![[Gauntlet Hangouts logo]](/uploads/7/7/8/1/77811662/logo-gauntlet-hangouts-small_60_orig.png){kind=logo} Greetings, and welcome to the weekly Gauntlet Hangouts video roundup! Enjoy these new recordings of online games organized through Gauntlet Hangouts and the Gauntlet RPG community. These recorded sessions represent only a portion of the wide selection of games available every week, and anyone is welcome to join in the fun! If you'd like to play in new games (or catch up on the back catalog of recordings), check the links at the end of the post. Farscape Friday
ImpulseScape (Session 3) Rich Rogers runs for Patrick Knowles, Sabine V., and Steven Watkins The crew of the Romy sell out Kaarvok, get paid, then spring him! Star Wars Saturday Apocalypse World Burned Over (Session 3) Rich Rogers runs for Alexi S., Sawyer Rankin, Sherri, and Steven Watkins The threat to Dathomir becomes clear as the Soul Arbiters and Zinj's Imperial Forces come together. Our heroes conspire to hatch a very risky plan to save their Fallen City. Gauntlet Sunday Neo Shinobi Vendetta FitD (Session 4) Lowell Francis runs for Jamila R. Nedjadi, Patrick Knowles, and Puckett When a psychic blast wipes the cadre's memories, they suddenly find themselves in the middle of a mission without an idea of their goal, position, or escape route. Gauntlet Comics Masks: Polychromatic Alliance (Issues 8 and 9 of 9) Sawyer Rankin runs for David Morrison, Sabine V., Sydney, and Will H Welcome to the final issues of the trade of POLYCHROMATIC ALLIANCE. We had a snazzy ending to everything with a moment of truth and maybe turning one of Loki's byblows into a heroine! Fellowship: The Eyes of the Underlord (Session 4 of 5) Chris Newton runs for Alexi S., Bethany H., and Kyle H. The Fellowship travels to the Dwarven capital city of First Founding to head off a diplomatic move by the Overlord. After a suspiciously subtle welcome, the Fellowship makes some disturbing discoveries about the Overlord's inroads into the Dwarven political and academic hierarchies. Starring Dapperdew the Orc, Odell the Squire, and Regina the Dwarf. Power Beyond Doubt (Session 4) Rich Rogers runs for David Jay, Sawyer Rankin, and Sherri The Hopefuls investigate the Doppleganger plot further and discover an ancient Egyptian cat god might be in cahoots with the Liannen Sidhe to take over this reality. Of course they need allies from Hell for that, who wouldn't? Gauntlet Hangouts Ultraviolet Grasslands: The Edge of the World (Session 3 of 4) Horst Wurst runs for Dennis Matheson, Fraser Simons, and Puckett Ashwhite nomads and the rules of the steppe, the prophet taketh away, the love of an Armadilloid, echoes of the psychic war. Band of Blades: The Siege of Skydagger Keep pt. 2 (Session 14) Leandro Pondoc runs for Bryan, Chris Newton, Dan Pucul, and David Morrison As Skydagger Keep steels itself for the storm, two squads are sent out into the mountains with the task of evening the odds against the Legion. But can avalanches and siege weapons fully stem the tide of the Cinder King's forces? Oathbreakers (Session 2 of 2) Jamila R. Nedjadi runs for Leandro Pondoc, Sam Z., and Steven S. We deal with a mobster ghost, convince a cynical Fae to listen to their heart, protect a vampire child, kill a few Justicars, and meet our fate...it gets intense! Lots of magic, lots of awesome moments. Monsterhearts: Artemisia Academy (Sessions 2-3 of 4) Kyle H. runs for Chris Sellers, Darold Ross, Jo Zantek, and Robert Angus Things get dark in an isolated boarding school. Blades in the Dark: Vigilantes of Duskwall (Session 3) Leandro Pondoc runs for David Morrison, Jim Likes Games, Sabine V., Stephen, and Will H After extracting a feckless but well-meaning youth from a 3-way gang fight, the newly-christened Twilight Patrol attend to personal matters before becoming tangled with the supernatural snuff trade. Dr. Ravenglass comes face to face with an aristocratic foe, Solomon basks