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 (http://www.game-a-lot.fun/en/)



facebook.com/gamealotboardgames (http://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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