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2/24/2023

Gauntlet Video Roundup - February 24, 2023

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[Gauntlet Calendar: Online Tabletop RPG Play]
​Greetings, and welcome to the weekly Gauntlet Calendar video roundup! Enjoy these recordings of online games organized through Gauntlet Calendar and the Gauntlet RPG Community. These recorded sessions represent only a portion of the selection of games available every week, and anyone is welcome to join the fun! If you'd like to play or watch more games like these, check out the links and information at the bottom of the post.

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Defy the Gods: playtest (Session 5 of 6)
Chris Sellers runs for Mairi, Marc Majcher, and Maxwell Lander
The adventurers returned to the city of Urud, intent on finding the people responsible for the death of Alara’s family. They visited the temple of Khifrit, the sun god, where Solon volunteered Zaal for a duel. This led the party to a secret room, where they heard disturbing news.

Trail of Cthulhu: Fearful Symmetries (Session 7)
Lowell Francis runs for Alun R., Paul Rivers, Sherri, and Will H
Our magicians search the grounds of Grey's manor in the aftermath of the killings--they discover a letter from the enigmatic E which reveal key details and find a paining with a hidden score. Before they burn the mansion down, they use their sleuthing skills to put together who did this--and where the Grey's daughter in, leading them to a local boarding school with a sinister secret.

Defy the Gods: Hearts Caught Between Glory and Doom (Session 3 of 4)
Chris Sellers runs for Elle, Jonathan, Madelancholy, Matthew Doughty, and Rae Nedjadi
Etienne receives a cryptic summons, and the adventurers go to meet it together. Circe engages in sorcerous healing, Estan and Kamil infiltrate a heavily fortified building, and Ampyx reaches at least halfway across the divide separating her from Etienne.

Apocalypse Keys: Til We Have Faces (Session 6)
Lowell Francis runs for Alun R., Anders, Paul Rivers, and Puckett
After the debrief for the Barcelona mission, the team wrestles with their persona agendas. Suriel pushes his plans forward and Eggther discovers that that they may not be the last. But a new mission interrupts and they're sent to Island Zero to look into the abyss and find out the fate of a missing kaiju and its teen pilot.

Apocalypse Keys: All the Bells on Earth (Session 6)
Lowell Francis runs for Cat Rambo, Jesse A., José Feito, and Steven Watkins
The team's debrief is a little more positive, or so it seems. They settle back into life at Chicago DIVISION HQ--from training to potlucks. But when Vane tries to return a book they discover a dangerous affliction affecting the base. Soon they are dispatched into the Parasitic Library to stop it before it can consume all of the organizations secrets...and more...

Defy the Gods: playtest (Session 6 of 6)
Chris Sellers runs for Mairi and Marc Majcher
Alara and Solon travel to Alara's home village, which is overrun by scorpion-people. In an attempt to keep them from attacking Urud, things get a little out of hand. Sometimes, to prevent the world from plunging into eternal night, you have to go to the Underworld with a giant scorpion heart. Watch what happens when players figure out where the game is broken and just push on that spot. It's so good. You can see their character keeper here, in its final form.

Mountain Home: From Fallen Halls (Session 7)
Lowell Francis runs for Ethan Harvey, Patrick Knowles, Sherri, and Tyler Lominack
The Founders look inward, dealing with tensions and sorrow within the community. With new rituals they draw the settlement together and into a era of a greater population and reach. New buildings and ceremonies mark this entrance into their third year, but a new issues rears its head in the form of a group of stranger dwarves and their settlement caravan.

Star Wars Saturday

Retrostar (Session 2)
Rich Rogers runs for Anders, Greg G., Sabine V., and Steven Watkins
The Disposable Humanitarians are sent to Canto Bight as roadies for the D'Roo Experience and run into a team member's dark past.

MCU Sunday

Masks (Session 5)
Rich Rogers runs for Cody Eastlick, Dr. Jason Cox, and Patrick Knowles
The Vanguards deal with a newly freed Agatha Harkness...in unexpected ways.

Other Games

The Between: Stars and Suns (Session 1)
Madelancholy runs for Ben, Eirinar, and Jack
As we approach the endgame for my first-ever series (for any game) I want to start posting the wonderful work my players have done. I hope you'll follow our journey - their character arcs as well as my baby Keeper steps - and enjoy!

Where to Find More

You can see all these videos (plus all the ones that have come before) on The Gauntlet YouTube channel playlists, and be sure to subscribe to catch all our great podcasts!

