Brainwaves - Board Game and Tabletop News Show
Leisure:Games
Iain and Jamie are back from Tabletop Scotland their bags bursting with the latest in tabletop news. Join them in the studio as they cover card games raking in the bucks, Kickstarter making changes, Wizards faltering once more, and a new segment covering jobs, events, and opportunities in the community.
Headlines
Ebay puts its cards on the table
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ebay-has-entered-into-an-agreement-to-acquire-tcgplayer-301609889.html
Kickstarter employs new head of games
https://www.polygon.com/23328798/kickstarter-new-director-of-games-interview-blockchain
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/news/kickstarter-change-up-their-games-team-is-this-a-sign-of-changes-ahead/
Fandom exits RPG market
https://www.geeknative.com/145845/cortex-sold-legends-of-grayskull-shuttered-and-dragon-prince-rpg-transferred-as-fandom-exists-tabletop-roleplaying/?utm_content=buffercc2c5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
https://www.cortexrpg.com/
https://store.talesofxadia.com/the-dragon-prince-roleplaying-game/
Updates
Phoenix and Stone carry on regardless
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stonejamison/sirens-battle-of-the-bards/posts/3588718
News
Wizards under fire for racism in Spelljammer
https://www.polygon.com/23330621/dnd-spelljammer-hadozee-racist
https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/statement-hadozee
Eagle Gryphon adds folk
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52051/people-move-eagle-gryphon-adds-two-their-team
Tabletop Scotland comes back swinging
https://mailchi.mp/ae35c7abf3cd/tabletop-scotland-2022-after-show-report
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2022/09/01/tabletop-scotland-2022-to-perth-and-back/
Jobs Board
https://twitter.com/AconyteBooks/status/1565751563846664193?s=20&t=FFnwiY2mJOmej7lEWaS4Yw
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newan
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facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
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Tabletop Gaming Live
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Outro
Card Catastrophe
https://kotaku.com/nintendo-unboxing-tragedy-cards-kyoto-collector-1849443892
http://blog.beforemario.com/2022/08/nintendo-kyoto-souvenir-playing-cards.html
Guardian article
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/sep/02/experience-i-am-the-monopoly-world-champion
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