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Alison Haislip (@alisonhaislip)
Bonnie Burton (@bonniegrrl)
John Rogers (@jonrog1)

[@SkilesHasFun]

"My instinct is to do drugs." -Wil Wheaton

[@Firgart]

I think you captured the essence, as far as I remember

[@MartKencuda]

You can definitely tell who the screen writer is in this group.

[@gummywormjim]

As an aspiring filmmaker, I saw this game here on tabletop and IMMEDIATELY ran out and bought the source book! This is essentially the best way to have a table meeting for writing a film in like two hours!!! Fiasco is GENIUS!!!

[@dancingpotplant]

How did the story writing go from playing the game?

[@GuyWithTheCoolName]

ANOTHER FIASCO PLAYSET FOR SEASON 3

[@caraelizabeth8098]

Yeeeeesss. This was fantastic.

[@JeffreydeKogel]

"My instinct is to do drugs" - Will Wheaton, 2012

[@Spellhammerfly]

"My instincts are to do drugs." Something every child star says to themselves at one time or another Wil...

[@AndrewMcClenning]

Please do another game of Fiasco-featuring the Wheatons. I mean it: Will, Anne, Ryan, and Nolan...

[@deadserenity95]

Amazing, a game that is 95% creativity and role playing, the game is just a vague framework... So good, cant wait to see all the twist and turns and how their plans will change as different things happen

[@JoachimErdtman]

I love that you shared the setup video, as it's such an important part of playing Fiasco. The Saturday Night 78 playset sounds like a blast, and I was happy to see it as a free download from the Bully Pulpit Games' web site, along with the table cards used in your video - thanks a ton!

[@Dont6x9Panic]

6:00 Alison and Wil's legs. In sync. :P

[@JerimiahGentry]

What a sweet observation

[@zelbinian]

That they set this up in under half an hour is impressive as hell. That's *never* happened in my games.

[@Segphalt]

"My instinct is to do drugs." - Wil Wheaton kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6atmq2erstgr5Ym46s Telling...

[@niallsb]

I've enjoyed watching this more than I have watching Fiasco Part 1. I think it's seeing all these wonderful creative minds in action working together to create a great story. I would really like to see Fiasco make a reprise in the second season of Tabletop, just for another one these set up episodes.

[@rkieran2]

Btw it is Brenda and Eddie from Billy Joel's "Scene from an Italian Restaurant"

[@d2beej]

The beginning of an incredible story...

[@d2beej]

I wanna see this movie.

[@PGDJ88]

Did anyone else like that this one was uncensored? At least John Rogers 19:36

[@CBoxStudios]

+PGDJ Also, Wheaton at 16:15

[@shaunaaaah]

I now get when writers talk about setting up characters like making game characters.

[@TheToxicDreamland]

I love that they created an entire backstory for these characters in just under half an hour.

[@Yenrx]

Nice "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" reference at the end :)

[@anthonytrevino9520]

5 gold and a fiasco

[@littlefishy1337]

Remember kids, Wil's instinct is to do drugs :P

[@donmilleriii7399]

I loved that, it was like the did session you burn making your characters. I also liked that it was uncensored, for some reason it made the show really immersive.

[@Dunam]

21:45 Dammit, this game even has foreshadowing.

[@teslai101]

Lol 2 years and still amazing to watch. You guys are the best :)

[@internetskeleton8969]

4:04 We see the extra fiasco books back there ;) c'mon!!! Do another

[@lukebellmason1968]

While I was watching this I had my iPad plugged in recharging. For some reason every time she said "If we're going for needs I'm going to object fill" it set off Siri, thinking I was asking her a question???

[@Troglodite89]

loved the homage at the end of the video!

[@seanboden]

The very ending. Fantastic Ferris Beuller reference!

[@plastickat]

Thank you so much for this. I'm going to be playing and hosting my first Fiasco game tomorrow night and this really helped me understand the set-up rules

[@Cap7171]

"My first instinct is to do drugs." -Wil Wheaton 2012

[@CBoy92]

Holy crap, now I have to watch Ferris Bueller again. That ending made me laugh so hard!

