Brainwaves Episode 165 - Diamond Heist

About this episode

In this episode, Oliver and Iain discuss Diamond Heists, the Spiel Des Jahres winners, CMON's recent troubles, and the shift of D&D to a franchise model.

Jamie’s off boating around, no really, so it’s just Oliver and Iain in the studio this week. On episode 165 of Brainwaves they cover Diamond Heists, Spiel Des Jahres, more trouble for CMON and D&D moving to a franchise model, whatever that means. Headlines Diamond Distribution go on a heist https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-green-ronin-in-critical-legal-defense?attribution_id=sl:0591297a-c303-4ba5-a93c-3b7bd62227df&lang=en_US&ts=1752187231&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp13_c-amp14_t2-amp15_t1&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&v=amp14_t2 https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60060/numerous-objections-diamonds-hostage-inventory-plan?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky Draughts union plans Rascal report: https://www.rascal.news/draughts-workers-celebrated-a-unanimous-strike-vote-with-a-rally-and-a-police-visit/ UVW statement: https://www.uvwunion.org.uk/en/disputes/were-not-playing-anymore/ Strike fund: https://www.uvwunion.org.uk/en/donate/ Spiel des Jahres Award Winners https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/aktuelle-preistraeger-2025/ https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/das-spiel-des-jahres-2025-heisst-bomb-busters/…

People in this episode

Hosts: Oliver, Iain

Topics covered

• Diamond Heists
• Spiel Des Jahres
• CMON news
• D&D franchise model
• strike news

Keywords

• Diamond Heist
• Spiel Des Jahres
• CMON
• D&D
• board games

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CMON, Spiel Des Jahres, Diamond Distribution, Draughts union, UVW

Books & works: Degenesis: Clan Wars

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