in some well-earned tabloid applause, Daphnia attends to the comfort of her girls, Basil helps to enact reform in Doskvol's streets and Victoria swears to stay her blade, if only for at least one job. Hearts of Wulin: Court of Shadows (Session 4) Lowell Francis runs for Dr. Jason Cox, Richard Moser, and Steven Watkins The heroes dig further into Lord Xinya's secrets and discover his connection to a loved one within the Court, forcing revelations and near betrayals as things come to a head. Free from the Yoke (Session 4) Lowell Francis runs for Darren Brockes, Jesse A., Josh H, and Tyler Lominack The Arbiter calls the court into session again, stating their displeasures and assigning new tasks. More is discovered of the dangers of the fae even as a new threat begins to stalk the lands to the south of The Steppe. Once More Into the Void (Session 1 of 2) Jim Likes Games runs for Darold Ross, Pearl Zare, and Sam Z. Captain Marcus Fitzgerald gathers his old crew for one last mission into the Alterniverse, the darker mirror to our own troubled galaxy. This session is introduction and the first half of the game. 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. To support The Gauntlet, please visit the Gauntlet Patreon. Everyone is welcome to sign up for Gauntlet Hangouts games, but Patreon supporters get extra options like priority RSVP for Gauntlet Hangouts 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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Robbie Boerth has generously allowed us to cross-post the first of an amazing series of pieces on Teaching RPGs. You can find the rest of the sequence on his blog at http://ludoverse.blogspot.com/
Teaching Role-Playing Games, Part 1: The Justification By Robbie Boerth I’ve taken the plunge and have started teaching a unit on tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) as part of my AP English Language and Composition class. My initial plan was to do my trial run at the end of the year following the AP exams in May. But due to some shifts in the college counselling calendar, I had to do some reshuffling in my class. The end result is that my TTRPG unit is now a fully legit unit being taught in the heart of the course. This alteration in my plans is completely fortuitous. It means that the TTRPG is being treated as a fully fledged, artful medium in its own right . . . which is exactly how it should be. This post and those that follow will give you an overview of my approach, and I’ll provide some updates detailing the actual play experiences of my students. At the start, shout outs go to a number of designers who are helping in ways large and small. Ron Edwards has been instrumental in shaping my own thoughts about this medium, and some one-on-one consulting sessions have provided some key guidance. Ron has a background as an educator, so he’s ideally suited to help bridge the teacher / game designer divide. Thanks are also in order for Emily Care Boss, Ben Robbins, Avery Alder, Jared Sorenson, Ron Edwards (again!), Clinton Nixon, Matthew Finch, Joe Williams, Kathleen Williams, and James V. West who have been generous (unwitting or not) in sharing their creations with my students. In the case of games under copyright restrictions, I asked the designers for specific permission to share the rules with my students through a secured server. Other designers have already made their rules available either through Creative Commons licensing or through “pay what you want” offerings. So I’ve been able to give my students this opportunity with the good conscience that I am operating securely within good copyright practice. The question for today’s post: Why are you doing this and how do you justify taking up weeks of class (and an AP course, no less!) to play tabletop role-playing games? In the grand scheme, TTRPGs hit on a number of key educational objectives, and they do so in ways that are uniquely powerful and effective.
