TableTakes News Briefing for July 13, 2020

Weekly Tabletop Gaming News Highlights, Selected by the Hosts and Producers of TableTakes

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Headlines

• Competitive Scrabble Bans Offensive Words
  • Dicebreaker: Scrabble community bans offensive words, including racial slurs, from competitive play
• Games Doing Great on Kickstarter, Despite (Because of?) Everything Happening in the World
  • Dicebreaker: Tabletop games had a record-breaking start to 2020 on Kickstarter, including their biggest-ever month
  • ICv2: Money Raised for Games on Kickstarter up Dramatically in First Half 2020
• Dice Tower Awards 2019 Winners Announced
  • Dice Tower: Dice Tower Awards 2019
• Pre-Order for New Edition of Warhammer Opens Saturday, July 11
  • Warhammer Community: Sunday Preview: Join the Crusade
• Game Workshop Releases Initial Information About App for Warhammer 40k 9th Edition
  • Warhammer Community: The App – All You Need To Know!
• Age of Sigmar General’s Handbook Getting an Update for 2020
  • Warhammer Community: The General’s Handbook 2020: What’s in the Book?
• More 2020 Convention Cancellations
  • ICv2: Dragon Con Is Toast for Labor Day, Emerald City Gives up on 2020, and ‘Star Wars’ Celebration Light Speeds to 2022
• Wizards Canceling In-Store Play for North America, Re-Evaluating Month-By-Month
  • ICv2: Wizards of the Coast Temporarily Suspends ‘Magic: The Gathering’ In-Store Play in U.S. and Latin America

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TableTakes, Presented by Gen Con, is hosted by hosted by Banzai, Christian Doyle, Derek Guder, and Emma Larkins.

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Also this week:

• Wednesday, July 8 at 5:30 pm (Pacific) — Gen Con Online Info Stream: Roll20
• Friday, July 10 at 3:30 pm (Pacific) — Gen Con Online Info Stream: Gen Con Online Overview

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