Brainwaves Episode 172 - Thank You!

About this episode

The final episode of Brainwaves covers significant news in the board game industry, including the liquidation of Mythic and updates on Diamond's bankruptcy.

It is the very last episode of Brainwaves. Iain, Jamie, and Oliver venture once more into the news wilds to bring you only the latest and best news. For our last show Mythic finally admit they are no more, the Diamond case starts to actually look like there may be a conclusion in sight, Ryan Dancey puts his backing behind AI, and the usual news on movements, promotions, hirings and more. Headlines Mythic is gone https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/12/10/darkest-dungeon-board-game-maker-mythic-games-officially-liquidated-fails-to-deliver-on-millions-of-dollars-worth-of-crowdfunding-projects/ Ryan Dancey embraces AI https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7402402221167894529?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A(activity%3A7402402221167894529%2C7402427021819076608)&dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A(7402427021819076608%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7402402221167894529) https://bsky.app/profile/giantbrain.co.uk/post/3m7isbb6h6s2e Diamond Bankruptcy Court Denies Motions to Dismiss + Advisors Bill Another $900k https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61085/bankruptcy-court-denies-motions-dismiss https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61108/diamond-advisors-bill-another-900k…

People in this episode

Hosts: Iain, Jamie, Oliver

Topics covered

• board game news
• tabletop gaming
• industry updates
• AI in gaming
• bankruptcy news

Keywords

• Brainwaves
• Mythic
• Diamond
• Ryan Dancey
• GAMA
• Mongoose
• tabletop games
• gaming news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mythic, Diamond, GAMA, Mongoose

Books & works: Brainwaves

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