Even with these flags in place, however, there is the issue of curriculum and content to face. To put this as a question, How do TTRPGs even belong in an English class, which should be devoted to literature and written texts? To move towards an answer, I started my unit by having the students read “Introduction: Ergodic Literature” by Espen Aarseth. That was a challenging piece for my students to chew on, but I was able to make headway by continually grounding the discussion in specific texts. The basic argument is that there is a type of literature—not a genre per se, but a kind of modality—that requires efforts which go beyond the direct understanding or reading of a text. This is what he means by ergodic literature. A workbook would be one easily grasped example of an ergodic text: To “read” a math workbook (or at least to do so correctly) you are not simply going scan the pages with your eyes and flip pages from front to back. No—you are going to have out a pencil and start writing in the book or perhaps on a separate sheet of paper. Moreover, I might see you flipping about the book, perhaps to compare your answers to an answer key in another section of the book. Or maybe you are going to flip between a problem you are working out on one page and a relevant explanation that appeared a few pages earlier. I made a point in class that you can often tell if someone was dealing with an ergodic text by simply watching them. Someone reading a novel—even a challenging one—would likely read the book in a linear fashion. You’d see their eyes moving left to right, top to bottom, and then flipping a page, and this process would repeat until the book was finished. With an ergodic text, however, you would probably see the person working in a different fashion—flipping pages, moving backwards and forwards, perhaps writing or doing other forms of manipulation, etc. In other words, there would be additional activities involved that moved beyond the cerebral effort to understand the text. The other key concept employed by Aarseth is the cybertext. Cybertexts do not necessarily involve computers, but they do involve some type of machine function as a component of their operation. A great example of a non-digital cybertext would be the I Ching, where one employs some type of random number generation as a component of consulting the text. One goes to the I Ching with a question, and then starts to flip coins or to manipulate yarrow sticks in order to come up with the appropriate section of the text to read. Today, one can use a computer to generate the number, but in all cases, there is some type of random-number-generating machine involved. Another great example of a cybertext is Raymond Queneau’s 100,000 Billion Poems. Queneau writes 10 sonnets, but he does so in such a way that the lines are interchangeable. For example, you can put the first line of the third sonnet together with the second line of the eighth sonnet and then put those lines together with the third line of the first sonnet, and so on. If you want to see how this all looks and operates in hard copy form, go to this youtube video. If you work out the math, you will discover that Queneau’s 10 sonnets end up generating one hundred thousand billion sonnets! This is a poem generating machine that is practically inexhaustible—at least it is inexhaustible for human readers. Another key aspect of cybertexts is that they involve feedback loops. The reader of a cybertext is also an operator who provides key inputs for the “machine” to process. The machine, in turn provides an output, which the reader must then process. And, in many cases, this reader will take this information and use it to construct a new input which is subsequently fed into the machine. The argument, then, is this: One productive way of viewing TTRPGs is to see them as examples of ergodic fiction. Moreover, in most cases, they are works that involve cybertextual elements. Let me break this down and clarify. The term ergodic is being borrowed from the fields of math and physics, but when Aarseth appropriates the word he is mainly interested in the word because of its Greek roots. Ergon means “work” and “hodos” means path. Thinking about a TTRPG as a “work path” is both appropriate and evocative. To begin, I like the idea that these are games where a vital part of the fun and importance lies in the work or effort being invested by the players and GM. If someone at the table becomes passive, the game (along with the fiction and the experience) immediately suffers as a result. This is not simply a theoretical idea: When a player