Brainwaves 159 - CMON now

Published: Mon 24th Mar

It's been a while but we are back with all the latest tabletop news. From profit warnings to big projects being cancelled, tune in to the only tabletop podcast that brings you the stories that really matter.
Headlines
CMON Issues Profit Warning
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/03/13/board-game-crowdfunding-major-cmon-issues-profit-warning-says-losses-could-exceed-2m-for-2024/

https://www.cmon.com/project-status/#crowdfunding

Is Magic losing its sparkle? No of course not.

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58912/wotc-magic-sales-down-q4-full-year-2024

https://giantbrain.co.uk/2024/01/15/news-digest-brainwaves-episode-135/

The Sigils aren't good
https://www.rascal.news/wizards-of-the-coast-shutters-sigil-virtual-tabletop-project-lays-off-30-staff/

News
GAMA/Origins Award Nominations
https://www.originsawards.net/news/announcing-the-48th-annual-origins-awards-finalists

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/03/12/new-look-origins-awards-has-a-massive-120-nominees-this-year-new-hall-of-fame-inductees-revealed/

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59086/the-academy-adventure-gaming-arts-designs-hall-fame-inducts-three

Cardboard Edison award finalists announced
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rZLrFoWkt4E4uDjcUYDYvkwAUcjlqkCR/view

As D'Or Award
https://www.festivaldesjeux-cannes.com/en/festival-as-d-or-jeu-de-l-annee

https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2024/03/30/odin-saturday-review/

Stonemaier Games Stockholder Report
https://stonemaiergames.com/2024-behind-the-scenes-stakeholder-report-for-stonemaier-games/

Obituaries

Respected boardgame box artist Rodger MacGowan passes
https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogpost/171204/rodger-b-macgowan-has-passed-away-at-age-77

GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-recovery-of-rodger-mae-and-steven

Ernie Gygax passes
https://www.enworld.org/threads/ernie-gygax-has-passed-away.712080/

Jobs, Opportunities, and Events

https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs

Tabletop Mentorship Programme
https://www.unpub.org/mentorship

Patreon Shoutouts

Kevin Bertram
https://www.fortcircle.com/

James Naylor
https://naylorgames.com/

Shaun Newman
game-a-lot.fun/en
facebook.com/gamealotboardgames

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Outro

Nearly 2 decades later, they win again
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/03/17/almost-two-decades-after-impressing-in-the-childrens-spiel-des-jahres-wild-vikings-has-won-the-japan-boardgame-prize/

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