Brainwaves - Board Game and Tabletop News Show
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All 3 of the team are back in the studio to cover the latest tabletop controversies! This episode we cover things that go Quack in the night, Spiel des Jahres, important people putting their foot in it, financials, and much more!
Headlines
Quacaklope and Aeon Trespass Odyssey
The original call out on reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/13mm6tw/creators_of_aeon_trespass_odyssey_call_out/
The Horrible Truth about Aeon Trespass Odyssey review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNcXpNoTRe0
Jesse’s original response
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3086551/quackalope-ato-video-youtubers-relationship-publis/page/3
Into the Unknown statement
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tXH4U1eCTBjQ7h8qng_-dDpW54tZRvWm/view?usp=drivesdk
Iain’s thoughts on the divide between sponsorship and critic
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2022/06/08/class-acts-what-sort-of-content-creator-are-you/
Boardgameco video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIZ9QXxDolE
Jesse’s video statement
https://youtu.be/YgxJT0vGrak
Spiel des Jahres Nominations
https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/aktuelle-preistraeger-2023/
Elizabeth Hargreaves draws attention to the gender gap in designers
Elizabeth’s original tweet
https://twitter.com/elizhargrave/status/1661014895444496396?s=20
Ryan Dancey’s tweet captured (has since been deleted)
https://twitter.com/PonchoRebound/status/1661308221326229504
Elizabeth’s follow up thread
https://twitter.com/elizhargrave/status/1661880143978065923?s=20
News
Steamforged running out of puff?
Dicebreaker article
https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/board-game/news/steamforged-games-redundancies-hit-20-board-game-workers
Kickstarter partnership
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54150/steamforged-kickstarter-announce-partnership?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Wizards price hike
https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/dungeons-dragons-price-increase-rpg-rulebooks/
Embrace your failure
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54193/bad-news-embracer-earnings
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
Tabletop Jobs Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Rowan, Rook, and Deckard looking for Customer Service Assistant, remote, part-time
https://app.beapplied.com/apply/nw1y7t4bta
UK Games Expo
https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newan
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facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
Our Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain
Support Us
https://giantbrain.co.uk/support-us-new/
Metallic Dice Games
https://metallicdicegames.com/
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Sir Meeple
https://sirmeeple.com/collections/the-giant-brain
Outro
Monopoly causes arguments, survey finds
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/monopoly/news/monopoly-players-uk-argue-survey
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