Brainwaves - Board Game and Tabletop News Show
Leisure:Games
Wrecking his way into Brainwaves HQ Mark Mckinnon from Dream Big Games joins Iain and Jamie on this week’s episode. Together they tackle plagiarism, the rise of the robots, oddly shaped awards, the meteoric rise of Kickstarter and the interns have finally finished off the new RPG corner!
Headlines
Plagiarism accusations hit popular boardgame site
Reddit thread
https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/c972ja/katies_game_corner_accused_of_plagiarism/
Punchboard Media Statement
https://www.punchboardmedia.com/home/2019/7/5/punchboard-media-statement-on-plagiarism-regarding-katies-game-corner
Robot AI takes on Poker
https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/11/20690078/ai-poker-pluribus-facebook-cmu-texas-hold-em-six-player-no-limit
Diana Jones Award
http://www.dianajonesaward.org/
News
7 Tabletop Games fund a day
https://icopartners.com/2019/07/crowdfunding-and-tabletop-games-2019-mid-year-update/
Lewis Chessmen Update
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/jul/02/lewis-chessman-bought-for-5-sold-at-auction-for-735000?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR3fqPtmUHRAlaqTC0pWv-EJyMS5BIoD_05bpuG1o5Mnb5MMes0GvBqNZHM#Echobox=1562079543
RPG Corner
Stygian Fox
https://www.geeknative.com/67426/kickstarter-suspends-campaign-putting-rpg-publisher-stygian-foxs-future-in-doubt/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=buffer&utm_content=buffer69ae6
https://www.facebook.com/StygianFoxPublishing/posts/2030144697090649
Destination Fantastic
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/destinationfantastic/destination-fantastic
Professional DMs
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-07-08/how-to-be-a-professional-dungeons-dragons-master-hosting-games?utm_medium=social&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_content=business&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic
...and finally
There Will Be Games
https://therewillbe.games/
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https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/
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