TableTop Extended Edition: Pandemic

In celebration of the upcoming TableTop Day on March 30th, Geek & Sundry presents TableTop: Extended Editions. This week: Pandemic! Each turn is shown, along with plenty of in-between action along the way!
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Wil Wheaton and guests Ed Brubaker (Writer-Captain America, Criminal, Angel of Death), Robert Gifford (Founder-Geek Chic), and Morgan Webb (Host-X-Play) play Pandemic!
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Created By
WIL WHEATON
& FELICIA DAY
Executive Producer
WIL WHEATON
Executive Producer
FELICIA DAY
Executive Producer
KIM EVEY
Executive Producer
SHERI BRYANT
Producer
ADAM LAWSON
Associate Producer
BOYAN RADAKOVICH
Director
JENNIFER ARNOLD
Guests
ED BRUBAKER
ROBERT GIFFORD
MORGAN WEBB
First Assistant Director
ADAM LAWSON
Script Supervisor
RICH MALLERY
Director of Photography
GAVIN KELLY
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JESSE FELDMAN
FRIDA MARZOUK
JUSTIN SAFAEI
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RANDY STIFT
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Key Grip
TEAM BASHETT
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NATHAN MORSE
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NICK CARMICHAEL
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EDWIN HERNANDEZ
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MICHAEL SUJEK
Sound Utility
JONATHAN HONG
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KIM BUBAR
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JASON O'MALLEY
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BRENTON MURRELL
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ANDREW VOLPE
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FERNANDO DIAZ
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WES KANDEL
Stills
VIKKI ROBINSON
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Makeup
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Catering
FOOD FETISH
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LINDSEY KOENS
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COLIN SHERMAN
Transportation
JASON ADAMS
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[@squallloire]

This aged well.

[@jiyu230]

Exept it f*cking didn't xD

[@bigjohnisback9908]

TRUE

[@Dinotomon]

Man, this whole episode hits different after COVID. Like the whole talk about wearing face masks.

[@MorganBondelid]

Wouldn’t it be lovely if wearing a mask when sick was just common courtesy? (like many Asian countries have done for years)

[@1234ermac]

Ha, who's watching when the pandemic of the coronavirus is happening haha!!??

[@robopurty2625]

My partner wont let me play it right now so now im watching it instead lol

[@josephmorin276]

Erica Robertson why are people so afraid to use the term boyfriend or girlfriend or wife or husband? Partner sounds like someone is trapped in the friend zone.

[@AUTvillacherboyAUT]

@@robopurty2625 come here and we will play 2gether... oh.. no planes :(

[@sw96]

Started re-watching this and 10 min in I've started coughing... coincidence? Yes, that's what it is :D

[@TAOWEIXIONG1980]

I bought the game 2 years ago and want to open the wrapping to try playing it.

[@danielmcgillis270]

I work as a nurse, when I was at a Dementia/psych hospital working the NOC shift (Graveyard), it would be my last night on before a two day break. I SO wished I have a one quiet night card to play so I could go home and relax with my fig newtons and scotch. Never worked. In a hospital you never say "Wow it is quiet tonight." In Pandemic you never say "It looks like we might just win this one". Also BTW nurses and doctors LOVE this game.

[@allenfogarty2384]

"A game that's so much scarier then the world we leave behind...." And then 2020 happened...

[@saber1epee0]

Now it's a happy fantasy game about a world where governments ACTUALLY unite to fix the plague

[@jfelipe1987]

@@saber1epee0 this hurts.

[@cakeyonline7925]

Ouch 😅😅🙌

[@gent_Carolina]

Oh good, now I don't need to write that. I'll just ditto for 2021. ✌️

[@ojii111]

2021 is almost done and things ae looking up but we cant let up our guards yet..

