Blog Posts - THE GAUNTLET

5/2/2021

Shibuyan Knights

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Rach and Rich bring on Moe Poplar of Ashy Feet Games to talk about his shonen anime-styled Steampunk RPG Shibuyan Knights.

Timecodes:
0:01:26 - Read a Sitch about character keepers
0:11:42 - Open Your Brain to Shibuyan Knights
0:17:53 - Act Under Fire with Ramen and Yuzu!

Ashy Feet Games: https://ashyfeet.com/
The Gauntlet's Play Aids Folder: http://tiny.cc/TheGauntletPlayAidsFolder

4/11/2021

Take an Advance... on Apocalypse World

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Rach and Rich bring on Madjay Brown of Diceology and Mark Diaz Truman of Magpie Games to talk about ways to get the best out of an Apocalypse World game. Join us for a deep dive into an RPG we all love.

Timecodes:
0:05:29 - Apocalypse World for players
0:05:51 - Our Favorite Playbooks
0:11:29 - Some Great Basic Moves
0:21:13 - Apocalypse World for the MCs
0:30:11 - Challenges to Consider
0:37:18 - War Stories (from games we've played)

You can find Madjay Brown's show here: https://www.diceology.com/
Madjay's Patreon is here: https://www.patreon.com/madjayzero

You can find Mark Diaz Truman's work here: https://magpiegames.com/

3/28/2021

Starting a New PbtA Game

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Rach and Rich bring on Paul Beakley of the Indie Game Reading Club blog to talk about ways to kick off a new PbtA game for friends or strangers (who are just friends you haven't met yet)!

Timecodes:
0:10:33 - Poll Your Table
0:15:31 - First Session Stuff
0:20:26 - Building Consensus
0:23:17 - Ongoing Games
0:27:07 - Using Fronts and Playbooks for setup

The IGRC blog:
https://www.indiegamereadingclub.com/

Paul's Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/igrc/posts

3/17/2021

Stonetop

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Rach and Rich bring on Jeremy Strandberg to talk about his game Stonetop, which is on Kickstarter until the end of March.

Timecodes:
0:01:14 - Read a Sitch about making long-term travel in games fun and meaningful
0:13:04 - Open Your Brain to Stonetop
0:22:47 - Act Under Fire with Sheriff Pleswyn and Anywyn the Would-Be Hero

The Stonetop Kickstarter can be found here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1735046512/stonetop

2/24/2021

Wolfspell

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Rach and Rich bring on Epidiah Ravocol to talk about his game Wolfspell.

Timecodes:
0:01:42 - Read a Sitch about how PbtA can help play over the internet!
0:08:29 - Open Your Brain to Wolfspell
0:19:39 - Act Under Fire with two newbie wolves

Eppy's website where you can find Wolfspell and other wonders: https://www.worldswithoutmaster.com/

2/8/2021

Back Again from the Broken Land

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Rich interviews Alexi Sergeant of Cloven Pines Games about his new Zinequest Kickstarter for Back Again from the Broken Land.

Timecodes:
0:01:22 - Read a Sitch about How Best to Ask Questions and Build on the Answers in PbtA games
0:08:16 - Open Your Brain to Back Again From the Broken Land
0:15:22 - Act Under Fire with 'Lil Plussy

Check out the Kickstarter here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/clovenpinegames/back-again-from-the-broken-landzinequest

1/19/2021

Moonpunk

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Rach and Rich interview Jess and Alex of Wannabe Games about their game Moonpunk.

Timecodes:
0:02:46 - Read a Sitch about using PbtA in the classroom
0:07:11 - Open Your Brain to Moonpunk
0:19:51 - Act Under Fire with Plussy and Prof. Hazel

Purchase Moonpunk on DriveThru RPG (aff):
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/308781/MoonPunk?affiliate_id=78493

GCOG info link here:
https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/gauntlet-community-open-gaming.html

12/31/2020

Lessons Learned in 2020 and Rich and Rach's 2021 Gamer Resolutions

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Rach and Rich talk about the lessons they learned playing and running PbtA games in 2020, and they make their Gamer Resolutions for 2021.

Timecodes:
01:41 - Rich's Gaming Highlights
10:17 - Rach's Gaming Highlights
28:13 - Rich's Lessons Learned in 2020
38:55 - Rach's Lessons Learned in 2020
45:36 - Rich and Rach's 2021 Gamer Resolutions

12/20/2020

Iron Edda: World of Metal and Bone

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Rich interviews Paul Stefko of Nothing Ventured Games about Iron Edda.

Timecodes:
0:01:14 - Read a Sitch about converting other RPG settings to PbtA
0:12:37 - Open Your Brain to Iron Edda: World of Metal and Bone
0:21:55 - Act Under Fire with the Berzerker Plussy!

Purchase Iron Edda: World of Metal and Bone on DriveThru RPG (aff):
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/152277/Iron-Edda-World-of-Metal-and-Bone?affiliate_id=78493

You can support Paul and see lots more of his games on his Patreon here:
https://www.patreon.com/PaulStefko

12/3/2020

Trophy Preorder Special

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Trophy RPG is now available for preorder! Check out the Trophy preorder store here.

In this special episode Trophy author Jesse Ross sits down with Trophy publisher Jason Cordova to announce the preorders, give an update on the state of the project, and talk about some of the additions and refinements that are being made to Trophy since it was originally released in Codex.

More links:
To keep the discussion going, join us on the Trophy Discord server!
Check out The Trophy Podcast!