Brainwaves - Board Game and Tabletop News Show
Iain & Jamie from The Giant Brain, and Oliver from Tabletop Games Blog bring you a fortnightly show featuring the best in Tabletop Gaming News
Episodes
Iain and Oliver bring you a bumper packed episode of Brainwaves with all the latest news, controversies, and occurrences from across the tabletop gaming world in episode 167 of Brainwaves.
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Devir… damn guys that’s racist as hell
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3555308/just-some-ole-racist-history-crap/page/1
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3555308/article/46440167#46440167
Jamie and Oliver bring you the latest news from around the tabletop gaming world. From CGE failing to conjure a decent response, to Gamefound acquiring a rival they cover the stories that really matter in episode 166 of Brainwaves.
HeadlinesCzech Games Edition announces new Harry Potter Codenames https://bsky.app/profile/codenamesgame.bsky.social/post/3lul7oqmuws25
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/07/29/reviewers-includ...
Jamie’s off boating around, no really, so it’s just Oliver and Iain in the studio this week. On episode 165 of Brainwaves they cover Diamond Heists, Spiel Des Jahres, more trouble for CMON and D&D moving to a franchise model, whatever that means.
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Diamond Distribution go on a heist
It’s the latest episode of Brainwaves! Join Iain and Jamie as they dive into the world of tabletop industry news to bring you the glistening pearls and dank seaweed from across the globe.
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Hasbro cuts 3% of workforce
Dungeons and Dragons designers end up at critical role
The team of three are back to bring you the latest tabletop news. This episode we have fresh stats from UK Games Expo, companies setting fire to their IPs, ebay busting unions, and the Spiel des Jahres nominations.
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UK Games Expo figures
https://bsky.app/profile/ukge.bsky.social/post/3lqkkfgaem22y
Oliver and Iain are the dynamic duo this week as we bring you a packed show full of the usual controversy, the bizarre, and worthwhile celebrations.
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Games Workshop on Rampage
https://spikeybits.com/warhammer-40k/games-workshop-freezes-assets-amid-world-wide-seller-takedown/
World Warhammer Championship boycotted by some players
https://www.rascal.news/players-boycott-the-world-championships-of-warhammer-because-of-tr...
It’s just the Scottish team behind the mics this week as we bring you updates on tariffs and Diamond looking particular rough alongside all the latest industry news in Brainwaves Episode 161.
HeadlinesStonemaier Games sues the president
Stonemaier Games blog post: https://stonemaiergames.com/we-are-suing-the-president/
Lawsuit press release from Pacific Legal: https://pacificlegal.org/press-release/board-game-company-files-laws...
It’s been a little longer between episodes but the whole team are back to tackle the only news that matters on the latest episode of Brainwaves.
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Trump tariffs turn tabletop topsy turvy
https://us8.campaign-archive.com/?u=036529e593805041d1127c76d&id=c7c5d971eb
https://rowanrookanddecard.com/what-the-new-usa-tariffs-mean-for-us/?v=7885444af42e
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/04/04/board-game-industry-re...
It’s been a while but we are back with all the latest tabletop news. From profit warnings to big projects being cancelled, tune in to the only tabletop podcast that brings you the stories that really matter.
HeadlinesCMON Issues Profit Warning
The team are back to scour the corners of the world for the best in Tabletop Gaming News. This episode we cover mergers, departures, destruction, and we have an interview with those Rascals.
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Steve Jackson merges with Possum Games
https://www.rascal.news/possum-creek-games-wanders-to-a-new-home-with-steve-jackson-games/
https://www.sjgames.com/ill/archive/2025-02-11?ref=rascal.news
Mythic crumbles
It’s another bumper episode of Brainwaves as we bring you news from across the Tabletop globe. Diamond is in the rough, Asmodee avoids a hug, lawsuits get settled, and Iain gets to go off on one about ethics. All this, and more, on episode 157 of Brainwaves.
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Diamond files for bankruptcy
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58618/diamond-files-reorganization-under-chapter-11-bankruptcy
The whole team is back for the first Brainwaves of the year. Join us as we dive into the latest tabletop gaming news from Hasbro rolling the dice on gambling to chess clashing with the wrong trousers! All this and more on episode 156 of Brainwaves.
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Hasbro rolls the dice
https://igamingbusiness.com/company-news/games-global-unveils-exciting-partnership-with-hasbro/
It’s the wrong trousers, Magnus
This podcast contains all the interviews that I conducted during Dragonmeet 2024. Thanks so much to everyone that took the time to talk to me.
The interviewees are:
Jason, Always Checkers Publishing
Chris, Beyond Cataclysm
Mike, Planet Smasher Games
Shaan, RPG Taverns
Finbar and Gary, Game Therapy UK
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It’s the last cast of the year and we have a full team in the studio to bring you the latest tabletop gaming news. From people taking off their masks, to copyright disputes, and awards news. Listen to the only cast to bring you the really important industry news.
HeadlinesHas Powerboats been taken for a Joyride?
Joyride vs Powerboats thread
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3412685/powerboatspowerships-joyride
Geoff Engelstein
It’s a cast of finances, awards, lawsuits, and political games as Oliver and Iain cross the world in the episode 154 of Brainwave to bring you the best in Tabletop Gaming News.
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Tariffs and Trade Rules Tax Tabletop Publishers
https://www.sjgames.com/ill/archive/2024-11-10
https://www.compliancegate.com/general-product-safety-regulation/
https://bsky.app/profile/badsquiddogames.bsky.social/post/3lb7r4n7eni22
It’s been a mix of huge stories and not much else in the last few weeks. Iain and Jamie bring you the lowdown on what is going on at World of Game Design, who is bagging awards, hasbro’s financials, and what size of country the population of D&D Beyond could establish. All this, and more, on episode 153 of Brainwaves
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WOGD investigation by Rascal
https://www.rascal.news/former-world-of-game-design-employees-claim-t...
In this special edition of Brainwaves we present the interviews that we carried out at Tabletop Scotland 2024. Thanks so much to everyone who spoke to us.
People and Organisations
Kayla Dice - Rat Wave Game House
Games mentioned
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Iain is taking this cast off so Jamie and Oliver are at the helm. This episode they cover further troubles at Mythic, companies being saved and consolidating their lines, controversial giveaways and more on episode 152 of Brainwaves.
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Mythic Games France liquidates
This special episode of Brainwaves is all the interviews I conducted at Gothcon earlier in the year. Gothcon is Sweden’s premier convention with games across all genres of the hobby and it was my privilege to be invited across. You can read all about my time there in the posts below and listen to the wonderful RPG community I had the pleasure of being involved with
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2024/03/30/gothcon-2024-arrival-and-day...
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.
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Commander Format Firestorm https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/on-the-future-of-c...
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