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It’s time for your fortnightly does of boardgame news. Please take with plenty of water along with some food. Headlines Richard Halliwell passes away https://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2021/05/rip-richard-halliwell.html California court rules Amazon responsible for third party goods https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/1/22414185/california-appeals-court-amazon-marketplace-responsible-third-party-hoverboard Golden Geek Awards announced https://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/2652238/15th-annual-golden-geek-awards-winners-2020 News Zak Smith lawsuit against Gencon dismissed https://www.geeknative.com/130984/court-appears-to-dismiss-zak-s-gen-con-lawsuit/ DnD Movie begins shooting https://collider.com/dungeons-and-dragons-movie-filming-begins/ Daniele Tascini update https://boardanddice.com/news/update-on-the-situation-with-daniele-tascini/ Walmart and Target pulls Pokemon cards https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/48339/mass-merchants-pull-pokemon-tcg-sports-cards-off-shelves https://www.theguardian.com/games/2021/may/13/us-target-stores-to-stop-selling-pokemon-cards-after-rising-value-prompts-threats-to-staff https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kv9a9/pokemon-cards-psa-cgc-bgs-turnaround-times?fbclid=IwAR0iIwvpFbenSd7d0153Unk-Scbny_vLFUp6QPfnNKLTwA7RG3yyedrBsS4 Monopoly loses trademark in EU. Kinda. Sorta. https://www.worldipreview.com/news/hasbro-loses-eu-monopoly-tm-after-bad-faith-finding-21292 Patreon Shoutouts Shaun Newan game-a-lot.fun/en facebook.com/gamealotboardgames Our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain Support Us https://giantbrain.co.uk/support-us-new/ Metallic Dice Games https://metallicdicegames.com/ Promo Code: ROLLWITHBRAINS Outro Lifesize Monopoly https://www.monopolylifesized.com/ Our Links Thanks very much for listening. If you like what you’ve listened to then the best way to help us out is to share the podcast and drop us a review and rating on itunes. You can also follow us on Discord: https://discord.gg/3bMx2HK75r Twitter: https://twitter.com/thegiantbrain Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/giantbrainuk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegiantbrain Website: https://giantbrain.co.uk/ Email: giantbrainuk@gmail.com