Brainwaves

On the eve of our 1st year anniversary the guys look into the depth of the news sea and hook only the tastiest bites for you. This week the world of Bridge is rocked by doping, Martin Wallace has a bone to pick with Eagle Gryphon games, Asmodee loses track of its Bears, franchise tie-ins galore and we finally get down to debating the merits, or not, of Monopoly.  Headlines Top Bridge Player faces doping ban https://amp.theguardian.com/sport/2019/mar/01/world-no1-bridge-player-suspended-after-failing-a-drugs-test-geir-helgemo?__twitter_impression=true Martin Wallace says Eagle Gryphon does not have the rights to publish Age of Steam Kickstarter page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eaglegryphon/age-of-steam-deluxe-edition Original accusation: https://boardgamegeek.com/article/31426723#31426723 Christian Petersen statement: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/3920163#3920163 Resolution that came about after recording: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/2167942/resolution-aos-situation Heidelbar leaves