We're shooting the Tabletop RPG show all this week. Yesterday was our first day of production, and we had so much fun, eleven hours of nonstop work flew by in a flash. In fact, at the end of the day, one of the players said to me, "that's it? I want to keep playing!"
We're going to be slowly announcing details about the show all this week, and yesterday, I introduced the players to the world:
Here's a little bit about them:
- Hank Green is one of the most successful and influential YouTubers of all time. With his brother, John, he created the Vlog Brothers. Their network has grown to over 1 billion views, and earlier this year, Hank interviewed the president. Hank is an old school role player, and he's a fantastic storyteller.
- Alison Haislip hasn't ever played an RPG like this, but she was amazing in Fiasco during the first season of Tabletop. She's worked for G4 and Nerdist, among others. It was pretty awesome to watch her start out tentatively yesterday morning, and by the middle of the day she was slinging dice like she'd been doing it all her life.
- Yuri Lowenthal is one of my best friends. We met when we were working on Legion of Superheroes, and we've gone on to work together on Ben Ten, There Came an Echo, and countless other animation projects. You've heard him in pretty much every video game, ever, (he's Sandal in Dragon Age: Origins), and you've heard him as Sauske in Naruto. Yuri has been playing RPGs as long as I have.
- Laura Bailey and I met when we worked on There Came An Echo last year. By lunchtime on the first day, we had decided that we needed to be friends, and it feels like we've known each other since college. She's an accomplished voice actor who you have heard in over 250 projects, including Dragon Age: Inquisition, Hearthstone, The Last of Us, World of Warcraft, and Fullmetal Alchemist. Laura also plays on Geek & Sundry's RPG Twitch show, Critical Role.
You can find them on the usual social networks, and we'll all be posting behind the scenes pictures and short videos during production this week.
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maevee:
You should try Mansions of Madness on one of Tabletops episodes! It's incredibly fun. One of my favourite scenario is the one with the time machine.
chrispy6:
Can't wait for this! Me and the guys try to get together a few times a month to play. Been playing Eclipse, and Call of Cthulhu lately.