November 28, 2022
Jamie and Iain discover that Oliver Kinne has been drifting around the spacetime continuum inside the HQ. Not sure what to do about this situation they invite him to become a permanent member of the team, he has to pay down his tea debt anyway.
Together the newly expanded Brainwaves team cover trouble at Hasbro, Pandasaurus Games acting like dinosaurs, Embracer letting go, AI conquering diplomacy, Catan Cookbooks, and much more in episode 111 of Brainwaves.
Headlines
Hasbro loses the magic
https://www.polygon.com/23458064/magic-the-gathering-overprinting-hasbro-stock-downgrade
Heroscape failure to fund
https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/2022/11/16/23462750/heroscape-reboot-cancelled-hasbro-haslab-failed
Hasbro looks to sell E-One
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hasbro-puts-entertainment-one-film-tv-unit-up-for-sale-1235264107/
Pandasaurus games act like dinosaurs
https://www.dicebreaker.com/companies/pandasaurus-games/feature/pandasaurus-games-workers-allege-toxic-workplace-crunch-burnout-payment-issues
Jon Gilmour Tweet
https://twitter.com/JonGilmour/status/1592929929552805889?s=20&t=MPaYOE5ni5iuo_dRAqwGcQ
Embracer loses its grip
https://www.ft.com/content/121c749d-09c5-4c98-a07e-a12788bef7f2
Asmodee Sales
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52669/asmodee-dark-horse-sales-up-quarter
News
Magic clamps down on Card Conjurer and proxies
https://cardconjurer.com/
https://twitter.com/ImKyle4815/status/1593658825109741568
https://twitter.com/kompreya/status/1593663395890356225
AI Diplomacy
https://twitter.com/MetaAI/status/1595075884502855680
Dicebreaker Tabletop Awards 2022 finalists
https://www.dicebreaker.com/events/tabletop-awards-2022/news/tabletop-awards-2022-finalists
Anna Blackwell Interview
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2020/11/25/meeting-of-minds-anna-blackwell/
Rail/ Postal strikes coming
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52715/retailers-urge-congress-avert-rail-strike
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/22/more-uk-rail-strikes-to-disrupt-travel-in-december-and-january
Long Tail Games goes part time
https://twitter.com/long_tail_games/status/1592004962552512513?s=21
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
Gofundme for games shop that has been broken into
https://www.gofundme.com/f/get-dave-back-running?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_content=undefined&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer&utm_term=undefined
Patreon Shoutouts
James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/
Shaun Newan
game-a-lot.fun/en
facebook.com/gamealotboardgames
Our Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain
Support Us
https://giantbrain.co.uk/support-us-new/
Metallic Dice Games
https://metallicdicegames.com/
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Sir Meeple
https://sirmeeple.com/collections/the-giant-brain
Outro
Catan Cookbook
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52643/ulysses-press-will-release-catan-hardcover-cookbook
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