Wil Wheaton's Tabletop

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I know most of you will know about this show, but I figured it's worth having a thread to discuss the show, and more specifically the games that are presented in it. Sometimes it can be a little hit and miss, and sometimes Wil ends up cheating/using the rules wrongly/ignoring them entirely, but it's still a good entertainment show. And it's good because it gives a great overview of so many games that you can get a good idea of how the different games play and if you'll enjoy them without needing to spend any money.

And so, for ease of browsing and clicking, here be the episodes:

Season 1

1. Small World (2 hour extended edition)
2. Settlers of Catan
3. Zombie Dice, Get Bit! & Tsuro
4. Ticket to Ride
5. Munchkin
6. Castle Panic (1hr 45 extended edition)
7. Gloom
8. Fiasco (And part 2)
9. Say Anything
10. Elder Sign
11. Dixit
12. Wits & Wagers
13. Pandemic (85min extended edition)
14. Last Night on Earth
15. Star Fluxx
16. Alhambra
17. Chez Geek
18. Dragon Age (And part 2)

Season 2

1. Formula D (2 hour extended edition)
2. The Resistance
3. Once Upon a Time
4. King of Tokyo
5. Forbidden Island
6. Smash Up
7. Star Trek Catan
8. Star Wars X-Wing
9. Lords of Waterdeep
10. Shadows over Camelot
11. Betrayal at House on the Hill (And Part 2)
12. Takenoko
13. Qwirkle and 12 Days (100 minute extended edition)
14. Carcasonne (95 minute extended edition)
15. Tsuro of the Seas (1 hour extended edition)
16. Ticket to Ride - Europe
17. Fortune and Glory
18. Lords of Vegas

So far, Tabletop's introduced me to The Resistance (Which quickly progressed into a love for Avalon) and Dixit, which is just a fantastic game.

 

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Do you have any links?

http://www.penny-arcade.com/patv/show/shut-up-sit-down

Another extremely good show, and it has Quinns, former RPS writer.

 

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Wow not seen that show before, episode 1 is 2 hours long.

MW

That's because you clicked the 2 hour extended edition link

When they had a break between recordings, they created some extended versions of a couple of episodes where there was enough funny material.

 

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Very nice thread, would appreciate if OP can update the first post

Nice to see they will make the RGP Show

Updated, albeit a couple of months late!

 

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While it depends which day of the week you go, if you come to a Saturday session you're going to be looking at a selection of games around that size. The exact games will vary depending on who comes, there's several people who have a large selection and ask on the discussion board to find out which games people want them to bring, others just take what they feel like. Suffice it to say that there's a large selection of euro and ameritrash games, ranging from small 10 minute filler games up to the 8 hour epics of Game of Thrones.

 

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That's our game table. When people bring games they leave them on that table for anyone to use. Some of those games are mine, in general I bring galaxy truckers, space cadets dice duel, 7 wonders, ticket to ride Europe, avalon, carcassonne, hanabi and coup. Wheeled across London in a suitcase!

It's free to join and attend, just sign up on the meetup site and rsvp whenever you want to attend. If you come on a Saturday then I'll be happy to teach you galaxy truckers, though I won't be there this weekend.