disengages with a TTRPG, the effect is immediately palpable at the table. And TTRPGs provide the players with paths and crossroads to traverse. The trailheads of some of those paths might be given in advance, but it is up to the people around the table to continue with the exploration and at points to blaze their own trails. Aasarth usefully talks about the idea of the labyrinth in terms of ergodic texts and appropriately differentiates between linear labyrinths (such as the meditative paths that one sometimes finds on the floors of gothic churches) and mazes, where the paths fork and which might allow for multiple solutions. The cybertextual nature of TTRPGs is almost too obvious to need comment. In a typical game of this sort, players are involved in a complex network of feedback loops that connect players with each other and (if there is one) with the GM. Moreover, the games frequently involve additional feedback loops that involve inputs and outputs involving the rulebook, dice rolls, chart consultations, etc. On the day following our discussion of “Introduction: Ergodic Literature,” I had my students read Ron Edwards’ “System Does Matter.” This led to a discussion about the different types of game objectives, with the useful terms gamist, simulationist, and narrativist being key. And I also had them consider how a game’s mechanics and system components are crucial in determining whether or not the game is going to be successful in achieving its goal. Here again, I used concrete examples to aid in the discussion . . . but I was immediately struck by how the students (high school juniors) were often completely unfamiliar with analog games of almost any stripe. I initially started by using chess and backgammon as two games that are communicating very different messages, and that the mechanics are vital to what they are trying to accomplish. Random polling showed that only about half of my students had played chess (though over three quarters had at least an inkling of how the game worked and what it was about), and almost none knew about the game of backgammon! So after my first period, I substituted Monopoly for the backgammon example. With this discussion of games, I had the students think about how the games’ win conditions, core meaning, and mechanics were intimately connected. Monopoly is a game about rapacious real estate development: You win by building your property empire and bankrupting your opponents. And, while there are some decisions to be made, a large component of the game involves chance through the use of dice. For the most part, in Monopoly, if you are lucky and you follow the urges of greed acquisitiveness, you are going to do fine. Chess, by contrast, is a game of battle tactics where, apart from the initial assigning of black and white sides, chance plays no role. The world of Chess is gained through strategic positioning and keen wit. The class has almost no TTRPG experience. I teach 4 sections of the course, and in some of those sections, no student has played a TTRPG, while in others, one or two have a flitting experience with Dungeons & Dragons. Nonetheless, I was able to use “System Does Matter” to introduce them to some basic TTRPG components (character statistics, resolution mechanics, etc.) and to show how, as with chess and monopoly, those systems will reinforce the goals that the games are trying to achieve and the stories they are trying to tell. That should give you a basic sense of how I got the ship launched. Next time, I will move into the core of the unit which will involve the students dividing into groups, each of which will the play a selected TTRPG over the course of a week in my course. I feel like I’m heading into largely uncharted waters with this unit. I’m not sure how many high schools teach the TTRPG as an important medium in its own right. So I’m keen for resources and reactions to this endeavor. Should you have any comments or suggestions, please share them. You can find the rest of these posts at http://ludoverse.blogspot.com/ Greetings, and welcome to the weekly Gauntlet Hangouts video roundup! Enjoy these new recordings of online games organized through Gauntlet Hangouts and the Gauntlet RPG community. These recorded sessions represent only a portion of the wide selection of games available every week, and anyone is welcome to join in the fun! If you'd like to play in new games (or catch up on the back catalog of recordings), check the links at the end of the post. Farscape Friday
