Brainwaves Episode 167 - Shrinking Minis

About this episode

Iain and Oliver discuss the latest news and controversies in the tabletop gaming world.

Iain and Oliver bring you a bumper packed episode of Brainwaves with all the latest news, controversies, and occurrences from across the tabletop gaming world in episode 167 of Brainwaves. Headlines Devir… damn guys that’s racist as hell https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3555308/just-some-ole-racist-history-crap/page/1 https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3555308/article/46440167#46440167 https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3555679/a-message-to-the-community https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/08/08/devir-to-recall-all-copies-of-new-release-ace-of-spades-after-backlash-over-slavery-depictions-in-artwork-apologises-for-causing-harm/ https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60259/devir-recalling-ace-spades https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3555679/a-message-to-the-community More CMON Executive Leavers and profit warning https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/08/07/cmons-long-serving-chief-financial-officer-company-secretary-latest-to-resign-from-financially-troubled-business/ https://www.marketscreener.com/news/cmon-limited-announces-resignation-of-koh-zheng-kai-as-chief-financial-officer-with-effect-from-14-ce7c5ed2dd8bf026…

People in this episode

Hosts: Iain, Oliver

Topics covered

• tabletop gaming news
• controversies
• game recalls
• financial issues
• import tariffs

Keywords

• tabletop gaming
• Devir
• CMON
• game recalls
• import tariffs
• controversies
• news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Devir, CMON, BoardGameGeek, Board Game Wire, Yahoo, CTPA

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