Forbidden Island: Wil Wheaton, John Scalzi, Bobak Ferdowsi, and Jason Finn on TableTop SE2E05

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Wil Wheaton and guests Bobak Ferdowsi (NASA Mohawk guy), Jason Finn (Drummer-The Presidents of the United States of America), and John Scalzi (Author-Redshirts, The Human Division) play Forbidden Island!
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Created By
WIL WHEATON
& FELICIA DAY
Executive Producer
WIL WHEATON
Executive Producer
FELICIA DAY
Executive Producer
SHERI BRYANT
Producer
ADAM LAWSON
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Director
JENNIFER ARNOLD
Guests
BOBAK FERDOWSI
JASON FINN
JOHN SCALZI
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[@CassandraHora]

As a ESL (English as a Second Language) reading comprehension lesson I have my students read game instructions and then "teach" me how to play the game depending on their understanding. It also helps with giving instructions and conversation English. It makes for a fun and interesting lesson. Today we are going to play Forbidden Island.

[@CassandraHora]

Is that an Okay with more of a question mark. Like i don't get why you're sharing this type okay. Or an Okay with an exclamation mark. Like it's really cool of me to teach using board games.

[@xx___x]

Oh my god, YES, this is such a good idea!

[@neurohack9038]

Don't you mean "an ESL" not "a ESL"?

[@youknowmesarahb2490]

Oh my gosh. I teach ESL and already have this game. Great idea!

[@Pedrocksdo]

That's an amazing idea! I'll "borrow" this idea from you, hehehe Thank you!

[@TheSlorg]

I don't know if Wil or Felicia still read comments on videos this old, but I have to sincerely thank them both for making TableTop. I have a 10 year old and a 7 year old, and I've been hoping to get them into more advanced games than Monopoly or Sorry etc for a while. I have Settlers of Catan, which is great, but still a little too much for them to effectively strategize with. Watching this video for Forbidden Island made me realize how it would make the perfect 'next step' for them. First, it's a cooperative game which can help really drive home the idea that you don't need to always win or be against each other to have fun with a game. Second, it's so amazingly easy to learn, but can still be quite challenging with an adjustable difficulty. Thanks to watching this video, I went out and immediately bought the game and now have an excellent way to have some family time together without the kids arguing or being overly competitive. Forbidden Desert is next on the list, so thanks again!

[@DocterDabz]

***** Video was posted May 30th, 2013, 2 years does make a video old

[@VladT.Wallachia]

DocterDabz 2 years is a long time

[@Katherine_The_Okay]

TheSlorg other great options we've found for that age group are Carcassone (tile-laying game) and Zooleretto/Aquaretto (games with adorable animals). At 8, my niece could often school adults at these three. I find that, while there are games that are still over her head at 11, for the most part, an eager child can do well at games well over their age recommendations if their adults support them on the first few game-play sessions (ditto with some co-op games for exactly that reason). Kids are smarter than grownups tend to think, and tile and dice games are usually really good fits that get them thinking strategically at early ages. And, once they get their footing with strategic gaming, they tend to advance by leaps and bounds and, with their non-linear thinking, can often making amazing showings against the rest of us with our adult inside-the-box thinking.

[@nanorider426]

King of Tokyo is also a great game to play with children. I've played it with a nine year old girl and she loved it. Especially when the girl rolled punches! ;)

[@skullcrushers1000]

Well now that you have a 12-year-old, can you play any of these games?

[@cloudsteele1989]

Will we sink, or Will we swim... Or Wil Whea-ton?

[@marquisewilliams3904]

booooo

[@twitchster77]

_/crickets_

[@ProjjectDelta.]

*claps and laughs*

[@TJTrickster]

I see what you did there

[@LordoftheTabletop]

I played Forbidden Island by myself while drinking by myself. Playing with other people looks like way more fun.

[@AngeldustPictures57]

Same. And I lost horribly. 😂

[@StoneBeliever]

There was a perfect pun opportunity at the end when Wil said the game "emerged victorious" because one could say it..... submerged victorious.

[@crossproduct42]

I was gonna say that! I'm two months late =/

[@leafcooper7140]

I once played a game where fool's landing sank on the very first turn...

[@somebodywithaname8718]

Sunk or flooded?

[@avivlab]

I guess he meant what he said - it sank. It can happen if it is flooded when the game starts (it is among the six flooded tiles), then you draw a "waters rise" card on your first turn, and then it can sink. Ouch.