ImpulseScape (Session 2) Rich Rogers runs for Andrew Hauge, Patrick Knowles, Sabine V., and Steven Watkins The crew of the Romy escape the keedva nest and a Luxan captain to hide out and spend credits at a Commerce Station. Then they turn in one of their own for a big payday, but don't worry, they're totally going to spring him once they get paid. It's the BEST PLAN. Star Wars Saturday Apocalypse World Burned Over (Session 2) Rich Rogers runs for Alexi S., Sawyer Rankin, Scot Ryder, Sherri, and Steven Watkins Metal-eating rodents, wolves, and Kiyanas pester people in this session. Gauntlet Sunday Neo Shinobi Vendetta FitD (Session 3) Lowell Francis runs for Gerwyn Walters, Jamila R. Nedjadi, Patrick Knowles, and Puckett Our cyber-ninja cell works to come to terms with the discoveries from their last operation, new questions of morality, and the nature of their own existence. TGI Thursday #iHunt (Session 3) Lowell Francis runs for Jamila R. Nedjadi, Jason, Kyle H., and Sherri Bad shit makes the gang burn through their money, sending back to the #iHunt app and a choice between "Wizard Abuser" and "Daughter Rescue (Werewolves)." Not a lot to go on. Gauntlet Comics Power Beyond Doubt (Session 3) Rich Rogers runs for David Jay, Sawyer Rankin, and Sherri The Hopeful team handles the Doppleganged Up plot! Fellowship: The Eyes of the Underlord (Session 3 of 5) Chris Newton runs for Alexi S., Bethany H., and Kyle H. The Fellowship tries to stop the Overlord's attempt to seize the Sylvan Sapphire of Rynoom, and things go not so well, until the Fellowship turns the tide. Starring Odell the Squire, Regina the Dwarf, and Dapperdew the Orc! Gauntlet Hangouts Liminal RPG: Salisbury Investigations Blake Ryan runs for Epistolary Richard, Erez, and Josh H Oathbreakers (Session 1 of 2) Jamila R. Nedjadi runs for Leandro Pondoc, Sam Z., and Steven S. We mostly get into character generation and setting element choices, great roleplay in the last hour. Our arcanists are the undying, the untamed, and the unyielding. Band of Blades: The Siege of Skydagger Keep Pt. 1 (Session 13) Leandro Pondoc runs for Bryan, Chris Newton, Dan Pucul, and David Morrison After a long, weary march, the Legion have emerged blinking into the frosty air and made it to Skydagger Keep. But they have scant hours to prepare as the forces of the Cinder King move to crush all resistance to it. Before the storm though, the Legion finds time to take a breath. Oaths resworn, comradeship reforged, proven warriors given new mantles, the Legion stands tall, ready to take whatever come their way. Ultraviolet Grasslands: The World's Edge (Session 2 of 4) Horst Wurst runs for Dan Brown, Dennis Matheson, Fraser Simons, and Puckett Gazing at the fast stars – the wandering serai – a room of crystals – in the shadow of the High Road - the conjured illusion – what remains of the dead Blades in the Dark: Vigilantes of Duskwall (Session 2) Leandro Pondoc runs for David Morrison, Jim Likes Games, Stephen, and Will H Our gang of hardened toughs and scoundrels move to take on the Fog Hounds amidst a wave of strange snuff not for profit or vengeance but for the sake of a foolhardy brother and the sibling who pleaded to them for help. Slider gets the attention of a dangerous assassin, Magpie swims through a canal to come out on top, Redcoat takes the fight to a bear of an opponent and the Widow Penderyn bakes a mean basket of scones. Hearts of Wulin: Court of Shadows (Session 3 of 4) Lowell Francis runs for Dr. Jason Cox, Richard Moser, Scot Ryder, and Steven Watkins Prince Wei returns as the web of conspiracy reveals itself...as well as the web of mistaken romantic intentions. The paths converge as our protagonists work to save Servant Ni from the clutches of sinister Lord Xinya. Secret Science Sewer Siblings: Critter Power! Alexi S. runs for Rich Rogers, Stentor Danielson, and Tony Vasinda The sewer siblings go bananas when they return to their sewer lair and find their mentor's been nabbed! Can a slacker pigeon, an emo skunk, and a bunny buckling under the weight of leadership foil the evil plans of the Cosmorillas? And what will happen when their presumed dead former leader makes an appearance...as a cyborg monkey's paw of the space apes?! Brindlewood Bay: Murder Mavens (Session 3 of 8) Jamila R. Nedjadi runs for Puckett and Richard Moser Our Murder Mavens take on their two open mysteries head on. Much meddling is to be had, and we solve a mystery! Free from the Yoke (Session 3) Lowell Francis runs for Darren Brockes, Jesse A., Josh H, and Tyler Lominack Reaching Lichelli, our heroes split off to carry out their houses' agendas: what comes next is a mix of usurpation, rebellion, mystery, and massacre. Mission: Accomplished! Stentor Danielson runs for Pearl Zare, Puckett, and Steven desJardins Our team of super-spies comes in for a debriefing to find out why they left the rental car at the airport, fed chocolate to the dolphin commando squad, and somehow switched the locations of Cyprus and Cuba. 