[@BenThorp]

Finally got around to watching the Fiasco episodes - so glad you put this extra video up to get a real feel for the game. Headed straight to Amazon to buy it :)

[@23wintermute]

Seriously Genius... best writer exercise ever?

[@michaelgerring2227]

I really enjoy watching these theatrical minds brainstorm over a plot. It seems like they are taking it with a certain level of seriousness. I really dig it. I hope the game plays as well as the movie they're directing.

[@AlexanderKrivacsSchrder]

It's like everyone in this video says "between you and I" which is like saying "between we." No guys. It's "between us," i.e. "between you and me." I don't usually make these grammar police comments, but man... this just got to me.

[@Avarial]

I'm sure this great slight of the English language will be the downfall of all of their careers and no one will ever make this mistake again because we all care so much about complete and proper grammar. /sarcasm off

[@AlexanderKrivacsSchrder]

Fate Sure good that you pointed out that you were being sarcastic, cause I sure as hell wouldn't have been able to tell otherwise. /sarcasm off

[@Greendinoranger3999]

Alexander Krivács Schrøder Welcome to the Internet, Where no one can tell when you are sarcastic or mean well.

[@Ms18girly]

Alexander Krivács Schrøder I don't usually make these grammar police comments but, man, you really need to work on your punctuation.

[@fabianrunn]

Ms18girly Welcome to the internet where people are both.

[@Pinkstarclan]

Any way they could play Fiasco again with a different set?

[@Sapling0Wood]

"My instinct is to do drugs"

[@leeko8581]

"Gender bend. Can we do that?" - seriously? Are same-sex relationships allowed?

[@cheyannegiles9772]

yes

[@DWMHitManTwo]

Loved the Ferris Bueller reference.

[@RVGmetallicasaw]

"My instinct is to do Drugs" - Wil Weatton 2012.

[@Sohltaker]

Wil, you look very confused and upset in the thumbnail. Like you're still trying to figure out the pooping position or something.

[@dagman85]

This was actually a lot more fun to watch than I thought it was going to be. I really enjoyed seeing the thought process play out amongst the four players. Thanks for posting it!

[@disneyashmandemos]

And let's review what SHOULD'VE happened. The two videos would've be uploaded at the same time, an annotation would've been inserted at the place in part one where Wil says "Because it takes so long, the set-up has been released as it's own episode" allowing you click and watch the set-up video before the game starts. I think that plan is the best thing they could've done, and, if there hadn't been a snafu on G&S' end, that's what would've happened.

[@TheeImmortalPhoenix]

Actually advertisements pay for everything. But i agree with you, if you don't like a video, move on. No need to complain. I love this video. Just keep in mind though... this is a business, and none of this was made for free. It cost THOUSANDS of dollars to make Geek and sundry. Look up Tallis Productions, that's the financier tapped by Google. We pay for this content by viewing it, through adverts.

[@disneyashmandemos]

The producers agree with you. That's why they wanted this to go up at the same time as the first part of the game, but there was a miscommunication with Geek & Sundry, who thought it was supposed to go up a week after. The only reason it still took about a week to go up after the screw up was realized was because it still had a bit of editing, sound-mixing, and color-correction to go through.

[@disneyashmandemos]

There was a goof-up on Geek and Sundry's end. This was supposed to be uploaded at the same time as the first part of the game, but there was a miscommunication with the producers and Geek and Sundry thought they wanted it up a week after. The only reason it took this long to upload after the screw-up was discovered was because there was still a bit of editing, sound-mixing, and color-correction to do.

[@disneyashmandemos]

Well, I remember, every episode is half an hour. So, in order for this not to be it's own separate video, this would have had to get edited down to five minutes at the most, which would be impossible, or this and the first part of the game would have to be edited down to 15 minutes each, which would make EVERYTHING too confusing.

