All 3 of the team are back in the studio to cover the latest tabletop controversies! This episode we cover things that go Quack in the night, Spiel des Jahres, important people putting their foot in it, financials, and much more! 

Headlines

Quacaklope and Aeon Trespass Odyssey

The original call out on reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/13mm6tw/creators_of_aeon_trespass_odyssey_call_out/

The Horrible Truth about Aeon Trespass Odyssey review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNcXpNoTRe0

Jesse’s original response

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3086551/quackalope-ato-video-youtubers-relationship-publis/page/3

Into the Unknown statement

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tXH4U1eCTBjQ7h8qng_-dDpW54tZRvWm/view?usp=drivesdk

Iain’s thoughts on the divide between sponsorship and critic

https://giantbrain.co.uk/2022/06/08/class-acts-what-sort-of-content-creator-are-you/

Boardgameco video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIZ9QXxDolE

Jesse’s video statement 

https://youtu.be/YgxJT0vGrak

Spiel des Jahres Nominations

https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/aktuelle-preistraeger-2023/

Elizabeth Hargreaves draws attention to the gender gap in designers

Elizabeth’s original tweet

https://twitter.com/elizhargrave/status/1661014895444496396?s=20

Ryan Dancey’s tweet captured (has since been deleted)

https://twitter.com/PonchoRebound/status/1661308221326229504

Elizabeth’s follow up thread

https://twitter.com/elizhargrave/status/1661880143978065923?s=20

News

Steamforged running out of puff?

Dicebreaker article

https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/board-game/news/steamforged-games-redundancies-hit-20-board-game-workers

Kickstarter partnership

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54150/steamforged-kickstarter-announce-partnership?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Wizards price hike

https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/dungeons-dragons-price-increase-rpg-rulebooks/

Embrace your failure

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54193/bad-news-embracer-earnings

Jobs, Opportunities, and Events

Tabletop Jobs Facebook Group

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

Rowan, Rook, and Deckard looking for Customer Service Assistant, remote, part-time

https://app.beapplied.com/apply/nw1y7t4bta

UK Games Expo

https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/

Patreon Shoutouts

James Naylor

https://naylorgames.com/

Shaun Newan

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facebook.com/gamealotboardgames

Our Patreon

https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain

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https://metallicdicegames.com/

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Outro

Monopoly causes arguments, survey finds

https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/monopoly/news/monopoly-players-uk-argue-survey

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