Tabletop Episode 7: Gloom!
July 2, 2012 by brennon
Another episode of Tabletop appeared on the internet over the weekend and this time it was a game of utter despair. Wil Wheaton takes his new players through Gloom from Atlas Games...
His guests this episode include Amber Benson of Buffy the Vampire fame, Michele Boyd from The Guild and Meghan Camarena, a prominent Youtuber.
Gloom puts you in charge of a family looking to die in the worst ways possible, with nothing to their name. Whereas most games focus on making things as good as they can possibly be, this is quite the opposite. In fact if you help out a fellow players they might just resent you for it!
So take a watch of the episode above and let us know what you think of this card game below...
Absolutely awesome and actually quite aggressive use of alliteration compounded with a cruel card-playing catfight between a couple of completely charming cuties in a situation strangely suited to the shenanigans of Lemony Snicket’s Series Of Unfortunate Events.
Bloody brilliant! 😉
Oh and for discerning devotees of the game of Gloom – some melodious music to set the scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YFk4b6yeX4
Also to instruct you in the inventive and advanced art of alliteration thus limiting the level of available letters:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6Q0dfrbr10
Another great episode from Wil Wheaton. I do wish he would stop bringing so many new games to my attention, as my wallet is getting a bit annoyed.
There I was not having a good day, then I see the latest episode of Tabletop on BoW!
Well that should cheer me up. Nah ah!
All I got now is Gloom.