Brainwaves - Board Game and Tabletop News Show

Brainwaves Episode 159 - CMON now


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It’s been a while but we are back with all the latest tabletop news. From profit warnings to big projects being cancelled, tune in to the only tabletop podcast that brings you the stories that really matter. 

Headlines

CMON Issues Profit Warning

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/03/13/board-game-crowdfunding-major-cmon-issues-profit-warning-says-losses-could-exceed-2m-for-2024/

 

https://www.cmon.com/project-status/#crowdfunding 

 

Is Magic losing its sparkle? No of course not.

 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58912/wotc-magic-sales-down-q4-full-year-2024

 

https://giantbrain.co.uk/2024/01/15/news-digest-brainwaves-episode-135/

 

The Sigils aren’t good

https://www.rascal.news/wizards-of-the-coast-shutters-sigil-virtual-tabletop-project-lays-off-30-staff/

 

News

GAMA/Origins Award Nominations

https://www.originsawards.net/news/announcing-the-48th-annual-origins-awards-finalists

 

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/03/12/new-look-origins-awards-has-a-massive-120-nominees-this-year-new-hall-of-fame-inductees-revealed/

 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59086/the-academy-adventure-gaming-arts-designs-hall-fame-inducts-three

 

Cardboard Edison award finalists announced 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rZLrFoWkt4E4uDjcUYDYvkwAUcjlqkCR/view

 

As D’Or Award

https://www.festivaldesjeux-cannes.com/en/festival-as-d-or-jeu-de-l-annee

 

https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2024/03/30/odin-saturday-review/

 

Stonemaier Games Stockholder Report

https://stonemaiergames.com/2024-behind-the-scenes-stakeholder-report-for-stonemaier-games/

 

Obituaries

 

Respected boardgame box artist Rodger MacGowan passes

https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogpost/171204/rodger-b-macgowan-has-passed-away-at-age-77

 

GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-recovery-of-rodger-mae-and-steven 

 

Ernie Gygax passes

https://www.enworld.org/threads/ernie-gygax-has-passed-away.712080/



Jobs, Opportunities, and Events

 

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

 

Tabletop Mentorship Programme

https://www.unpub.org/mentorship

 

Patreon Shoutouts

 

Kevin Bertram

https://www.fortcircle.com/

 

James Naylor

https://naylorgames.com/

 

Shaun Newman

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facebook.com/gamealotboardgames

 

Our Patreon

https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain

 

Support Us

https://giantbrain.co.uk/support-us-new/

 

Fanroll

https://fanrolldice.com/ref/2783/



Outro

 

Nearly 2 decades later, they win again

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/03/17/almost-two-decades-after-impressing-in-the-childrens-spiel-des-jahres-wild-vikings-has-won-the-japan-boardgame-prize/

 

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