Episode 31 - Honest Barrage

Iain and Jamie are joined by journalist Owen Duffy this week to cast their eyes over the gaming papers and see what is worthy of your attention. Amongst news of review bombing, Kickstarter guidelines and boardgame inspired TV shows the gents manage to sit down for a chat about the state of boardgame journalism.  Headlines Kickstarter new guidelines https://www.kickstarter.com/honest?fbclid=IwAR3-yno3b1KjdZhaY3TUokueyFan-2PckwDFit7NXJo1E5h_nZ17oOd6rKk#framing Watch the skies in a box https://www.stonepaperscissors.co.uk/games-purchase/watch-the-skies-megagameinabox Review Bombing on Boardgamegeek https://www.geeknative.com/66873/angry-geeks-manipulate-barrages-board-game-geek-rating-in-protest/?fbclid=IwAR1w3yFITkDFhmXVCKm1RVZWDoQIQ_mjDH8mkugwr0aRQvppWVuFNrY9sGM Tarrifs Update https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/43524/rolling-initiative-good-bye-lee-garvin News Cyberpunk 2077 is getting a Tabletop prequel https://www.techradar.com/news/cyberpunk-2077-prequel-is-on-the-way-in-tabletop-rpg-board-game-form Ticket to Ride TV show https://deadline.com/2019/06/ticket-to-ride-propagate-asmodee-entertainment-developing-tv-competition-series-based-on-board-game-1202639225/?fbclid=IwAR0cuA5_ZsnRSIQGFB2ZQwtO8srRSWCGERowYki6HTV4OANFUil253ooOK8 D&D becomes more audio accessible https://twitter.com/Wizards_DnD/status/1144280363285528576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1144280363285528576&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.belloflostsouls.net%2F2019%2F07%2Fdd-for-all-library-of-congress-makes-dd-more-accessible.html Archaeologists dig up Roman boardgame https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-48745656?fbclid=IwAR0aFZKiE-DZNgF5oakDhk28ef3ElZRGEtZ6ik0uP129rzFMOBC2twD2hUM Outro Monopoly Voice Banking https://gizmodo.com/the-new-monopoly-has-a-voice-controlled-ai-banker-that-1835593536 Patreon Lucky Sparrow Gaming Cafe https://www.facebook.com/luckysparrowgamescafe/ Owen Duffy https://boardgame-book.com/ https://twitter.com/BoardGameBook https://twitter.com/owen_duffy 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]