[@austinrick7824]

21:42 aged like milk Wil

[@meghanjohnston2070]

I love Table Top. Even though I haven't seen any recent videos, I have purchased so many board games because of this. It's a great way to see if I want to buy it. See the game play in a fun but educational manner. I have even avoiding buying a few games. I find it way more helpful then most written reviews.

[@thisisatonofbs]

Played this game last week. First player did his actions and then drew his cards. In that action he set off the epidemic, which caused EIGHT OUTBREAKS in one go. Game ended after just one player moved...

[@Amainville93]

That's Pandemic for you.

[@lonelongboarder27]

You more than likely didn't set up the deck how the rules show you.

[@thisisatonofbs]

lonelongboarder27 We did. It was just the weird luck of the draws for the epidemic being right near the top of its section and cities with 3 bricks all being near each other. So the infected city count was small, we got the epidemic card early (3 cards in out of I think 15 for the section it was shuffled into) and the cities were all tightly bunched up for the triple spots. So, outbreaks galore.

[@lonelongboarder27]

Incorrect, depending on how many epidemics you are playing with, you divide the player stack into equal parts and at least for the stack on top you play the epidemic on the bottom of that stack. Sounds like someone shuffled after the fact.

[@thisisatonofbs]

lonelongboarder27 That must be a rule from the new edition. The version I have says "9. Shuffle an Epidemic card into each pile. Stack the piles on top of each other to form the Player Draw Pile." You'll note that it doesn't specify to put the epidemic at the bottom of the first stack.

[@RaTSpawn]

I have this game and the "State of Emergency" expansion, my group of tabletop friends have not yet been able to score a victory. The expansion's addition of a "super bug" makes this game both, much more difficult and much more realistic in these covid-19 times. Despite the eventual losses, we are more determined than ever to replay this game and "save humanity".

[@starcrafter13terran]

I actually prefer the extended editions

[@adamgough9333]

I love full game playthroughs on KZbin. Was so happy when these TT ones happened! :)

[@DrMaiXiang]

"I've had more fun losing this, then winning others" WIl wins games?

[@reallunacy]

I swear, I think I saw one that he won. I am likely mistaken though.

[@hunterblessing1595]

reallunacy he won shadows over Camelot

[@lloydgrover2690]

Your joke dodging skill has increased to 74.

[@Revenant2023]

He was the traitor as well

[@hunterblessing1595]

Mike H and was playing as King Arthur

[@SkyHiGradtrw]

Entertaining and eerily relevant. Even their commentary isn't far off from what we're experiencing now.

[@Nicolai488]

The person who wrote the subtitles is amazing

[@HotaruZoku]

?

[@Z0rlack]

Bought this for a family Christmas present.. we have played this around 10 times now and are still looking for that first win. Extremely fun and difficult.

[@michaelanderson1096]

When i bought this game at "Source Comics and games. One of the people working there told me he sold a copy to one of the members of the United Nations Disease council. When they meet annually they start by playing games to get to know each other. I had then commented that beating the game should be a requirement or get booted from the council.

[@Monkeyshaman]

Only one way to win; starting in Madagascar.

[@TheUnit332]

MonkeyShaman Thank you for existing - I knew you were here. I played/saw this for the first time and it was the first thing I said. We are never alone. We are the collective of Madagascar.

[@kristianwilliams441]

MonkeyShaman If I could like this comment ten thousand times I would

[@rustyshackleford9538]

I actually just recently picked up this game and Gloom (Cthulhu version) after watching you guys play on Tabletop. Pandemic has quickly become my favorite tabletop game. Me and two of my friends beat the game on Legendary level! Which is now called Heroic. Luckily, the Epidemic cards were spread out enough to where we had only one outbreak throughout the game. Medic, Quarantine Specialist, and Dispatcher were our roles.

[@GeekandSundry]

It's estimated that March Madness will cause a productivity loss of ~$67-200 million this year. These three extended TableTop videos - if all viewed back-to-back-to-back during paid work hours - should add roughly $2-5.6 million to that (math can be provided upon request). Maybe they'll talk about us if there's another sequester.

