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
Hi folks,
This is another special from my time at Gothcon in Sweden. This is a panel I lead where the panellists and I talk about the state of RPG criticism in 2024 and how we go about reviewing RPG products.
The Panellists
Thanks to the panellists for joining me and discussing this interesting topic!
Andreas Lundström - Sweden Rolls
Hjlmar Norden - Red Moon Roleplaying
Brainwaves is a whole 6 years old! We would like to thank all our listeners for their support and encouragement over the time we have been running the show.
The whole team are back this episode to bring you the return of Golden Bell, the defence of Hasbro by Chris Cocks, more plagiarism in Magic: The Gathering and much more!
Headlines
Webcomic Name creator sued by Golden Bell
Bit of a different cast to our usual today. This is an actual play I did at Gothcon, Sweden. If you aren't familiar Actual Play is a type of RPG that is recorded for people to listen to how a game plays out. I hope you enjoy it. This one is for Blades in the Dark, a game I love to bits.
Players
Huge thanks to the folks who played and made my job really easy!
Andreas Lundström - Sweden Rolls
Hjlmar Norde...
The team of 3 are back together to bring you the best, weirdest, and most controversial news stories from around the tabletop industry. This episode cover companies collapsing, “compelling” AI, and new factories.
Headlines
Ninja Division files for bankruptcy
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Oliver is back in the studio giving us a full complement of hosts this week! On Brainwaves Episode 138 we look at awards, shipping issues, a Tempest reising in the industry and look ahead to some conventions Iain is attending.
Headlines
As D’Or Winners announced
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/news/french-board-game-award-winners-announced/
Cardboard Edison Awards
https://cardboardedison.com/award
Prospero Hall folk start...
The Brainwaves team are back to bring you the best in tabletop gaming news. This cast covers callous corporations, soaring crowdfunding, fantastically diverse awards, and D&D on stage?
Headlines
Hasbro Financials
https://investor.hasbro.com/financial-information/quarterly-results
Embracer priori...
It’s the team of Iain and Jamie this episode to bring you all the best, and worst, in tabletop gaming news. From Funko selling off their best asset, to Mojo award winners, we have all the latest breaking news.
Headlines
Funko sells game division
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 Christma...
The team are back after a longer break between episodes and the tabletop world has been busy. From more art theft, to awards, loads of updates, and unfortunate lawsuits Jamie and Iain bring you the best in tabletop news from across the world in the last Brainwaves of the year!
Headlines
Wizards steals more art
It’s just the two of us, by which I mean Oliver and Iain bringing you the tabletop news this week. This episode we cover the collapse of games companies, the formation of organisations, where you can watch the new D&D TV channel, and much more on episode 133 of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Devil pig down the drain
It’s a spooky news cast. No not really. Well maybe a bit. At the start. Blame Jamie. This episode of Brainwaves the team bring you a Hasbro heavy episode as that company releases its third quarter earnings, Magic changes its booster format, Wizards starts a TV channel. All this and more in Brainwaves Episode 132.
Headlines
Wizards starting TV channel
https://www.polygon.com/23919779/dnd-dungeons-dragons-actual-play-tv-show-enco...
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
In this edition of Brainwaves the team cover Berserk Games not paying their dues, troubles at Haba, and the continued rise of AI in the hobby. All this, and more, on this episode of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Berserk Games
https://twitter.com/digisprite/status/1700078934769987626
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2757485/seeking-help-regarding-berserk-games-resolved-reop
Dicebreaker Article we refer to in the Jamey Stegmaier qu...
Iain Chantler, Jamie Adams, and Iain McAllister from the Brainwaves team recount their trip to Tabletop Scotland, games played, people seen, and events run! We also discuss the announcement of the 2024 move to Edinburgh.
Games Mentioned (in running order)
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Jamie and Iain are fresh off their trip to Tabletop Scotland and back in the studio with Oliver for a bumper week for news. This episode we cover thefts, accusations of predatory behaviour, and we have an exclusive on Tabletop News regarding their stance on unions. All this, and more, on episode 129 of Brainwaves
Headlines
No Rolls Barred host accused of predatory behaviour (again)
In Brainwaves Episode 128 the team are reporting on a lighter week for news. Gencon is in the spotlight for attendance and theft, Wizards of the Coast are in trouble (again), and the Zenobia awards make a pleasant return. All this, and more, on this episode of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Gencon Breaks attendance record
https://gamingtrend.com/news/gen-con-2023-breaks-attendance-record/
Gencon Theft
The team of three are back together to bring you the latest tabletop gaming news. From AI declarations, to new materials, and games becoming tv series becoming games, no news escapes our watchful eye.
Headlines
Kickstarter walks the line on AI
Drivethru lays out policy on AI
Oliver has been on special assignment in Germany attending the Spiel des Jahres ceremony! To celebrate the award, and to learn more about it, we bring you interviews with the winners and with a member of the jury, Martina Fuchs. Never fret though, the cast is still full of the good, bad, and ugly news of the industry.
Headlines
Spiel des Jahres Special
https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/
Martina Fuchs
The team of Iain and Jamie are in the studio this week to bring you the latest in Kickstarter woes, AI writers, and blockchain backtracking. We bring you the best in tabletop gaming industry news so you don’t have to go looking.
Headlines
Petersen games in Pallet wars
Iain is off dealing with problems in the basement of the HQ so it is up to Jamie and Oliver to bring you the latest tabletop news. This episode we cover Embracer reversing course, nuTSR’s story coming to an end, Quackalope under more fire, studios forming and closing and much more!
Headlines
Embracer layoffs
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