Brainwaves - Board Game and Tabletop News Show
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Iain M thought he was going to have a nice relaxing time in the Brainwaves studios over lockdown but no! There is so much news that it is threatening to bury the entire HQ! Together the team dig into the giant piles to bring you only the best nuggets of news; CAH revelations continue, WOTC part ways with artist, Ennies deals with their own controversy, AI taking over and much, much more!
Headlines
Cards against humanity head ousted
https://www.cardsagainsthumanity.com/statement/
https://medium.com/@nicolas.j.carter/how-to-know-youre-not-insane-and-how-a-cards-against-humanity-staff-writer-was-fired-40fe07fbbfe4
https://www.polygon.com/2020/6/30/21308708/cards-against-humanity-unionization-toxic-culture-chicago
Wizards of the Coast parts way with Magic the Gathering artist
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45990/wizards-coast-parts-ways-magic-the-gathering-artist-noah-bradley
https://twitter.com/noahbradley/status/1274670378296774658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1274670378296774658&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fkotaku.com%2Fajax%2Finset%2Fiframe%3Fid%3Dtwitter-1274670378296774658%26autosize%3D1
Zak S Cast
https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-23-stranger-dice/
Ennies announced amidst Lancer controversy
http://www.ennie-awhttp://www.ennie-awards.com/blog/2020-nominees-and-judges-spotlight-winners/ards.com/blog/2020-nominees-and-judges-spotlight-winners/
https://www.geeknative.com/74293/ennies-2020-nominee-will-refuse-any-awards-until-organisers-address-2017-controversy/
https://twitter.com/Lancer_RPG/status/1277650899243077632
Meeting of Minds - Loke Battlemats
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2020/07/01/meeting-of-minds-loke-battlemats/
News
DMs Guild removes book from sale for provocative art
https://twitter.com/deathbybadger/status/1277920649055518725
AI set loose on Diplomacy
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/deepmind-sets-ai-loose-on-diplomacy-board-game-and-collaboration-is-key/
Alpha Go Episode
https://giantbrain.podbean.com/e/episode-40-wrapping-up/
Assembly Link
http://wrengames.co.uk/main/
Tabletop Games Blog Link
https://tabletopgamesblog.com/
Marvel and Games Workshop Team Up
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/46004/marvel-comics-games-workshop-reveal-new-warhammer-40-000-comic
Tabletop Mentorship announces Micro-Grants
https://twitter.com/TabletopMentor/status/1278339936761139200?s=20
Stephen Buonocore to Step Down as President of Stronghold Games
http://strongholdgames.com/press-release-buonocorestepsdown/
Boardgamegeek acquires TabletopEvents
https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeek/status/1277615780998365184?s=19
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