Brainwaves Episode 147 - Scammers Delight

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   Our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain   Support Us https://giantbrain.co.uk/support-us-new/   Fanroll https://fanrolldice.com/ref/2783/   Sir Meeple https://sirmeeple.com/collections/the-giant-brain   Outro   D&D Stamps https://shop.royalmail.com/dungeons-&-dragons-prestige-stamp-book   Our Links   Thanks very much for listening. If you like what you’ve listened to then the best way to help us out is to share the podcast and drop us a review and rating on itunes.  You can also follow us on   Oliver: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/3bMx2HK75r Blusky:https://bsky.app/profile/giantbrain.co.uk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/giantbrainuk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegiantbrain Website: https://giantbrain.co.uk/ Email: [email protected]