Episode 27 - Kollosal Cash

Jamie, Iain and..... well Sam is away doing things beyond Space and Time. In the meantime it's time to call in our band of roving reporters in from the wild and get them a seat at the table. First up is Ross Connell from More Games Please. The team cover the recent cancellation of Kollosal Games kickstarters, why they didn't win any Golden Geeks, loads of financial news from across the hobby and discuss the importance of art in games.

Headlines

Kickstarter pulls Kollosal Games' campaigns

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/389480684/folding-space?ref=discovery_category&term=Folding%20space

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kolossalgames/papillon?ref=discovery&term=papillon

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kolossalmikro/hunt-the-ravager?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=hunt%20ravager

Mensa Select Awards

https://www.us.mensa.org/newsroom/press-releases/2019-mensa-select-winners-announced/

https://mensamindgames.com/about/information-for-first-timers/

13th Annual Golden Geek Awards

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2179643/13th-annual-golden-geek-awards-winners-2018

News

Steve Jackson offers refunds after ethical concerns over relationship with Frog God Games

https://www.geeknative.com/65227/steve-jackson-games-offer-partial-refunds-after-gamers-raise-ethical-concerns/

http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?4613-Harassment-At-PaizoCon-2017

Solar City Kickstarter Collapses

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1689336268/solar-city-a-solarpunk-game/posts/2480259

GW profits

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-6915187/Games-Workshop-expects-bumper-profit-haul-Warhammer-fans-come-force.html

ICV2 reports hobby game sales

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/43024/hobby-game-sales-total-1-5-billion-2018

Kickstarter breaks $1 billion in its game category

https://venturebeat.com/2019/04/16/kickstarter-game-projects-top-1-billion-with-tabletop-making-up-69-of-pledges/?fbclid=IwAR0eW6QM09RbXiEj8YDz9sACna2L5wZ9CK9F0HlKBF24vaiUNTYjZiCQd04

Outro

Lion King Monopoly

https://www.joyscribe.com/be-prepared-to-lose-at-new-lion-king-monopoly/