Episode 27 - Kollosal Cash

Jamie, Iain and..... well Sam is away doing things beyond Space and Time. In the meantime it's time to call in our band of roving reporters in from the wild and get them a seat at the table. First up is Ross Connell from More Games Please. The team cover the recent cancellation of Kollosal Games kickstarters, why they didn't win any Golden Geeks, loads of financial news from across the hobby and discuss the importance of art in games. Headlines Kickstarter pulls Kollosal Games' campaigns https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/389480684/folding-space?ref=discovery_category&term=Folding%20space https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kolossalgames/papillon?ref=discovery&term=papillon https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kolossalmikro/hunt-the-ravager?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=hunt%20ravager Mensa Select Awards https://www.us.mensa.org/newsroom/press-releases/2019-mensa-select-winners-announced/ https://mensamindgames.com/about/information-for-first-timers/ 13th Annual Golden Geek Awards https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2179643/13th-annual-golden-geek-awards-winners-2018 News Steve Jackson offers refunds after ethical concerns over relationship with Frog God Games https://www.geeknative.com/65227/steve-jackson-games-offer-partial-refunds-after-gamers-raise-ethical-concerns/ http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?4613-Harassment-At-PaizoCon-2017 Solar City Kickstarter Collapses https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1689336268/solar-city-a-solarpunk-game/posts/2480259 GW profits https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-6915187/Games-Workshop-expects-bumper-profit-haul-Warhammer-fans-come-force.html ICV2 reports hobby game sales https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/43024/hobby-game-sales-total-1-5-billion-2018 Kickstarter breaks $1 billion in its game category https://venturebeat.com/2019/04/16/kickstarter-game-projects-top-1-billion-with-tabletop-making-up-69-of-pledges/?fbclid=IwAR0eW6QM09RbXiEj8YDz9sACna2L5wZ9CK9F0HlKBF24vaiUNTYjZiCQd04 Outro Lion King Monopoly https://www.joyscribe.com/be-prepared-to-lose-at-new-lion-king-monopoly/