On The Table s6 ep8: Avalon, 7 Wonders & Fireforge Crusaders!
December 9, 2013 by warzan
In This Episode
Welcome back to another On The Table where we have some awesome companies and games to show off. As the title suggests we'll be diving into a game that should be in ALL of your board game collections, 7 Wonders. As well as that we have the intrigue and deception of Avalon, brilliant buildings from Tabletop World and some exclusive stuff from Infinity.
As well as that make sure to check out the Judge Dredd Miniatures Game and the mighty forces of Fireforge Games that are making their way to the Holy Land with Deus Vult.
A pair of brilliant Kickstarters are also on the cards, The Tarot of Loka from Alessio Cavatore and Templars Versus Undead from our friends at Lords of War.
Previous Winner(s)
Those of you who have been looking forward to playing XCOM can rejoice as winners of the codes will be getting them sent to their accounts, be they on Beasts of War or Youtube!
This Shows Prize
This time around we have the amazing Summoner Wars Master Set to give away. This set comes with a mass of different factions to get you sorted in the fantasy world from Plaid Hat Games (you guys are awesome!). It's a very good game too that has great tactical depth and oodles of replay value.
All you have to do to win is comment below.
Show Links
7 Wonders
http://rprod.com/index.php?page=description-22
The Resistance: Avalon
http://www.indieboardsandcards.com/RESAvalon.php
Tabletop World
http://tabletop-world.com/index.php
Infinity
http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity/en/
Judge Dredd Miniatures Game
http://store.warlordgames.com/collections/judge-dredd/books
Fireforge Games: Deus Vult
http://www.fireforge-games.com/
The Tarot of Loka
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1428582690/the-tarot-of-loka
Lords of War: Templars Versus Undead
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/388956994/lords-of-war-templars-versus-undead
Descent 2nd Edition
http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite.asp?eidm=176
Summoner Wars
http://www.plaidhatgames.com/games/summoner-wars
Happy Gaming!
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Welcome back! Its nice to see you guys focusing on more board games right now especially right before the buying season! Also its good that you didn’t show too many new minis because I need to save some money!!! 😛
Another great episode. It is so nice to see the wide coverage of other games and material. Job well done.
Great episode guys. I’m enjoying the mix of games, although kickstarter is losing it’s magic these days – overused at the moment.
Nice show Warren, I notice a lack of new miniature bling this Christmas. Glad you gave tabletop a plug, they have a really good value range and a useful special on this month. The quality of the resin casts even outstrips the old Forgeworld Coaching Inn I have.
I am delighted to see that Fireforge Games are now producing some enemies to fight against their excellent Teutonic knight figures.
Am still surprised that they haven’t gone with Saracens though.
I was just thinking the same thing. The crusaders look wonderful, but don’t they need an Arab force to oppose them? The Mongols that are about to be released just seem to be a bit of a strange fit.
Those tabletop world buildings look amazing. You are not kidding about the price though!
We’re certainly in a golden age of tabletop gaming. So many cool products!
So much to buy, my wife and child will be hungry this Christmas.
7 wonders is the best, it’s been played a lot as an intro game in our club
Descent looks dashed good. If I didn’t already have Myth on the way, I’d be all over it.
Also Judge! Dredd! Minis! Game! Oh my! [spurlge ends]
Picked up Descnet a month ago – awesome fun. Was interesting enough to bring my wife into it, already done two scenarios. Looking forward to painting minis.
Too short, on the table should last more there are so many things to cover in the tabletop world…
Never really been in to card games but that one does look interesting. A good 4 player game for a club night.
The Resistance: Avalon looks awesome! I’d love to get that one.
I’ve just jumped onto the tabletop bandwagon a couple months ago and I am having a blast. My first foray into this amazing hobby was Arkham Horror and then King of Tokyo. I am totally stoked for Descent 2.0
Ohh no “You have been watching, On The Table!” 🙁
is it my imagination or are ‘on the table’ episodes getting shorter?
Guess it could be because I enjoy them so much.
