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

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

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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https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain

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Fanroll

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Sir Meeple

https://sirmeeple.com/collections/the-giant-brain

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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