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Gavin Jones
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giantbrain.co.uk
Something for the weekend?

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Cult of the Old - Scrabble
Cult of the Old · Episode
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April 20, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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I have a big article out today about being diagnosed as autistic while I was writing my latest book, & how tabletop games help me navigate the world as an autistic person. I hope it's interesting to some people.
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‘Playing games turns me into a person who makes sense’
When he was diagnosed as having autism at the age of 40, author Tim Clare saw a link to his lifelong love of board games. Here, he explains the power of the game for those who struggle to understand t...
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December 8, 2024 at 9:17 AM
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boardgamewire.bsky.social
“It’s theft”: Root artist Kyle Ferrin on the “slop” of AI art, and why publishers using it are “devaluing all of board games as an industry”

Read this and all the rest of the week's board game news, designer resources and jobs in this week's BoardGameWire newsletter: substack.com/home/post/p-...
November 7, 2024 at 3:03 PM
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tabletopgamesblog.com
The July board game raffle in aid of UK food banks is live! A £1 ticket gives you the chance to win review copies of Abandon All Artichokes, Undermined! Pairadice City, Plutocracy, The Net Zero Game 2050, Pier 18 or Bad Trevor.
tabletopgamesblog.com/raffle-july
#raffle #prizes #boardgames #FoodBanks
Fundraising for The Trussell Trusts - prizes are brand review copies of Abandon All Artichokes, Undermined! Pairadice City, Plutocracy, The Net Zero Game 2050, Pier 18 and Bad Trevor
July 3, 2024 at 11:54 AM
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amanpossessed.bsky.social
#boardgames
Three separate highlighted passages from an article: "... the name meeple was coined after its release by American gamer Alison Hansel..." "... not only people will profit from our creation without us, but also theoretically at some point someone could claim that the brand (name/shape) would be theirs." "... creation should be valued ... "
June 16, 2024 at 3:24 AM
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transgenderreport.com
Lynn Conway, transgender science pioneer, has passed away.

Comic by Sophie Labelle. www.instagram.com/p/C8H9GgixXy...

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
June 13, 2024 at 10:37 AM
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giantbrain.co.uk
The whole team of @jamsandwich.bsky.social , @tabletopgamesblog.com and I are back together for a bumper episode of Brainwaves.

giantbrain.co.uk/2024/06/10/b...
Brainwaves Episode 144 - Merger Palooza - The Giant Brain
The whole team are back together to cover a bumper crop of news from across the tabletop gamine scene in Brainwaves Episode 144!
giantbrain.co.uk
June 10, 2024 at 8:17 AM
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tabletopgamesblog.com
After raising over £95 for UK Food Banks in last month's raffle, the June raffle is now live. It would be great if you could take part. Tickets are £1 and there is a great array of prizes.

Enter here: tabletopgamesblog.com/raffle-june/

#raffle #prizes #boardgames #GoodCauses #FoodBanks
Fundraising for The Trussell Trusts - prizes are brand new copies of Earth Rising and Library Labyrinth and review copies of Starry Night Sky, The Plot Thickens: Sci-Fi Edition, Sea of Thieces and Disarm The Base
June 3, 2024 at 10:16 AM
jonesfamgames.bsky.social
Lovely to see gaming chums at UK Games Expo!
giantbrain.co.uk Iain McAllister @giantbrain.co.uk · May 30
Met up with @tabletopgamesblog.com @jonesfamgames.bsky.social and @tacticalbacon.bsky.social at the press preview. Food and a few beers later brings a slightly chaotic first day of expo to an end. Write up tomorrow with some of the press stuff I saw.
Oliver, Gavin, rich, and Iain look to camera smiling
June 5, 2024 at 6:39 AM
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giantbrain.co.uk
The latest Brainwaves is out now! Bringing you news about cold hearted corporations, crowd funding platofrms on the rise, and D&D on stage! Available wherever you get your casts!

giantbrain.co.uk/2024/02/19/b...
Brainwaves Episode 137 - Cold Embrace - The Giant Brain
Brainwaves Episode 137 searches the world for tabletop news so you don't have to lift a finger. Sit back, relax and listen.
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February 19, 2024 at 8:19 AM