galaxy and reversed the polarity seven times a day,

before breakfast, rookies, I was a huge

fan of science fiction.

From the escapist space operas of the pulp era to the

dystopian tales of the post-nuclear 20th century,

science fiction captured my imagination

and inspired my life.

Spoiler alert, I love games set in a

science fiction universe.

So today, on "Table Top", Ashley Clements, Allison

Scagliotti, Felicia Day, and Amy Okuda are here to join me

in a dystopian world where a corrupt government has made

life miserable for its citizens, so miserable some of

us are trying to take that government down.

But some of us are actually loyal

government agents in disguise.

We are about to find out who is a spy and who is a loyal

member of The Resistance.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

The Resistance is a deception game designed by Don Eskridge,

set in the distant future, where corporations have

subverted democracy and taken over the world.

Yes, the distant future.

[TING]

We are all members of a highly trained espionage team

attempting to bring down the machine.

Unfortunately, two loyal government agents have

infiltrated our ranks.

Now these spies will know who the other is, but the loyal

members of the resistance do not.

And that's the game.

We're trying to ferret out those spies, so we can be

successful.

The game is played in five rounds.

Each round will start with a new leader.

At the beginning of the turn, the leader will nominate

players to go on a mission.

If we like the composition of the team, we will vote to

approve the team.

We use these markers to represent our vote.

Once a team has been assembled, those players vote

in secret for the mission to succeed or for

the mission to fail.

Now, if you are a resistance member, you must vote for the

mission to succeed.

But if you're a spy, you can vote for the mission to

succeed or fail, as suits your nefarious ends.

For the resistance to win the game, they must successfully

complete three of the five missions.

Otherwise the spies prevail.

Which one of us is a filthy, vile, awful betrayer?

Who is loyal?

Let's find out.

It is time to play The Resistance.

ASHLEY CLEMENTS: I'm Ashley Clements.

And I'm an actor, best known on the web for playing Lizzie

Bennet in "The Lizzie Bennet Diaries".

AMY OKUDA: I'm Amy Okuda.

And I'm an actress.

And I think most people on the internet will know me as

Tinkerbella from "The Guild".

ALLISON SCAGLIOTTI: My name is Alison Scagliotti.

I'm an actor and a Virgo.

Right now, I play Claudia Donovan on "Warehouse 13."

FELICIA DAY: I am Felicia Day.

And I do a variety of things with acting,

writing, and producing.

And they are mostly on the internet.

WIL WHEATON: Welcome to The Resistance.

You will be able to identify me as we play,

because I am the dude.

ALLISON SCAGLIOTTI: Ah, yes.

WIL WHEATON: Amy is going to be the leader

in the first round.

And now we will find out who is loyal and who is a spy, as

I mix the cards up.

ASHLEY CLEMENTS: Better get my game face on.

WIL WHEATON: Ready?

There you go, Felicia, Ashley, Amy, Scaggs.

ALLISON SCAGLIOTTI: I'm talking about.

WIL WHEATON: Wil.

All right, everybody look at your card, find out if you are

loyal or a spy.

Everybody knows who they are now.

OK, so everyone close your eyes.

Now spies open your eyes and make eye

contact with each other.

FELICIA DAY: So I'm a spy.

ALLISON SCAGLIOTTI: Finding out that I'm a spy, I'm a

little bummed out.

That makes my job a little harder.

My job is to now throw people off my scent.

But I think I'm up for the challenge.

WIL WHEATON: Spies, you all know who you are.

Close your eyes, please.

Now everyone, open your eyes.

ASHLEY CLEMENTS: Her eyes didn't dilate.

This one's a spy.

WIL WHEATON: Wow, look at that.

ALLISON SCAGLIOTTI: Wow, that was really quick.

ASHLEY CLEMENTS: Your eyes were exactly the same.

FELICIA DAY: So easy.

So easy.

It's so easy.

I told you.

ALLISON SCAGLIOTTI: The ladies doth

protest too much, methinks.

WIL WHEATON: Yeah.

FELICIA DAY: Oh, no, no, look at her face.

AMY OKUDA: It's not.

No.

I'm.

No.

WIL WHEATON: OK.

ALLISON SCAGLIOTTI: This is not convincing.

ASHLEY CLEMENTS: I made eye contact with this one as soon

as she open her eyes, and there was no dilation.

They were exactly the same.

Allison's pupils did not change at all the second she

opened them, as if they had just been opened.

So she's a spy.

ALLISON SCAGLIOTTI: I'm a resistance.

Look, I'm wearing blue.

No, I'm totally a spy.

WIL WHEATON: Amy, you're the leader.

Who would you like to have go on this first mission.

You need to nominate two players for this mission.

Who would you like to nominate?

AMY OKUDA: Well, I would like to nominate myself.

WIL WHEATON: Of course you would.

AMY OKUDA: Because--

WIL WHEATON: Because you're a spy.

AMY OKUDA: No, I'm not a spy.

FELICIA DAY: I think you're a spy.

You're a spy.

Look at your little face.