If you'd like to catch these sessions in an audio-only podcast, check out the community-run Hangouts Podcast at http://gauntlet.hellomouth.net/.

If you'd like to play in games like these, check out the calendar of events and the Gauntlet Forums where games are announced, or catch one of our Gauntlet Community Open Gaming online mini-conventions.

To support The Gauntlet, please visit the Gauntlet Patreon. Everyone is welcome to sign up for Gauntlet Calendar games, but Patreon supporters get extra options like priority RSVP for Gauntlet Calendar games and joining the Gauntlet Slack team where special events and pickup games are announced.

Enjoy, and have a great weekend!

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2/17/2023

Gauntlet Video Roundup - February 17, 2023

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[Gauntlet Calendar: Online Tabletop RPG Play]
​Greetings, and welcome to the weekly Gauntlet Calendar video roundup! Enjoy these recordings of online games organized through Gauntlet Calendar and the Gauntlet RPG Community. These recorded sessions represent only a portion of the selection of games available every week, and anyone is welcome to join the fun! If you'd like to play or watch more games like these, check out the links and information at the bottom of the post.

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#iHunt: *Terms and conditions apply (Session 1 of 12)
Shane runs for Kae, Matthew Arcilla, Puckett, and Thomas Manuel
We meet Nikko, Starr, Judy and Kraken, a group of mismatched monster-hunters desperately trying to make ends meet in San Jenaro. Things start to look up as they take out a murderous doll and move on to deal with an upscale bar's Frankenstein problem, while his older comrades offer Nikko some unsolicited relationship advice.

Defy the Gods: playtest (Session 4 of 6)
Chris Sellers runs for Mairi, Marc Majcher, and Maxwell Lander
The characters explored an ancient Atlantean clockwork city carved from obsidian, searching for a violet jewel sacred to a community of lizard people. Alara the Sword was looking for raiders who killed her sibling, Solon the Sorcerer spent the entire time as a giant owl, and Zaal the Wolfling recoiled at the artificiality of the place. This is the fourth session in the first playtest series for Defy the Gods, but the first one of that series that I’ve uploaded (because I keep forgetting to record it). Still, it’s not a bad time to tune in—two players continue from earlier in the series, and we welcomed a new player.

Trail of Cthulhu: Fearful Symmetries (Session 6)
Lowell Francis runs for Alun R., Sherri, and Will H
Our magicians finally have the chance to work through the grimoire & papers, with each beginning to test the limits of their abilities-- nearly leading to the destruction of one member as he reaches out to gain the guidance of an elder force. Information is gathered, lives are threatened, visions are had-- leading to a trip culminating in a very physical battle against an ancient creature of Britain.

Apocalypse Keys: All the Bells on Earth (Session 5)
Lowell Francis runs for Cat Rambo, Jesse A., José Feito, and Steven Watkins
The return of one of the murder victims reveals to Sampson some of the forces coming to threaten the manananggal. Bezelbub works to control his hunger and Cetus tries to pull himself together after a poisonous vision. With their discoveries in hand the team tries to come to a conclusion and find a way to finally face the Harbinger.

Defy the Gods: (playtest) Hearts Caught Between Glory and Doom (Session 2 of 4)
Chris Sellers runs for Elle, Jonathan, Madelancholy, Matthew Doughty, and Rae Nedjadi
We welcome Rae to the group and tie in his character to the others'. It's carnival time in the island city of Babilos, as the temple of Lithur prepares to take power. Everyone's celebrating, but the adventurers are broke! So they work out a gig to get some money, using Circe’s sorcerous illusions and Kamil's "dance of the seven lightnings." Then it's time to party: Estan carouses powerfully, Etienne hides their crushes behind an inebriated façade, and Kamil barks up the wrong trees. But Ampyx gets an apocalyptic vision from Lithur, down in the surf, leading to an intense conversation with Circe.

Mountain Home: From Fallen Halls (Session 6)
Lowell Francis runs for Ethan Harvey, Patrick Knowles, Sherri, and Tyler Lominack
The year opens with the arrival of a travelling opera company, and the Founders take advantage of this to build ties with their neighbors. Two issues rear their heads: beastly attacks on the new Brewery and the vindictive death of one of the Guild Masters. To uncover the old rites of Karak Minor the group dives deep into forgotten chambers and unearths old secrets.

MCU Sunday

Masks (Session 4)
Rich Rogers runs for Anders, Cody Eastlick, Dr. Jason Cox, and Patrick Knowles
The Vanguards complete the trials of Hel! But was it worth it?