Man, that was a lot covered this episode.
Oh, man! I am such a fan of Summoner Wars, but I don’t have a set of my own.
I always get the transition music stuck in my head afterwards…
The scenery looks ace especially the windmill.
the terrain of tabletop world looks great and descent looks like something i should try out
I would like to be a summoner!
Tabletop World does awesome stuff – so much so, that I would not want to spoil it buy putting it on a table next to all the regular tearrain I own. I feel like I would have to do an all Tabletop World table to do their pieces justice.
Have to try Descent, it look great …
Great episode …
Let me help ya out a bit…
http://www.descentinthedark.com/2nd/
They also have a quest vault in beta where fans build quests and post them for other players to load and use.
This game is amazing one of the best I have ever played
My first post as a new member. Loving the video and the site. Can’t wait to get more involved.
Also, played Descent for the first time last week. Excellent game, looking forward to starting a campaign in the new year.
Welcome to the House of Fun!
There are a lot of new faces on this thread
Hope you all stay around
Great show. Decent is big on my Xmas list this year. I have to say.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir9_b6HMyc8&list=PL4FF75EAC1EB461D2
That Tarot of Loka has some really great artwork!
Thanks! You can see more artwork here:
https://www.facebook.com/TarotOfLoka?ref=hl
New to the website. Love the content so far.
Wonderful coverage, but I wish that they were longer. I was also wondering if you had a possible eta of a Deadzone tutorial like you had for dreadball? That would be awesome.
Resistance: Avalon looks amazing! Can’t wait to pick it up!
That looks like an awesome board for a card games, I’m surprised.
Deus Vult looks like it has potential. I love that time period. Keep us updated on that game as I couldn’t find anyone in Seattle who carried it.
It is great to see more episodes coming up. For those who haven’t seen it, The Dice Tower has reviewed Summoner Wars master set here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c9vT-0jcfY
Hmm, looks like my comment died a quiet server death somewhere. For those who did not see it, The Dice Tower has reviewed Summoner Wars master set.
I got a thumbnail attachment with the email notification complete with your comment
“It is great to see more episodes coming up. For those who haven’t seen it, The Dice Tower has reviewed Summoner Wars master set here:”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c9vT-0jcfY
but it doesn’t want the linky for some reason though other videos have appeared.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c9vT-0jcfY
nice one !
no news on the Heroquest front though ?
Cool overview
>< and there goes my bank balance again, you keep showing so many awesome things
If you want to know the rules of the Tarot of Loka:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R_WZnogHqo
…or see some gameplay…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-r8SzEWy1A&feature=c4-overview&list=UUbimJ7zuxhi7CQe9XmXJ3Dg
…or see some more of the pretty artwork!
https://www.facebook.com/TarotOfLoka/photos_stream
Love the game 7 Wonders! Really easy to pick up most of the rules and there is lots of cities to play so a lot of replayability imho. Hate Avalon with a passion though but I have to admit that I am very much in the minority at my club. Adding werewolves to Avalon would make it better though, even if they go undetected, hehe.
I just became a member, I didn’t know about this website and so far looks amazing… nice contest also big fan of PH especially Mice and mystic. Good luck guys!
PS looking for ppl in the Orlando area to play some board GA
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Games*
an other great show
Excellent video, a nice broad range of topics, as always.
Love 7 wonders, quite a fun, simple little game!
another great show
Welcome back indeed. Great show and soooooo much choice for the Holiday season! Must – choose…
I’ve been tempted to try a self contained card game for a while. This prize would make that a lot easier and could be my gateway drug
Descent does look interesting I must say.
Summoner Wars looks fun
Great Contest.
Another awesome On The Table. Hope I win Summoner Wars!!!
You, me and a million others! lol
I would love to try descent, but i just put all my game money into the Shadows of Brimstone kickstarter.
Great reviews love the new Dire Foes stuff.
Yes please to Summoner!
Plaid as pronounced by Americans is “plad” which makes the “Plad” Hat company name a bit more fun. I only picked this one up from Steve Martin’s brilliant “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid” film. If you haven’t seen it get it now, It’s very clever and very funny.