AMY OKUDA: I'm not-- you guys, really.

ALLISON SCAGLIOTTI: It's exactly what spies do when

they're the leader.

You nominate yourself.

AMY OKUDA: My game plan is to have someone believe me.

WIL WHEATON: So there, that's the gun you're

carrying on the mission.

Be careful with it.

[BANG, BANG]

And who else would you like to nominate?

AMY OKUDA: I mean, I don't know.

ALLISON SCAGLIOTTI: Look at her closed body

language, you guys.

FELICIA DAY: No, I know--

AMY OKUDA: It's so you.

FELICIA DAY: I'm just trying to find another one.

ASHLEY CLEMENTS: She's the spy.

You're picking the spy?

ALLISON SCAGLIOTTI: That's just mean.

AMY OKUDA: Because I think she's a spy.

ASHLEY CLEMENTS: Yeah, but she's not going to give it

away the first round.

FELICIA DAY: I think one of these two is a spy, because

you're so easy.

ASHLEY CLEMENTS: Yeah, exactly, I'm so easy, so you

know I'm loyal, because I'm a terrible liar.

FELICIA DAY: Yeah.

WIL WHEATON: I'm suspicious of Amy just because.

AMY OKUDA: Everyone's always suspicious.

WIL WHEATON: Right, good, now that we've settled that, let's

vote, then.

So you've got an approve and a reject in front of you.

So just flip them over, and we'll see.

Majority will rule here, reject, approve, approve,

reject, approve.

ASHLEY CLEMENTS: Yay.

WIL WHEATON: Yeah, I don't want Amy on this mission,

because I think Amy's a spy.

So here are your cards, your success and fail cards.

AMY OKUDA: Thank you.

WIL WHEATON: Here's your success and fail cards.

So now, do this in secret.

If you're loyal, you absolutely must vote blue.

And if you are a spy, Amy, you can vote

for success or failure.

AMY OKUDA: You guys are going to be very sad at the end.

ALLISON SCAGLIOTTI: So if I fail this mission, right out

of the gate, the whole table is going to know that one of

the two of us is a spy.

And it's better to wait, I think, until there are at

least three people on the mission.

WIL WHEATON: So the first thing you're going to do is

give me your discards, the ones you are

not using to vote.

And make sure that nobody sees it, OK?

So there and there.

Now I'm going to take these and shuffle them around, so we

do not inadvertently see them.

Great.

So now take your voting cards-- also

keep them face down--

and put them here, together.

And then I'll just mix them up.

Look suspiciously at each other.

All right, let's find out if this

first mission has succeeded.

Ready?

Success, success.

[HOORAY, APPLAUSE, SHOUTS]

WIL WHEATON: That is one mission down, one success.

ASHLEY CLEMENTS: We have learned nothing.

FELICIA DAY: Yeah, we learned nothing, because--

WIL WHEATON: But, if you're loyal like I am, you're one

third of the way to victory--

ASHLEY CLEMENTS: Go loyalists.

WIL WHEATON: Which is really good.

Everything you do in this game gives out some kind of

information.

So there's the way you behave around the other players.

There is the way you vote, whether or not you want the

team to go.

And then, of course, there's the way that you vote once

you're actually on a mission.

So there are so many opportunities for obfuscation

and deception.

Allison, you will be the leader.

ALLISON SCAGLIOTTI: I am the leader now.

WIL WHEATON: So let's go ahead and put our

guns back in the middle.

ALLISON SCAGLIOTTI: So I am almost positive--

WIL WHEATON: Why do you think I'm a spy?

FELICIA DAY: Because you're way too blase.

You're like under playing it.

You're playing a host versus like being real--

WIL WHEATON: I'm not playing a host, dude.

I am the host.

FELICIA DAY: You're being like very not as Wil-like.

ASHLEY CLEMENTS: Mm hm, it's because you're a spy.

WIL WHEATON: Like less awesome than normal?

FELICIA DAY: I mean, I don't want to say it, but--

ALLISON SCAGLIOTTI: I'll say it.

You are being less awesome than normal.

WIL WHEATON: Ahh no.

ALLISON SCAGLIOTTI: Where's the Wil I used to know?

WIL WHEATON: I don't know.

He's seen some things.

He had--

ALLISON SCAGLIOTTI: Like a red, spy card, is that what

he's seeing?

WIL WHEATON: No, like he had to sit through a lot of tampon

talk before the cameras rolled.

ALLISON SCAGLIOTTI: Well, you brought this on yourself.

ASHLEY CLEMENTS: You invited the ladies here.

WIL WHEATON: I guess I did, right?

ALLISON SCAGLIOTTI: OK.

WIL WHEATON: So you're going to put three

people on this mission.

ALLISON SCAGLIOTTI: OK.

AMY OKUDA: Pick me.

ALLISON SCAGLIOTTI: There's no way I'm picking you, because I

am almost certain you're a spy.

AMY OKUDA: You guys are going to be so upset.

You guys are going to be so upset later.

ALLISON SCAGLIOTTI: I am loyal.

So I trust myself.

I'm on the first mission.