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/


Promo Code: ROLLWITHBRAINS


 


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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