[@CriswellKOL]

@@avivlab Yeah, it can happen - Fool's Landing flooded before turn 1, Waters Rise reshuffle, Fool's Landing again and no opportunity to shore it up.

[@minuteman7897]

Oh hell no

[@boardsandstuff5008]

Doesn’t make much sense as what every card comes out must be sent to the discard pile. So you never draw same card twice in a round unless a water rising card comes out having you shuffle the discard flood pile and put it on top of the deck which really messes with you b

[@bentravis9383]

"By literally, I mean figuratively." Thanks for making me literally laugh out loud.

[@bbblackwell]

I know Forbidden Desert is better, but the presentation on this game is just so gorgeous, it ranks higher for me. If I'm going to spend a half hour or more staring at something, I'd rather see art than beige X's.

[@1simo93521]

Got too agree out of all my games (about thirty) forbbiden island is one of the best looking ones. Will should play Black Fleet it's a really nice looking game too.

[@howard2501]

I just wish it looked more like an island on the table!

[@Ch1oeW]

this is exactly why I chose Forbidden Island over Desert!

[@pikkuadi]

"Actual Nasa engineer playing the engineer? We've got this." lol!!

[@kirbylee5944]

Bought Forbidden Island today and went back to a friends house with two friends to play. We played one game and IMMEDIATELY set it back up to play again. So so much fun, thanks SO MUCH to Wil Wheaton and TableTop for introducing us to our new favorite game!!!

[@VestinVestin]

29:23 - I think the Forbidden Island actually SUBmerged victorious ;)...

[@not2shabby]

Well played.

[@Sumtinrandom]

[SPOILERS] "You don't care that you won, you're a BOX!"

[@ScaryWombat]

"And successfully escape from... The Scary Door."

[@jesussoosramirez4638]

its a magic river that's how

[@bobbylow175]

AllannaXD Futurama reference.

[@NashiaCC]

Didn't the pilot still have a helicopter card?? He could've used it to move the engineer to the cave and flip it that turn!

[@TChoiProductions]

I love how Wil can't stop nerding out over Bobak being there

[@VeronicaVenatrix]

That intro sounded like a mix of Rod Serling and Comic Book Guy.

[@RatioHatesTheGame]

Or we could just admit that, as awesome as Rod Serling is, he sounds a little like Comic Book Guy.

[@samvestal9878]

They still had a helicopter card, which states in the rules that it can be played on another player's turn. They could have survived longer.

[@chocoboblue99]

Yeah, they had a helicopter lift card. When the Engineer said, "I physical cannot get there guys." The Pilot should had screamed something like, I can have a lift card, you move there and you save that thing! lol They already knew that tile was going to sink because mathematically, they had already flipped 4 cards from the last round and it wasn't that tile. So, on the Engineer's turn, it has to come up, even if another water raise card came up.

[@morriscolautti9822]

Gee, thanks for the spoiler!!! (I'm kidding!!!....😡)

[@JordanDButler]

chocoboblue99 Engineers cant travel by water or air though...

[@BenjaminoBest]

@@chocoboblue99 That would have bought them more time but then the problem would've been getting the Engineer back and he doesn't have enough cards yet to get the treasure so the diver might have been able to meet him over there perhaps. Then pilot would have to come get him? idk

[@katilynndenos8430]

Even when he's not guest staring on the Big Bang Theory, Will Wheaton is still harassing Sheldon Cooper. Yes, the character, not Jim Parsons. Because of the Moon Pie reference..... Agh, I give up.

[@Frank-Voight-Kampff]

Can I just say huge props to the animation department. These little intermissions explaining the rules are just BRILLIANT. Kudos to you and thank you so much for doing this so exciting and funny. ^^

[@xanfolf]

Why has Jim Parsons never been on table top? XD I feel this needs to happen some day.

[@thewpbard]

So far, we've had Kevin Sussman (Stuart), Bill Prady (co-creator) and John Ross Bowie (Kripkie), so it's only a matter of time before we get Jim along for the ride.

[@Wolfie1262]

no

[@zackwall9355]

Crusader Templar I was going to make the same comment

[@twincast2005]

22:50 Will: "A 3 in 14 chance of success is better than a 1 in 14 chance of success." Well, yeah, but that probability's chance of catastrophe, not chance of success, so nope.

