Oliver and Iain are back behind the mics after a little hiatus due to holidays and lurgy. We bring you a bumper crop of news from the last month from companies suing netflix to Essen using creep AI, companies closing down, others asking for money and all the news from across the tabletop gaming hobby! All this and more on episode 131 of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Evil Genius sues Netflix regarding Snyder project
https://evilgeniusgames.com/press-release/evil-genius-games-sues-netflix-over-rebel-moon-game/
Essen uses AI
Backerkit announces AI policy
https://www.backerkit.com/blog/backerkit-ai-policy/?ref=bk_social_100223
Updates
Mythic games go back to the well
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1162110258/darkest-dungeon-the-board-game/posts/3927462
News
Winner of the Deutscher Spielepreis
https://twitter.com/brettseggel/status/1709490335628345637
Board Game Hub folds
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/boardgamehub/tranquility-the-ascent/posts/3934241
Games cafe staff move to unionise
Gaming goat orders lost in the post
https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/16srgx9/comment/k2beb9z/
Penguin no longer distributing Wizards of the Coast in the states
Zenobia Award nominee finds publishing home
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Rose Gauntlet Foundation
https://www.rosegauntlet.com/pages/rose-gauntlet-foundation-about
Melsonian Arts Council offer publishing advice
https://x.com/MelsonianArts/status/1708150021932167243?s=20
Boardgame event at British Library
https://www.bl.uk/events/board-games-fest-at-the-british-library
Patreon Shoutouts
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James Naylor
Shaun Newman
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Outro
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