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Brindlewood & The Between

Design Diary: The Between 01
Design Diary: The Between 02
Design Diary: The Between 03
Design Diary: The Between 04
Revealing a Clue in Brindlewood Bay
Design Notebook: From The Between to Brindlewood Bay (and Back Again)
The Day Move and the Night Move in Brindlewood Bay
​The Between RPG
​The Mastermind - Gesod, High Imperator of Venus
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What I Learned from The Between Threat-Writing Contest; Or, The Anatomy of a Threat
Borders of Hargrave House

Design Diary

Design Diary: All Systems Nominal 01
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Design Notes: Atitlan Riders
Calamity Raccoon: Clawing His Way Out of My Head
Design Diary: All Systems Nominal 02
Hack the Planet: A conversation with Fraser Simons
Design Notes: Never Knows Best
The World of Back Again from the Broken Land
Against the Dark Conspiracy: A Design Journey
​Design Journey: Don't pay the Ferryman

Game Facilitation aka GMing

The 7-3-1 Technique
Questions and Random Tables
Paint the Scene
Paint the Scene (on the Side of a Van): The Purple Planet as a Post-Conservative Apocalypse
Stars and Wishes
Establishing Questions
Making Combat Interesting
Sharing the Cognitive Load
The Microscope Palette, Its Usefulness in One-Shots, and a Dungeon World Starter Discovery
RPG B-sides
Emotional Choices for Deepening NPCs
Creating Useful Character Backgrounds
Signal Boost: Roleplaying Games in the Classroom Trenches, Part One
Go with the Easy Answer
GM Masterclass: Using Hard Moves to be Fans of the Characters
Find a Partner and Duet
From The Darkness
GMing for Theme and Motif
Teaching RPGs
Helping your D&D Group Try a Monsterhearts One-Shott
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GM Confessions: Campaign Mistakes
Asking Better Questions Part One
Asking Better Questions Part Two

Gauntlet Miscellany

Slack Spotlight: Ferrell Riley
These Games I Love (Part One)
Gaunt Marches Slack Chat, Part 1
Mandatory Fun Club
Mandatory Fun Club Spotlight: Jim Crocker
Mandatory Fun Club Spotlight: David Miessler-Kubanek
Codex Volume One
Gauntlet Con 2018: Reflections
Mandatory Fun Club Spotlight: Ryan Windeknecht
Getting Ready for Favorite Games of 2018
Mandatory Fun Club Spotlight: Agatha
The Veins of the Earth Book Club
The Gauntlet's Statement on Zak S
The Passing of Paul Edson
Publishing and The Gauntlet
The Gauntleteer
Getting Featured on the Gauntlet Family of Podcasts
Forged in the Gauntlet
Getting Featured in Codex
These Games I Love (Part Two)
Gauntlet Comics 101
​The Gauntlet's Favourite Characters 2021

Hacks

WoDu Kids
Designing in Gauntlet Spaces: Hacking City of Mist
Monsterdreams: An Indie Kitbash

Online Play

Hangouts On Air Guide
Introduction to Online Character Keepers
Basics of Online Character Keepers
Advanced Techniques for Character Keepers
Polishing Your Online Character Keepers

RPG Reviews & Analysis

We Were W.A.S.P.
Forbidden Lands: My Pre-Series Expectations
Davokar, Colonized: Symbaroum and White Fantasy
Paragon System: Glory and Agony
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Broken: A Tragic Duet

Scenarios & Add-Ons

The Faction Roll (Masks)
Small Town Monsters in the Big City (Urban Shadows)
Of Grease and Gears (DW)
An Uncanny Trio: Three Character Classes for World of Dungeons
The Shrine of Shakyamuni (DW)
The Golden Shroud Campaign

Session Reports

​​Gardens of Ynn Pt. 1
Gardens of Ynn Pt. 2
Session Report - Lovecraftesque: Mr. Giggles Comes to Dinner
MR-KR-GR: The Death Rolled Kingdom, Part One
MR-KR-GR: The Death Rolled Kingdom, Part 2
Session Report: Tumbling
Session Report: For the Queen
Session Report: Girl Underground
Session Report: Star Wars Saturday - Impulse Drive
The Fire Under The Mountain: A CYOA Actual Play
Session Report: Fire Ships at Midnight
A Year of Star Wars Saturdays
A Year of Star Wars Saturdays, Part 2
Session Report: My Life With Mastermind (Gauntlet Comics)
Burn While Reading: A Simple Handshake (Zinc 1.1)
Burn While Reading: After the Ball (Cio 1.2)
Burn While Reading: The Confession (Scene 1.3)
Burn While Reading: The Flashback (Scene 1.4)
A Dozen Favorite Characters of 2019
Queensday Retrospective
The Masks Experiment 

Trophy

9 Tips for Running Trophy
Trophy: Notes on Ring 1
Trophy: What's the Point of All These Tables?
Trophy: Notes on Ring 2
Getting Excited for the Trophy Writing Contest
Trophy Gold: An OSR/storygame mashup for desperate treasure-hunters
Trophy: Notes on Ring 3
Trophy: A Community-Driven Project
Trophy: Dark, Gold, and Loom
Trophy: A World of Incursions
Mecha in Trophy Gold
The Trophy Gold Hunt Roll
Quick Bash! Trophy Gold & Mothership
Thoughts and Questions about Trophy Gold
Pacts in Trophy Gold
​Trophy Dark: Dice Pools and Devils Bargains
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Ceremonies for Trophy
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  • Blog
    • Blog Table of Contents
  • Podcasts
    • The Gauntlet Podcast
    • Fear of a Black Dragon
    • The Darkened Threshold
    • Trophy Podcast
    • Discern Realities
    • +1 Forward >
      • Belonging Outside Belonging Series
      • Forged in the Dark Series
      • Firebrands Series
    • The Farrier's Bellows
    • Pocket-Sized Play
    • We Hunt the Keepers!
    • Comic Strip AP
    • Podcast Indexes >
      • Gauntlet Podcast Index
      • Fear of a Black Dragon Index
      • +1 Forward Index
      • Discern Realities Index
      • Trophy Podcast Index
      • The Farrier's Bellows Index
      • Pocket-Sized Play Index
      • Comic Strip AP Index
      • We Hunt the Keepers! Index
  • Publications
    • The Between
    • Brindlewood Bay
    • Codex Magazine >
      • Codex Index
    • Hearts of Wulin
    • Trophy RPG
    • Codex Volume 1 Book
  • Online Gaming
    • Playing Online with The Gauntlet
    • Gauntlet Calendar
    • Online Gaming Resources
    • Actual Play
    • Sign Up Best Practices
  • Community Resources
    • Community Code of Conduct
    • Gauntlet Gameway
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  • Brindlewood Bay Writing Contest