No guest this week, just a lot of news to talk about. Like what games does CMON have left? And why is Asmodee hiring their crowdfunding “expert”? Even I can read the tea leaves on why thats a bad idea. Also, would you pay $165 for a Magic the Gathering event? I don’t think I would.

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What does CMON have left?

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/06/10/asmodee-buys-zombicide-ip-from-struggling-cmon-as-first-move-in-new-acquisition-spree/

The CMON hits keep coming and they don't stop coming

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/07/04/cmon-announces-cancellation-of-degenesis-clan-wars-gamefound-campaign-after-breakdown-in-relationship-legal-dispute-with-ip-holder/

Asmodee brings on CMON executive

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/06/17/asmodee-brings-in-david-preti-one-of-the-architects-of-cmons-kickstarter-strategy-to-head-up-its-own-crowdfunding-and-miniatures-operations/

Asmodee 1st profit report after being spun out

https://www.wargamer.com/board-games/giant-asmodee-annual-report-24-25

More details about Blood Rage sequel

https://www.wargamer.com/blood-rage-valhalla/board-game-sequel

Remember what I said about Tabletop Tycoon earlier?

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59872/tabletop-tycoon-rebrands

Ex-D&D now New Critical Rolers (sorta)

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59824/people-on-the-move-round-up-d-d-designers-join-critical-roles-darrington-press

Would you like some Dark Angels loot boxes?

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/07/warhammer-40k-warhammer-heroes-brings-on-the-dark-angels.html

Games Workshop tries new approach at combating scalpers

https://www.wargamer.com/warhammer-the-horus-heresy/games-workshop-crashed-store-to-beat-scalpers

$165 is an expensive event fee

https://www.polygon.com/mtg-magic-the-gathering/608622/commnader-box-league-new-format-165-usd

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CMON has a “Setting Sun” with several of its games, Gundam minis are (surprise) really well put together, and a board game about dating D&D monsters? Also, Mark Henry from the site Goblin’s Hut (https://www.goblinshut.com/) is here to talk about the product “Dirty Down” and how it can make painting your miniatures easier.

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Time to date a mimic?

https://www.wargamer.com/board-games/monster-match-revealed

Stating the obvious about Gundam Minis

https://www.wargamer.com/gundam-assemble/miniatures-better-engineered-than-warhammer-40k

D&D Stationary?

https://www.rascal.news/your-newest-d-d-stationery-set-is-now-on-kickstarter/

UK Games Expo bigger than Gen Con

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/06/03/uk-games-expo-now-fully-on-the-world-stage-of-mega-cons-as-record-breaking-event-surpasses-gen-con-for-trade-hall-size/

CMON sells board games to Tabletop Tycoon

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59662/tabletop-tycoon-acquires-five-board-games-cmon

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Come on and SLAM, and welcome to the Jam that is POGs! Meanwhile, I’ve got new rulebooks to buy, some books maybe I shouldn’t buy, and Will Schoonover is here from Steve Jackson Games to talk about what’s new in the Munchkin world. I better keep an eye on Philip…

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POGs are back!

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/05/holy-slammer-pogs-are-back-with-slam-throne.html

Taking map making to a whole new level

https://www.wargamer.com/dnd/moving-clock-tower-map

In case you weren't up to date on the Goodman Games controversy

https://www.rascal.news/much-ink-spilled-in-the-defense-of-bigots/

More starter decks coming for Gundam TCG

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59617/two-new-starter-decks-revealed-gundam-card-game

Horus Heresy third edition announced (groan)

https://www.wargamer.com/warhammer-the-horus-heresy/saturnine

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Apparently the internet is wrong and people wont quit playing Magic from Universes Beyond? Just switch over to Altered, where you can have print on demand cards in your TCG. That just seems weird to me. Also, we’ve got Shane from the Foundry VTT team here with us to talk about what makes their software different from the multitudes of options available!

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The Op says things aren't fair, voted to make them this way

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59448/the-op-may-send-15-containers-games-back-china

Print on demand TCG?

https://www.polygon.com/gaming/566638/altered-tcg-print-on-demand-launch-price-availability

Arcs doing quite well

https://www.wargamer.com/arcs/board-game-golden-geek-awards

The Horus Hearsay

https://www.wargamer.com/warhammer-the-horus-heresy/third-edition-guide

Fans wont quit magic says developer

https://www.wargamer.com/magic-the-gathering/ub-wont-make-fans-quit-rosewater

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Someone at Hasbro should stop letting their CEO talk. Also, there’s a lot of crappy news out so I decided to talk about some new games announced recently. Speaking of news, we’ve also got Rowan Zeoli on from Rascal News to talk about what its like as an independent news blog in this dumpster fire of a time.

