Episode 51 - Troubling Origins

After the rose tinted glasses of episode 50 we put on the harsh specs of reality and dive into this week’s news. Together the team cover the cancellation of Origins Online, Wizards of the Coast banning cards and striving for diversity, Cards Against Humanity abuse allegations, Golden Bell tolling once more, Everything Board Games imploding and much, much more.    Headlines Origins Online Cancelled amidst mass walkout of guests over silence on American protests https://kotaku.com/board-gamings-industry-body-refuses-to-say-a-word-about-1843990186/amp?fbclid=IwAR0mzioSECyHsAtJyW8f8g7v-OPCpkCnQpBGG-fiEO_i1zWKKx85ahcAFmM&__twitter_impression=true Statement can be found on GAMA facebook page @TheGAMAOnline https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45895/gama-cancels-origins-online Eric Lang Statement https://twitter.com/eric_lang/status/1271095405644779521   Wizards of the Coast bans Racist magic cards https://www.geeknative.com/73805/here-are-the-racist-magic-cards-wizards-have-banned/ https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Default.aspx   Cards against Humanity under fire https://medium.com/@anitasarkeesian/ending-my-relationship-with-cards-against-humanity-and-max-temkin-2f25108dfeb4 https://twitter.com/atheresastewart/status/1269310742450393089   News   Golden Bell Strike again https://twitter.com/moregamespls/status/1270687206756233217?s=19 Episode 34 cast link https://giantbrain.co.uk/2019/08/19/episode-34-golden-gnomes/   Everything Board Games implodes https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1941412327/everything-board-games-bi-monthly-digital-magazin   https://mobile.twitter.com/NDShipley/status/1273357515846189058   https://twitter.com/NDShipley/status/1273383596653457410   Diversity & Dungeons & Dragons https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/diversity-and-dnd?fbclid=IwAR08nGlNVFzeFlxaWVIlix7YvyyWd5b0db08bhX1Dw_Xw7dkTpFIWrUCehc   Kinderspiel announced https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/en/aktuelle-preistraeger-2020/   Itch bundle breaks $8million dollars  https://itch.io/b/520/bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equality Blades in the Dark Review https://giantbrain.co.uk/2017/07/30/blades-in-the-dark-review/   CMON does P&P Foodies https://www.cmon.com/news/foodies-print-play-edition Patreon Shoutouts Exec Producers: Lucky Sparrow Gaming Cafe https://luckysparrow.co.uk/ Our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain Outro New reddit!  https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgamediscussion/ Munchkin Disney https://theop.games/2020/06/munchkin-disney-game-coming-soon/ Dobble Variants are on the way  https://twitter.com/ICV2/status/1270386811102101505?s=19   Our Links Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/thegiantbrain  Twitter: @thegiantbrain Instagram: giantbrainuk Facebook: The Giant Brain Website: giantbrain.co.uk Email: [email protected]