Episode 59 - Rap Shoes

The team is excited to bring you their first cast live from Essen! Turns out it’s been cancelled. Boo. Gathering themselves and retreating back to the confines of their hotel room the team diligently bring you the latest in tabletop gaming news: Wizards getting sued, more awards, chess cheating continued, rappers, pokemon and much, much more!    Headlines Wizards taken to court over Dragonlance Books https://www.geeknative.com/99114/racism-and-sexism-blamed-for-ruining-multi-million-dollar-dragonlance-deal-as-wizards-of-the-coast-are-taken-to-court/ International Gamers Award Game of the Year Nominees Announced https://therewillbe.games/news-newsflashes/8206-international-gamers-award-game-of-the-year-2020-nominees-announced?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Chess Cheating Crisis Continues https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/oct/16/chesss-cheating-crisis-paranoia-has-become-the-culture   News Wu-Tang Clan play chess for Charity https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/chess/news/wu-tang-chess-rza-gza-charity-match https://www.chess.com/news/view/hennessy-wu-tang-maurice-ashley-chess Rapper Logic buys pokemon card for $200,574 https://twitter.com/ICV2/status/1317169445534535680?s=19 Geek Retreat to expand https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54599300?fbclid=IwAR0a1yjtf4hwkyb8dj3LWYCN5hyFhimu-Z1pZpOKTuN85VwKu90B0cRGt-o Dragonmeet Cancelled https://www.facebook.com/groups/dragonmeet Sign up to GM https://www.dragonmeet.co.uk/gms.html?fbclid=IwAR0axku_DzAR-LguWhTa-moeKq40OZtGu5jPZiTn4bRlfl3h3-BkEU09EMc   Haba USA gets new CEO https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/46698/haba-usa-gets-new-ceo Hasbro President retiring https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/46718/hasbro-president-retiring?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter   Patreon Shoutouts   Exec Producers: Lucky Sparrow Gaming Cafe https://luckysparrow.co.uk/ Shaun Newan game-a-lot.fun/en facebook.com/gamealotboardgames Our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain   Support Us https://giantbrain.co.uk/support-us-new/ Outro Catan Shoes? https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/catan-1/news/catan-footwear-collection-plainview https://mojo-nation.com/catan-footwear-collection-way-plainview/   Our Links 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 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/thegiantbrain  Twitter: @thegiantbrain Instagram: giantbrainuk Facebook: The Giant Brain Website: giantbrain.co.uk Email: [email protected]