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https://www.rascal.news/how-rpgs-get-disability-wrong/

https://www.rascal.news/the-question-of-children-in-actual-play/

https://www.rascal.news/wyrmwoods-bitter-medicine-is-proving-hard-for-audiences-to-swallow/

https://www.rascal.news/former-world-of-game-design-employees-claim-tabletop-company-exploits-workers-and-clients/

Hubworld: Aidalon from Earthborne Games

https://gamefound.com/en/projects/earthborne-games/hubworld-aidalon?ref=homepage-featured_3

Mech Skirmish game coming from Andy Chambers

https://gamefound.com/en/projects/best-hobby/zeo-genesis-scalable-smirmish-game?ref=homepage-featured_2

New "The Gamers" project looking for funding

https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/zombie-orpheus-entertainment/the-gamers-attack-of-the-pwns?ref=bk-discover-trending

Star Wars wargame coming from Days of Wonder

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/04/battle-of-hoth-miniatures-game-announced-by-days-of-wonder.html

Hasbro isn't worried about the economy

https://www.rascal.news/hasbros-cautious-approach-to-tariffs-depends-on-more-licensed-magic-the-gathering-and-potential-layoffs/

https://www.wargamer.com/magic-the-gathering/economic-hardship-mtg-growth

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Remember how I said the adepticon news would be in a separate episode, and then it never came out? That's because a storm knocked out my internet, and the week got so busy we never got around to trying again. There's still some good stuff in the 20 mins that did record.

Chris Perkins isn’t at Wizards of the Coast anymore? I might not have to put decals on my minis anymore? I’m just a glass cage of emotions right now. In the meantime, we’ve got Justus and Eric from the card game Doomlings on to talk about their cute little catastrophe game.

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This D&D adventure is a rubiks cube

https://www.wargamer.com/dnd/rubiks-cube-adventure

A TCG based on a Chinese town?

https://www.rascal.news/ojisan-tcg-is-the-pinnacle-of-card-games/

Time to replace mini decals with nail art?

https://www.polygon.com/gaming/556951/paint-stampin-kit-waterslide-decal-replacement-goblin-hobbies-release-date-price

Game show based on board game coming soon

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/03/28/quacks-publisher-cmyk-is-launching-a-tv-game-show-based-on-another-wolfgang-warsch-game-this-year/

Chris Perkins no longer at WotC?

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/04/dd-chris-perkins-retires-from-wotc-leaving-on-a-fairytale-ending.html

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Gamestop has decided crypto is the right investment, Stonemaier is investing in Disc Golf, and Battletech is going…Gothic? We’ve also got on Tom Lommel from Evil Hat Productions (https://evilhat.com/) to talk about all the “Evil” things they have coming up this year.

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Gamestop closing stores

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59165/gamestop-closed-nearly-1-000-stores

CMON is losing money

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/03/25/two-weeks-after-revealing-its-2024-losses-could-exceed-2m-cmon-delays-publishing-annual-results-citing-understaffed-finance-department/

Stonemaier sponsoring disc golf?

https://www.wargamer.com/wingspan/pro-athlete-sponsorship

Meet Battletech...Gothic?

https://www.wargamer.com/battletech/gothic-warhammer-40k-style

Wizards fires most of the Sigil staff

https://www.wargamer.com/dnd/layoffs-project-sigil-virtual-tabletop

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Would you pay $87K for a pokemon shaped cheeto? What about buy a board game based on The Sims or Helldivers 2? Speaking of electronic gaming, we’ve also got Jean Simonet from Pixels on the show to talk about their electronic dice!

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Sim The Sims on your tabletop

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58984/goliath-games-partners-the-sims

Necromunda has some really great models

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/03/necromunda-prophet-of-the-redemption-coming-soon.html

A pokemon cheeto?

https://www.wargamer.com/pokemon-trading-card-game/cheeto-charizard-sells-cheetozard

Get ready for Super Democracy!

https://www.wargamer.com/helldivers-2-board-game/guide

New D&D starter set harkens back to the beginning

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/03/dd-reveals-new-starter-set-heroes-of-the-borderlands.html

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Remember Decipher? Pepperidge Farm remembers. Also, that D&D Mr. Potato Head is creepy and Breeze Grigas is here from Zephyr Workshop to talk about his games like A.E.G.I.S.!

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Decipher is back?

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58955/decipher-resurfaces-via-cryptozoic-entertainment

GTS cancels order with company over tariffs

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/02/20/retailers-step-in-to-help-dutch-publisher-splotter-after-us-distributor-gts-cancels-large-order-over-tariff-uncertainty/

The official D&D virtual tabletop is now available

https://www.polygon.com/dnd-dungeons-dragons/531824/sigil-dungeons-and-dragons-dnd-virtual-tabletop

I'm intriqued and creeped out by this Mr. Potato Head

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58937/wizards-coast-wizkids-reveal-dungeons-dragons-mr-potato-head-crossover-miniature

Horus Heresy the TTRPG!

https://www.polygon.com/gaming/531875/horus-heresy-ttrpg-announcement-release-date-price-cubicle-7

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