When people tell me how horrible the comments on RUclips are, I don't really know what they're talking about, because the comments on our Tabletop episodes are always really awesome, positive, friendly, and enthusiastic. I suppose it was only a matter of time before we returned to the Mean, but I have to say, some of you commenting here today are really being dicks. I totally understand why people block out comments on their videos, if this is the sort of childish garbage they have to out up with all the time. If you're having such a bad day, and you're feeling like the best way to spend your day is insulting people and being rude in the comments of a RUclips video, maybe your day would be better spent away from your computer. Whatever's going on with you, I sincerely hope your day gets better. Maybe playing a tabletop game with a friend would cheer you up!
Wil Wheaton, I just want to say thank you for resparking my love for board games. I never knew about most of these games and cant wait to start finding these games. im on eps 36 for the tabletop playlist and cant wait to see the rest. You are so awesome. Thank you again.
Wil Wheaton as a viewer I feel embarassed for the comments on C.E. or B.C. etcetera. ... You made a good job ... simply don't spend too much time watchin' comments .... keep doing good videos ... thas the best way to uberize (wanted to write uberfuck in first time) their sterile comments .... maybe Carcassonne attracts medievil idiots.
#same. They're cornerstones of gaming history in my opinion, and mainly why the golden age exploded around 2015, on top of Critical Role at the time. They're important relics.
"When I go to a Panda Express, I don't look for finished walls. I look for orange chicken, and other stuff that's bad for me but tastes great." - Kumail Nanjiani, 2013
Im sure Geek & Sundry or Will won't see this comment, but I have to say, Ive always enjoyed playing board games, but up until two weeks ago I had only played normal "classics" Monopoly, Sorry, Trouble etc. I found this channel and this web series and now I am starting my own collection of board games! Bought Pandemic, and want to buy many many more that you have displayed on this show. Thanks for sparking a passion in me and making me open my eyes to the endless hours of fun, and breaking my bank! lol
Concerning the whole "Wil Wheaton misplaying his tile" debacle (22 minutes ish) - he didn't misplay. The choice was not between 4 points for the 2-tile city or 9 points for the completed monastery, because an incomplete 8-tile monastery is worth ...8 points in the end game. Completing the monastery is worth ONE extra point, and a returned meeple. It's highly marginal, but completing the city is worth FOUR extra points. Completing the city is the right play (without considering farmer issues). THIS HAS BEEN A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CARCASSONNE STRATEGY PUBLIC AWARENESS COMMITTEE
***** Without rewatching the video, I'm pretty sure that he got a returned meeple from the city, too. Completing the city increased its value from 1 to 4, and completing the cloister would have increased it from 8 to 9.
Yeah, completing cloisters and roads isn't really neccessary. They don't give you extra points relative to the number of tiles. A 9 tile road is worth 9 points, finished or unfinished. Typically in Carcassonne, you want to have invested all of your meeple just as the game ends. This can be done by looking at long roads or unfinished cities that you can just squeeze them into. Before that, the focus should be on finishing cities (double points) or setting up farms (as we saw, Wil dominated with his farmers).
darkluigi254 he did lol This is why, if I ever get and play carcassonne, I would remove the meeples as you score them at the end so you score everything and only once
I’m new but pretty sure 13:50 he says he can’t do anything on his go but he could place farmer on the tile next to another farmer, where he said you can’t
Seriously, everyone needs a friend like Wil who has all the neat board games and invites you over to play them and actually has that gift to make you enjoy them. Life would be so dull without table top games. Thanks for sharing all these great games with us, Wil. Keep it up and good luck for 2014 in winning a few more episodes ;-)
Watching them all in order currently, and this was the first time Wil won a game without being part of a team, someone else messing up and handing him the victory by their mistake, or Will being the traitor in a co-operative game. I miss this show, I'd watch all the seasons of this as long as Wil Wheaton hosts it. He's great in this and spread a lot of good this way, being a positive influence, bringing people together to play fun board games.
As usual, TableTop introduces me to new RUclipsrs to watch, as well as show me a humble side to many celebrities. After watching hundreds of Jesse's videos I come back to re-watch what started it all...
I have to compliment the team for their efforts on this video. Again they make understanding the rules incredibly easy and superimposing the tiles on the video is done superbly. Good work guys and girls! :-) And of course thanks to the players. I love how Kumail says "and an actor" because he nowadays pops up in every single good show on TV. Reverse humblebrag I say :-) Can't wait for the Meltdown show!
This is one of my fav episode. Thanks for showing this--> Now, I'm off to buy Carcassonne. Btw, just like to thank you Wil for doing the Tabletop. It's been a struggle for me to get my family and my friends to do board games. Now, it looks like my country has started building a board gamers community. And I'm just excited that my family doesn't think it's lame anymore playing these games.