[@apex2000]

I never watched personal stuff while at work, was always to busy to even consider it.

[@Kazuma42]

Question. I just watched the short video of this, and I'm hoping it's in this video. I noticed that there are game pieces in Greenland. Why? I was hoping I'd see Will setting up the game, and therefore get my answer; but no.

[@gaizokubanou]

Whoever did the sound design for tabletop deserves some epic credit... so catchy and fits the theme very well!

[@AdamHicks20]

"Fever in the Hospital" is the name of my hair metal, Dr. Dre cover band.

[@rachel8623]

Watching this today sick and getting a you-know-what test tomorrow (if anybody sees this ever yes I'm vaccinated) really brightened my day. All the commentary about masks and sanitizer in particular. :)

[@fruscht]

In 2020, pandemic plays you.

[@MorganBondelid]

😅 well done

[@K9Negative]

I said "I can't juggle" one day right as a street performer walked by. in 5 minutes, he taught me how to do it. it took many hours of practice to be able to juggle for more than a few second, but I was super happy.

[@achabotte]

"Wash your hands and put on a face-mask" Holy shit

[@chrismooney4125]

I have added something to my bucket list today. To play a game with Will Wheaton. A great game master and an awesome role model for all Gamers. Thank you Mr. Wheaton!

[@1ebaymama]

They need to invite normal gamers on, maybe a raffle??

[@thomasdean302]

I just attended marcocon and when playing settlers of catan, lords of waterdeep, and forbidden island/desert all I could was how do we reach out to wil and get him here

[@jamis00]

"Sometimes the world does not wanna be saved" describes a certain group of someones.

[@NoMoreNever]

This was a nice mix of people playing this game! I just recently learned about this game and me and some friends had our first attempt at it last weekend. Now that I understand how the game works, I gotta say I got all tense just by watching this video. Pandemic is truly infectious!

[@yineo]

29:48 I love whomever edited this video.

[@TaiChiKnees]

I've been watching Wil since he was a kid; why have I not ever see him juggling? I feel so betrayed... PS: Bought the game, love it.

[@idemus168]

yes, we the fans demand a Wil Wheaton juggling video

[@FrigginPlas]

Extended Edition Table Top is BEST Table Top! Sure, the shorter versions are easier for some to watch due to the shorter runtimes, but these are so much more fun to watch! They're worth it! More like these, please!

[@gretchenbadger3158]

"have you ever put one of those (face masks) on?" "I would in Japan, but I would never do that here"........ OH YOU SWEET SUMMER CHILD

[@wafflemix3r451]

Hearing will say that they don’t work 😂

[@DarkWr4ith]

I played this with my table-top gamer friends and we lost 3 times in a row, miserably. Played this with my parents and sister(non-gamers and first time playing) and we almost won, we had 3 cures and we were about to cure the last. We just narrowly ran out of time. Just goes to show this is not a game where you have to be a gamer, it's a game everyone can play and enjoy.

[@joseguerrero1090]

they should do this game again with the expanded editions

[@salmonblox]

This extended version was actually extremely helpful to me understanding how to play the game, which I now REALLY want to play, looks so awesome and fun. Thank you so much for TableTop, and especially these long versions!

[@michaelmoore7273]

honestly relative noobs shouldn't be playing on legendary. even the easy level is challenging for new players

[@samfunfun646]

Michael Moore They wanted the game to last a reasonable amount of time.

[@ClamsAnonymous]

Samuel Faulkner if they had played on easy the game wouldn't have lasted much longer. also editing.

[@spaxspore]

whomever came up the idea of extended Table Top episodes is a Genius!

[@nishiskilu]

The Pandemic version that they are playing is out of print (but there's a lot of ppl selling it on e-bay). You can also buy the new "Pandemic 2013" that was just released.. basically it's the same game with a new design (and a few more role cards) you can find those at Cool Stuff Inc or Miniature Market.

