Brainwaves - Board Game and Tabletop News Show
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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
EU trademark: https://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/marke/registerHABM?AKZ=016791741&CURSOR=0
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
Our Patreon
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Support Us
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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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