On this episode we address controversy withing the RPG community, the nature of randomness in dice, head to France for some awards, Glasgow for some games cafe action and feature more news than you can shake a reasonably sized game at!  Headlines Wizards issue statement regarding Zak Smith Wizards Statement - http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/news/dndstatement Mandy Morbid's Statement - (Content Warning for descriptions of abuse) https://m.facebook.com/amandapatricianagy/posts/10215845527064252  Awards Season comes to France http://www.festivaldesjeux-cannes.com/en/asdor/winners How random are your dice? http://www.awesomedice.com/blog/353/d20-dice-randomness-test-chessex-vs-gamescience/ http://www.markfickett.com/stuff/artPage.php?id=389 News Keyforge Expansion announced https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2019/2/12/age-of-ascension/ Funko gets into board games http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/02/15/1726226/0/en/Funko-Acquires-Award-Winning-Board-Game-Studio.html Root expands again https://twitter.com/LederGames/status/1095448085809905664 D&D Stranger Things http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2019/02/dd-breaking-new-stranger-things-dd-starter-set-revealed.html Ancient Game Books http://librojuegos.org/2019/02/hallazgo-impresionante-librojuegos-del-siglo-xv/ https://www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-scotland/ The Giant Brain on Tour Lucky Sparrow Games Cafe UK Games Expo Tabletop Scotland Dragonmeet Outro - The monopoly news returns! https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/barns-shelters-replace-hotels-houses-new-monopoly-game-679180 https://techraptor.net/content/hasbro-announces-overwatch-board-game-overwatch-monopoly https://www.geeknative.com/64637/talisman-monopoly-agreed-by-usaopoly-and-games-workshop/ Patreon Shoutouts Executive Producers: Lucky Sparrow Games Cafe Become a Patreon Get in touch iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/brainwaves-board-game-and-tabletop-news-show/id1367090522?mt=2 Twitter - https://twitter.com/thegiantbrain Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/giantbrainuk/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thegiantbrain/ Website - http://www.giantbrain.co.uk/ Email - giantbrainuk@gmail.com