The most recent episode of Table Top was an intriguing one for they departed from the standard format of playing a large box game in favor of playing through three quick but different games. Tsuro, Zombie Dice, and Get Bit.
Tsuro is a tile laying game whereby players create paths on a game board which their Dragon Stones follow. The more tiles that are laid the more difficult it becomes to keep the paths from leading the stones off the edge of the board so the challenge is to become the last player remaining.
Zombie Dice is, as the name suggests, a dice game where players take on the role of brain munching zombies. The dice represent The Living whom the Zombies are chasing and rolling the dice determines whether that particular surviving human gets their brains eaten, shoots the zombie in the face, or manages to temporarily run away.
Get Bit is a simple yet devious game where the objective isn’t just avoiding getting eaten by the Shark, but more about letting your friends get eaten. You play one of several (apparently waterproof) robots swimming in the ocean when a shark starts chasing all of you. You play cards to see who is outswimming whom and the slowest robot loses a limb as it gets chomped by the cusinart-like jaws of a shark with an apparent iron deficiency.
For me I found this episode truly delightful. Each of the games were delightful little gems, though your mileage may vary in regards to which one you enjoy most. I personally favored Tsuro so perhaps I am biased towards the episode because I felt it started off with the game that caught my attention most. The demos of the three games were timed very well and gave the pacing of the entire episode a very good feel.
But of course the entertainment value of the episode would be nothing without Wil Wheaton’s guests! This week we were treated to the likes of Ryan Higa, Rod Roddenberry, and Freddie Wong.
