Brainwaves - Board Game and Tabletop News Show

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.

Headlines

Diamond files for bankruptcy

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58618/diamond-files-reorganization-under-chapter-11-bankruptcy

https://bsky.app/profile/deadlyfredly.bsky.social/post/3lgbg6e7np22o

Asmodee may not Embrace

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/01/29/star-wars-lego-lord-of-the-rings-games-drive-29-year-on-year-growth-for-asmodee-studios-as-company-prepares-to-split-from-embracer-next-week/

Ennies cave over AI inclusion

https://ennie-awards.com/revised-policy-on-generative-ai-usage/

Updates

Webcomic Name lawsuit settled

https://www.gofundme.com/f/alexnorrislegalfund?attribution_id=sl:8c2bb1ea-1039-4377-86de-d0676453b170&lang=en_GB&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/259248/golden-bell-affiliated-projects-and-companies

Evil Genius Games continue to live up to the first part of their name

https://www.reddit.com/r/rpg/comments/1i6b2wt/i_was_approached_by_evil_genius_games_to_take/

News

Wizards of the Coast drops support for marginalised gender competition

https://bsky.app/profile/vmlmtg.bsky.social/post/3lg6zejwvss2l

Man vs Meeple and CMON

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/01/27/its-important-to-us-that-we-find-new-cmon-fans-all-the-time-cmon-hires-board-game-youtube-channel-man-vs-meeples-ceo-to-run-its-global-marketing-campaigns/

Outcry in Italy over Mafia game

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/23/outcry-in-italy-over-german-board-game-based-on-sicily-mafia-wars

As d’Or nominees

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/01/30/this-years-nominees-for-frances-biggest-board-gaming-award-highlights-breadth-of-countrys-publishers/

BGA Awards 2025

https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40673

Devir acquires publisher Maldito Games

https://devirgames.com/devir-acquires-publisher-maldito-games

Games Workshop trade grows, but online shrinks

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58670/trade-grows-online-shrinks-games-workshop?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky

Jobs, Opportunities, and Events

https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs

Beachhead Expo

https://www.beachheadexpo.com/

Diana Jones Award submissions are open

https://www.dianajonesaward.org/

Green Games Guide Award

https://greengamesguide.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c3b7325699ca9364175785409&id=7cbe2bd72d&e=58728bb48c

TTRPG Bundles

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Resistance

https://takethisorg.itch.io/solo-but-not-alone-5

Hasbro’s history with the Magdalene Laundries

https://web.archive.org/web/20241125184313/https://littleatoms.com/penance-industry

Patreon Shoutouts

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https://www.fortcircle.com/

James Naylor

https://naylorgames.com/

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Outro

Pictionary vs AI

https://shop.mattel.com/products/pictionary-vs-ai-hyb09

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