Easily one of my favorite episodes. From the "YOLO Rivalry," to suicidal ice cream sandwiches, to Wil's Intense Desire to Win, this was hilarious. Also loved how NikaHarper knew all the rules and kept ***** in check!
Please more of Jesse Cox! I'd love to see the extended version of this one, if you guys are still putting out the extended versions of Table Top, that is!
This was so great! It is always great to see Wil Wheaton doing crazy voices...and how you said "Spiel des Jahres" was good! So that meepel was right with his praise...not so sure about his french, but who can blame him.^^
Dear geek & sundry/ Will Wheaton, man this channel rocks- settlers (of catan) was what recently got me into table top and a friend reffered me to this channel for new games. Ive now been watching this channel for 8 hours straight and im still loving the gameplay. Keep up the great work guys! I'd love to see a legacy game played out on your channel (if not on table top something else under geek and sundry). Cheers guys and happy gaming!
well if memory serves it's the 3rd time he's won out of all the times they've played. Considering that to have a 25% win ratio (it's almost always 4 player games where only 1 person can win so 1/4 = .25) there would only be 12 episodes of tabeltop and there's been over 25 i believe, his win ratio is pretty abysmal.
Chocl8215 Actually, there have been 36 games played so far, but 2 of them were non-winning games (Dragon Age RPG and Fiasco). Wil has had 4 solo wins (Carcasonne, Betrayal At Hill House, Shadows Over Camelot, and Star Fluxx) and 2 Team wins (Elder Sign and Castle Panic). So really, he's had 6 wins out of 34 games played, which while that seems bad as it is only a 17.6% win ratio, it is difficult to claim he should have a 25% win ratio as every game is different with different players of different skill. The 25% win ratio would only be reasonable if it were the same game with the same players.
I cannot stress how AMAZING this episode was! Not only cause all the guests were so cool (glad to see Nika Harper in an episode!) but because I love when Wil wins. He deserved this win the same as all his wins. Keep up the awesome work guys and gals!
This is the first ever episode of TableTop which I've watched and not really understood how the game is played. But I spent the majority of the video hating Team Yolo Swag Money and still had fun.
Will... that last statement you made while walking off camera had me rolling on the ground laughing for a good 45 seconds... I ended up having to watch it again just to make sure I heard you correctly. LOVED IT!!
I'm calling it: Next weeks gag reel will be nothing else but Wil trying to pronounce the names of the game designer. I'm even betting nonexistent internet money on it!
We're starting our 3 year old niece early on Catan and German-style board games. We'll be giving her Kids of Catan this Saturday when we see them for Christmas.We hope to help insure that she has a love of board games as she grows.
Some of my favorite things about playing these types of games are the social banter and commentary that happens naturally while you play. I think this episode has great banter and shows exactly why Carcassonne is such a great "gateway" to table top gaming. It's been a few years since I last played it, so I may have to break it out again this week. And I really enjoyed Kumail's comments about what would happen if you had to use calculators at the end of a basketball game to figure out who won. So great.
I have been waiting for the Carcassonne ep for so long and it did NOT disappoint. Perfect mix of players for it too. Would love to see the extended play version.
I now understand how this game is played! The scoring was holding me back from bringing Carcassonne to the table. It just didn't flow until seeing the scoring done live. One thing that struck me is that an expansion was referred to on an episode. I believe this was the first time expansions were mentioned as well. I'd love to see a Not the Flog where Wil talks about if expansions are a good or bad idea and if there are some must have expansions for games. I do like all the Small World options and Unseen Forces for Elder Signs really makes the game challenging.
True... but during the live Tabletop day feed they played Smash Up with the first expansion. Still would love to hear the Tabletop stance on expansions in general.
Actually, his 6th, but this is the first one he finally, truly earned! Star flux win was handed to him by the guy who kept thinking he was winning, he was given co-op wins by his better playing allies in Castle Panic and Elder Sign, and traitor wins in Betrayal at the House on the Hill and Shadows Over Camelot! This one he actually, finally strategized and won! Yay, Will! Your losing streak is officially broken. Now let some more guests win!
***** I have figured out why you have such a losing streak!!!! the intro into your video shows a D20..... With the 7 upside down...........Guess what is showing on top? CRITICAL FAIL!!!!!!
Michael Ott He did change it in the new season though lol In forbidden desert with felicia day and the others the intro now has the 12 facing us instead of the 7 lol. I'm not sure if this was to show it was a D12 or if he figure why the hell not and changed it lol. Either way it made me smile :)
I love how Jesse went from first place to last after the tally's were finalized. It's obvious to any space butterfly that Felicia Day rigged this episode for belated (and likely affectionate) retribution for Jesse's epic confession/confrontation of the TGS Podcast last year. I just know it! Lol, jk. As a long time Jesse and TableTop fan, I was glad to see their combination realized and I am glad Will got another win yet again. Fun episode in general.