[@disneyashmandemos]

There was a goof-up on Geek and Sundry's end. There was a miscommunication with the producers and Geek and Sundry thought they wanted it up a week after, and it took this long to upload after the screw-up was discovered was because there was still a bit of editing, sound-mixing, and color-correction to do.

[@fleapepper007]

I want this game so badly for my friend group. This is so fucking cool.

[@disneyashmandemos]

There was a goof-up on Geek and Sundry's end. This was supposed to be uploaded at the same time as the first part of the game, but there was a miscommunication with the producers and Geek and Sundry thought they wanted it up a week after.

[@kristym7149]

Wil was born in the same year as my mom! Whoa

[@kens4693]

Nice little Ferris Bueler nod at the end there...

[@lugh.i]

So... according to you, a game is where you just beat another players? What about RPG games like DnD? Tabletop games like Arkham Horror? Etc...

[@Tracy_AC]

lol, that ending!

[@ElvieArch]

"I think i'm gonna do drugs" -Wil Wheaton

[@TheHutcharmy]

I wanna see them play the High School scenario now, the Mike Tabuno character is too good to waste

[@disneyashmandemos]

I am deeply sorry if I offended you, either personally or intellectually, in any way. Let's just... Agree to disagree. :)

[@disneyashmandemos]

And it's nice to see that @wilwheaton is just as self-conscience as everyone else who uploads a video to KZbin. :)

[@xXMcNoobXx]

So I may be the only one who saw foreshadowing, but I remembered this in the last episode when *SPOILER* *SPOILER* They went to get the keys for the fire escape, and I remembered MISPLACED KEYS, but it never really came up if I remember correctly.

[@Novaargh]

I never watched the setup 12 years ago xD First time i'm checking this out now, these Fiasco table top episodes are amoung my favorites. Seeing the setup afterwards having seen the actual game multiple times through the years is facinating. Hey, every one is great in this playthrough, but Alison is the star yo.

[@RoyAnderson]

Someone explain the speed dating jokes at the beginning for me. I must be clueless cuz I don't get it. I DO know exactly what speed dating is, but I don't see how playing Fiasco is similar. Anyone??

[@disneyashmandemos]

I can't be the only one who wishes Wil broke out into "Goodbye!" from The Producers at 26:29.

[@davidpaynewise]

well, I wasn't saying playing the game was hard necessarily, though you're right, for the roll-players and munchkins, a game of actual roleplay takes getting used to... but also I wouldn't say what the pros have is an edge as far as the game itself, just something different entirely that shines through while playing such a game, which isn't just roleplay -- and it's also as hard for non-pros to see it unless you've actually studied it, science/technique/art not of rockets but of these crafts

[@davidpaynewise]

cool -- well that means (in my opinion) you could probably play this game and have loads of fun at it -- you just wouldn't be able to do so to the degree of complexity and amped up story/drama results that these pros are demonstrating (unless you studied/researched the same skills and techniques they are using, which this game is clearly set up so as to allow using to take it to a whole new level)...maybe eventually you might if you played it incessantly, but simpler/faster via a class/book or 2

[@DarkForceB]

Thier Fiasco would actually make a great Hollywood movie. I can see it now, Night at the Glamorous....They can delve into more of the story line like Lily, at the beginning of the movie she is in bed with the head of the russian mob, she has always been his, and yet she controls him because of who she is. Then after the developed scene of them, they cut to Eddie and Betty having yet another fight, always the same thing her wanting to leave this town, and him loving his club. A good story line.

[@davidpaynewise]

I think this game looks best for people who are somehow heavily involved with theater, screenwork, writing, that kind of thing, whether professional or amateur, or even just fans who dream of (& research for fun) that work...fortunately for the gamemakers that's a pretty huge chunk of people...also though I'm betting it might be playable in a more tame way, without all that indepthness, and still fun, but hard to see that amid all the rapidfire technical virtuosity these folks are bringing to it

[@davidpaynewise]

lol yes... maybe Wil Wheaton should include his name in the descriptions as well, so people can more readily imdb him, since apparently it's gone way past the point when only people who already know him from internet famousness are flocking here, like say from The Guild, or those few people who ever watched that obscure one-off series from back in the day that really no one in the world heard of called *cough cough* startrek *cough cough* (okay he was a kid in that but...same face beardless)

[@aikighost]

Got to say not as "drama" as this but the best narrative RPG I've played in the last few years has got to be inspectres. Its essentially "ghost busters" with the names filed off, but the system is set up in such a way that even a very basic and simple outline ends up going all over the place and ends up with crazy resolutions and outcomes the games master never ever even considered. Brilliant game IMHO. It does take at least 4 hours to play a session though.

