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/

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game-a-lot.fun/en

facebook.com/gamealotboardgames

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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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