Episode 85 - Power Down

Brainwaves - Board Game and Tabletop News Show

Iain catches Jamie freelancing in the Brainwaves Studio for a very odd charity. With the matter resolved they turn their attention to the news in a fortnight of more bad tidings from China, Unions getting recognized, and Awards coming to fruition. All this, and more, on this episode of Brainwaves.

Headlines

Power shortages in china

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tcokgame/the-isle-of-cats-dont-forget-the-kittens?ref=android_project_share

Paizo recognises Union

https://www.geeknative.com/135875/pathfinder-and-starfinder-rpg-production-is-frozen-according-to-senior-developer/

https://www.wired.com/story/tabletop-rpg-workers-say-their-jobs-are-no-fantasy/

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/49586/paizo-voluntarily-recognizes-union

Zenobia Awards

https://twitter.com/zenobiaaward/status/1449187856208076804?s=21

https://zenobiaaward.org/winners/

Updates

Mayfair games up to old tricks

https://twitter.com/dustinbschwartz/status/1450505060019056645?t=M8d2h4hCWFVkk1mckV88sA&s=19

News

Hasbro’s Magic numbers

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/49617/magic-sales-beat-2020-numbers-three-quarters

Environmentally conscious packaging

https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeek/status/1448862271464222750?s=20

https://ultimateguard.com/en/boulder/boulder-100-deck-case-return-to-earth

https://ultimateguard.com/en/p/return-to-earth

Martin Wallace joins the old white guys club

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2744805/unsettling-remarks-mw-latest-ludology-podcast

https://ludology.libsyn.com/ludology-161-tinners-tips-and-tricks - the part we are referring to starts aroun 32:45.

DnD play cancelled because homophobes

https://twitter.com/harrietprebble/status/1451735635656544256?s=20

https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-she-kills-monsters-hillsboro

https://www.newsweek.com/ohio-high-school-cancels-performance-she-kills-monsters-over-implied-gay-character-1642449

Pokemon, the dark desire

https://kotaku.com/feds-say-man-spent-covid-loan-on-57-000-pokemon-card-1847926408

Patreon Shoutouts

James Naylor

https://naylorgames.com/

Shaun Newan

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facebook.com/gamealotboardgames

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Outro

Queen Monopoly

https://theop.games/2021/10/monopoly-queen-edition-available-now/?utm_source=Coshedule&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=QueenMonopoly

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