I can never work out if Jesse and Nika are flirting for realsies, or just because they are very savvy about the internet and they think it's fun to troll shippers.
Gotta say after seeing this channel and this series called Tabletop I actually went out and bought one of the games you played. Unspeakable words! had such a blast with it and we all loved going insane and making up words like zajoust, meaning its the sound one makes when jousting.
I ended up buying Settlers or Catan, Ticket to Ride, Fiasco, and Pandemic. And I've went to other's people's house who had Fluxx and Lords of Waterdeep. This show is perfect XD
CptSkillet - I had a very similar experience. I started watching this show last year and started writing a list of all the games that I thought looked awesome to play. I've been collecting on that list (and adding) ever since! S.O. and I have had a lot of fun playing and when I get together with my family, I make them play endless amounts of board games which my step-father just loves to pieces.
I've bought Betrayal at the house on the hill, king of tokyo, fluxx and smash up and i play small world and ticket to ride on my phone all because of this show :) I'm hoping they are going to play some of the other games I own.. I'm hoping for either Mage Knight (because of the sheer complexity) or Tales of Arabian nights (because so mutch goes wrong with your caharacter in that game )
I'd like to see them play Relic, that new 40k game. Looked pretty cool in the store I saw it. OR see a 4 player free for all with that star wars ship mini game.
Really happy to see that you included Carcassonne this season. I was introduced to the game when I played it with some friends at a Christmas party, and in my experience it's both fun and not too complicated to learn.
Perfect timing for this episode. I bought Carcassonne on Christmas Eve to play with my parents over Christmas and they absolutely loved it (both are 70y.o. so it certainly is for all ages - it is basically 'doing a jigsaw for points') to the point of buying a copy for themselves as well as a couple of expansions. We did start playing with the Inns & Cathedrals expansion which makes the game more strategic. The river expansion is also good however we play a house rule of no farmers on river tiles and the source tile splits the farms up to reduce the chances of someone running away with huge farms. We also sometimes mix the lake tile into the river tiles to get a varying length of river.
Bloody great show law of avarages says you should have won more games. I will check this game out. Btw thanks to table top I now have and play ticket to ride , small world, king of Tokyo and takenoko. Keep them coming guys.
Unfortunately not. Gamers are also some of the most sickly people you can meet. So when big daddy lying ass government said "you can see anyone." Gamers where like " oh I might die if I leave the house. "
Don't know if you'll actually see this, Wil, but you are amazingly funny! And now that you've done the Newcastle commercials, you really need to call your double on Tabletop Bil Wheaton! Thank you for these awesome shows! Can't wait for Season 3! PS: So glad you played Carcassonne! I've got the box set and the Xbox version. So much fun!
"The player who has a knight in a completed city scores two points for each tile in the city (count the number of tiles; separate segments on a tile count once). Each pennant on segments in the city earns the player 2 points." But then italic text near the illustration says: "Single exception: when a completed city has just 2 city segments, the player earns just two points (not 4), plus 1 point for each pennant."
I know that I'm replying to a comment from 6 years ago, but I couldn't believe it either while watching this (Although as I go through a re-watch of TableTop to start off 2020, I'm realizing nearly every episode has big rules errors.)
Dear Tabletop. I don't know about anybody else but I would really appreciate and enjoy watching slightly edited if not completely unedited versions of your games as I would really enjoy the longer, fuller episodes with more gameplay. Keep up the amazing work.
I love these Table Top episodes. This is the first game on the show that I played before hand. Actually understanding the rules & strategy was a nice change.
Even after all these years of occasionally viewing this vid/playlist, I'm still amused and also impressed how Wil pronounces "Spiel des Jahres", it's close enough to be understandable and wrong enough to be lovable, as an American he just nails it, wish I could like as much as I watch
YAYYYYYYYYY!!! I'm so happy that this came out during the holidays. I have been waiting to see Jesse on here for so long =) Thank you Geek and Sundry for giving me this holiday gift!
NikaHarper Near my house, there is a Panda Express that is *three blocks* from Chinatown! The fact that it still does business convinces me that Panda Express is Chinese food for people who don't like Chinese food. (Me, I like Chinese food!) :)
The one near where I live is a pit of gastronomical horrors. I don't know about anyone else, but when I go out to eat Chinese food prepared by Mexican immigrants I expect tasty if slightly greasy food that may cause a mild case of mud-butt at the worst. Not crappy tasting food that will probably give me cramps, and possibly a severe case of diarrhea with what looks like blood in it: blood-butt.
love this game because it never gets boring, + there's no cards, dice or tokens to pick up so it's very simple for people to learn! endless hours of family fun
Wil, you didn't mess up with making that city instead of the cloister. At the end, you got 8 for the cloister instead of 9 immediately. By scoring 4 for the city instead of an extra 1 for the cloister, you made the better move. Congratulations on your win! I love this game so much. I kind of wish you'd played with Princess and Dragon, too. The Trogdor jokes when we play with it are so worth it.
