Brainwaves - Board Game and Tabletop News Show
Leisure:Games
Iain Chantler has established a Robot Fight Club in the basement of Brainwaves HQ and who better than James Hewitt to help him get it setup. Iain McAllister is enthusiastic about the idea but James really needs to help out around the place if the club is going to stay, so he joins the Iains on the cast. This episode we cover Kickstarter unions, DTRPG categories, Hasbro Finances, Replacement policies and more. In Brainwaves we cast our eye to the new Federal Trade Commision rules on influencers and discuss the relationship between the press and publishers.
Headlines
Kickstarter employees form union
https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/3a8pp5/kickstarter-employees-win-historic-union-election?__twitter_impression=true
Kickstarter Hires law firm that advertises maintaining a union free workplace
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3a8vyk/kickstarter-hired-a-law-firm-that-advertises-maintaining-a-union-free-workplace
DTRPG launches LGBTQ+ and Romance genres
https://www.geeknative.com/71220/drivethrurpg-launches-lgbtq-and-romance-genres
Episode 43 link - Free League Workshop
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2020/02/17/episode-43-executive-bell/
Hasbro Finance report, MTG up 30%
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45147/magic-the-gathering-up-30-including-digital-2019
News
Daniel Scott Palter, of Final Sword Games, passes away
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45207/r-i-p-daniel-scott-palter.
Asmodee Replacement Parts policy
https://www.asmodeena.com/en/customer-service-faq/
FFG to end RPG production
http://www.d20radio.com/main/fantasy-flight-games-long-term-plan-will-discontinue-rpg-development/
Brainstorm
FTC announces crackdown on undisclosed influencer advertising
https://www.inputmag.com/culture/ftc-social-media-influencers-new-rules-instagram-youtube-tiktok
Advertising Standards Authority
https://www.asa.org.uk/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA1-3yBRCmARIsAN7B4H1ZvU-F4FCfCCJVsSYqt-Jlr4Bwq79YLyN56VSi7k9KHpJTOt8WfyIaAoDXEALw_wcB
Fyre Festival Documentary
https://www.netflix.com/title/81035279
Outro
Monopoly News:
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45149/the-op-partners-toho-international-two-godzilla-brand-games
Patreon Shoutouts
Exec Producers: Lucky Sparrow Gaming Cafe
https://luckysparrow.co.uk/
Guest Links
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lagoon83
Website: https://www.needycatgames.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/needycatgames/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/needycatgames/?hl=en
Robot Fight Club: https://www.needycatgames.com/robotfightclub
Other Links
Bugglebots https://www.bugglebots.com/
Bristol Bot Builders - audio from one of their fights was used in this cast https://bristolbotbuilders.com/
Our Links
Twitter: @thegiantbrain
Instagram: giantbrainuk
Facebook: The Giant Brain
Website: giantbrain.co.uk
Email: giantbrainuk@gmail.com
Episode 91 - Brain Thoughts
On Stage with The Smart Party
Episode 90 - Tabletop Berserker
Episode 89 - Knight’s Dawn
Episode 88 - Blocked Out
Episode 87- Fake War
Episode 86 - Iello, Iello
Episode 85 - Power Down
On Stage with Christopher Eggett
Episode 84 - Hacker‘s Ransom
Episode 83 - Financial Insults
Episode 82 - Green Awards
Episode 81 - Small Screen
Episode 80 - Historically Accurate
Episode 79 - Wizard Workshop
Episode 78 - Cash Money
Episode 77 - Groundhog Brains
On Stage with James Hewitt
Episode 76 - Tactically Stupid
Episode 75 - G7 Games
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