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. To support The Gauntlet, please visit the Gauntlet Patreon. Everyone is welcome to sign up for Gauntlet Hangouts games, but Patreon supporters get extra options like priority RSVP for Gauntlet Hangouts games and joining the Gauntlet Slack team where special events and pickup games are announced. Enjoy, and have a great weekend! Greetings, and welcome to the weekly Gauntlet Hangouts video roundup! Enjoy these new recordings of online games organized through Gauntlet Hangouts and the Gauntlet RPG community. These recorded sessions represent only a portion of the wide selection of games available every week, and anyone is welcome to join in the fun! If you'd like to play in new games (or catch up on the back catalog of recordings), check the links at the end of the post. Farscape Friday
ImpulseScape (Session 1) Rich Rogers runs for Andrew Hauge, Sabine V., and Steven Watkins The crew of the Romy deliver some illicit cargo to a budong mining camp and hunt some keedva. Well, they try to hunt some keedva. Star Wars Saturday Apocalypse World Burned Over (Session 1) Rich Rogers runs for Alexi S., Sawyer Rankin, Sherri, and Steven Watkins In a desolate ruined city on Dathomir, a long-lost weapon may lie. Gauntlet Sunday Neo Shinobi Vendetta FitD (Session 2) Lowell Francis runs for Gerwyn Walters, Jamila R. Nedjadi, and Puckett The cell is presented with conflicting missions when a Shogunate skycraft comes down in a borderland entertainment district. Now they must choose which orders to disobey: rescue or eliminate the crash survivors. TGI Thursday #iHunt (Session 2) Lowell Francis runs for Jamila R. Nedjadi, Jason, Kyle H., and Sherri The gang chooses what turns out to be a sexy engkanto, over dealing with an infestation of living dead in an office center. Gauntlet Comics Fellowship: The Eyes of the Underlord (Session 2 of 5) Chris Newton runs for Alexi S., Bethany H., and Kyle H. As the Fellowship regroups after a close call with the Overlord's General, we meet a new member of the fellowship, learn of the Overlord's plans via a stolen communications device, and the fellowship decides to head off the Overlord's seizure of the Sylvan Sapphire of Rynoom, while leaving another of the Overlord's plans unchecked. Power Beyond Doubt (Session 2) Rich Rogers runs for David Jay, Jo Zantek, Sawyer Rankin, and Sherri The Hopefuls get back together again...then they plan on a trip to Hell to celebrate? Gauntlet Hangouts Ultraviolet Grasslands: The World's Edge (Session 1 of 3) Horst Wurst runs for Dan Brown, Dennis Matheson, Fraser Simons, and Puckett Augury at the glass temple, the albino rat is slain, rumors of an ancient city, purple haze at the Bluelander camp, Vigo Brastec - hunter of ghosts. Band of Blades (Session 12) Leandro Pondoc runs for Bryan, Chris Newton, Dan Pucul, and David Morrison The Legion has decided to surmount the path known as the Maw on the way to Skydagger Keep. Inside the overwhelming darkness, amidst skittering tunnels and near-bottomless pits, a desperate plan is hatched. In the Hall of Kings, the Legion may very well have the chance to detonate old structures and bury within them a Broken. Hearts of Wulin: Court of Shadows (Session 2 of 4) Lowell Francis runs for Richard Moser, Scot Ryder, Steven Watkins, and Walter German We meet new characters as war looms on the horizon. Several characters vie for the attention of Lady Shun, and Heng finally enacts his plan to bring down Master Yuhui. Monsterhearts 2: Artemisia Academy (Session 1 of 4) Kyle H. runs for Darold Ross, Darren Brockes, Jo Zantek, and Robert Angus We follow a group of monstrous teens at a prestigious but isolated boarding school with a dark (and scaly) legacy. Once More into the Void (Session 2 of 2) Jamila R. Nedjadi runs for Maria M., Puckett, and Sherri Our second and final session of ONCE MORE INTO THE VOID! Things get really INTENSE. Brindlewood Bay: Murder Mavens (Session 2 of 8) Jamila R. Nedjadi runs for Puckett, Richard Moser, and Sherri Wherein I play a ridiculous amount of NPCs and we watch our Murder Mavens tear up the town with their meddling ways and sharp insight! We really get the ball rolling here and the hours just flew by. Free from the Yoke (Session 2 of 9) Lowell Francis runs for Darren Brockes, Jesse A., Josh H, and Tyler Lominack We finally meet the faces for our four houses and learn of the Arbiter's project. After a court of triumphs and failures, the destinies our protagonists entwine. 