Wil Wheaton on International TableTop Day and why gaming matters so much (video)

In its inaugural year, International TableTop Day was almost Intergalactic TableTop Day. The March 30, 2013 event — designed to promote the hobby of card, board, and pen-and-paper role-playing games — brought players together for 3,123 gaming sessions over 64 countries and across seven continents. (Yes, “seven” includes Antarctica.) The organizers, video-entertainment group Geek & Sundry, almost got a board game going on the International Space Station as well, but space rules and space red tape got in the way.

Perhaps some zero-G gaming will happen at this year’s International TableTop Day, taking place on April 5.