[@trapjohnson]

But Wil, some of us DO enjoy set up, even if it is a spin off vid only.

[@RainisaurusRox]

Yup!

[@ryancairns467]

Same

[@L4D1992]

The juggling conversation reminds me of the time someone came to my school and we spent all PE learning to juggle with him and he gave everyone a set of hackysacks for it. It was great, and I still can juggle somewhat.

[@lisquidsnake]

hands down Morgan is one of the more beautiful women on the planet

[@sonicdash6513]

she's charming

[@iamrandom123456789]

Guys! Season 2 of Tabletop has been announced on Wil Wheaton's blog! It will premier April 4th!!

[@WeXaztor]

the extended are the greatest.

[@TromboneMaster95]

I was able to beat Forbidden Island with some friends on the easiest difficulty, this game we came close ONCE on the easiest difficulty. This game is a blast, but an absolute nightmare.

[@jaokolad]

you win epidemic by CURING all diseases. Not eradicating. The game only has about 22 turns total, eradicating all 4 diseases in that time would be pretty much impossible.

[@Grymmorgan]

It's far from impossible. But you have to be focused on a curing strategy _from the very first turn._ Our heroes got _way_ too caught up in treating infections, to the point where they pulled every cube off of cities they were in (and I'm not talking about Morgan's Medic, here). They also failed to use some critical resources - like looking at the discard pile (which is allowed) to "count" what cities were likely to outbreak and which ones _absolutely could not_ until the next Epidemic. Three of the Roles were non-curative: Medic is a Treatment Role; Researcher _gives_ away cards, which speeds other player's cures, but doesn't help with his own; and Dispatcher is a Support Role with no special ability to cure disease. So they had to be _extra_ careful to not fall behind on cures. Researcher needed to stick to Scientist like glue and feed cards _every single turn._ Scientist could have had two cures by the time Wil and friends had one. Also, I felt that there were a few rules subtleties here that were off. Wil seemed to be of the opinion that you can only _give_ cards away on your turn, which isn't true. He had a couple of opportunities to _take any card_ from Robert on his own turn and seemed to think that he wasn't allowed, which he was (not only can you _take_ cards from another player in the same city on your turn that card corresponds to that city…but if the other player is the _Researcher,_ you can take _any_ card from him - one of the few Roles in the game whose power works off-turn). They did pretty well, but there were a number of missteps - not curing a cube from Beijing in order to save Wil one movement on his next turn, for example. Or demanding that Morgan play Forecast on _the 5 cards in Wil's hand,_ rather than the six cards she could have scried once Wil set them back atop the deck after shuffling. But the thing they did most wrong was, as you observe, Jao, focusing _way too much on treating cities,_ and not enough on _curing diseases._ :^/ Still, a heck of a lot of fun watching a great game! I love this episode! :^D

[@Muck006]

Grymmorgan The sad part is that IRL this "game" isnt that easy, because finding a cure isnt easy and preventing a spreading is hard. Making this game more realistic could possibly make it too complicated, but I think there should be an automatic spreading of diseases each turn (as we see from Ebola right now) while making the curing harder. Maybe ... step 1: Get funding, step 2: research and randomly determine success ... and at the same time you have to spend money on containment of the disease.

[@Grymmorgan]

Jao Kolad Sorry, Jao…I originally misread what you'd said. I thought you'd said that _curing_ all 4 diseases is "pretty much impossible." Which…my bad. The game would be unplayable if that were true. _Eradicating_ 4 is not actually _impossible_ …but it's very close to it. You'd need a couple of lucky early cures and a great draw where everything is close together. Medic and Scientist (in the basic game) would be mandatory. It would be slightly easier in some combos (Archivist/Dispatcher, etc.) in "Over the Brink…" but only if you were playing on Normal, or, at worst, Heroic.