[@jian9007]

Great set-up episode. Can't wait until part 2 next week. I enjoy you all but Moar Alison please. Also, changing the Italian name to French is spot on. My grandfather worked at a steel company after WW2 & Italians were not liked in America due to Mussolini's and Italy's involvement with Hitler and the Axis forces. They thought he was French and called him "Frenchie," and called him that for the over 2 decades he worked there. Only a few people ever knew he was Italian after all those years there.

[@TheMarshmallowBear]

People seriously need to stop bitching, First of all, they do this for free.. except for maybe a donation drive or something, otherwise, there is no subscription button where you pay to see the amazing content of the Geek and Sundry. And you know what, if you don't like an episode, DON'T WATCH IT... simple rule, I don't watch the other Thursday show at all, because i have no intrest in it, I watch the Flog, Written by Kid, and this because it makes me laugh.. enjoy this, it's made for you 4 FREE

[@vegedus]

Eh, it's hardly rocket science. You just have to get used to playing for the sake of story rather than slaying the most monsters or w/e. Pros don't have that much of an edge either when there put into an envirornment where they have to improvise and collaborate rather than meditate in front of the type writer.

[@greyareaRK1]

I've played this game, and it's a hoot kids. I died Scarface style, in a hail of bullets while crashing a rival gang's den/restaurant. Character generation is a breeze and establishes relationships between characters - a sometimes painful process in an RPG. It's fun watching other creative types set their game up.

[@gulllars]

I agree with other people here, this should have been uploaded before or at the same time as the previous part. It gives a lot more context to the story, and i think i would have enjoyed it more. This was surprisingly interresting. I wasn't expecting the set-up to be as interresting as the first part of playing.

[@juancreepo]

The cover of the box is a guy being shot (shooting himself) in the head... If you expose your kids to this you are a fucked up parent. Just because something is a game does not mean it is for kids. Amazon recommended age is 13-15, that's bullshit; this game should be 17+ just like any movie featuring the same content.

[@SebastianPeitsch]

I know that the short attention span of KZbin viewers made you exclude this from the original episode but honestly: this is needed exposition I would've liked to have. This is part of the game and I laughed a couple of times watching this. If a game needs an hour and a half just show it the way it is - an hour and a half. We won't mind. This is better than TV :-)

[@hyder81]

Which is almost always the case...and not only with Fiasco. After "converting" to the Indie New Wave of RPGs (where narration bounces constantly between master and players), I discovered that a lot of players I thought to know well actually suck when it comes to imagine almost any kind of scene.

[@fillerblog]

We've played this a few times at our game nights. My gamers sent this link to me, and after watching the play session I went to the publisher and ordered the books and PDFs online. Our third game was set in the Ice Station, and was "a stupid plan, executed to perfection." Fantastic!

[@Rapunzzel07]

Lol, I knooooow, I did. Hence why I said it "wasn't" working. My internet was crapping up on me. That was then, this is now. I've deleted my comment now, I don't need any more pointers! :P I was away from my computer for an hour or two though, so it didn't happen immediately.

[@Rapunzzel07]

Oh my word, I am a noob. Disregard my previous comment! Trying to delete it but it isn't working. I didn't see that part 1 had already been uploaded. Well, for once in my life I'm glad I was "late to the game"...literally. I got to watch this before part 1 and it will make soooo much more sense.

[@Prongsie93]

I think that's a good indication to parents that further language will come up although considering the content they're discussing (drugs, sex and rock'n'roll)... I'd hope a parent wasn't watching first-time with a child that doesn't have a good grasp of right and wrong!