Perhaps millions of people have pointed this out but I couldn’t be arsed to read the whole thread, in which case sorry and keep up the fine work.
Cheers!
Another fantastic episode. Love the look of the new Descent, have been missing games of Warhammer Quest for a little while now.
Judge Dredd looks amazing – but I’m not sure I have room for another major game in my life :-/
(Except for a nice Summoner Wars prize!! 😉 )
How have I never seen Summoner Wars before now? That looks amazing.
Congrats to all the winners, thanks for another great episode guys.
7wonders is good. Fireforge models are also looking good, and board games focus is great for December!
that summoner game is pretty interesting I wonder how balanced it is and how well it plays I really like the legend of the 5 rings game.
According to Tom Vasel on the Dice Tower it is very balanced
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c9vT-0jcfY
Great show guys! Keep it coming!
Great episode. Now I need to go back and watch some more
Nice show
For anyone curious about summoner wars, I just discovered it has an iOS app. You have to pay to download all but the starting deck but as a taster of how the game plays, it isn’t a bad place to start.
Wow! Just found your site from your look at Lords of War which I am backing on Kickstarter. Great interesting short reviews. I’m hooked and have subscribed. Brilliant stuff bring on the games!
Great episode. Keep it up.
It seems everyone I know has played Descent, yet I only actually heard of it a few months ago.
Thank you very much! Totally great material. I’ve found few nice games I haven’t played yet, surely will try them (Lords of War and Summoner Wars, they look sooo delicious ). Can’t miss the 7 Wonders as well, if you’re saying it’s a must ^_^
Hi guys, liking the site.
Would love to try summoner wars
I am looking to expand my game collection…
Time to have a think!
As always a great show
After reading some articles about Lords of War and Summoner Wars I still can’t decide which of them I like more… It’s good time to pick the Lords of War new set from Kickstarter, with some yummy additional features )) However Summoner Wars are pretty as well, and for the moment have more options for different races. And the artwork is soo great in both of the games.
Maybe someone could give me an advice on this difficult choice?) I’d love to hear any opinions. Deciding between two wonderful games isn’t my strongest part ^^
Get both! Summoner Wars has more variety in available races and summoners, which leads to more variety in gameplay styles. Lords of War is also very tactical, plus they just completed an excellent Kickstarter campaign for Templars vs Undead. Both games are well made and well balanced with simple rules but plenty of replayability.
I am getting both, but if I was forced to pick one over the other, I’d choose Lords of War. The gameplay looks tactically more interesting.
Thanks for advice! I think I will pick the Lords of War first, all three games, having 6 races to pick from ( the games can be played like Elves vs. Orcs, Dwarves vs. Undead, and other combinations, if I got it right). Together with the recently announced Weather and Terrain add-on ( that must be sign! XD) However I’d buy the already released packs first, can’t wait to play it 🙂
I haven’t tried the new Descent yet. I will be looking in to this. At the very least I get a bunch of cool minis out of it.
Today is going to be my day!!!! Great Show!!!
Like always quick and clean 🙂
When are they announcing the winner?
Solid Episode. I love descent, but haven’t had the opportunity to try the addons. I hope they can add some spice to the late game, which sometimes gets a little dry.
There is more goodness out there then I can purchase. I will have to look into decent though.
Good one
benders look really interesting in summoner wars
Hey, that scenery from Tabletop World is reeeeeally awesome!!
Hope I’m not too late to enter
Summoner wars looks cool. Simple rules but tactically rich. I like the look of the Deep Dwarves and Shadow Elves. I’ve got a big backlog of minis to assemble and paint at the moment, so it might be nice to explore card games again for a while.
By the way, if someone is interested: right now the iOS version of Summoner Wars have all the races temporally unlocked for online play (only), so it can be tried out without any purchases 🙂
So many shiny things! My wife will have to hide the credit card or I’ll max it 😛
Keep the Kickstarter campaigns coming!