What would you like to see us play on Tabletop Season Three?

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Second Season of Wil Wheaton Project. Yes or No? I hope SyFy channel has the foresight to keep it going.

So for those of you who don’t know, earlier this summer, I did 12 episodes of a silly comedy show on Syfy called The Wil Wheaton Project. It was basically The Soup for people like me who enjoy sci-fi, fantasy, and horror, as well as jokes about those things. If you’d like to see a bunch of clips from the show, they’re right here on my YouTube thing.

We’re officially on hiatus right now, and we don’t know if the network will order more episodes. I know that they liked us in a creative sense, but the ratings weren’t very good (ratings are generally not very good in summer, and while I don’t believe that ratings are as important as they once were, my opinion on the matter isn’t particularly important to the decision makers), but the people who did watch us really liked us. So I won’t know for a few more weeks, but until then, I’m on hiatus, which means I get to write more, play more games, and prep for season three of Tabletop, which goes into production in October.

Part of that preparation includes finding 20 games to play on the show, and as of today, I have eight (maybe nine) that are strong contenders.

What do you want us to play on the show next year? Would you tell me the game, the publisher, and why you like it?

Keep in mind the criteria for Tabletop game selection:

  1. Plays well with 4 people.

  2. Plays in under 90 minutes.

  3. Can be generally explained in about 5 minutes.

  4. Has a high ration of luck to strategy, so everyone has a chance to win the game.

  5. Looks great, has clear graphical design and photographs well.

  6. Is not something we’ve played before.

I’d love to hear your ideas in the comments.

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  3. 7 wonders
    Hanabi
    Forbidden desert
    Anf if possible
    Descent: 2nd edition
    Devastation of indies

  6. Off the top of my head I’d love to see these;

    Istanbul
    Manhattan project
    The builders: middle ages (small and quick game, could be played with a few others in one show)
    Zombicide

  7. Firefly the game by Gale force nine. Simple fun and gorgeous design. Quick mission can play in 90 mins

    1. I’ve never seen a firefly mission play that quickly. Maybe with a full table of people intimately familiar with the game.

  9. Going going, gone (loads of fun), but maybe a bit short, Maybe do it as part of a collection of games… Easy to explain, easy to showcase with pauses inbetween bidding. Laughing at mistakes and trickery 😉

  10. “Miskatonic School for Girls” from Edge Entertainment by Luke and Betsy Peterschmidt. Why? 1) Indie cred; 2) Tentacles; 3) Lovecraftian Horror/Humour; 4) Plays best with four players; 5) Did I mention – Tentacles?

  11. The machine of death game that was kickstarter’d last year or another version of munchkin, perhaps the new steampunk arriving soon?

  14. I would to see Quarriors (Maybe with the Quartifact expanions and advance culling rules) and Wiz-War.

    If it dosn’t overlap too much with spellslinger i think a game of MTGs Two Headed Giant varriant could be fun

  15. I think it would be best to steer away from playing other versions of games that we’ve already seen. The great thing about Tabletop is discovering games that we might like to buy. I don’t need to see multiple versions of Catan played.

  16. I would love to see you play Firefly The Game with the cast of firefly
    if you do that I can die happy

  17. I’d like to second Machine of Death mentioned above. It’s a cooperative storytelling game where you have to plan out assassinations using the information and resources given, then after you have a plan you have to execute it under timed conditions and frantically improvise as things inevitably go wrong.

    The idea is that a machine has been created which tells how someone will die. So assassin’s now have to create situations to match those conditions if they want to succeed. The causes of death can be anything from Corgis to Double Irony. I can’t overemphasise how much fun my D&D group had playing this, and you can get some really crazy plans going.

  18. Personally, I’d love to see the following:

    Coup
    Dead of Winter
    Galaxy Trucker
    Sentinels of the Multiverse
    Space Cadets

  19. Hanabi
    Relic Runners
    Bang! Dice Game
    Survive: Escape from Atlantis

    More than anything else, I’d like to see Chrononauts. There’s not a good video on Chrononauts game play out there, and it might be my favorite game.

  23. Spartacus by Gale Force Nine.

    This is a gem of a game where you try and advance your Roman house while screwing over the other players – oh, and there is a dice chucker gladiator battle at the end of each round. You can set the length of the game so 90 minutes would work fine.

    This game is pure fun, drips with theme, and has gladiators (yes, including Spartacus) and I think it would work perfectly on your show!

  24. Hi Wil!

    7 Wonders by Repos productions:
    I realise you did it for International Tabletop Day but it is such a quick, fun & multi-strategied game 🙂

    Citadels by Fantasy Flight games:
    You try and build your city up by choosing roles in secret and taking their actions in order. Subterfuge, secrets and trickery 🙂

    Battlestar Galactica by Fantasy Flight Games
    Massive levels of subterfuge, impossible odds and amazingly good fun 🙂 More complex to explain but the basics can be pared down enough to explain for the camera.

    Hanabi by Abacus Spiele
    Beautiful coop set-collecting game where you cannot see your own hand of cards. Others have to communicate what people have in restricted ways so that people play cards in the right order

    Forbidden Desert by Gamewright
    I know you did Forbidden Island, well this takes the mechanic and alers it beyond recognition! A sandstorm covers tiles with sand as it moves randomly via a deck, you have to uncover tiles to work out where the parts of the flying machine are so you can escape while dying of thirst. Perfect for your show.

    Back to the future the card game/Chrononauts by Looney Labs
    The timeline is represented by a series of face-up cards on the table. Using time machines from the deck, change linchpins to alter history to match your goal then destroy time travel’s invention to keep it that way forever! The BTTF version is themed and marginally different.

