News & Week in Review - The One Where CMON Is The Least Controversial Thing We Talk About
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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 & I'm Back
News
0:03:15 - CMON Losing More Employees
0:05:20 - Genuius Games to Restructure Elf Creek
0:05:55 - Gencon Record Attendance and Exhibitors
0:07:05 - Sanctuary from Ark Nova Designer
0:07:40 - CGE & Devir
Videos of the Week
0:24:40 - Instead of this, Play That
0:25:20 - Most Anticipated Upcoming Campaigns
0:25:50 - Ranking the Gamefound Feast
0:26:00 - Gencon Haul
Games We Covered
0:26:30 - Time to Panic Gameplay
0:26:42 - Railroad Tiles Review
0:27:45 - Shackleton Base Review
0:28:00 - Warleague
0:28:17 - Gatsby Review
0:28:45 - 10 Days in the National Parks Review
0:29:02 - Today & Next Week
0:29:41 - Games on the Table
News Links
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/08/07/cmons-long-serving-chief-financial-officer-company-secretary-latest-to-resign-from-financially-troubled-business/
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/08/01/financially-troubled-elf-creek-games-brings-in-genius-games-founder-to-restructure-business-says-fulfilling-overdue-kickstarters-is-top-priority/
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/08/05/gen-con-exhibitor-numbers-rebound-to-record-levels-despite-tariffs-uncertainty-biggest-ever-attendance-reaches-almost-72000/
https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogpost/176861/game-preview-sanctuary-or-semicircular-ark-nova
https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/07/29/reviewers-including-no-pun-included-shut-up-sit-down-boycott-codenames-publisher-cge-for-releasing-new-harry-potter-game-while-ignoring-jk-rowlings-anti-trans-rhetoric/
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/
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