Episode 32 - Robot Corner

Wrecking his way into Brainwaves HQ Mark Mckinnon from Dream Big Games joins Iain and Jamie on this week’s episode. Together they tackle plagiarism, the rise of the robots, oddly shaped awards, the meteoric rise of Kickstarter and the interns have finally finished off the new RPG corner!  Headlines   Plagiarism accusations hit popular boardgame site Reddit thread https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/c972ja/katies_game_corner_accused_of_plagiarism/ Punchboard Media Statement https://www.punchboardmedia.com/home/2019/7/5/punchboard-media-statement-on-plagiarism-regarding-katies-game-corner Robot AI takes on Poker https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/11/20690078/ai-poker-pluribus-facebook-cmu-texas-hold-em-six-player-no-limit Diana Jones Award http://www.dianajonesaward.org/   News 7 Tabletop Games fund a day https://icopartners.com/2019/07/crowdfunding-and-tabletop-games-2019-mid-year-update/ Lewis Chessmen Update https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/jul/02/lewis-chessman-bought-for-5-sold-at-auction-for-735000?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR3fqPtmUHRAlaqTC0pWv-EJyMS5BIoD_05bpuG1o5Mnb5MMes0GvBqNZHM#Echobox=1562079543   RPG Corner Stygian Fox https://www.geeknative.com/67426/kickstarter-suspends-campaign-putting-rpg-publisher-stygian-foxs-future-in-doubt/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=buffer&utm_content=buffer69ae6 https://www.facebook.com/StygianFoxPublishing/posts/2030144697090649 Destination Fantastic https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/destinationfantastic/destination-fantastic Professional DMs https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-07-08/how-to-be-a-professional-dungeons-dragons-master-hosting-games?utm_medium=social&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_content=business&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic ...and finally There Will Be Games https://therewillbe.games/ Tabletop Scotland https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/ Our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain Our Guest - Mark McKinnon, Dream Big Games https://wreckandruingame.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/dreambiggames/ Contact Us 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]