[@ericaschaidt8588]

Eradicating 4 (five in "On the Brink" IS almost impossible without reshuffling unless as you said you get a god draw and things go precisely right. Knowing this that you only need to "CURE" them changes things. I just had watched the video and we must have just glossed over that in the rules and "assumed' you had to eradicate the disease. That's what you get for assumptions right? lol

[@kindaslyguy4092]

The fact that this foreshadowed future events.....kinda scary

[@CyberGenesis1]

I love how only half the 'shits' were bleeped

[@mduvigneaud]

I think the most difficult and awkward set of things I've juggled was a tennis ball, a basketball and a paper tissue. I've never juggled burning torches or anything like that, though. Also, I've only ever been able to juggle up to 5 objects and with more than 3 they all needed to be nearly identical hand-sized objects. I have juggled rings and batons but learning was a bit tricky: I had to learn how to spin/flip them correctly. I am a proud owner of 3 sets of 3 juggling bags that I made myself. :D Yay, I'm... a clown? ;)

[@freddonoso2299]

Why on earth did you not stack the infection deck when you drew an epidemic at 32:23? You would've been able to avoid the Chennai, Kolkata, Chennai outbreak and given you a chance to cut down the disease in the area before the cards come up.

[@TauAlphaVu]

Fred Donoso I know! It drove me crazy when they didn't do that.

[@Blackmoorian]

+zip zop Morgan Webb had a 'Special' that would have allowed her to stack the top 6 cards. They didn't use it when they should have.

[@carterrobinder3254]

I would have won the worst disease debate

[@zsandmann]

Every Tabletop should be this long from now on!

[@joshrosario1269]

It sucks this show's been cancelled, I would've loved to see them play this again, lockdown edition

[@samanthathomas1825]

Because this is the extended version, the parts that were in the normal version stayed censored, but the other footage wasn't, probably because it would take a lot of time to go through all of the extra footage and censor it on top of having to edit it.

[@cedosderzerstorer183]

hits different in 2021, crazy ass times that this seems tame

[@IntrinsicEmpress]

YES! I watched EVERY tabletop in 2 days, I tried out the other things, but it wasnt my bag baby. But i'm happy to support the channel as a whole, as long as it gives me moar tabletop!

[@michelleguertin6728]

I love this game but we name our diseases differently. Red is Smallpox, Black is the Plague, Blue is Swine and Yellow is Yellow Fever.

[@sterlingmoore2190]

My most crazy disease is shingles when I was 8 and they had no idea what it was for 3 days on top of my medical condition which makes it impossible for me to retain water and for my body to respond for any sort of stress making any sort of strep throat throat, fever, etc, deadly. So I was in ER for 2ish days (I think) high on meds. I also had swine flu later within the same year. So that was fun.

[@jeffreywitty3088]

watched video > washed hands

[@Annaie1234]

Watched video in bed > Changes bed sheets half way through

[@quantumperception]

Just a thought- have censored shows and uncensored shows airing at the same time. For those who want clean versions which they don't have to sign in to watch, you have the censored version. For those who don't mind cursing, want the hours-long version, and don't mind signing in, you have the uncensored version. Everyone is happy then.

[@sverror]

Blue is obviously the horrible outbreak of Blue Waffles.

[@ericaschaidt8588]

Oh barf lol

[@ericaschaidt8588]

Our diseases USUALLY have the same names although thanks to recent events Yellow went from Geriatric herpes to Ebola (because well yah) Black is usually the Zombie Plague. Read is typically SARS, and blue is Herpasyphagonalese. Though now that we have the on the brink expansion that can be the "virulent mutation" strain and blue can be something else like Swine flu or something fun like that.

[@Zerbyte]

We need a part 2 of this. Same people and all.