Will you played the right move by completing the 2 tile castle for 4 points as completing the cloister would have only given you 1 extra point (though it would have returned your meeple).
When people tell me how horrible the comments on RUclips are, I don't really know what they're talking about, because the comments on our Tabletop episodes are always really awesome, positive, friendly, and enthusiastic.
I suppose it was only a matter of time before we returned to the Mean, but I have to say, some of you commenting here today are really being dicks. I totally understand why people block out comments on their videos, if this is the sort of childish garbage they have to out up with all the time.
If you're having such a bad day, and you're feeling like the best way to spend your day is insulting people and being rude in the comments of a RUclips video, maybe your day would be better spent away from your computer. Whatever's going on with you, I sincerely hope your day gets better. Maybe playing a tabletop game with a friend would cheer you up!
Wil Wheaton, I just want to say thank you for resparking my love for board games. I never knew about most of these games and cant wait to start finding these games. im on eps 36 for the tabletop playlist and cant wait to see the rest. You are so awesome. Thank you again.
Shut up Wesley.
Wil Wheaton as a viewer I feel embarassed for the comments on C.E. or B.C. etcetera. ... You made a good job ... simply don't spend too much time watchin' comments .... keep doing good videos ... thas the best way to uberize (wanted to write uberfuck in first time) their sterile comments .... maybe Carcassonne attracts medievil idiots.
Wil, Just know that...Brown Cow Now: Its Mooooolicious!
I knew someone would write something like that.... Funny. xD
“I won”
“I came 2nd”
“I beat Jessie!”
Everyone but Jessie goes home happy... 😂
Jessie's just happy to never be called team yola swag money ever again.
I’m glad these episodes are still available.
#same. They're cornerstones of gaming history in my opinion, and mainly why the golden age exploded around 2015, on top of Critical Role at the time. They're important relics.
"When I go to a Panda Express, I don't look for finished walls. I look for orange chicken, and other stuff that's bad for me but tastes great." - Kumail Nanjiani, 2013
Im sure Geek & Sundry or Will won't see this comment, but I have to say, Ive always enjoyed playing board games, but up until two weeks ago I had only played normal "classics" Monopoly, Sorry, Trouble etc. I found this channel and this web series and now I am starting my own collection of board games! Bought Pandemic, and want to buy many many more that you have displayed on this show.
Thanks for sparking a passion in me and making me open my eyes to the endless hours of fun, and breaking my bank! lol
I've been looking for pandemic. Where did you go?
crazydoodler target has it
crazydoodler same, I haven't looked yet, but pandemic, settlers of catan, and betrayal at house on the hill are next on the list
daboss640 Betrayal is great! Bought it on ebay with no regrets at all!
TheEternalSushi
I bought betrayal for about $50 and when I saw it on Amazon a week later the price dropped to about $35... =(
Concerning the whole "Wil Wheaton misplaying his tile" debacle (22 minutes ish) - he didn't misplay. The choice was not between 4 points for the 2-tile city or 9 points for the completed monastery, because an incomplete 8-tile monastery is worth ...8 points in the end game. Completing the monastery is worth ONE extra point, and a returned meeple. It's highly marginal, but completing the city is worth FOUR extra points. Completing the city is the right play (without considering farmer issues).
THIS HAS BEEN A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CARCASSONNE STRATEGY PUBLIC AWARENESS COMMITTEE
*****
Without rewatching the video, I'm pretty sure that he got a returned meeple from the city, too. Completing the city increased its value from 1 to 4, and completing the cloister would have increased it from 8 to 9.
Yeah, completing cloisters and roads isn't really neccessary. They don't give you extra points relative to the number of tiles. A 9 tile road is worth 9 points, finished or unfinished. Typically in Carcassonne, you want to have invested all of your meeple just as the game ends. This can be done by looking at long roads or unfinished cities that you can just squeeze them into. Before that, the focus should be on finishing cities (double points) or setting up farms (as we saw, Wil dominated with his farmers).
Did Wil forget to score his Monastery?
darkluigi254 he did lol
This is why, if I ever get and play carcassonne, I would remove the meeples as you score them at the end so you score everything and only once
I’m new but pretty sure 13:50 he says he can’t do anything on his go but he could place farmer on the tile next to another farmer, where he said you can’t
Seriously, everyone needs a friend like Wil who has all the neat board games and invites you over to play them and actually has that gift to make you enjoy them.
