Episode Summary
Someone at Hasbro should stop letting their CEO talk. Also, there’s a lot of crappy news out so I decided to talk about some new games announced recently. Speaking of news, we’ve also got Rowan Zeoli on from Rascal News to talk about what its like as an independent news blog in this dumpster fire of a time.Join us on Discord! https://boardsandswords.com/discordhttps://www.rascal.news/how-rpgs-get-disability-wrong/https://www.rascal.news/the-question-of-children-in-actual-play/https://www.rascal.news/wyrmwoods-bitter-medicine-is-proving-hard-for-audiences-to-swallow/https://www.rascal.news/former-world-of-game-design-employees-claim-tabletop-company-exploits-workers-and-clients/NewsHubworld: Aidalon from Earthborne Gameshttps://gamefound.com/en/projects/earthborne-games/hubworld-aidalon?ref=homepage-featured_3Mech Skirmish game coming from Andy Chambershttps://gamefound.com/en/projects/best-hobby/zeo-genesis-scalable-smirmish-game?ref=homepage-featured_2New "The Gamers" project looking for fundinghttps://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/zombie-orpheus-entertainment/the-gamers-attack-of-the-pwns?ref=bk-discover-trendingStar Wars wargame coming from Days of Wonderhttps://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/04/battle-of-hoth-miniatures-game-announced-by-days-of-wonder.htmlHasbro isn't worried about the economyhttps://www.rascal.news/hasbros-cautious-approach-to-tariffs-depends-on-more-licensed-magic-the-gathering-and-potential-layoffs/https://www.wargamer.com/magic-the-gathering/economic-hardship-mtg-growthAffiliate Links/Codes: Help support the show!Amazon: https://boardsandswords.com/amazonRenegade Games Studios: https://boardsandswords.com/renegadeMonument Hobbies: 5% off using code "boardsandswords" at their checkout: https://monumenthobbies.com/Email us your comments and questions at feedback@boardsandswords.com. We're on social media! Facebook.com/boardsandswordspod is our official Facebook page. Chris is @boardsandswordschris on instagram, @boardsandswords on X/Twitter while Philip is @PhilTheDirtbag on X/Tw
