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Web series about games

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TableTop is a web series about games, directed by Jennifer Arnold. It was created by Wil Wheaton and Felicia Day and was hosted by Wheaton. TableTop was published on Day's YouTube channel, Geek & Sundry. In each episode, following a brief explanation of one or more tabletop games, Wheaton plays the games with one or more guests—usually web or TV personalities.

A wide range of hobby gaming titles have been played, from classic German-style board games and family games to RPGs and card games. It has been described as "like Celebrity Poker meets Dinner for Five, where interesting people got together for tabletop games."

After two seasons, the show announced that its third season would be crowdfunded via Indiegogo, and was the most successful digital series campaign on that site until Con Man broke its record in March 2015. The series ended in 2017.

Episodes

Season 1 (2012–13)

Season 2 (2013–14)

Season 3 (2014–15)

Season 4 (2016–17)

Funding campaign

On April 5, 2014, Wil Wheaton announced the launch of a campaign on Indiegogo to fund the creation of a third season. The target amount was $500,000 to produce 15 episodes, with additional targets of $750,000 to produce a full season of 20 episodes, and $1,000,000 to film a spin-off RPG series. The campaign exceeded its goals, eventually closing with $1,414,159.

Impact

Evidence presented by a Canadian online game retailer showed that games featured in TableTop received a boost in sales after the episode aired: this was dubbed "The Wheaton Effect". Game publisher Days of Wonder has said that having titles featured on the show had significant boost on sales.

After the game Tsuro was featured, demand was so high that the publisher exhausted all stock reserves. The game was, for a time, unavailable in Europe as production tried to cope with US demand.

In 2013, the web series won the Diana Jones Award, citing that "TableTop has brought a new energy and humour to the board-game field: its blend of good humour and gameplay is pitch-perfect and has introduced a range of titles from modern classics to indie RPGs to thousands of new players."

TableTop won the gold ENnie for Best Podcast at the 2013 Gen Con EN World RPG Awards for its Dragon Age episodes. The award was accepted by Chris Pramas on behalf of Wil Wheaton.

TableTop won the Origins Award for "Best Game-Related Publication of 2013".

The Doubleclicks wrote a song about TableTop, featured on their 2014 album Dimetrodon

International TableTop Day

The first International TableTop Day, founded by Boyan Radakovich, was held on March 30, 2013 and was live-streamed on the Geek & Sundry channel on YouTube. Games included Takenoko, Ticket to Ride, 7 Wonders, Smash Up, and Star Trek Catan; with several of the first season guests returning to play. It aired in two segments hosted by Felicia Day and Wil Wheaton, with an extra wrap-up segment uploaded later. Events were held in 64 countries.

The second International TableTop Day was held on April 5, 2014. The event was again live-streamed on YouTube, and the games shown were KrosMaster: Arena, Tanto Cuore, Rampage, and Love Letter. Events were held in over 80 countries.

The third International TableTop Day was held on April 11, 2015.

The fourth installment took place on April 30, 2016.

The fifth International TableTop Day took place on April 29, 2017, and the games shown were King of Tokyo, Rhino Hero, Fuse, Dread Draw, Codenames, Dread RPG, Tsuro, Attack on Titan and Dark Souls.

The sixth International TableTop Day took place on April 28, 2018, and the games shown were The Climbers, Grimm Forest, Flip Ships, World Wide Wrestling, and Marvel Contest of Champions – Battlerealm.

The seventh International Tabletop Day took place on June 1, 2019.

References

Biggs, John. (April 3, 2012). "Join Wil Wheaton And Friends in a Rousing Tabletop Gaming Session". [[TechCrunch]].
Banks, Dave. (April 20, 2012). "Tabletop Returns With Settlers of Catan". [[Wired (website).
Morgan, Matt. (March 20, 2012). "Details Emerge on Wheaton-Hosted "Tabletop" Gaming Web Series". MTV.
Doctorow, Cory. (March 20, 2012). "Wil Wheaton and Felicia Day team up for Tabletop, a show about tabletop games". [[Boing Boing]].
Schneider, Mark. (March 25, 2013). "Announcing Tabletop Season Two!". Wil Wheaton.
(May 10, 2014). "Tabletop Season 3 With Wil Wheaton". Indiegogo.com.
Sandwell, Ian. (March 13, 2015). "Alan Tudyk & Nathan Fillion's 'Con Man' breaks crowdfunding record". [[ScreenDaily.com]].
Wheaton, Wil. (December 31, 2015). "Tabletop Season 4: Status Update". WilWheaton.com.
Wheaton, Wil. (April 22, 2016). "Here's The Game Lineup for Tabletop Season Four -". WilWheaton.net.
Wheaton, Wil. (July 28, 2016). "Tabletop Season 4". Reddit.
(October 14, 2016). "TableTop will premiere on Alpha on Nov2. The first 2 eps will also be available on YouTube the same day.".
(October 14, 2016). "The rest of the episodes will be Alpha exclusive for a few months, then released at @GeekandSundry early next year.".
Wheaton, Wil. (January 13, 2017). "What Happened to Tabletop?". Reddit.
Geek & Sundry. (January 31, 2017). "#TABLETOP S4 is back on YouTube TOMORROW! Join Wil Wheaton & friends as they play their favorite board games!". Facebook.
(April 5, 2014). "Tabletop Season 3 - With Wil Wheaton!". [[Indiegogo]].
Wong, Tao. (May 8, 2012). "The Wheaton Effect".
Wong, Tao. (August 16, 2012). "The Wheaton Effect – A Follow Up".
(August 30, 2012). "TableTop Impact on DoW's Games". ICV2.
"Wheaton Announces Tabletop as Winner of Award".
"2014 Origins Winners Announced".
(March 7, 2013). "International TableTop Day: Wil Wheaton wants you to play board games". [[Los Angeles Times]].
"International TableTop Day Livestream - Pt. 1 on March 30th!".
"International TableTop Day Live Stream - pt. 2 on March 30th!".
"International TableTop Day Live Stream - pt. 3 on March 30th!".
"About TableTopDay.com". Geek & Sundry.
"Geek & Sundry announces date of International TableTop Day for 2014".
"International TableTop Day 2014 Live Stream".
"About TableTopDay.com". Geek & Sundry.
"Nerdist announces International TableTop Day for 2015".
(April 29, 2016). "International TableTop Day for 2016".
(April 24, 2017). "International TableTop Day for 2017".
(April 13, 2018). "International TableTop Day for 2018".
"International TableTop Day for 2019".

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