[@UncleRico23]

21:40............😳

[@jennttaylor]

I have to say, this is probably tied for favorite game I discovered as a result of this show. Tied with Castle Panic. I love introducing this game to friends. Once they realize how much the game is trying to beat the players, there is a FURIOUS need to play it until we win. :D

[@Hyperon3516]

I love these extended versions. Takes a bit longer to watch since I watch them while I eat dinner or lunch. Since youtube saves my place in the video, I really like these extended releases. Thank you G&S and Wil and the Table Top crew.

[@dude157]

At the end, the epidemic card was the first draw, he forgot to draw his second card before spreading the infection card. I mean it's understandable because Will was shuffling forever. But he could have drawn the Quiet Night card. And not lost.

[@kylias]

this must have been a beast of a video to edit!!

[@Alienrocker2010]

Watching this in 2021 like wow I didn't think a board game could be so accurate

[@TimmyTechTV]

1:17:17 - Lost the game on this move.

[@clarkaway]

+TimmyTechTV agreed, he should have used a blue card to fly to Europe and clean up. In the late game only chain outbreaks really matter. They also didn't draw enough blue cards to have a prayer to cure it any time soon.

[@gjgany]

Damn it... You spoiled me. I thought they were going to win.

[@clarkaway]

Gil Joshua Uy haha, well... looking at the comments before the end was not the best idea if you're looking to avoid spoilers ;)

[@MrScrummers]

Pandemic is hand down my favorite board game of all time. I have more fun playing this game then any other game. I honestly play this once a week usually on Saturday.

[@trueoskar]

In my version, the blocks are slightly see-through (and smaller, with more rounded corners, instead of pointed), and the world map looks totally different. Also, the backs of the cards in mine are one colour (sort of greenish, in a ton of different hues, though), with the symbol in the centre, not the corner. And I just noticed, the disease symbols are also different. Rather than a square, pentagon, star, and circle, the ones in mine actually LOOK like germs... Did I get a fake copy? Also, when we played, yellow was hepatitis (jaundice from liver damage), blue was pertussis (coughing to the point of turning blue), black was bubonic plague (because the black pus), and red was smallpox (because red bumps). Never occured to us to use zombies, since the rest of the game's so realistic...

[@strangeannamaul]

i want to take back my previous criticism of the geek chic furniture. they put in some seriously cool/complex special features and use some very old school, labour-intensive methods to make everything super resilient so they priced it pretty well. still costs more than my car.

[@oof9300]

Will Wheaten should've been head of the CDC for 2020

[@Rawyr]

"I think it's too early in the game to use that" Protip: do NOT save your event cards. It isn't worth waiting until you're already screwed when you can run prevention. Common mistake. Maximize every turn to rush cures and deal with problem areas.

[@MorganBondelid]

See also: the difference between New Zealand and the USA in handling COVID-19

[@ferbogadoaSalirAJugar]

I´m your big fan. I´m from PARAGUAY, and this is my favorite youtube channel. Thank you to exist.

[@JrDarkPhantom]

Honestly, I think these guys are trying too hard to make jokes and fake laugh. It takes you out of the game!

[@freibier]

Well, it's random. You do not select which role you want to play, you draw a random one (and there are additional roles, so you can have games without dispatcher or medic, which makes everything more difficult). I like the expansion, with optional things like additional roles or mutating diseases.

[@AnitaBarkley]

the algorithm must have some sick sense of humor deciding to recommend this to me today, I found out this morning after successfully staying healthy for the last two and a half years I've finally caught Covid :(

[@samanthaaiello]

Whenever you [Wil] say "but we did that ahead of time because you don't want to watch that," referring to the game set-up, I almost cry... I know I am not the only one who does want to see that. I would love seeing all of those set-ups, planning, etc.. I think it would be really fascinating to see that done for Fiasco

[@BrntToaster]

I bought this game after the initial airing of this episode and we've only won 1/10ish times we've played this. Ironically there was 5 epidemic cards in the deck when we won. So much fun but so hard to win and that's why we like playing it.

