The team is excited to bring you their first cast live from Essen! Turns out it’s been cancelled. Boo. Gathering themselves and retreating back to the confines of their hotel room the team diligently bring you the latest in tabletop gaming news: Wizards getting sued, more awards, chess cheating continued, rappers, pokemon and much, much more!
Headlines
Wizards taken to court over Dragonlance Books
International Gamers Award Game of the Year Nominees Announced
Chess Cheating Crisis Continues
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/oct/16/chesss-cheating-crisis-paranoia-has-become-the-culture
News
Wu-Tang Clan play chess for Charity
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/chess/news/wu-tang-chess-rza-gza-charity-match
https://www.chess.com/news/view/hennessy-wu-tang-maurice-ashley-chess
Rapper Logic buys pokemon card for $200,574
https://twitter.com/ICV2/status/1317169445534535680?s=19
Geek Retreat to expand
Dragonmeet Cancelled
https://www.facebook.com/groups/dragonmeet
Sign up to GM https://www.dragonmeet.co.uk/gms.html?fbclid=IwAR0axku_DzAR-LguWhTa-moeKq40OZtGu5jPZiTn4bRlfl3h3-BkEU09EMc
Haba USA gets new CEO
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/46698/haba-usa-gets-new-ceo
Hasbro President retiring
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Outro
Catan Shoes?
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/catan-1/news/catan-footwear-collection-plainview
https://mojo-nation.com/catan-footwear-collection-way-plainview/
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