Iain & Jamie are back from their vacation with a longer cast than normal to catch up on all the tasty boardgame news. They are joined by Glenn Ford of Man O’Kent Games to cover Kickstarter Unions, CMON time machines, trucks full of dice, when RPGs go wrong and much more!
Headlines
Kickstarter in the Firing Line
https://slate.com/technology/2019/09/kickstarter-union-organizing.html
https://www.evilhat.com/home/a-word-about-kickstarter/
https://www.evilhat.com/home/a-further-word-about-kickstarter/
https://cmon.com/news/back-to-the-past?fbclid=IwAR1v-Mx4Y_U08vXFN-mQBKJcEX7BZPoh-DyI-6EEO-cdtoZRwlnJfVXkJcE
Fantasy Flight Games looks to the future
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2019/9/6/scry-the-future/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP1iaE42DU4
Stores given grants by Wizards
https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/44094/rolling-for-initiative-wizards-puts-its-money-where-its-mouth-is-other-trends
Evil Dead 2 springs back to life
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/44085/evil-dead-2-board-game-will-finally-reach-market-via-jasco
Kamigakari ks goes sideways
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/serpentseagames/kamigakari-god-hunters-modern-action-anime-rolepla/posts/2620992?ref=ksr_email_creator_project_update_copy
Fandom acquires Cortex from Margaret Weiss Productions
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/44087/fandom-acquires-cortex-rpg-rules-system
Monte Cook games releases consent guide
https://twitter.com/MonteCookGames/status/1171825130575671296?s=19
Belgian Monopoly takes the piss
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/09/20/monopoly-censor-belgiums-manneken-pis-brussels-edition-box/?fbclid=IwAR0cc449Hsxqiznz4mO4rDfWdj2bA0cd1ci26zHTviQWlN2RJT3MUuz6AYo
https://twitter.com/hasbro/status/1171355523989561344
Dollop episode: Landlords game
https://thedollop.libsyn.com/379-the-landlords-game
https://www.facebook.com/luckysparrowgamescafe/
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2019/09/25/funding-the-time/
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