Brainwaves Episode 154 - Taxing Times

Published: Mon 25th Nov

It's a cast of finances, awards, lawsuits, and political games as Oliver and Iain cross the world in the episode 154 of Brainwave to bring you the best in Tabletop Gaming News.

Headlines

Tariffs and Trade Rules Tax Tabletop Publishers

https://www.sjgames.com/ill/archive/2024-11-10

https://www.compliancegate.com/general-product-safety-regulation/

https://bsky.app/profile/badsquiddogames.bsky.social/post/3lb7r4n7eni22

https://www.rascal.news/new-legislation-impacts-games-sales-to-the-european-union/

Zenobia Award II Winners Announced

https://sdhist.com/zenobia-award-the-porters/

Hasbro Sued by Investors

https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/479315/hasbro-investor-lawsuit-pandemic-inventor (https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/479315/hasbro-investor-lawsuit-pandemic-inventory)

Updates

US Tabletop Unionisation Solicitation

https://www.rascal.news/rascal-receives-solicitation-from-suspicious-email-after-tabletop-union-declares-potential-strike/

News

German Parliamentarian Game Night

https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/spielekultur-landet-im-bundestag/

Asmodee Gets Cash Injection

https://embracer.com/releases/embracer-group-intends-to-contribute-eur-400m-to-asmodee-and-presents-asmodees-financial-targets-dividend-policy-and-net-financial-debt/

Obituaries

Amber Cook

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58275/r-i-p-amber-cook

GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/9bkqj-in-memory-of-amber-cook-support-her-son-james

Kory Heath

https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogpost/167622/in-memoriam-kory-heath

Jobs, Opportunities, and Events

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

Board Game Raffle in Aid of The Trussell Trust / UK Food Banks

https://tabletopgamesblog.com/raffle

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

Mystery Monopoly Midden

https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/comments/1gu7eel/anyone_wanna_play_monopoly_got_a_neighbour_whos/?utm_source=embedv2&utm_medium=post_embed&utm_content=post_title&embed_host_url=https://www.devonlive.com/news/uk-world-news/sudden-appearance-hundreds-monopoly-boxes-9726484&rdt=64307

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