A few hours ago, I finished my part of this project I’ve been developing and working on for a few years. Now, other artists are making their contributions to the project, as we move it closer to that terrifying and exhilarating moment when we give it to you.
I just wrote this in an email:
“This feels like I’m tempting Fate, but … I’m optimistic. I feel the way I did when we were working on Tabletop, before anyone had seen it. This just feels good, it feels like it fits into a space that is currently vacant, and even if it doesn’t find a huge audience, I know we made something special for the audience we did find.”
Tabletop is the most recent thing I did that totally belonged to me in every way that mattered (until it didn’t. heavy sigh.) and I didn’t realize how much I missed having something like this in my life until I was doing it again with this thing. Working on my own thing lights me up in a way that working on someone else’s thing can’t, even when I love working on their thing as much as I can possibly love working on anything.
AUGH! I am so excited for this I just want to slap it.
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if this changes my life in anywhere near the same way Tabletop did I’m in for a real treat!
I’m so excited to find out what the thing is! Tabletop was genuinely life changing for me, and if there’s even half as much joy in the new thing, it’s going to be awesome.
I’m excited for you and to see what this thing is. But reading the ongoing gag in Harvey Birdman kept popping into my head: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N_odAms6rQ (Did you get that THING I sent ya?)
My first thought was “more Titansgrave??” Haha
While I’m really excited to see what you’re cooking up, I’m even happier that you found something so thoroughly enjoyable.
You got this
Can’t wait to see what this is!
Slap what now?
I’m really excited to see what’s coming up!
With everything going on right now, working on our own stuff is such a gift. My wife and I are about to make a short film at the end of March, and working steadily on it has been such a balm for the soul. (That being said we’re also waiting for a comic editor to approve an outline and I would very much like to be scripting that soon please).
I’m looking forward to seeing what this amazing thing is! Glad I found your blog. I grew up watching the original Star Trek, then became a Next Gen watcher and then DS9 and Voyager. Kind of fell off after that, but I did see a couple seasons of Picard. STNG was the best. Glad that you got to be part of that, even if acting wasn’t the life you would have chosen for yourself. Saw your interview on “Inside of Me”. Woah. I’m sorry that people (including parents) can be so so awful. Glad you’ve made your own way and are embracing the life you love. Glad that you have such an amazing supportive wife and friends.
I think I missed something – what happened to Tabletop? All I know is there wasn’t a 5th season…
Having positive things being put out into the universe is so important, especially now – thank you for seeing that and nurturing all that is good in the world.
I know “Titansgrave” is probably done for good at this point, but I really enjoyed watching those episodes. “Tabletop” was a lot of fun, too.
Don’t worry about overusing “thing”. You’ve created something that you’re not ready to reveal to the world yet, in any way. What else are you going to call it?
You, sir, are an artist. And as an artist you only need to create for yourself. If you are happy with it, then it is enough.
“Working on my own thing lights me up in a way that working on someone else’s thing can’t”
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(But seriously, I’m really excited for you and your thing!)
Right? Once I saw it, I couldn’t not see it, and then it was too stupid to change.
My social anxiety grew exponentially during the COVID lockdown (from shyness to paranoia). I rewatched all the TableTop episodes both for comfort and as therapy, as I tried to imagine myself sitting at the table without having a social panic attack, enjoying the experience. A snuggly blanket in video form.
If your new creation even approaches the sheer joy the TableTop world has had for me, well, then, that’ll be truly special. While I do have high hopes, there’s no way you can fail. Even your worst output is still in the top 1% of what’s out there. Be fearless!
Gawd. The anticipation has me recalling when was I was waiting for the first moments of MTV (1 August 1981). But no pressure, Wil.
I answered my own question by Googling what happened to Tabletop. Some folks on Reddit a few years back were discussing how you were working on a similar show but different enough. I don’t know if anything came from that, haven’t heard anything, but a thought just hit me: if you were still looking to do a game-teaching show…. why not connect with Dropout.tv? I mean, ok, sure, it would still require membership for viewers to watch it just as they do for things like GameChanger, Dimension 20 and Make Some Noise, but it’s VERY cheap compared to all the other streaming services and it would likely be an excellent home for such a show! Just my 2 cents. I don’t even know if you read these…
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