Life would be so dull without table top games. Thanks for sharing all these great games with us, Wil. Keep it up and good luck for 2014 in winning a few more episodes ;-)
i love how kumail was more excited for his second place then wil was. lol he was a winner to him self
He was so great, I actually liked the whole dynamic in this game, everyone had fun
"This is great!! Its not all about you!!" And the little pats on the arm were great😂
Happy Holidays! This week's game is CARCASSONE, with ***** NikaHarper & Kumail Nanjiani! Is ***** ready for this European takedown? #tabletop
Lasse Kärkkäinen tässä sulle!
...ainii, liian vähä laattoja =)
Yay Carcassonne! My only objection to this game is that it's so awesome that I have no desire to look at any others.
NikaHarper
Yay Nika Harper!
If I wanted to illustrate a bit more player interaction I would add "Princess and the Dragon" to vanilla (or near vanilla with River) Carcassone.
Watching them all in order currently, and this was the first time Wil won a game without being part of a team, someone else messing up and handing him the victory by their mistake, or Will being the traitor in a co-operative game.
I miss this show, I'd watch all the seasons of this as long as Wil Wheaton hosts it. He's great in this and spread a lot of good this way, being a positive influence, bringing people together to play fun board games.
I don't think you can set RUclips on fire anymore, Wil. They've done a pretty good job of it themselves this year.
Bonus points for anyone who identifies my super subtle Led Zeppelin quoting.
When are you and Jesse aggressively breeding?
I love Jesse but I dont want anyone else to have her 😍
hearing you talk has given me a +4 to quick hearing
Have you realized that you speak so quickly, that it actually sounds normal at 0.75 speed? XD
five years late, but you're looking great nika
As usual, TableTop introduces me to new RUclipsrs to watch, as well as show me a humble side to many celebrities. After watching hundreds of Jesse's videos I come back to re-watch what started it all...
I have to compliment the team for their efforts on this video. Again they make understanding the rules incredibly easy and superimposing the tiles on the video is done superbly. Good work guys and girls! :-)
And of course thanks to the players. I love how Kumail says "and an actor" because he nowadays pops up in every single good show on TV. Reverse humblebrag I say :-) Can't wait for the Meltdown show!
Woohoo! Finally the Jesse Cox episode of Tabletop.
This is one of my fav episode. Thanks for showing this--> Now, I'm off to buy Carcassonne. Btw, just like to thank you Wil for doing the Tabletop. It's been a struggle for me to get my family and my friends to do board games. Now, it looks like my country has started building a board gamers community. And I'm just excited that my family doesn't think it's lame anymore playing these games.
Easily one of my favorite episodes. From the "YOLO Rivalry," to suicidal ice cream sandwiches, to Wil's Intense Desire to Win, this was hilarious. Also loved how NikaHarper knew all the rules and kept ***** in check!
OMG! Jesse made the space butterfly. IT IS REAL!
Please more of Jesse Cox! I'd love to see the extended version of this one, if you guys are still putting out the extended versions of Table Top, that is!
This was so great! It is always great to see Wil Wheaton doing crazy voices...and how you said "Spiel des Jahres" was good! So that meepel was right with his praise...not so sure about his french, but who can blame him.^^
Finally! An episode of tabletop where I get to smuggly watch and think "I already have this game" :P
Dear geek & sundry/ Will Wheaton, man this channel rocks- settlers (of catan) was what recently got me into table top and a friend reffered me to this channel for new games. Ive now been watching this channel for 8 hours straight and im still loving the gameplay. Keep up the great work guys! I'd love to see a legacy game played out on your channel (if not on table top something else under geek and sundry). Cheers guys and happy gaming!
Playing carcasonne on console right now if anyone wants to add me (xbox) XxEyeofchaosXX
I think we're way past "Wil never wins" now. This is like the 4th or 5th time he's won. He can't really complain anymore.
well if memory serves it's the 3rd time he's won out of all the times they've played. Considering that to have a 25% win ratio (it's almost always 4 player games where only 1 person can win so 1/4 = .25) there would only be 12 episodes of tabeltop and there's been over 25 i believe, his win ratio is pretty abysmal.
Chocl8215 Actually, there have been 36 games played so far, but 2 of them were non-winning games (Dragon Age RPG and Fiasco). Wil has had 4 solo wins (Carcasonne, Betrayal At Hill House, Shadows Over Camelot, and Star Fluxx) and 2 Team wins (Elder Sign and Castle Panic). So really, he's had 6 wins out of 34 games played, which while that seems bad as it is only a 17.6% win ratio, it is difficult to claim he should have a 25% win ratio as every game is different with different players of different skill. The 25% win ratio would only be reasonable if it were the same game with the same players.
Chocl8215 4th, he won once in season 1, then this season he's won Shadow Over Camelot and Betrayal at House on the Hill.
