News & Week in Review - CMON Layoffs, Stonemaier Suing The President, Free Gloomhaven Digital & More
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This is the week in review, where we go over videos from the past week, what I've played last week, what's coming up today, some news, and then shove in whatever form of something else that happens to make sense today.
TimeStamps:
0:00:00 - Introduction
News
0:00:50 - Heroes of Might & Magic RPG
0:01:00 - Catalyst Game Labs Tariffs Article
0:01:25 - Bitewing Games Tariffs Article
0:01:38 - Boardlandia Shuts Down
0:02:00 - CMON Stops Future Game Development For Now
0:03:50 - Stonemaier Suing The President
0:04:30 - Assassins Creed Animus
0:04:55 - Gloomhaven Digital Free
Week in Review
0:06:50 - Ranking 17 BGA Games
0:08:05 - To Back Or Not To Back
0:08:15 - Boardlandia Shuts Down
0:09:58 - Weekly Live Q&A
0:10:15 - How To Price Your Board Game & Where Tariffs Role Into That Price
Games We Covered
0:12:18 - Beacon Patrol Review
0:12:32 - Dragons of Etchinstone Review
0:13:00 - Santorini Review
0:13:22 - Mycelia Review
0:13:35 - Everdell Duo Review
0:14:45 - Maglev Metro Paris
0:22:50 - Street Masters Unboxing
0:14:42 - 5 First Impressions
0:15:50 - Apex Legends
0:16:20 - Today & Next Week
0:17:30 - Games on the Table
News Links
https://modiphius.net/en-us/pages/heroes-of-might-and-magic-rpg
https://www.catalystgamelabs.com/news/tariffs-rolling-against-american-game-publishers
https://bitewinggames.com/the-state-of-tariffs-crowdfunding-for-board-games/
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/04/23/online-board-game-seller-boardlandia-shuts-down-after-tariffs-add-unsustainable-burden-to-companys-existing-challenges/
https://www.polygon.com/gaming/564281/cmon-layoffs-stops-development-crowdfunding-trump-tariffs
https://stonemaiergames.com/we-are-suing-the-president/
https://www.manticgames.com/news/announcing-assassins-creed-animus/
https://www.wargamer.com/gloomhaven/digital-free-game-amazon-prime
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