[@Chuukun1]

haha You can't judge a book by it's cover. If you had shown me these three guest and asked which one was which just based on there profession and looks I would have been shamefully wrong. I would have said Jason Finn is the sci-fi writer, John Scalzi is the space engineer and Bobak Ferdowsi was the drummer from the presidents LMAO.

[@imaloony8]

Well, based on their appearance I think it should be fairly obvious that Bobak is the NASA engineer. I mean, he has the word "NASA" shaved into the side of his head.

[@danatronics9039]

Yeah, the guy with the NASA JPL haircut is the drummer... ;p

[@Krowphay]

Watching this video made me really interested in Forbidden Island, so I went out and purchased a copy from my local Barnes & Noble. I've played 4 games alongside friends, and we only succeeded once (not counting the game I just played by myself that I won, considering Forbidden Island is specifically for 2-4 players). We all love it - thanks, TableTop, for sharing this gameplay with us!

[@DrDeathpwnsu]

You always win when you play with yourself.

[@Krowphay]

DrDeathpwnsu Did you happen to pay attention to the video, or even watch it? Forbidden Island is a game in which all players, working together, are much more likely to lose than win.

[@youknowinhindsight]

The first time I played this game, I lost on the first turn.

[@tree_fingers]

I brought it camping last weekend and it worked out great. Easy to learn and quick to play, and the randomness and difficulty keeps up the playability.

[@AlchemicOwl]

Did ho seriously throw in a big bang theory reference

[@GeekandSundry]

Awesome to hear this!

[@scruffy524]

just finished Old Man's War.... was fuckin awesome

[@rah_sollest]

You guys should do Forbidden Desert next, which is even more relentlessly hard then Forbidden Island. XD

[@SappyNoypi]

While Wil is geeking out over Bobak, I was thinking: Bobak is pretty hot. :3

[@eliasnunez5986]

Alvin John Agulto I was thinking the same thing when I first saw him.

[@DevilboyScooby]

Did they get Comic Book Guy for the intro? XD

[@jonnyo2121]

I got this at a thrift store and thought it was just 'ok'. If you are playing with decent or better players you should start on a higher water level, even on a first-time play-through.

[@cyanmanta]

This game is too much like Pandemic for me. You only need one or the other; the mechanics are almost identical.

[@MiscName]

Yeah I have this, Pandemic and Forbidden Desert -- Pandemic is by far the best of the 3.

[@Staypoof21]

I have both and Pandemic is the better but this one is easier to teach to people that are not used to co op board games.

[@Gemcitygoddess]

I think this is less than half the price of pandemic.

[@bbblackwell]

Honestly, Forbidden Island and Pandemic are almost nothing alike. They have that one mechanism in common where you reshuffle the discard pile before drawing new trouble spots, but that's about it. There's no way that one game makes the other obsolete; presentation, game length, and complexity differentiate these two games quite a bit. I play this with my 4 year old -- Pandemic isn't going to serve this purpose.

[@MiscName]

Also you're collecting the same suit of card to cure the disease / collect the treasure, and moving around the board taking off cubes / flipping over tiles. They're not the same game but they play very similarly ...

[@McGregorMX]

Wow, the beginning commentary sounds like a game I played back in the day called "Shivers"

[@soulofmen]

I love that you can see the treasures on the shelves behind them. Awesome touch to the Episode :D

[@miraprime474]

After watching this video, many moons ago, I bought the game and was surprised to learn that it sells for about $16-$17 US. For those who have not played it and cannot tell from the video. Forbidden Island is a lot of game for less than $20. It is one of my favorite games, and I have yet to beat it on legendary.

[@crimsonfirecatgaming]

Is the opening narrated by Comic Book Guy??

[@lukejalove1187]

No, Rod Sterling.

[@crimsonfirecatgaming]

Ah of course

[@FaeryBat]

J. Badger no it's narrated by wil with a voice filter

[@lukejalove1187]

Lily Smith NO! REALLY?! I NEVER KNEW DAT! WOOOW! I GESS U LURN SOMETHING EVRY DAE!