[@jfbeam]

Holy boiled peanuts, batman. I've not seen anything this complicated since the Manhattan Project!

[@sariusmonk]

I played this with my friends + family. Nobody read the rules but me so I wasn't sure if we were doing it right but we were. We played a Wild West set, and by the end of it my younger brother was a Mafia boss who shot me (his Deputy Sheriff ex-mafia son), my girlfriend (a sherrif) my sister (a prostitute) and her boyfriend (a Mobster trying to blow up a building to cover up a giant robbery) giving us various wounds and then mourning my death. Was a crazy fun game.

[@Muck006]

The problem of this game is that it wont work for everyone. These people are more or less in the acting business and thus have the experience to pull it off well. If amateurs or inexperienced people do it it could end up with a disappointing bunch of cliches.

[@LokiCDK]

The problem with dating is simple. It comes down to choice, of which you essentially have only two. 1) Date someone you know "A friend" which never turns out well or 2) Date someone you don't know "A stranger/speeddate :P" Which never turns out well.

[@ReligiousAnarchist]

great way to write movies. Rolling dice and see what works the best. It Seems like some movies are made that way but the players were to excited to think about the relationship and the connection between people to make the story line work best for them.

[@atimingjunk]

Alright, I've downloaded the video so I don't have to watch with Ads. I can't wait for a podcast feed instead of being locked into KZbin. Great show. BAD for locking it down to only 1 service. I'll just continue to steal ALL of the KZbin videos.

[@siguardvolsung]

I'm the real nerd. I'm driven nuts by the fact that everyone in the video repeatedly says, "between you and I." Between is a preposition that takes the oblique case for pronouns in English. It should be, "between you and me." :-P

[@aniforprez]

this seems like a nice game but the fact that all these guys playing it seem to be writers and one tv show host, this seems to be for a smarter and more imaginative group than most people are. may not be as much fun when we play it

[@RysoxBattleon]

definitively should of watched the set up before part 1. It was still a good watch.

[@tetsujin_144]

As with anything, storytelling skills improve as they're exercised. But it does seem like this game probably works best when you've got people who are prepared to really get in character. You've got to dare to be stupid. :)

[@Reecer77]

"Just another Romeo and Juliet?" Unless terrible tragedies happen to most relationships where both partners end up dead before they're brought together, I think Wil forgot what exactly happened in the play.

[@lufferov]

After watching them play last week, I had no clue about what this game is or how it's played or what the point of it is. I figured I might get some answers in the set-up episode, but I'm still just as clueless.

[@theschnitter]

hey there yeah you were right. found an image of it The University of Arkham. Well a question im not from the states so is this a normal thing with the Universitys there? Like having Sigel Rings n stuff?

[@LikeACrouton]

I agree with you. It may be a good idea to email them your suggestion though since the description says "We want you feedback! Email us at [e-mail]" cuz I'm not sure how much they read comments

[@VundalI]

this seems soo damn complicated , without any real action. i want part 2 to see if watching all of this was worth it. Will, any chance you do a munchkins game with some random expansions. space cowbow zombies ftw

[@chewbobington]

It was actually BRENDA and Eddie in the Billy Joel song. ;) I'm glad I watched Episode 1 before I watched this, I think if I'd watched the set up first, I would have been really confused, but since I saw the scenes played out, this made both of them make more sense.

[@KainDrake]

I don't understand, why couldn't they say the name of the song? I don't see how that would be a copyright problem, unless they started singing the song. they didn't have a problem naming shows and movies.

[@seannee8069]

usual i luv watching tabletop games....but this was....just sorry to say boring game to watch, not the people but the game itself. Sorry weaton this isnt hard mail....just a commen luv the show

[@MikeCraftRT]

Yeah, I wouldn't get tired of a Tabletop schedule of Fiasco, not Fiasco, Fiasco, etc. But seriously, this is the season finale. They could make a tradition of ending every season with a new Fiasco.