/p/CjiRI0rLJbI/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D

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Iain and Jamie are back behind the mics to bring you the choicest cuts of tabletop news. This episode of Brainwaves they cover the unfolding controversy in chess, companies expanding, people moving, witch trial inspired games and more! 

Headlines

Chess world deals with cheating allegation fallouts

Fide official statement

https://www.chessdom.com/fide-publishes-the-official-statement-on-the-carlsen-niemann-case/

Magnus Carlsen Statement

https://twitter.com/magnuscarlsen/status/1574482694406565888

Late Night

https://www.chessdom.com/stephen-colbert-jokes-about-the-latest-accusations-against-hans-niemann-in-his-late-night-talk-show/

Grandmaster loses commentating role

https://kotaku.com/chess-grandmaster-scandal-womens-grand-prix-ilya-smirin-1849590949

Naylor Games announces future 

https://mailchi.mp/368aac5f437d/mobsitters-robot-royale-available-again-free-delivery-to-celebrate-11538620?e=ffab906ec6

Updates

Star Frontiers Delisted

https://twitter.com/jedion357/status/1572610022680698881?s=20&t=dGXw9JOr5ygDHjmwTD0LFA

News

T.Caires joins Hachette US

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52240/people-move-hachette-hires-t-caires-their-staff

Stonemaier Games announces more eco-moves

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52255/wingspan-other-stonemaier-games-now-feature-more-eco-friendly-components-packaging

Iello bought

https://www.trictrac.net/actus/iello-rejoint-media-participation

Scottish Witch Hunt card games

https://marthamcgill.co.uk/witchhunt1649/

Tabletop Gaming Article

https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/News/sponsored-post-witch-hunt-1649-two-card-games-about-the-scottish-witc

Scottish Government Apology

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-60667533

Jobs, Opportunities, and Events

Gameosity lists some every month

https://www.gameosity.com/category/jobs/

Roll for Good

https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/roleplaying-game/news/roll-for-good-mermaids-event

https://rollforgood.carrd.co/

Theft at University of East Anglia Game’s society

https://twitter.com/ReassessHistory

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Outro

D20 goes to space

https://www.pcgamer.com/the-dandd-people-sent-a-twenty-sided-die-to-space-and-it-rolled-a-20/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR0-6zs7CmwhtDKjVtDwu3-wPFfALLX8vbfdcWNblN_3NpAB37DhV0fivuQ

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In our latest On Stage interview Iain is joined by Jon Hodgson of Handiwork Games. Jon has had a long career in tableop RPGs. He started off as a freelance artist but has had creative director, art director, and Deputy CEO. He has worked on huge franchise titles like Lord of the Rings and Doctor Who but has left all that behind to establish his own company. Jon was kind enough to come over to the GB HQ to talk about his career, establishing Handiwork Games, the rise of AI art, and more besides in this wide ranging interview. 

Links to some subjects discussed

Travelling Man

https://travellingman.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw1bqZBhDXARIsANTjCPKu9Pj1KYtNuhfe9oiGYF2r5VDGgjU1fD_I9dxSTtiEVRmOnx7tzbsaAjhPEALw_wcB

Kev Walker

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kev_Walker

Wayne Reynolds

https://www.waynereynolds.com/

Ralph Horsley

http://www.ralphhorsley.co.uk/

SLA Industries

https://nightfall.games/sla-industries-2nd-edition

Dead of Night

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/81572/Dead-of-Night

Midjourney

https://www.midjourney.com/home/

Jon’s Links

Handiwork Games

https://handiwork.games/

Twitter

https://twitter.com/JonnyHodgsonArt

The team are back to bring you the latest in tabletop news. This episode they lay out the history of nuTSR and Wizards of the coast before bringing you the latest developments in the case. Alongside this they look at cheating controversy in the world of chess, Origins shaking up the Awards, Gamefound announcing new initiatives, and more on this episode of Brainwaves. 

Headlines

Wizards files injunction against nuTSR

https://twitter.com/NoHateInGaming/status/1568288911297847296?s=20&t=pfVPMt8_j-g6yv2X1pY9tA

https://twitter.com/BrainClouds/status/1568280027917074435?s=20&t=pfVPMt8_j-g6yv2X1pY9tA

nuTSR financial data breach

https://www.enworld.org/threads/nutsr-financial-data-breach.691241/

https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-full-glorious-history-of-nutsr.684697/

News

Chess cheating

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/sep/09/chess-hans-niemann-hits-back-over-cheating-controversy-in-st-louis

Origins Awards changes categories for 2022

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52145/gama-changes-origins-awards-categories-2022

Tabletop Gaming Live award winners

https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/News/tabletop-gaming-awards-2022-winners-announced

Gamefound secure backing pledge

https://gamefound.com/blog/post/securing-your-pledge-in-unstable-times

Patreon fires staff

https://blog.patreon.com/en-GB/a-note-from-jack

Jobs & Opportunities

IGDN looking for donations

https://twitter.com/AccessibleGames/status/1567696245136703489?s=20&t=cdztmNFUhwLTqQ_EMLaGpw

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Outro

Monopoly helps kids with anger issues

https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/hasbro-campaign-explains-why-monopoly-is-good-for-kids-anger-issues/

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Iain and Jamie are back from Tabletop Scotland their bags bursting with the latest in tabletop news. Join them in the studio as they cover card games raking in the bucks, Kickstarter making changes, Wizards faltering once more, and a new segment covering jobs, events, and opportunities in the community. 

Headlines

Ebay puts its cards on the table

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ebay-has-entered-into-an-agreement-to-acquire-tcgplayer-301609889.html

Kickstarter employs new head of games

https://www.polygon.com/23328798/kickstarter-new-director-of-games-interview-blockchain

https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/news/kickstarter-change-up-their-games-team-is-this-a-sign-of-changes-ahead/

Fandom exits RPG market

https://www.geeknative.com/145845/cortex-sold-legends-of-grayskull-shuttered-and-dragon-prince-rpg-transferred-as-fandom-exists-tabletop-roleplaying/?utm_content=buffercc2c5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

https://www.cortexrpg.com/

https://store.talesofxadia.com/the-dragon-prince-roleplaying-game/

Updates

Phoenix and Stone carry on regardless

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stonejamison/sirens-battle-of-the-bards/posts/3588718

News

Wizards under fire for racism in Spelljammer

https://www.polygon.com/23330621/dnd-spelljammer-hadozee-racist

https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/statement-hadozee

Eagle Gryphon adds folk

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52051/people-move-eagle-gryphon-adds-two-their-team

Tabletop Scotland comes back swinging

https://mailchi.mp/ae35c7abf3cd/tabletop-scotland-2022-after-show-report

https://giantbrain.co.uk/2022/09/01/tabletop-scotland-2022-to-perth-and-back/

Jobs Board

https://twitter.com/AconyteBooks/status/1565751563846664193?s=20&t=FFnwiY2mJOmej7lEWaS4Yw

Patreon Shoutouts

James Naylor

https://naylorgames.com/

Shaun Newan

game-a-lot.fun/en

facebook.com/gamealotboardgames

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Tabletop Gaming Live

Boardgame Arena Group

Outro

Card Catastrophe

https://kotaku.com/nintendo-unboxing-tragedy-cards-kyoto-collector-1849443892

http://blog.beforemario.com/2022/08/nintendo-kyoto-souvenir-playing-cards.html

Guardian article

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/sep/02/experience-i-am-the-monopoly-world-champion

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