[@FaeryBat]

J. Badger i think you need to learn to spell

[@jimalexander687]

Co-op games can also be played solitaire (for people like myself who don't often have others available or interested in gaming). As it's player vs game, it doesn't really matter if it's two (or more) players or one vying against the game. Just play as if you were four people, taking four turns, and it works fine. I've just done it twice. First time, I lost on the first turn of the first player. (Both of the earth treasure tiles were already flooded from the start of the game, and first character's two treasure card draws were BOTH "waters rise", causing both of them to sink. Game over.) In the second game, I beat it in the fourth round of play, third player's turn. I'm actually surprised that game manufacturers don't advertise that their co-op games can be played with one player. Forbidden Island lists 2 to 4 players.

[@MadHatter8432442]

did he say moon pie weres Sheldon when you need him

[@Unreeld]

+Austin Vanhout (Ardramelch) They should get that actor on the show!

[@GeekandSundry]

But with less Smoke Monsters!

[@sjormasklin]

I've bought the game after I saw it here..... love it.... coop games are great

[@jonathanwhiting3318]

Forbidden desert is better you should check it out!

[@genes1s1mperfect]

sjormasklin Will said it may be the next episode.

[@Harkadenn]

GlassBonez You should give a shot to "The Sealed Ark", its a very fun yet short coop game.

[@genes1s1mperfect]

Harkadenn I'm going to have to give it a shot. Thanks

[@Bomber848480015]

GREAT Guests Will! Big fan of Scalzi really enjoyed Locked In. I also really liked your reading of if for the audio version. Never have seen Bobak outside of NASA very cool, all great guest. It looked like it was very fun.

[@Eshajori]

More like it SUBmerged victorious! AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHhh'll let myself out.

[@XxflowerzxxmrSwag]

OH SHIT JOHN SCALZI i loved fuzzy nation now ima read old Mans war and the sequels

[@sleepdeprivedrat9119]

"and by literally I mean figuratively" - Scalzi that was a beautiful and hilarious save

[@letters_from_paradise]

Bobak has NASA shaved into his hair, that's some dedication to your work!

[@meesterDave]

Is it just me or is this basically 'Pandemic' with another story/setting...?

[@RockKrumpli]

not exactly but it has similarities: but in this case the map itself is sinking and not a virus expands on it

[@shadowmon4]

Dave Alfaro Ponce Most Tabletop games in general are very similar with some borderline parallel to each other.

[@michaelberry1746]

I just bought this game for this very reason - it's essentially a simpler version of Pandemic. For people who aren't hardcore board gamers, Pandemic can be very overwhelming with all of the rules. As a huge fan and proud owner of Pandemic, I bought this game as a sort of "gateway game" for my friends and family who still think Monopoly is a real board game.

[@hardbathsalts3143]

Michael Berry hahaha I use Monopoly as the go-to negative game when trying to describe the board games I like. I always say "if I say board game and you think Monopoly, then we are in delifferent dimensions"

[@casmx7300]

I really wish they'd do an Arkham Horror episode, but it'd either have to be a 2+ hour show or split into 4ish parts. Arkham Horror is by far my favorite co-op board game of all time! So fun!

[@xXSakuraTearsXx]

Best. Intro. Ever.

[@MetalSmasherGaming]

I love watching co-op games on this show, especially when the game wins.

[@malikrath9503]

Shoulder have had Geordi as the Engineer, instead of Blowback lol

[@percygryce722]

"And by 'literally,' I mean figuratively."--John Scalzi. Well played.

[@Aeroxima]

For co-op games, I feel like if everyone is helping decide each others' turn, it may as well be single player. It just feels like something is lost, like you're not really "working together with other people" but all debating on what buttons to push on a single player game. I think the magic of it lies in people independently making their own choices and being their own people, who happen to be on the same team, rather than all more or less "playing the same guy". What's weird though is that in RTS games when you've actually got 2 or more people playing the same player/side, it actually feels a lot more cooperative, even though you're rather literally "playing the same guy." There's no congress or "I think we should do X," everyone is making their own choices independently (despite controlling the same set of units). It ends up feeling more like you're working with other people, because they're their own person doing their own thing. tl;dr: There's no cooperation between one unit, it just feels empty. (I wish I could say it better, but whatever.)

[@EchoesDistant]

"Now your second card is Earth, which is great because it's the thing we don't care about." Capitalism in a nutshell.

[@cmgeorge12]

Of course he is. That was one of Wil's lines from his first appearance on The Big Bang Theory, in the episode "The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary." He originally said it to Sheldon when Wil beat him at "Mystic Warlords of Ka'a."

