Episode 83 - Financial Insults

Jamie has plans to lose weight by emulating Richard from We’re Not Wizards and run around Origins. Restrictions being what they are, he settles on a novel solution. Whilst he gets ready the team cover the latest in tabletop news from controversy at Paizo, to Boardgame Arena insults and more on this episode of Brainwaves.    Headlines   Paizo Publishing https://twitter.com/Delafina777/status/1437545371245424640?s=20 https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43h04?Staff-Change-Update-from-Paizo-President-Jeff https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sht8?Paizo-Update-from-Jeff-Alvarez   Asmodee up for sale https://twitter.com/PodfatherGaming/status/1441016235723010050?s=20   Boardgame Arena insults other platforms https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2732392/boardgamearena-calls-other-gaming-sites-illegal-st https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=22655 https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=22655&start=30   News   Jeff Bergen update https://twitter.com/TheGAMAOnline/status/1441187971395305479?s=20 https://www.dicebreaker.com/events/origins-game-fair-2021/news/gama-event-tgg-bergren-expelled   Global Shipping update https://spikeybits.com/2021/09/over-the-top-asmodee-raises-prices-again-yes-really.html https://time.com/6096497/board-games-shipping-crisis/?fbclid=IwAR1n_SwjYnds27kZULphoD2sVx1fYeCkS9oUAbooX6gC6n6x2-Y--Haq3zo https://twitter.com/NKGames/status/1443698479419822083?s=20   Tabletop Gaming Awards announced https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/News/tabletop-gaming-awards-2021-winners-announced   Diana Jones and the Missing Award https://www.dianajonesaward.org/the-lost-trophy/   DnD 6th Edition https://nerdvanamedia.com/gaming/dungeons-and-dragons-new-edition-50th-anniversary/153986/   Niantic shuts down AR Catan https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/17/22680166/niantic-catan-world-explorers-shutdown-early-access   Asmodee announces Ticket to Ride play pink https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/49373/asmodee-days-wonder-announce-ticket-ride-play-pink?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter   Women’s chess gets an unwelcome sponsor https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/oct/01/fide-sparks-anger-with-gross-breast-enlargement-sponsor-for-womens-chess   Patreon Shoutouts 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/   Metallic Dice Games https://metallicdicegames.com/ Promo Code: ROLLWITHBRAINS   Sir Meeple  https://sirmeeple.com/collections/the-giant-brain Outro Monopoly meets Fortnite https://gamerant.com/fortnite-monopoly-crossover-leak/   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   Discord: https://discord.gg/3bMx2HK75r Twitter: https://twitter.com/thegiantbrain Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/giantbrainuk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegiantbrain Website: https://giantbrain.co.uk/ Email: [email protected]