I cannot stress how AMAZING this episode was! Not only cause all the guests were so cool (glad to see Nika Harper in an episode!) but because I love when Wil wins. He deserved this win the same as all his wins. Keep up the awesome work guys and gals!
I love it when Will wins... he wins so rarely that he is always so super mega happy....
This is the first ever episode of TableTop which I've watched and not really understood how the game is played.
But I spent the majority of the video hating Team Yolo Swag Money and still had fun.
the game is pretty boring, i wouldnt bother. Any game where you can win by a guy lying down in a field isnt worth it!
Matt Simon You obviously haven't played Farming Simulator.
I think Nika's fangirling at Wil winning the game was the best part.
Oh I loved it. She clearly has been watching and know that Wil does NOT win. She fangirled for all of us.
FINALLY!! the Jesse Cox episode!
I love that Kumail was almost more excited than Wil for his 2nd place win.
Will... that last statement you made while walking off camera had me rolling on the ground laughing for a good 45 seconds... I ended up having to watch it again just to make sure I heard you correctly. LOVED IT!!
I missed the last bit he said when he came back on camera, because I was laughing too hard.
I'm calling it: Next weeks gag reel will be nothing else but Wil trying to pronounce the names of the game designer.
I'm even betting nonexistent internet money on it!
The sheer joy and disbelief on Wil's face as he absorbed his victory, all leading into that majestic "HA!"
lol XD
As soon as I saw Jesse Cox in here, I was wishing Felicia Day was in it too. That would have been amazing.
We're starting our 3 year old niece early on Catan and German-style board games. We'll be giving her Kids of Catan this Saturday when we see them for Christmas.We hope to help insure that she has a love of board games as she grows.
JESSE COX the great space butterfly MESSIAH
Some of my favorite things about playing these types of games are the social banter and commentary that happens naturally while you play. I think this episode has great banter and shows exactly why Carcassonne is such a great "gateway" to table top gaming. It's been a few years since I last played it, so I may have to break it out again this week. And I really enjoyed Kumail's comments about what would happen if you had to use calculators at the end of a basketball game to figure out who won. So great.
Kumail...I agree, every mall needs a Panda Express!
He needs to do commercials for them...and be paid for this one!
Negative, not any mall in NM, I dunno if its these chinese Ni@@as or if we in the south west jus don"t got it right. Bleagh, caaaaacaaaaaaaaa
Really loved this one! I felt like Jessie brought a fun and cocky flair to the table that make everything better
HOLY CRAP, Nika talks fast!
I have been waiting for the Carcassonne ep for so long and it did NOT disappoint. Perfect mix of players for it too. Would love to see the extended play version.
If you like it then you should have put a meeple on it.
what does your pic say?
Its about boobs
ya whats the thing after compitition
singleT314
*bump*
I now understand how this game is played! The scoring was holding me back from bringing Carcassonne to the table. It just didn't flow until seeing the scoring done live.
One thing that struck me is that an expansion was referred to on an episode. I believe this was the first time expansions were mentioned as well. I'd love to see a Not the Flog where Wil talks about if expansions are a good or bad idea and if there are some must have expansions for games. I do like all the Small World options and Unseen Forces for Elder Signs really makes the game challenging.
The River Expansion was probably mentioned because it comes as a variant in the base game.
True... but during the live Tabletop day feed they played Smash Up with the first expansion. Still would love to hear the Tabletop stance on expansions in general.
Yay! Jesse Cox and Mila Harper are finally in an episode of Tabletop?! EPIC!
He he, poor Jesse. That beautiful butterfly moment almost made up for losing though.
If he had placed a meeple in the field at the same time, he would have tied last
When my meeple talk to me they say.....darker things. I don't think I should say more. They're listening.
Actually, his 6th, but this is the first one he finally, truly earned! Star flux win was handed to him by the guy who kept thinking he was winning, he was given co-op wins by his better playing allies in Castle Panic and Elder Sign, and traitor wins in Betrayal at the House on the Hill and Shadows Over Camelot! This one he actually, finally strategized and won! Yay, Will! Your losing streak is officially broken. Now let some more guests win!
He only won because this game has no dice in it.
The extended version is here! Check it out: TableTop Extended: Carcassonne (Jesse Cox, Wil Wheaton, Nika Harper, Kumail Nanjiani)
***** I have figured out why you have such a losing streak!!!! the intro into your video shows a D20..... With the 7 upside down...........Guess what is showing on top? CRITICAL FAIL!!!!!!
reloadinslug That is a d12. Your arguement, my good sir, is invalid.
I hadnt noticed that lol. Point made. damn lol
Michael Ott He did change it in the new season though lol In forbidden desert with felicia day and the others the intro now has the 12 facing us instead of the 7 lol. I'm not sure if this was to show it was a D12 or if he figure why the hell not and changed it lol. Either way it made me smile :)
+Geek & Sundry Extended version? Where is the edited version of this one?
