Welcome to Brainwaves a fortnightly podcast bringing you the best in Boardgame and Tabletop Gaming News. In this episode we cover thefts at the Essen game fair, accusations of plagiarism, movies coming to games and games coming to movies as well as the innovations of Tabletopia and Tabletop Simulator.  Headlines Essen Thefts https://boardgamegeek.com/article/30345396#30345396 https://twitter.com/ArtipiaGames https://twitter.com/DnDiceUK/status/1056663300648386561 This last link emerged after we had recorded and mentions other companies targeted we were not aware of https://japanimegames.com/blogs/press/press-release-thieves-target-multiple-small-businesses-at-essen-spiel Dreamworks options Mice and Mystics https://variety.com/2018/film/news/dreamworks-animation-mice-and-mystics-movie-1202992375/ Netrunner rises https://www.facebook.com/NetrunnerNISEI/ https://stimhack.com/nisei-board-scores-personality-profiles/ News Strange & Norrell https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/board-games/news/war-of-the-ring-designers-adapting-magical-book-jonathan-strange-mr?fbclid=IwAR2IY298wdH7h8l1cTBbZEv6SDMFDoxmKFfo1RUKA7fCwwyHHa30nCSoeMU Amigo Spiele Accusations https://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/2089688/official-amigo-statement-crypto-cartel-vs-bohnanza https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andymazeika/crytpo-cartel?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=crypto%20cartel CMON obtains Night of the Living Dead license https://cmon.com/news/cmon-acquires-license-for-night-of-the-living-dead?fbclid=IwAR1uYmVZNy54Sm1-XED00Bnjf1n863FCslzTLpIkeeG7hACbb5ynw4c6_MY MIB/ Ghostbusters crossover https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/264227/men-blackghostbusters-ecto-terrestrial-invasion RPG Corner Root RPG http://www.magpiegames.com/2018/10/26/leder-games-awards-root-magpie-games/?fbclid=IwAR0TXeh5Bp4gpDmi45bNz7DaxXBbQDRzI8KdpwCpY8Kpk3l7K-3lcQXdr6Y John Wick Presents announcement No public link, only for backers Brainstorm https://tabletopia.com/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/286160/Tabletop_Simulator/ Tail Monopoly for Millennials https://www.resetera.com/threads/monopoly-for-millennials-a-real-game-that-exists.77607/?fbclid=IwAR1mXaMUKbEb06RP2psG3wWR8brKLG6-BbRBRmMeyUodleYMxFX3ExJL5uE Shoutouts Lloyd Burt - our latest patron, thanks Lloyd! Mairi Jacks, the winner of our Escape the Dark Castle giveaway. Congratulations! 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