Western Crime

Copperhead County (Session 6 of 7)
Donogh runs for David Adrian Randall, Ian, and Will H
Good news-bad news kind of week! Bad news: white supremacists are squeezing the good folk of Seco Creek for payday loans and laundering their ill-gotten money in the process. Good news: the Harris Hellraisers get to punch nazis...

Where to Find More

You can see all these videos (plus all the ones that have come before) on The Gauntlet YouTube channel playlists, and be sure to subscribe to catch all our great podcasts!

If you'd like to catch these sessions in an audio-only podcast, check out the community-run Hangouts Podcast at http://gauntlet.hellomouth.net/.

If you'd like to play in games like these, check out the calendar of events and the Gauntlet Forums where games are announced, or catch one of our Gauntlet Community Open Gaming online mini-conventions.

To support The Gauntlet, please visit the Gauntlet Patreon. Everyone is welcome to sign up for Gauntlet Calendar games, but Patreon supporters get extra options like priority RSVP for Gauntlet Calendar games and joining the Gauntlet Slack team where special events and pickup games are announced.

Enjoy, and have a great weekend!

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2/10/2023

Gauntlet Video Roundup - February 10, 2023

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[Gauntlet Calendar: Online Tabletop RPG Play]
Greetings, and welcome to the weekly Gauntlet Calendar video roundup! Enjoy these recordings of online games organized through Gauntlet Calendar and the Gauntlet RPG Community. These recorded sessions represent only a portion of the selection of games available every week, and anyone is welcome to join the fun! If you'd like to play or watch more games like these, check out the links and information at the bottom of the post.

Gauntlet Calendar

Trail of Cthulhu: Fearful Symmetries (Session 5)
Lowell Francis runs for Alun R., Sherri, and Will H
At Ashby Wake the investigators examine the magical documents they've been given and begin looking into the spectral black horse which seems to stalk Julia Brum and her fiancé, but is the threat supernatural, mundane, or something else?

Hollows: Yes, the abyss gazes but I have a mystic shotgun (Session 3 of 3)
Kieron runs for Dan Brown, David Morrison, Jim Likes Games, and Pawel S.
Deeper into Steel City, where our heroes fight an industrial disaster that walks like a man, investigate job opportunities in a hellscape and engage capitalism in a frank exchange of views and/or attacks.

Defy the Gods: Heart Caught Between Glory & Doom (Session 1 of 4)
Chris Sellers runs for Elle, Jonathan, Madelancholy, and Matthew Doughty
For the first session of this playtest, the players made their characters, built the world, and created relationships in depth. The mystic eats secrets, the sorcerer loves their liquid body, the wolfling is beset by spirits that expose their feelings, and the sailor hides heartbreak in tales of bravado.

Mountain Home: From Fallen Halls (Session 5)
Lowell Francis runs for Ethan Harvey, Patrick Knowles, Sherri, and Tyler Lominack
The Founders travel across the land in search of an exiled historian, but find themselves caught by a force of Imperial Centaurs. A rash promises forces the dwarves to undertake a rescue. Upon their return, they set to work building more areas within their hold and preparing for the next year.

Apocalypse Keys: Til We Have Faces (Session 5)
Lowell Francis runs for Alun R., Anders, Paul Rivers, and Puckett
The team's actions brings a response from the Church, forcing them to send Weeper back to DIVISION HQ. They continue their investigation, but with more focus. They finally meet the Returners and begin to understand exactly what is happening here. But their realization may come a little too late...and there's a cost to be paid...

Star Wars Saturday

Retrostar (Session 1)
Rich Rogers runs for Anders, Greg G., Sabine V., and Steven Watkins
It's the lost pilot for the short-lived series Disposable Humanitarians, where ex-Imperials are sent on dangerous missions in Zsinj's Empire for the New Republic.

MCU Sunday

Masks (Session 3)
Rich Rogers runs for Anders, Cody Eastlick, Dr. Jason Cox, and Patrick Knowles
The Vanguards party in New Asgard before taking a trip to Hel.

Western Crime

Copperhead County (Session 5 of 7)
Donogh runs for David Adrian Randall, Ian, Sabine V., and Will H
'Western Crime' returns to the Harris Hellraisers as they wrestle with the fallout of their hit on Baron Carter; and then plan a jailbreak on Cousin Jesco, whose mouth will surely get someone in trouble!

