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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.
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/
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/
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/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Tabletop Mentorship Programme
https://www.unpub.org/mentorship
Kevin Bertram
https://www.fortcircle.com/
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newman
game-a-lot.fun/en
facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
Our Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain
Support Us
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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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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.
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/
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/
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/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Tabletop Mentorship Programme
https://www.unpub.org/mentorship
Kevin Bertram
https://www.fortcircle.com/
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newman
game-a-lot.fun/en
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/
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/
Thanks very much for listening. If you like what you’ve listened to then the best way to help us out is to share the podcast and drop us a review and rating on itunes. You can also follow us on
Oliver: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/
Discord: https://discord.gg/3bMx2HK75r
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/giantbrainuk/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegiantbrain
Website: https://giantbrain.co.uk/
Email: [email protected]
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