Episode 35 - Future Flight

Iain & Jamie are back from their vacation with a longer cast than normal to catch up on all the tasty boardgame news. They are joined by Glenn Ford of Man O’Kent Games to cover Kickstarter Unions, CMON time machines, trucks full of dice, when RPGs go wrong and much more!    Headlines       Kickstarter in the Firing Line https://slate.com/technology/2019/09/kickstarter-union-organizing.html https://www.evilhat.com/home/a-word-about-kickstarter/ https://www.evilhat.com/home/a-further-word-about-kickstarter/   CMON goes back in time https://cmon.com/news/back-to-the-past?fbclid=IwAR1v-Mx4Y_U08vXFN-mQBKJcEX7BZPoh-DyI-6EEO-cdtoZRwlnJfVXkJcE   Fantasy Flight Games looks to the future https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2019/9/6/scry-the-future/   News   Dice hit the road https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP1iaE42DU4   Stores given grants by Wizards https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/44094/rolling-for-initiative-wizards-puts-its-money-where-its-mouth-is-other-trends   Evil Dead 2 springs back to life https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/44085/evil-dead-2-board-game-will-finally-reach-market-via-jasco       RPG Corner Kamigakari ks goes sideways https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/serpentseagames/kamigakari-god-hunters-modern-action-anime-rolepla/posts/2620992?ref=ksr_email_creator_project_update_copy   Fandom acquires Cortex from Margaret Weiss Productions https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/44087/fandom-acquires-cortex-rpg-rules-system   Monte Cook games releases consent guide https://twitter.com/MonteCookGames/status/1171825130575671296?s=19   Outro Belgian Monopoly takes the piss https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/09/20/monopoly-censor-belgiums-manneken-pis-brussels-edition-box/?fbclid=IwAR0cc449Hsxqiznz4mO4rDfWdj2bA0cd1ci26zHTviQWlN2RJT3MUuz6AYo   Ms. Monopoly https://twitter.com/hasbro/status/1171355523989561344    Dollop episode: Landlords game https://thedollop.libsyn.com/379-the-landlords-game   Patreons Lucky Sparrow Game Cafe https://www.facebook.com/luckysparrowgamescafe/   Funding Article https://giantbrain.co.uk/2019/09/25/funding-the-time/   Man O’Kent Games Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manokentgames/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ManOKentGames1 Website: https://www.manokentgames.com/    Contact Us 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 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]