    Dominion by Rio Grande – deck building game where you use cards to take actions and gain cards & money into your deck which you eventually buy victory points with. Good fun and slow enough at the beginning that it keeps the learning curve shallow.

    Arkham Horror by Fantasy Flight games – Fight off the Lovecraftian horrors while closing portals to gain Elder Signs so you can prevent the ancient one from rising – like Elder Sign but more RPG based.

    Hope that helps! 🙂

  25. Suburbia
    Quantum
    Letters from Whitechapel (I would love to see Wil play as Jack the Ripper!)
    Forbidden Desert

  26. I would love to see some new games showcased since Tabletop has been instrumental to forming the skyscraper city of boxes in my living room.

    I would like to suggest Sherrif of Nottingham, Abyss, Dead of Winter, Macho Koro, Camel Up and Funemployed.

  27. For an episode featuring shorter games, how about:
    Kittens in a Blender, from RedShift Games. It’s a fast-playing card game and cuter than it sounds.
    Seven Dragons, from Looney Labs. Another quick card-based game, with beautiful graphics.
    Already mentioned – Castellan, Steve Jackson Games. Deceptively simple, although it may not fit your criteria for luck+strategy.

  28. Camel Up: Between the gorgeous, stacking camels and the pyramid, it will look great on screen. http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/153938/camel

    Survive: Escape from Atlantis! Full of colorful pieces, potential for hilarity, and the almost certainty of backstabbing. http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2653/survive-escape-atlantis

    Tragedy Looper: Fun, quirky, roleplay-heavy, Japanese game with an original theme. http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/148319/tragedy-looper

  29. Use Grant Williams’ games from Rather Dashing Games. You know, Grant, from Ghost Hunters fame? He has some awesome looking games in his company.

  30. Some games I think would work real well:

    Flash Point
    Cosmic Encounter
    Cash ‘n’ Gunz
    Galaxy Trucker
    Small World Underground
    Roborally
    City of Horror
    Lifeboats
    Couple rounds of One Night Ultimate Werewolf
    Forbidden Desert

  32. Puerto Rico fo’ sho’. I love that game, and I love it when other people love that game.

  34. Jamaica
    Forbidden Dessert
    Sheriff of Nottingham
    Cyclades
    Letters from Whitechappel – Will vs the guests or perhaps Felicia as jack the ripper, the idea alone 🙂
    Tales of the Arabian Nights – Would require some house rules to fit it in the timespan but would be amazing
    The Resistance: Avalon
    Gravwell: Escape from the 9th Dimension

  35. HORSE FEVER! All 6 criteria wonderfully fulfilled: the players impersonate horse-race bettors that will use any means to make the bets they place to pay off. It has three different game modes: board game, family game and party game so playability easily adjusts to the number and the level of the players. Some role playing, which is always nice to see on Tabletop, would fit beautifully.
    Bonus: the authors made also a Horse Fever playset for Fiasco!

  37. I would like to see:

    Run for your life, Candyman.
    Cutthroat Caverns
    Dread Curse
    Jungle Speed

  38. AEG’s: Courtier, Love Letter, Thunderstone, revisiting Smash up now that 3 expansions have come out.

    Boss Monster, The Firefly Board game, We didn’t play test this either,

  39. You should take a look at King’s Forge, a new game from Game Salute, on the lighter side. It’s got an interesting blend of resource management and luck. Dice! There are lots of dice!

  40. I agree with other commenters: no repeats, even if it’s a different edition or adds an expansion. There’s so many good games out there now that there’s no need.

    There haven’t been a lot of pickup-and-deliver games or “train games” in general. How about Railroad Tycoon: the Card Game, or String Railway?

  44. I’ve got just a couple ideas:

    Tokaido – My top pick for your show. Awesome 2-5 player game that is very under-recognized

    Boss Monster – Others have recommended this and it’s very, very fun, so I agree with them.

    Seasons – I’ve never played it, but heard great things

    Enigma – This was JUST released in the US and I’d be interested to see it

  45. Since I’ve still got Gen Con on the brain, how about a couple new ones just released:

    Dead of Winter

    Five Tribes

    And a few more established games:

    Alien Frontiers

    K2

    Revolution!

  49. Plenty of good suggestions already.

    However, for something a bit different that you may wish to do as a shorter episode is Escape: Curse of the Temple.

    The game plays in exactly 10 minutes and has an unusual real-time co-op mechanic. The game should film fantastically, and you can use freeze-frame moments and on-screen text to explain specific curses and when people get locked out. Total episode with intro, outro, gameplay and segues should package in a nice 30m episode.

    One to consider I think.

  50. Red Dragon Inn 4, Slugfest Games. It’s a silly, rowdy, competitive virtual drinking game that begs to be converted into a real drinking game.
    Descent: Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition), Fantasy Flight Games. I normally dislike tabletop RPGs because they feel to be lacking in strategy, just mindless repetitive dice rolls. This game, however, I greatly enjoy because it is engaging, the player character builds are surprisingly customizable, and there is a real sense of progression throughout the campaign.
    Gravwell: Escape from the 9th Dimension, Cryptozoic Entertainment. At first glance it’s a simple card drafting and “bidding” game, but the bluffing strategy quickly becomes deep and the misplays are hilarious, as players are sent hurtling backward.
    Lost Legacy: The Starship, Alderac Entertainment Group. It’s like Love Letter, but a bit more intricate in terms of strategy.
    Fresco, Queen Games. It’s an artsy worker-placement eurogame with an interesting mechanic for turn order. You can either get up early, pay higher prices, and decrease your mood, or you can sleep in, have a lesser pick of paint for sale, but prices are cheaper and your mood improves.

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