Brainwaves Episode 129 – No Dice

by Iain McAllister · 4 Sep 2023

Jamie and Iain are fresh off their trip to Tabletop Scotland and back in the studio with Oliver for a bumper week for news. This episode we cover thefts, accusations of predatory behaviour, and we have an exclusive on Tabletop News regarding their stance on unions. All this, and more, on episode 129 of Brainwaves

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News Digest 129 – All the stories in note format, not a full transcript.

Headlines

No Rolls Barred host accused of predatory behaviour (again)

Adam Blampied is on disciplinary leave from No Rolls Barred following abuse allegations
by u/DarkLancelot in boardgames

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLP-nJ7QYuU
https://www.patreon.com/posts/message-from-no-88033991

OK – so I wasn't impressed with the way that No Rolls Barred handled the recent accusations about Adam Blampied: a man who has been caught acting in a predatory manner professionally at least twice already, that we know of, and so I did a little research…
— Matt Lees (@Jam_sponge) September 1, 2023

No Rolls Barred

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/sexual-harassment-women-life-career-ruined-deserved-adam-blampied-youtube-a8167751.html

Tabletop News hiring, but not if you are part of a Union

Calling all wordsmiths and researchers! #TabletopNews is HIRING for a Lead Writer, Staff Writer, and Researcher positions. Let's amplify our tabletop community's voice together!!

Apply now. 📝 #Hiring #TabletopJobs https://t.co/lpZTkihTET pic.twitter.com/sMVF5LYDFa
— Tabletop News (@watchtabletop) August 21, 2023

Click to access Strike_Can_Work.pdf

Click to access Strike_Cant_Work.pdf

Hi! Our show is a non-union show, which means all of our contracts are non-union. ☺️
— Tabletop News (@watchtabletop) August 22, 2023

Handiwork games hit by theft

Handiwork Games hit by thieves and respond with Free to Download: King Beowulf – Of Kingdoms and Ring-Givers

Updates

Chess Cheating Saga

https://kotaku.com/chess-com-magnus-carlsen-hans-niemann-cheating-lawsuit-1850783459

Gencon Theft

IMPD recovers $300,000 of gaming cards stolen from Gen Con in New York City

News

Tabletop Scotland numbers and move

We are all delighted to see that more and more people want to come to the convention every year.
Plus most of us are Excel geeks, so obviously there's a fancy spreadsheet being used somewhere.#TTS2023 #TTRPGs #RPGLifeUK #BoardGames #Crokinole pic.twitter.com/NqJ08wrJSd
— Tabletop Scotland 6-8th September 2024, Edinburgh (@TabletopScot) August 28, 2023

http://tabletopscotland.co.uk/tts2024/

Deutscher Spiele Preis 2023 reveals short-list

https://www.spiel-essen.de/de/presse?view=article&id=100&catid=2

Ennies

2023 Nominees and Winners

Millie Lavelle move

Games Expo announcement

The Gaming Goat gets new owners

New Owner Post

Video from Jeff Bergen

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2724788/tgg-negative-experiences-and-controversies

Jobs, Opportunities, and Events

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

Playtest London 23

https://www.minervatabletop.co.uk/playfest

Hasbro Women Innovators Event

https://spark.hasbro.com/womeninnovators?fbclid=IwAR3GNJv2zqplEwA-L8LpTk4JPdl-iHlKYl6VS8eEXsHNrzWlw0bG9hL5SQA

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Kevin Bertram

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https://naylorgames.com/

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game-a-lot.fun/en

facebook.com/gamealotboardgames

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Outro

Cotsc-opoly
https://www.worldofmonopoly.com/list-ad/list-cn-cq/costco/index.php

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