Where to Find More

You can see all these videos (plus all the ones that have come before) on The Gauntlet YouTube channel playlists, and be sure to subscribe to catch all our great podcasts!

If you'd like to catch these sessions in an audio-only podcast, check out the community-run Hangouts Podcast at http://gauntlet.hellomouth.net/.

If you'd like to play in games like these, check out the calendar of events and the Gauntlet Forums where games are announced, or catch one of our Gauntlet Community Open Gaming online mini-conventions.

To support The Gauntlet, please visit the Gauntlet Patreon. Everyone is welcome to sign up for Gauntlet Calendar games, but Patreon supporters get extra options like priority RSVP for Gauntlet Calendar games and joining the Gauntlet Slack team where special events and pickup games are announced.

Enjoy, and have a great weekend!

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2/3/2023

Gauntlet Video Roundup - February 3, 2023

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[Gauntlet Calendar: Online Tabletop RPG Play]
​Greetings, and welcome to the weekly Gauntlet Calendar video roundup! Enjoy these recordings of online games organized through Gauntlet Calendar and the Gauntlet RPG Community. These recorded sessions represent only a portion of the selection of games available every week, and anyone is welcome to join the fun! If you'd like to play or watch more games like these, check out the links and information at the bottom of the post.

Gauntlet Calendar

Hollows: Yes, the abyss gazes but I have a mystic shotgun (Session 2 of 3)
Kieron runs for David Morrison, Jim Likes Games, Pawel S., and Sabine V.
Where we enter the depths of Steel City, confront the Rust Wolf and our determined storygamers rediscover the joy of rolling a whole bunch of criticals in a big ol' fight.

Spire: The Murmur that Follows the Flame Sessions (Sessions 1-4 of 9)
Jesse A. runs for Ethan Harvey, Puckett, Steven S., and Thomas Manuel
Our ministers strike back against reformists, free some Vigilites, and worm their way into an conspiracy that ties them all to blood magic experiments.

Trail of Cthulhu: Fearful Symmetries (Session 4)
Lowell Francis runs for Alun R., Sherri, and Will H
The society follows up on another friend of Crispina and uncovers other hidden agendas. A trip to London reveals sinister ghostly workings at a booksellers. After some discussion, the four head to Ashby Wake and learn of the spectral beast threatening the family there.

Apocalypse Keys: Til We Have Faces (Session 4)
Lowell Francis runs for Alun R., Anders, Paul Rivers, and Puckett
The team begins to dig deeper into the mysterious, floral deaths in Barcelona. They uncover several leads, even as the alternately draw in and alienate the locals. But when Eggther and Weeper's passions are ignited by the last of the Efreeti, violence breaks out and lights the university campus on fire.

Apocalypse Keys: All the Bells on Earth (Session 4)
Lowell Francis runs for Cat Rambo, Jesse A., José Feito, and Steven Watkins
The team begins to dig into the secrets behind the Manananggal Murders. They make contact with potent locals, folkloric and otherwise. But even as they grow closer to a solution, the Doomsday Clock ticks away. That leads to a confrontation with a giant spectral serpent who causes chaos in the apartment building.

Mountain Home: From Fallen Halls (Session 4)
Lowell Francis runs for Ethan Harvey, Patrick Knowles, Sherri, and Tyler Lominack
A new year arrives in Karak Minor and our Founders meet to discuss both what has happened and what they want going forward. Then, out of the snows emerges guests--lured by the newly established merchant's inn. These visitors turn out to be minotaurs from across the sea. There's successful trade of both goods and information. After their departure, the dwarves once again consider their future plans.

MCU Sunday

Masks (Session 2)
Rich Rogers runs for Anders, Dr. Jason Cox, and Patrick Knowles
The Vanguards defeat the Enchantress...then consider what she was really after.

Where to Find More

You can see all these videos (plus all the ones that have come before) on The Gauntlet YouTube channel playlists, and be sure to subscribe to catch all our great podcasts!

If you'd like to catch these sessions in an audio-only podcast, check out the community-run Hangouts Podcast at http://gauntlet.hellomouth.net/.

If you'd like to play in games like these, check out the calendar of events and the Gauntlet Forums where games are announced, or catch one of our Gauntlet Community Open Gaming online mini-conventions.

To support The Gauntlet, please visit the Gauntlet Patreon. Everyone is welcome to sign up for Gauntlet Calendar games, but Patreon supporters get extra options like priority RSVP for Gauntlet Calendar games and joining the Gauntlet Slack team where special events and pickup games are announced.

Enjoy, and have a great weekend!

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