Love the way no matter what happens everyone gets along while playing, and after the game play. Keep up the great work as always.
I love how Jesse went from first place to last after the tally's were finalized. It's obvious to any space butterfly that Felicia Day rigged this episode for belated (and likely affectionate) retribution for Jesse's epic confession/confrontation of the TGS Podcast last year. I just know it! Lol, jk. As a long time Jesse and TableTop fan, I was glad to see their combination realized and I am glad Will got another win yet again. Fun episode in general.
I can never work out if Jesse and Nika are flirting for realsies, or just because they are very savvy about the internet and they think it's fun to troll shippers.
vurogj I think it's just their personalities
Nika and Jesse, both. Loved it
Nika Harper is beautiful, I am not worthy!
Gotta say after seeing this channel and this series called Tabletop I actually went out and bought one of the games you played. Unspeakable words! had such a blast with it and we all loved going insane and making up words like zajoust, meaning its the sound one makes when jousting.
I ended up buying Settlers or Catan, Ticket to Ride, Fiasco, and Pandemic. And I've went to other's people's house who had Fluxx and Lords of Waterdeep. This show is perfect XD
CptSkillet - I had a very similar experience. I started watching this show last year and started writing a list of all the games that I thought looked awesome to play. I've been collecting on that list (and adding) ever since! S.O. and I have had a lot of fun playing and when I get together with my family, I make them play endless amounts of board games which my step-father just loves to pieces.
Ah the joys of tabletop gaming! Thank you and Wil and Felicia and all the others at Geek and Sundry for introducing us to new games!
I've bought Betrayal at the house on the hill, king of tokyo, fluxx and smash up and i play small world and ticket to ride on my phone all because of this show :)
I'm hoping they are going to play some of the other games I own.. I'm hoping for either Mage Knight (because of the sheer complexity) or Tales of Arabian nights (because so mutch goes wrong with your caharacter in that game )
I'd like to see them play Relic, that new 40k game. Looked pretty cool in the store I saw it. OR see a 4 player free for all with that star wars ship mini game.
Really happy to see that you included Carcassonne this season. I was introduced to the game when I played it with some friends at a Christmas party, and in my experience it's both fun and not too complicated to learn.
Kumail and Jesse bouncing off of each other may be the best thing ever. :)
Perfect timing for this episode. I bought Carcassonne on Christmas Eve to play with my parents over Christmas and they absolutely loved it (both are 70y.o. so it certainly is for all ages - it is basically 'doing a jigsaw for points') to the point of buying a copy for themselves as well as a couple of expansions. We did start playing with the Inns & Cathedrals expansion which makes the game more strategic.
The river expansion is also good however we play a house rule of no farmers on river tiles and the source tile splits the farms up to reduce the chances of someone running away with huge farms. We also sometimes mix the lake tile into the river tiles to get a varying length of river.
Bloody great show law of avarages says you should have won more games. I will check this game out. Btw thanks to table top I now have and play ticket to ride , small world, king of Tokyo and takenoko. Keep them coming guys.
That is what happens when you name "he who shall not be named".
Our family Loves this series... thank you so much for posting these
OH MY GAWD JESSE COX ON TABLE TOP!!!!! Caps had to be used.
EVERYTHING about this game made me happy. Tabletop makes me happy. :)
Lockdown must have been a gift for all you gamers! This one looks fun! Thank you...even 7 years later!
Unfortunately not. Gamers are also some of the most sickly people you can meet. So when big daddy lying ass government said "you can see anyone." Gamers where like " oh I might die if I leave the house. "
Don't know if you'll actually see this, Wil, but you are amazingly funny! And now that you've done the Newcastle commercials, you really need to call your double on Tabletop Bil Wheaton! Thank you for these awesome shows! Can't wait for Season 3!
PS: So glad you played Carcassonne! I've got the box set and the Xbox version. So much fun!
ALL HAIL THE GREAT SPACE BUTTERFL- Fuck...
To Wil wheaton,
Thank you for playing table top. You inspired my love for the hobby years ago. I hope some day you come back to this.
guys, it's easier to keep track of scoring at the end if you take each meeple off the tiles when you score it (at the end)
It's been almost 10 years since I saw this and bought Carcassonne, I had hardly any tabletop games at the time. Now I have over 200 games lol
I LOVE JESSE. I just wanted you all to know it....
I feel ya man, I'd motorboat Jesse so damn hard!
Kumail "You have been playing this for thousands of years".....is an eternal XD
I never got to hear it in her showcase vids, but Nika has a wonderful laugh :D
Thanks Will for another great episode; your prog is an invaluable resource for getting my family started with our new Christmas games.
"The player who has a knight in a completed city scores two points for each tile in the city (count the number of tiles; separate segments on a tile count once). Each pennant on segments in the city earns the player 2 points."
