Brainwaves - Board Game and Tabletop News Show
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The Brainwaves Team are back from our festive hiatus. Every two weeks we bring you the best in tabletop gaming news from the controversial to the down right strange. This episode we cover Hasbro’s unwanted Christmas present, Wizards in AI art trouble (again), Tabletop Mentorship programme expanding, and can you guess what Iain thought he would never type into the show notes?
HeadlinesHasbro cuts workforce in the run-up to Christmas
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/11/toymaker-hasbro-layoffs
Wizards under fire for AI art. Again
https://www.polygon.com/24029754/wizards-coast-magic-the-gathering-ai-art-marketing-image
D&D Beyond on AI
https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1642-updated-statement-on-ai?utm_campaign=DnD-D%26D-Beyond&utm_source=FACEBOOK&utm_medium=social&utm_content=12126547969
Tabletop Mentorship Programme joins Unpub
https://unpub.net/tabletop-mentorship-program-now-part-of-unpub/
Punchboard UK Link
https://punchboard.co.uk/
UpdatesBrooklyn Strategist Unionises https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2023/12/14/third-new-york-board-game-cafe-in-a-month-wins-fight-to-establish-union/
News
Votes for Women wins Summit Award
https://sdhist.com/votes-for-women-2023-summit-award/
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/01/11/facebook-bans-ads-for-award-winning-votes-for-women-board-game-claims-sensitive-social-issue/
American Economic Liberties Project
Public Citizen
Open Markets Institute.
Rally the troops
Amazon secures 40k series
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/12/16/warhammer-starring-henry-cavill/
Nightfall Games picks up on AI art
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/the-terminator-rpg-t2-judgment-day/news/the-terminator-rpg-t2-judgment-day-ai-generated-art-discovered
Jared Earle Interview
Kelp counterfeited before release
https://wonderbowgames.com/en-uk/blogs/news/counterfeit-copies-of-kelp
Steamforged partners with Lucky Duck
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55980/steamforged-partners-lucky-duck
Chess back in the news
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/27/chinese-chess-champion-stripped-of-title-after-defecating-in-hotel-bathtub
Obituaries
Bernward Thole
https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/trauer-um-bernward-thole-ein-leben-fuer-das-spiel/?fbclid=IwAR05jc6FA0gD8O5tfBAtR9AUkNhMK4JO4KnPW6Dx8qe9CGRQqqDKqsY1v
Bryan Charles Ansell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Ansell
Jenell Jaquay
https://www.gofundme.com/f/jennell-jaquays-has-a-long-road-back?member=22972805&sharetype=teams&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Cardboard Edison Awards Open
https://cardboardedison.com/award
Kevin Bertram
https://www.fortcircle.com/
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newman
game-a-lot.fun/en
facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
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https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain
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Metallic Dice Games
https://metallicdicegames.com/
Promo Code: ROLLWITHBRAINS
Sir Meeple
https://sirmeeple.com/collections/the-giant-brain
Outro
Monopoly Knockout
https://products.hasbro.com/en-gb/product/monopoly-knockout-family-party-game-quick-playing-board-games-for-ages-8-plus-2-8-players-20-mins/38CF92E1-9DC0-404C-96FA-5BEBDDEA3FBB
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