Brainwaves Episode 158 - Possible Possums

The team are back to scour the corners of the world for the best in Tabletop Gaming News. This episode we cover mergers, departures, destruction, and we have an interview with those Rascals. Headlines Steve Jackson merges with Possum Games https://www.rascal.news/possum-creek-games-wanders-to-a-new-home-with-steve-jackson-games/ https://www.sjgames.com/ill/archive/2025-02-11?ref=rascal.news Mythic crumbles https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/02/06/end-looms-for-mythic-games-as-company-gives-up-trying-to-deliver-1-3m-monsterpocalypse-kickstarter-hands-files-over-to-ip-holder-privateer-press/ Thomas Interview https://www.rascal.news/ Updates BGA Awards update https://boardgamearena.com/news?id=873 News 6 out of 10 tabletop role-playing games campaigns were Gamefound. KS rattled? https://www.polygon.com/analysis/520142/gamefound-top-10-biggest-board-game-crowdfund-campaigns GTS cancels Splotter’s Indonesia https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid03ThtQGdUZ2wfNsbLu9yL95kKShCaQv1aJFzUkUZWpHmzpKKPQCvEFJd9BKMquzetl&id=100057260687209 Snowbright Studio announces winners of the second annual Nonbinary Tabletop Award https://bsky.app/profile/snowbrightstudio.bsky.social/post/3liamf2lp2k2g https://www.snowbrightstudio.com/awards Swiss Game Awards https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/02/17/harmonies-captain-flip-triumph-in-this-years-swiss-gamers-award-castle-combo-seals-two-finalist-spots/ https://swissgamersaward.ch/ Haba and Asmodee France https://www.spielwarenmesse.de/en/mag/toy-market-news/asmodee-france-chosen-as-official-distribution-partner-for-haba/ Roman discovery https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-ancient-tokens-that-roman-soldiers-used-to-play-strategy-games-180985903/ Obituaries Carla Horger https://bsky.app/profile/gmtgames.bsky.social/post/3lha6racnoc26 Jobs, Opportunities, and Events https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs Young Game Designers Scholarship Open for Applications Again https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/nachwuchs-spieleautoren-stipendium-wieder-ausgeschrieben/ https://www.spieleautorenzunft.de/files/public/Veranstaltungen-Events/Stipendium%20Bewerbung%202025.pdf Evil Hat creator programme https://bsky.app/profile/evilhat.bsky.social/post/3lhh5uzbtts25 Patreon Shoutouts Kevin Bertram https://www.fortcircle.com/ James Naylor https://naylorgames.com/ Shaun Newman game-a-lot.fun/en facebook.com/gamealotboardgames Our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain Support Us https://giantbrain.co.uk/support-us-new/ Fanroll https://fanrolldice.com/ref/2783/ Outro People of note: Cornelius O’Donovan https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgj29qly2dvo 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 Oliver: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/3bMx2HK75r Blusky:https://bsky.app/profile/giantbrain.co.uk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/giantbrainuk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegiantbrain Website: https://giantbrain.co.uk/ Email: [e-mail]