But then italic text near the illustration says: "Single exception: when a completed city has just 2 city segments, the player earns just two points (not 4), plus 1 point for each pennant."
I know that I'm replying to a comment from 6 years ago, but I couldn't believe it either while watching this (Although as I go through a re-watch of TableTop to start off 2020, I'm realizing nearly every episode has big rules errors.)
Dear Tabletop. I don't know about anybody else but I would really appreciate and enjoy watching slightly edited if not completely unedited versions of your games as I would really enjoy the longer, fuller episodes with more gameplay. Keep up the amazing work.
This was an awesome episode! (P.S. Did I miss something, or did Wil forget to score his monastery at the end?)
you are correct he forgot to score his own monastery...
bring back this show. its so good
I hope that one day Jesse and Felicia will be on TableTop together. That would be quite the video.
Wil's victory speech... had me crying! lol 100 hours playing on the toilet! good stuff =)
13:25 - You can place a farmer on the opposite side of the road (top left corner of the tile).
Zomg! waited so long for a new Table Top. MORE PLZ!!!!!
the mighty space butterfly!
How appropriate
I love these Table Top episodes. This is the first game on the show that I played before hand. Actually understanding the rules & strategy was a nice change.
Jessie's face at the end swear he was gunna flip the table
Even after all these years of occasionally viewing this vid/playlist, I'm still amused and also impressed how Wil pronounces "Spiel des Jahres", it's close enough to be understandable and wrong enough to be lovable, as an American he just nails it, wish I could like as much as I watch
First time I've seen this show and I am amazed by the production quality of it, how long did it take to edit?
lol, this video kept showing up on your suggestions bar too?
someone on this channel just paid for advertising.
YAYYYYYYYYY!!! I'm so happy that this came out during the holidays. I have been waiting to see Jesse on here for so long =) Thank you Geek and Sundry for giving me this holiday gift!
Lol I can't believe that I whooped when Wil won. Yay Wil!
Totally recognized him as Prismo. I'm always disproportionately proud of myself when I recognize a voice.
Nika asked, "Who really wants Panda Express?"
"I do," said I, "I do."
I am disappoint.
Get a shorter list asking "Who doesn't?" :P
Ian Alcorn Is it bad to not know Panda Express? Like in being german?
NikaHarper
Near my house, there is a Panda Express that is *three blocks* from Chinatown! The fact that it still does business convinces me that Panda Express is Chinese food for people who don't like Chinese food. (Me, I like Chinese food!) :)
The one near where I live is a pit of gastronomical horrors. I don't know about anyone else, but when I go out to eat Chinese food prepared by Mexican immigrants I expect tasty if slightly greasy food that may cause a mild case of mud-butt at the worst. Not crappy tasting food that will probably give me cramps, and possibly a severe case of diarrhea with what looks like blood in it: blood-butt.
JESSE! I WATCH YOUR VIDEOS AND AM VERY SURPRISED TO SEE YOU HERE. GLAD TO SEE YOU GETTING OUT THERE AND DOING COLLABS AND SUCH!
Also, your beard is of course glorious as always.
Oh Jesse, getting crushed in Spellslingers and Table Top LOL
love this game because it never gets boring, + there's no cards, dice or tokens to pick up so it's very simple for people to learn! endless hours of family fun
I just saw Jesse Cox on Simple Simon 6.. THE BEARDED ONES SHALL RISE! (I still don't have a beard though..)
It's not the beard on the outside that counts, it's the beard on the inside!
Luka Petrovich Or the beard that CAN be inside. HAHAHAHA... oh god I have problems.
Luka Petrovich Action Hank?
First time I ever watched an episode all the way through. Thanks to Nika!! :D
I know they like to use them as a season bridge, but I still would enjoy maybe a separate non-profit channel that has all the unedited table tops.
Great show for a great game!! About time Carcassonne was on TableTop. Well done!! :)
Kumail is so funny...
Wil, you didn't mess up with making that city instead of the cloister. At the end, you got 8 for the cloister instead of 9 immediately. By scoring 4 for the city instead of an extra 1 for the cloister, you made the better move.
Congratulations on your win! I love this game so much. I kind of wish you'd played with Princess and Dragon, too. The Trogdor jokes when we play with it are so worth it.
10:15 I've watched enough of these now that I knew as soon as this happened that Wil would have to stand them back up
Stone Coggins I got anxious just watching hoping that someone would step in and do it lol
I knew I knew Kumail Nanjiani from somewhere! Loved him in his single Archer experience, such a great character!
Will you played the right move by completing the 2 tile castle for 4 points as completing the cloister would have only given you 1 extra point (though it would have returned your meeple).
Wil, I am so incredibly proud of you. I can't believe you finally won. Congratulations, Moon Pie.