Brainwaves - Board Game and Tabletop News Show
Leisure:Games
The Brainwaves team may have lost a host but that hasn’t stopped them hunting down the best stories with their patented news nets. This episode they cover GAMA, Board Game Atlas, American Tabletop Awards, and more Monopoly news than you can shake a reasonably sized stick at.
Headlines
GAMA’s bad year
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/48102/gamas-tough-2020
Metacritic for Boardgames
https://www.boardgameatlas.com/forum/kLTWmAAzzE/critic-reviews--new-feature-preview-and-invitation-to-content-creators
American Tabletop Awards
https://americantabletopawards.com/
News
Suez Canal update
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-56743556
Zenobia Awards
https://zenobiaaward.org/advancing-game-proposals/
Stonemaier Games sales
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/48056/stonemaier-games-sales-up-40-covid-year
Wizards lifts in store play ban in Japan
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/48107/wizards-coast-lifts-magic-the-gathering-in-store-play-suspension-japan
Freeplay
https://twitter.com/free_play/status/1380429240202452998?s=09
Patreon Shoutouts
Shaun Newan
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facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
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Outro
Iain Chantler features in this article
https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/board-game/feature/board-games-sustainability-environment-eco
Spongebob Squarepants Meme Monopoly
https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/board-game/news/monopoly-spongebob-squarepants-meme-edition-announced
Nerf meets Monopoly
https://toybook.com/hasbro-roblox-toy-collab/
Monopoly board discovered on floor of house
https://www.itv.com/news/2021-04-14/homeowners-rip-up-old-carpet-and-find-giant-monopoly-board-painted-underneath
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