Brainwaves - Board Game and Tabletop News Show
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Iain and Jamie are joined by journalist Owen Duffy this week to cast their eyes over the gaming papers and see what is worthy of your attention. Amongst news of review bombing, Kickstarter guidelines and boardgame inspired TV shows the gents manage to sit down for a chat about the state of boardgame journalism.
Headlines
Kickstarter new guidelines
https://www.kickstarter.com/honest?fbclid=IwAR3-yno3b1KjdZhaY3TUokueyFan-2PckwDFit7NXJo1E5h_nZ17oOd6rKk#framing
Watch the skies in a box
https://www.stonepaperscissors.co.uk/games-purchase/watch-the-skies-megagameinabox
Review Bombing on Boardgamegeek
https://www.geeknative.com/66873/angry-geeks-manipulate-barrages-board-game-geek-rating-in-protest/?fbclid=IwAR1w3yFITkDFhmXVCKm1RVZWDoQIQ_mjDH8mkugwr0aRQvppWVuFNrY9sGM
Tarrifs Update
https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/43524/rolling-initiative-good-bye-lee-garvin
News
Cyberpunk 2077 is getting a Tabletop prequel
https://www.techradar.com/news/cyberpunk-2077-prequel-is-on-the-way-in-tabletop-rpg-board-game-form
Ticket to Ride TV show
https://deadline.com/2019/06/ticket-to-ride-propagate-asmodee-entertainment-developing-tv-competition-series-based-on-board-game-1202639225/?fbclid=IwAR0cuA5_ZsnRSIQGFB2ZQwtO8srRSWCGERowYki6HTV4OANFUil253ooOK8
D&D becomes more audio accessible
https://twitter.com/Wizards_DnD/status/1144280363285528576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1144280363285528576&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.belloflostsouls.net%2F2019%2F07%2Fdd-for-all-library-of-congress-makes-dd-more-accessible.html
Archaeologists dig up Roman boardgame
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-48745656?fbclid=IwAR0aFZKiE-DZNgF5oakDhk28ef3ElZRGEtZ6ik0uP129rzFMOBC2twD2hUM
Outro
Monopoly Voice Banking
https://gizmodo.com/the-new-monopoly-has-a-voice-controlled-ai-banker-that-1835593536
Patreon
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https://boardgame-book.com/
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