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Iain, Jamie and Oliver from The Giant Brain bring you the latest in Boardgame and Tabletop Gaming News
It’s just the Scottish team behind the mics this week as we bring you updates on tariffs and Diamond looking particular rough alongside all the latest industry news in Brainwaves Episode 161.
Headlines
Stonemaier Games sues the president
Stonemaier Games blog post: https://stonemaiergames.com/we-are-suing-the-president/
Lawsuit press release from Pacific Legal: https://pacificlegal.org/press-release/board-game-company-files-lawsuit-challenging-constitutionality-of-trump-tariffs/
CNN news video clip: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I8yFGUk8JG4&t=4s&pp=2AEEkAIB
Flat River Games
https://www.greaterthangames.com/blogs/news/greater-than-games-team-reduced-in-response-to-tariff-crisis
CMON woes
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/04/14/cmons-david-preti-steps-down-as-non-executive-director-seven-months-after-resigning-as-chief-operating-officer/
https://www.cmon.com/press/an-update-on-our-internal-teams-and-company-focus/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ2_4VleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHtjCdVVDsyHa8n8FICiQRZm0Lwt6vXXPWkFTGpQOTNSJvMl4fjnPfaBz_NzS_aem_Xyf9LXeqQU2EKZgjz0Wjqw
Updates
Alliance and Diamond
https://graphicpolicy.com/2025/04/29/alliance-entertainment-submits-complaint-against-diamond-claiming-fraud-and-deception/
News
Meredith Placko, Steve Jackson CEO resigns
https://buttondown.com/boardgamewire/archive/steve-jackson-games-ceo-meredith-placko-resigns/
Final Frontier Games
Hachette Boardgames acquires 999 Games
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59439/hachette-acquires-game-distributor
https://www.hachette.com/en/publisher/hachette-boardgames/
https://www.999games.nl/
2025 Mensa Select Winners Announced
https://www.mensamindgames.com/about/winning-games/
WotC attempts to sidestep Creative Commons license
https://thaumavore.substack.com/p/i-drafted-a-legal-argument-against?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=8gj26&triedRedirect=true
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Ravensburger Game Inventor Days
https://www.ravensburger.de/de-DE/entdecken/spiele/game-inventor-days#Englisch
Tabletop Games Blog Raffle
http://tabletopgamesblog.com/raffle
Ancient Robot Workshop
https://ancientrobotworkshop.co.uk/
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
Gotta old em all
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/27/its-done-wonders-trading-card-game-featuring-middle-aged-men-revives-japanese-town
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Brainwaves - Board Game and Tabletop News Show
Iain, Jamie and Oliver from The Giant Brain bring you the latest in Boardgame and Tabletop Gaming News