Brainwaves Episode 151 - Commander Catastrophe

While Jamie is off in that there London, Iain and Oliver are once more behind the mics to bring you the latest tabletop news. In episode 151 we cover Wizards taking over Commander, CMON losing board members, the usual smattering of awards, and a good few stories about unions. All this and more on this episode of Brainwaves. 

 

Headlines

 

Commander Format Firestorm
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/on-the-future-of-commander

https://www.rascal.news/finance-bros-and-harassment-force-mtgs-biggest-player-owned-format-into-corporate-hands/

Zenobia Award Finalists Announced

https://zenobiaaward.org/finalists/

 

CMON loses COO

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/09/19/cmons-coo-david-preti-is-resigning-after-eight-years-at-the-company/

https://investor.cmon.com/governance

 

Updates

 

Cops called on TTWU protestors 

https://www.rascal.news/brooklyn-strategist-owner-calls-police-on-employee-walkout/

 

https://www.gofundme.com/f/supportTWU?ref=rascal.news

 

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tabletop-workers-united-boycott-pledge?source=direct_link&

 

News

 

TCG Player workers call for Union contract

https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/459782/tcgplayer-union-ebay-rally-fair-pay

https://cwa-union.org/tapped-out-tcgplayer

 

Games Workshop Shareholder Revolt

https://www.cityam.com/games-workshop-suffers-major-shareholder-revolt-after-top-bosses-handed-huge-bonuses/

 

CAH sues Elon Musk

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/cards-humanity-elon-musk-spacex-lawsuit-trespassed-texas-land-rcna172016

 

2024 Player’s Handbook Breaks Dungeons & Dragons Records

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/57876/2024-players-handbook-becomes-fastest-selling-dungeons-dragons-product-ever

 

Big Bad Con Boycott averted

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mrxQaSbXd_SlFB7NJxhrCIHFsKKOvcvmLEHoXxVBstY/edit

 

Deutscher Spiele Preis 2024 Winners Announced

https://brettspielbox.de/brettspiel-preis-deutscher-spielepreis-2024-dsp24-sieger/

 

Stonemaier Games acquires "Tokaido" from Funforge

https://mailchi.mp/stonemaiergames/stonemaier-games-monthly-newsletter-august-2989870?e=f9ef617363

 

Jobs, Opportunities, and Events

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs

 

Bluesky list of board game people

https://bsky.app/starter-pack/boardgamehottakes.bsky.social/3l5aovjrq6j2p

 

Tabletop Games Blog Board Game Raffle in aid of The Trussell Trust / UK Food Banks

https://tabletopgamesblog.com/raffle

 

Patreon Shoutouts

 

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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Outro

 

What we Clue-do in the Shadows

https://theop.games/products/clue-what-we-do-in-the-shadows?srsltid=AfmBOooKvLESoikIZ7WV0DwAhyj2tdFP0MtNxE92CDXYBwKVYqWB2ku8

 

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