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HeadlinesHas Powerboats been taken for a Joyride?
Joyride vs Powerboats thread
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3412685/powerboatspowerships-joyride
Geoff Engelstein
https://gametek.substack.com/p/copy-paste
Episodes where we have covered plagiarism allegations
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2021/03/08/episode-68-kickstarter-conundrums/
https://giantbrain.co.uk/2018/04/29/episode-3-legal-vampires/
Cardboard Edison changes tack
https://bsky.app/profile/cardboardedison.bsky.social/post/3lcatxomwp22c
https://cardboardedison.com/award
Sandy Petersen wears no mask
Sandy’s posts
Quimbley’s response
https://www.quimbleys.com/blogs/kickstarter-updates/quimbleys-official-inclusion-statement
Updates
Summit Award for Wargaming winner announced - and Bobby Nunes Memorial Award finalists announced
https://sdhist.com/2024-summit-award-land-and-freedom/
https://sdhist.com/2024-bobby-nunes-memorial-award-finalists/
Wyrmwood fires staff
https://www.rascal.news/wyrmwoods-bitter-medicine-is-proving-hard-for-audiences-to-swallow/
Facebook pulls Fort Circle Games ad. Again.
https://bsky.app/profile/fortcircle.bsky.social/post/3lbyybi6hls2s
News
Itch is taken offline by Funko
https://www.polygon.com/gaming/492791/itch-io-funko-takedown
Leaf’s post to Hacker News
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42364033
GW enters the FTSE 100
SUSD becomes a publisher. Sort of
https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/were-partnering-with-play-to-z-to-launch-exciting-new-games/
Hachette becomes distributor for Edition Spielwiese
Vallejo workers on strike
https://www.rascal.news/vallejo-factory-workers-go-on-strike/
Jobs, Opportunities, and Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs
Spiel des Jahres Funding Programme 2025
https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/foerderprogramm-2025-startet-einreichungen-ab-sofort-moeglich/
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