[@abVoicesTV]

I was hoping for this episode! Forbidden Island is a brilliant game for the family. I usually play with two people, but it's nice to see that it's just as challenging for four. THANKS Mr. Wheaton for pulling this one out of your hat. AWESOME stuff!

[@GetsLonely]

I love playing this game. And it feels a little simpler than pandemic while still feeling strategic

[@darkminstrel2041]

Hey! Wil WheatonI I like Your Games. Papa got your Shows and I Wathch Your Shows. Papa is Also Named Min got The games you Played. signed by Bowen

[@screwylooygaming]

Can't believe Wil broke out the "moon pie" in the first 3 minutes

[@DavidRay39]

I've played this game twice with my sister and her kids. Both times, I was the pilot. And both times, we narrowly escaped.

[@TheAuthorOfOZ]

I've owned this game for a few years and love it! I'm glad it got played on my favorite KZbin show. P.S., I also heard Bobak on NPR's "Wait...Wait...Don't Tell Me." You sir are keeping NASA and space travel AWESOME.

[@philipepeters]

"game over, moonpie"

[@kieranhawkins6775]

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Jason have an air lift at the end which he could have used to move Robak to the Cave for free to protect it???? Pooh that sucks for them! :P

[@jameskapa2461]

Kieran Hawkins Exactly what I was thinking!

[@deltaforceee]

Bobak! Persians forever!

[@TheFiddleFaddle]

I'm confused. Was that his Rod Serling impression or his Simpsons Comic Book Guy impression?

[@hithere7080]

They played this game completely wrong

[@gavinli1368]

Coming back to this video, it really makes me want to see Tabletop come back and cover Forbidden Sky. Maybe the Tabletop Team can tie up the record with Matt Leacock.

[@impivaarajones]

About the INTRO: A fantastic idea in the beginning of the episode to get viewers exited about the story and theme! In my opinion this would be a great way to start every single episode. Wheaton already explains the game mechanics on camera so this is a refreshing change. I hope it wasn't just for this episode! Thank you for a great show!

[@fredo1070]

Why hasn't this show been picked up for TV? This is the best watching paint dry show since Watercolour Challenge. It shouldn't work, but it is so addictive. More fun than watching poker or chess on the TV. Perfect late night after the pub fare. And the quality of the guests has been outstanding. Perfect for Quest or here in the UK Dave.

[@Uejji]

Same here. We were literally one or two turns away from winning when that last Water Rises came out. We started on Novice, though.

[@GeekandSundry]

It's coming soon. We promise. :-)

[@DonWhitaker]

Table full of awesome. Jason Finn was a a great surprise

[@Dragonman0007]

He originally was going to say Twilight Zone. So, Rod Serling.

[@twitchster77]

Such a lovely little game. One of my faves...and it's so cheap!

[@caraelizabeth8098]

People are routinely mislabeled in the closed captioning. If you're going to have them, KZbin and/or G&S, please make sure your captions are reasonably correct? Some of us can hear a little and get confused and/or frustrated.

[@synthfreek]

Just started our very first game and 2 of the first 3 Treasure Cards are Water Rising! cards. So now, every single play we will flip 2 in a row. Might as well start over.

[@thewisemanfamily2174]

Just watching these chaps play is an entertainment in itself. And what a celebrity team it is! If I wasn't already set on buying this game, these guys would have sold it to me. Brilliant. Just a few comments. - The players sometimes seemed to be waiting for their turn to play airlift and sandbag. These can be played at any time, in your own turn, or someone else's. I would guess the best time to play a card is immediately before flood cards are drawn, especially after a 'Waters Rise'. - Regarding the diver, the impression you get is that he can swim in only straight lines. In fact he can turn as many corners as he wants over flooded and sunken squares in a single action, making him incredibly mobile towards the end of a game. Someone has confirmed this point with the game creator. - Apparently, on drawing a flood card, all the consequences must be enacted immediately, even before drawing a second treasure card. Thanks for this Wil. Brilliant stuff.

[@Dameol]

Yeah... this is why no one cares about the super bowl, or anything that ever happened in a war, or any movie that's ever been made. Anything which has ever occured but wasn't done by ONLY a single person is completely irrelevant and unworthy of note, right? Seriously dude, what planet are you living on? The point where your opinion ignores blatant and undeniable fact is the point where your opinion ceases to be valid.

[@tregard]

Could they have sandbagged Cave of Shadows?

