Jamie, Iain and..... well Sam is away doing things beyond Space and Time. In the meantime it's time to call in our band of roving reporters in from the wild and get them a seat at the table. First up is Ross Connell from More Games Please. The team cover the recent cancellation of Kollosal Games kickstarters, why they didn't win any Golden Geeks, loads of financial news from across the hobby and discuss the importance of art in games.
Headlines
Kickstarter pulls Kollosal Games' campaigns
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/389480684/folding-space?ref=discovery_category&term=Folding%20space
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kolossalgames/papillon?ref=discovery&term=papillon
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kolossalmikro/hunt-the-ravager?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=hunt%20ravager
Mensa Select Awards
https://www.us.mensa.org/newsroom/press-releases/2019-mensa-select-winners-announced/
https://mensamindgames.com/about/information-for-first-timers/
13th Annual Golden Geek Awards
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2179643/13th-annual-golden-geek-awards-winners-2018
News
Steve Jackson offers refunds after ethical concerns over relationship with Frog God Games
https://www.geeknative.com/65227/steve-jackson-games-offer-partial-refunds-after-gamers-raise-ethical-concerns/
http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?4613-Harassment-At-PaizoCon-2017
Solar City Kickstarter Collapses
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1689336268/solar-city-a-solarpunk-game/posts/2480259
GW profits
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-6915187/Games-Workshop-expects-bumper-profit-haul-Warhammer-fans-come-force.html
ICV2 reports hobby game sales
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/43024/hobby-game-sales-total-1-5-billion-2018
Kickstarter breaks $1 billion in its game category
https://venturebeat.com/2019/04/16/kickstarter-game-projects-top-1-billion-with-tabletop-making-up-69-of-pledges/?fbclid=IwAR0eW6QM09RbXiEj8YDz9sACna2L5wZ9CK9F0HlKBF24vaiUNTYjZiCQd04
Outro
Lion King Monopoly
https://www.joyscribe.com/be-prepared-to-lose-at-new-lion-king-monopoly/
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