Brainwaves Episode 122 – Quack Quack

by Iain McAllister · Published 29 May 2023 · Updated 30 May 2023

In Brainwaves Episode 122 all 3 of the team are back in the studio to cover the latest tabletop controversies! This episode we cover things that go Quack in the night, Spiel des Jahres, important people putting their foot in it, financials, and much more!

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Headlines

Quacaklope and Aeon Trespass Odyssey

The original call out on reddit

Creators of Aeon Trespass: Odyssey call out Quackalope for essentially blackmailing them
byu/Tanathonos inboardgames

The Horrible Truth about Aeon Trespass Odyssey review

Jesse’s original response

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3086551/quackalope-ato-video-youtubers-relationship-publis/page/3

Into the Unknown statement

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tXH4U1eCTBjQ7h8qng_-dDpW54tZRvWm/view?usp=drivesdk

Iain’s thoughts on the divide between sponsorship and critic

Boardgameco video

Jesse’s video statement

Spiel des Jahres Nominations

https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/aktuelle-preistraeger-2023/

Elizabeth Hargreaves draws attention to the gender gap in designers

Elizabeth’s original tweet

I would like to offer some data, not as criticism of the SdJ org, but as a criticism of the PIPELINE. Something is wrong with a system that leads to these pictures: 🧵

1. Nominees for the SdJ since 1999: 5 women, 103 men (& no other gender ID AFAIK). No women in the last 2 yrs. pic.twitter.com/X78WpLDIBJ
— Elizabeth Hargrave (@elizhargrave) May 23, 2023

Ryan Dancey’s tweet captured (has since been deleted)

This reply to an Elizabeth Hargrave tweet. pic.twitter.com/ZMAAElS9mF
— Eize Basa (@PonchoRebound) May 24, 2023

Elizabeth’s follow up thread

I’ve been thinking about whether/how to comment on Ryan Dancey’s tweet beyond what I said in the moment. For me the biggest whiplash was the impression he gave that AEG thinks women don’t make publishable games – because that clearly isn’t true in practice.
1/ pic.twitter.com/lmYb2JPhiI
— Elizabeth Hargrave (@elizhargrave) May 25, 2023

News

Steamforged running out of puff?

Dicebreaker article

https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/board-game/news/steamforged-games-redundancies-hit-20-board-game-workers

Kickstarter partnership

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54150/steamforged-kickstarter-announce-partnership?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Wizards price hike

https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/dungeons-dragons-price-increase-rpg-rulebooks/

Embrace your failure

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54193/bad-news-embracer-earnings

Jobs, Opportunities, and Events

Tabletop Jobs Facebook Group

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

Rowan, Rook, and Deckard looking for Customer Service Assistant, remote, part-time

https://app.beapplied.com/apply/nw1y7t4bta

UK Games Expo

https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/

Patreon Shoutouts

James Naylor

https://naylorgames.com/

Shaun Newan

game-a-lot.fun/en

facebook.com/gamealotboardgames

Our Patreon

https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain

Support Us

Metallic Dice Games

https://metallicdicegames.com/

Promo Code: ROLLWITHBRAINS

Sir Meeple

The Giant Brain

Outro

Monopoly causes arguments, survey finds

https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/monopoly/news/monopoly-players-uk-argue-survey

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