Oliver is off at the Spiel des Jahres ceremony and Brettspiel so it is up to Iain and Jamie to bring you the latest tabletop news. From Facebook scams to new presidents we bring you the news that really matters across the tabletop world on episode 147 of Brainwaves. 

 

Headlines

 

Scam takes in major publishers 

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/07/08/multiple-board-game-publishers-fall-prey-to-scammers-impersonating-80000-member-board-game-facebook-group/

 

Ennie Awards open 

https://vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2024/

 

Spiel des Jahres

https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/2024_preistraeger/

 

Updates

 

Berserk Games Update

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2757485/article/44554066#44554066

 

11 Concurso de Protojuegos

https://www.verkami.com/games-contest-2024

 

Petersen Games and Quimbley 

https://www.quimbleys.com/pages/pg-quimbleys-faq

 

News

 

Hasbro names new WOTC President 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/57388/hasbro-names-new-wotc-president

 

Jobs, Opportunities, and Events

 

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

 

Tabletop Scotland 2024

https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/

 

Berlin Brettspiel Con 2024

https://berlin-con.de/en/homepage_en/

 

Board Game Raffle in Aid of The Trussell Trust / UK Food Banks 

tabletopgamesblog.com/raffle-july/

 

AB Con

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oluwafemi/the-african-boardgames-convention-ab-con-2024

Patreon Shoutouts

 

Kevin Bertram

https://www.fortcircle.com/

 

James Naylor

https://naylorgames.com/

 

Shaun Newman

game-a-lot.fun/en

facebook.com/gamealotboardgames

 

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Outro

 

D&D Stamps

https://shop.royalmail.com/dungeons-&-dragons-prestige-stamp-book

 

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