[@Underdrummer]

Great show. Love it. Want more. Here's some guest ideas: William Shatner, Vin Diesel, Chris Perkins DM, Danica McKellar, Jade Raymond, Nixie Pixel, Adam Sessler, Kevin Pereira, Adam Sandler, Stephen Colbert, Robin Williams, , Kari Byron (We saw Grant. Hell, Jamie and Adam for that matter!), Gwen Stefani, Stephen King, Dave Grohl, Olivia Munn and LeVar Burton.

[@Dameol]

The question wasn't whether or not it looks stupid, the question is whether or not an accomplishment becomes invalid due to the fact it was accomplished as part of a group rather than by a single individual. I would recommend you pay a bit closer attention to the flow of an argument before you attempt to debase others for their lack of comprehension.

[@SeventhEve]

I agree with those who say the mechanics are very similar to Pandemic. It's only slightly different, having tiles that can vary the layout instead one map. It's easier because if a tile sinks it doesn't effect the adjacent tiles. If it had flood tokens or something like that, it would be almost identical.

[@DarthVictive]

Yikes, both of Matt's games have the deck of theoretically good cards? That's just sadistic.

[@SkyreeXScalabar]

Play Splendor!

[@Belphcrew]

Binge watching tabletop.....the mirror animations for the intro has shattered my joviality

[@infernocanuck]

Were you sitting next to a NASA scientist, Will? I had NO IDEA /sarcasm

[@shumanstudios]

Love the introduction team! If making it caused a lot of extra work, let me tell you that it was definitely worth it. Thanks!

[@EliottAdkins]

Making sure i understand, couldn't they have used the helicopter lift on Bobak's turn to move him towards the final cave, and have him shore it up? They would have needed another to get him back, but it would have stalled, no?

[@flyerton99]

Ahh. The good old Water rises card. Matt Leacock, You ALWAYS put that EPIDEMIC (Pandemic) WATER RISES (This game) IN THE DECKS. AND I LOVE YOU FOR IT!

[@IceMystic1216]

You know, is it just me or in the beginning of the episode to lead into the game, did Wil sound a lot like Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons.

[@darkminstrel2041]

I've been looking at this game for a while now and my little one is old enough to enjoy the mechanics. We finished our first game about 10 minutes ago...and we WON. We were both so happy. It was a close one though. A lucky draw of Helicopter Lift cards ensured that a cut-off tile wasn't going to sink us completely. Thanks Wil for making us take the leap and pick up the game.

[@abVoicesTV]

Wait just a doggone minute...a 3 in 14 chance is better than a 1 in 14 chance? WHEATON! DUDE! That only works when the THREE things are better than the ONE thing...which in this case it WASN'T...unless I'm missing something...(Admittedly...it took me TWO views to realize this truth...which means, given the average of your statement and my missing it the first time, we're both wrong... *sigh*)

[@daracaex]

Oh man, how have you not heard of The Twilight Zone? It's an old TV show that tells a unique story each episode with surreal twists in each one, and it's very good. It's also referenced a ton in other media, from the parodies in Futurama ("The Scary Door") to things like the beginning of this video. If you can, go watch some. I'd recommend "Eye of the Beholder" for a good example. I'm not sure if it's on KZbin or not, but it's well worth watching.

[@georgejones4898]

Intro sounds like Fat Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons

[@757SoundLab]

The dude is living proof that nerds or people outside of the "norm" can easily excel in life. You, well, you'll just keep on being a bully on the internet and going nowhere with your life. If I worked at NASA(maybe possible since I'm an Aerospace Engineering Major) I would get a NASA tramp stamp. That dude is THE SHIT.

[@Domarius64]

I think these guys could make a game of chess seem wild and exciting. So much so that I'm not so sure how fun the game actually IS, for my nephews...

[@CeilingNinja]

One major error Wil did throughout this game which could've helped - you only have to discard down to 5 cards after you've drawn. So you can trade as many card as you need to someone if you know they'll be able to trade them in next turn.

[@atheismgaming17]

Underworld Guardian. Underworld Guardian. We Skirmish to the Death. GAME OVER MOONPIE!

[@voteZDLR]

Wil: "I'm not a table captain" *proceeds to be the table captain anyway* lollll

[@bonniegrrl]

If I was stranded on a dangerous island, I'd choose Wil, Bobak, Scalzi and Jason to be there too!