It’s a solemn week for the team as they dive into all the controversies surrounding comments made by well loved designers. We spent a bit longer on this than we normally would, but we felt it deserved the coverage. 

Over the rest of the cast we update you on Dragonlance, looking at counterfeit games, conventions moving again, and taking a long overdue trip to RPG Corner. 

Headlines

Video for Kickstarter campaign Pingyao: First Chinese Banks

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jingstudio/pingyao-first-chinese-banks

Screencapture on our site

Daniele Tascini

Capture of the original words from Tascini

https://twitter.com/MyCryptomaniac/status/1350493656394952704?s=19

Hans im Gluck Statement

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2582616/statement-regarding-racist-remarks

Rolling Dice interview

https://www.fustellarotante.it/inclusivita-e-giochi-da-tavolo/

Previous form mentioned in the piece

https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/1cddhj/tzolkins_designer_responds_to_criticism_about/

Board, Deck and Dice Statement

https://boardanddice.com/about/statement-on-daniele-tascini/

 

Phil Eklund

New Ion Games Statement

https://ionsmg.com/blogs/news/essays-and-footnotes-in-our-rules

Eklund’s post alluding to lawyers

https://twitter.com/nakedmeeple/status/1351691573868769281?s=21

And the update

https://twitter.com/TabletopGamesBl/status/1353282878231162882?s=20

 

Jeff DeBoer

Grabs of original posts from Rodney 

https://twitter.com/WatchItPlayed/status/1351262562495684610?s=19

Parallel Games statement

https://mobile.twitter.com/parallelspiel/status/1351620848793366528

Wehrlegig Games

https://twitter.com/wehrlegig/status/1351581382112387079

Braincrack Games

https://twitter.com/BraincrackGames/status/1351545488290541569?s=19

Funagain Games

https://twitter.com/funagaingames/status/1352329830197456896

 

News

Dragonlance Saga comes to an end

https://www.enworld.org/threads/theres-a-new-dragonlance-novel-coming.677551/

Origins and Uk Games Expo move

https://www.originsgamefair.com/

https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/content/news/brand-new-dates-ukge-2021/

Counterfeit Games found in Zaavi

https://boardgoats.org/2021/01/11/boardgames-in-the-news-fake-games-from-a-high-street-name/

Uno Anniversary

https://www.toynews-online.biz/2021/01/12/uno-celebrates-its-50th-anniversary-with-a-raft-of-new-product-launches-and-initiatives/

 

RPG Corner

DnD Scouts

https://www.scouts.org.uk/supporters/dungeons-dragons

RPGs to the rescue

https://jaspersgameday.com/

https://itch.io/b/770/solo-but-not-alone

Wellerman
https://twitter.com/TheOtherTracy/status/1349386754651017218

https://theothertracy.itch.io/one-day-the-wellerman-comes 

 

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Outro

Monopoly Speed

https://products.hasbro.com/en-gb/product/monopoly-speed-board-game-for-kids-ages-8-and-up:420781BC-E579-461A-8FC6-E783D4B64EEA

 

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