Iain and Jamie are joined by magic man Richard from We’re Not Wizards. Together they cover actual Kickstarter Fraud, Kittens getting their hands on lots of money and visas being denied for Essen. In our Brainstorm they look at online communities and discuss whether they should all be amalgamated into one. All this and more, on this week’s Brainwaves.

 

Headlines

Carbon Copies on KS

https://twitter.com/GreyGnomeGames/status/1184308826822057984?s=19

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hoard/dungeon-hoard

https://www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/dungeon-hoard

Exploding kittens in the money 

https://www.pehub.com/2019/10/tcg-invests-30-mln-in-tabletop-game-company-exploding-kittens/?fbclid=IwAR334eeJoD2wtOQiwHwKwbLUUqFtEZ4W3p5lded8Gm7rNV6edt2ED3JRWjQ

Iranian Game Designers denied visas

https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/95673/iranian-publishers-denied-visas-germany-spiel-19
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3tTjBiD5Sb/ - Letter to EU

News

Another boardgame tablet hits KS

https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/15/20915213/gameboard-1-rob-wyatt-atari-vcs-tabletop-gaming-digital-board

https://luckyduckgames.com/games/chroniclesofcrime.html - Chronicles of Crime

Glasgow Uni academics trying to make family law board games

https://www-legalcheek-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.legalcheek.com/2019/10/the-glasgow-uni-boffins-trying-their-hands-at-designing-law-themed-board-games/amp/?fbclid=IwAR2R95RynYziGLsdlHms7pb8GxfcT6UzOgdPgY6Riz0ted44jz2uOJ7cyrc

https://www.geniusgames.org/ - Genius Games

https://www.facebook.com/groups/393090567800456/ - Juniper Green Board Games

Brainstorm

https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=sporadically%20board&epa=SEARCH_BOX - Sporadically Board

https://www.facebook.com/moregamesplease/ - More Games Please

Outro

Hallmark Monopoly

https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/a29519551/hallmark-channel-monopoly-board-game/

 

Jimi Hendrix, Acid and Risk

http://blog.siriusxm.com/graham-nash-over-the-years/

 

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