It’s Christmas time at Brainwaves HQ and the two Iains are decorating the tree! It shines magnificently in the corner of the Brainwaves studio as the team cover sinkings, new awards, old awards, Wizards dropping the ball (or should that be snitch?), and the feud between Uri Geller and a card game. 

 

Headlines

The Zenobia Award

https://www.dicebreaker.com/companies/the-zenobia-award/news/zenobia-award-historical-board-game

https://zenobiaaward.org/who-we-are/

GAMA Makes more Changes to the Origin Awards for 2020/2021 Cycle

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/47053/gama-makes-more-changes-origins-awards-2020-2021-cycle

Games Shipped to Abyssal Floor

https://www.dicebreaker.com/amp/games/good-puppers/news/good-puppers-card-game-shipping-accident?__twitter_impression=true

 

News

Update: Netflix Settles Bandersnatch “Choose Your Own Adventure” Lawsuit

https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/25/21720533/netflix-bandersnatch-chooseco-lawsuit-settlement-choose-your-own-adventure

MODCon Announced, the Online Convention of Modiphius and Dragonmeet

https://www.modiphius.net/pages/modcon

D&D Racial Improvements will “take years”

https://www.dicebreaker.com/amp/games/dungeons-and-dragons-5e/news/dnd-improvements-racial-depictions-take-years?__twitter_impression=true

Wizards being prepped for sale?

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/47054/rolling-initiative-a-case-possible-sale-wizards-coast-being-horizon

Knight Models bungles Harry Potter Response

https://twitter.com/little_lizzie22/status/1333285477001154563?s=19

Uri Geller retracts feud with specific pokemon

https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/pokemon-trading-card-game/news/kadabra-uri-geller-lawsuit

 

Patreon Shoutouts

Exec Producers: Lucky Sparrow Gaming Cafe

https://luckysparrow.co.uk/

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James Naylor’s mental health first aid
https://twitter.com/naylorjames/status/1332320278639243265

Outro

 

Sea of Thieves Monopoly

https://www.raregames.store/rare-store-exclusives/sea-of-thieves-x-monopoly-limited-edition-rare-store-exclusive

Metallica Monopoly

https://www.metallica.com/store/monopoly-world-tour-edition/MONOPOLYWT.html

 

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