Episode 16 - New Hat

Welcome to Brainwaves a fortnightly podcast bringing you the best in Boardgame and Tabletop Gaming News. In this episode we start with some sad news from the world of RPGs move onto some good news about the return and expansion of some of our favourites and discuss if the cult of the new allows some games to get away with low replayability.  Headlines Greg Stafford Death https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-greg-stafford-1948-2018/ Dized KS (now cancelled) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dized/dized-the-best-way-to-learn-board-games?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=dized Games Workshop Stocks https://www.economist.com/britain/2018/10/06/britons-are-increasingly-turning-to-tabletop-games-for-entertainment https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-6289819/Games-Workshop-raises-alarm-bells-blue-warning-trading-uncertainties.html News Keyforge https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/keyforge/ Arkham Horror LCG - The Circle Undone https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2018/10/12/the-circle-undone/ Fog of Love expansions and LGBT content https://twitter.com/FogOfLoveGame/status/1050355936269877253 Gencon extends Indy contact https://www.ibj.com/articles/70958-citing-hotel-deal-gen-con-extends-indy-contract?fbclid=IwAR0iHj1pGdTpGFQcvf3wUWczZAhGQP91p1HbIgmHNzvNvE4ZAd_LqEIAbAs Evil Hat scales back https://www.evilhat.com/home/refocused-resized-hat-mode-activated/?fbclid=IwAR3KuRI1NadnPrOVRkN8VQaNywa8RENHPzky7dTxCnUu62Qj-qfOu3_WLjc Patreon https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain Ex- Libris https://www.renegadegamestudios.com/ex-libris/ Brainstorm Thanks to listener Richard Vernon for this week's question Tail Paul Dean is leaving SUSD https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/paul-is-moving-to-pastures-new/ Giant Brain on tour! Glasgow Games Festival https://www.facebook.com/glasgowgamesfestival/ Dragonmeet https://www.dragonmeet.co.uk/   Get in touch iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/brainwaves-board-game-and-tabletop-news-show/id1367090522?mt=2 Twitter - https://twitter.com/thegiantbrain Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/giantbrainuk/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thegiantbrain/ Website - http://www.giantbrain.co.uk/ Email - [email protected]