[@dorkie99]

My husband already agreed we're getting that table when we get a new apartment! Can't happen soon enough..

[@qw5579]

My friends and I once won Pandemic with two cards left. This game is awesome!

[@Gerkinhof]

1:03:34 And now I like Wil Wheaton even more - painting 40k minis in the TNG dressing room? Hell yes.

[@BeneathMyWillowTree]

I think it is because they only bleep the swears that made the final cut, not the ones that are only in the extended version as it is not as heavily edited. :)

[@soniiagoesrawr]

I often play as the medic and I am ALWAYS the one to bring up an epidemic card

[@AnitoShima]

love the music they use for the outbreak song.

[@Waterflame]

He didn't need to give him the card of the city they were in. He just had to be in the same city to give him cards he needed.

[@SnarkySidekick]

Words cannot express how much I love this game. Seriously, guys. Go play it.

[@mothertheresalovesan]

I would... but you're so damn snarky!

[@RyushoYosei]

On the second epidemic all I could do was shout "FORCAST! FORCAST!" at the screen as if it would help

[@jaredmoore520]

I just discovered tabletop and I love watching these. I just bought ticket to ride and love it. After watching this I think this will be the next game purchase.

[@arbhall7572]

This is definitely one of my fave episodes, not only cause of our wonderful host, but Ms Webb, whom I have been a fan of since the spring of '02 when I accidentally discovered X-Play and Screen Savers. I have often chuckled and admired at our stoic hosts who wade into the plague infested auditoriums and convention centers year after year, and show up to work to edit and rehost while they are sick. Hats off to all of you who come out to see the fans, and get hideously sick for it. Thank you.

[@dennisbeatty5304]

YES! More please! I say that every episode going forward should have the edited version and the full version available! And releasing all of the old ones too...

[@UltravioletKnights]

I've seen him win in one of these episodes by himself, and for games where it's all the players against the game I've seen him win a few times

[@coriolis_storm]

Technically correct... episode 1 of season 2 is next Thursday, April 4 (yay!)

[@JoInRealLife]

Hypercolor. I definitely still have a few of those sweatshirts lying around that my mom pulled out a few years ago...I mean, they're pretty cool with the color-changing, as long as you stay away from open flames.

[@Muck006]

"I've had more fun losing this game than I had winning others." So true and I wish the current generation of kids would learn the same lesson that *HARD TO WIN games are MORE FUN*.

[@pizzatigernt]

Remind me of an old saying an old dwarf once told me before he died to a unicorn....Losing is fun

[@RedFenril]

In a Pandemic Survival tournament I officiated two years ago, someone had a quadruple outbreak.

[@Lugo428]

Damn. Did they win? He asked doubtfully.

[@deltaruin]

I play Call of Duty/FPS games and I'm active duty military, it does not make my life redundant. Some of the best table top games are the co-op ones, I would recommend this one and also Castle Panic.

[@exakelgaming]

G4 TV, now that's a relic of gaming history right there!

[@guyermo]

A week from today. Which, if International TableTop day weren't happening, I'm sure Wil would have put up one of his pithy introductory videos welcoming us back to season two and letting us know what game will be played and which guest stars (and/or pets) will be joining him

[@Chrisjseattle1]

You could look at "Memoir '44", "Tide of Iron", or "Axis and Allies" for WWII games. "Twilight Struggle" is good for a cold war type strategy game. Those are about all I have played besides a few games involving Naval battles.

[@deepseasqueezetree4066]

Pandemic is so clever it’s unbelievable

[@CarpeMetus]

I had chicken pox, it went away a month later I caught it again, only this time the majority of the pox were on my organs, inside and out. In my mouth down my throat, in my stomach, on the outside/inside of my organs. At one point my mother and her best friend had to pour tomato soup and other fluids through a funnel into my stomach because I had stopped eating/drinking for over 2 days. Apparently you can catch chicken pox up to 3 times in your life, but it's rare.