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. To support The Gauntlet, please visit the Gauntlet Patreon. Everyone is welcome to sign up for Gauntlet Hangouts games, but Patreon supporters get extra options like priority RSVP for Gauntlet Hangouts games and joining the Gauntlet Slack team where special events and pickup games are announced. Enjoy, and have a great weekend! Greetings, and welcome to the weekly Gauntlet Hangouts video roundup! Enjoy these new recordings of online games organized through Gauntlet Hangouts and the Gauntlet RPG community. These recorded sessions represent only a portion of the wide selection of games available every week, and anyone is welcome to join in the fun! If you'd like to play in new games (or catch up on the back catalog of recordings), check the links at the end of the post. Star Wars Saturday
Extinction (Session 2 of 2) Rich Rogers runs for Greg G., Scot Ryder, and Steven Watkins A moisture farm on Aldivy is infested by k’lor’slugs. It's up to Delta Team to take them out. Gauntlet Sunday Neo Shinobi Vendetta FitD (Session 1) Lowell Francis runs for Jamila R. Nedjadi, Patrick Knowles, Puckett, and Steven S. Once the cyberninja of Neo-Kyoto served justice, but that has been corrupted. Our PCs discovered their purpose has been twisted. This is the story of the revenge they will extract. TGI Thursday #iHunt (Session 1) Lowell Francis runs for Jamila R. Nedjadi, Jason, Kyle H., and Sherri We explore and come to understand the lives of our desperate monster hunters as they try to survive in a gig economy. There's some squicky teeth stuff too... Gauntlet Comics Fellowship: The Eyes of the Underlord (Session 1 of 5) Chris Newton runs for Bethany H., Kyle H., and Pearl Zare We've got a dwarf from a dark future with a knack for explosives and SCIENCE!, a visitor from the modern surface world who decided to stay, and a trickster halfling with a doggo to ride! They manage to escape an evil general's pursuit by semi-deft use of a stampede of rainbow-colored capybaras, audio feedback from a stolen communication device, and a perfectly reasonable amount of explosives. Power Beyond Doubt (Session 1) Rich Rogers runs for David Jay, Joe Zantek, Sawyer Rankin, and Sherri Ten years have passed since the ending of our Masks series. We visit our adult heroes and allies in the new world. Gauntlet Hangouts Bite Marks | Dark Americana: Lone Star Falling (Session 3 of 3) Sawyer Rankin runs for David Morrison, Jamila R. Nedjadi, Maria M., and Puckett Content warning: violence, elements of body horror. In our finale, Colt finally goes camping with Freddy, Garrett dispenses wisdom (and Molotovs), Lincoln deals with the haunting presence of Mateo, and Accalia leads the Jessup Pack in the great confrontation. Situations are tense, emotions run high, and the wolves are thirsty (for blood, of course, what else would they be thirsty for? *wink*). (Note: ~30 minutes was lost to the void when Maria forgot to re-hit record, but there's a vague description of what happened written out!) Hit the Streets: Defend the Block: Street Time (Session 2 of 3) Dr. Jason Cox runs for Rich Rogers and Sam Z. Hit the Streets: Defend the Block: Street Time (Session 3 of 3) Dr. Jason Cox runs for Asher S., Rich Rogers, and Sam Z. Hearts of Wulin: Final Snow's Fall David Morrison runs for Jamila R. Nedjadi, Leandro Pondoc, Maria M., and Sabine V. A sudden snowfall at the end of winter forces travellers to seek shelter at the dilapidated and abandoned Temple of the Heavenly Clouds. Sunset Reed, an agent of the Iron Hand Protection League, travels in disguise as the musician Distant Echo - returning to the temple for the first time since they helped destroy it. Master Jade Serpent and his loyal apprentice Elegant Aspen are stranded at the temple seemingly by chance - but there may be a darker design behind their visit. Finally, Five Feathers Dancer has wandered the earth since the destruction of the temple, haunted by a dark revelation about her family, and returns once more to the place she once called home. But they are not the only people seeking refuge in the ruins of the temple - or the secrets buried there. Trophy Dark: Star Wars - The Sith Temple Sabine V. runs for Rich Rogers, Scot Ryder, and Steven Watkins BALIKBAYAN (Session 2) Lowell Francis runs for Jamila R. Nedjadi, Puckett, and Tyler Lominack Protecting a young friend leads our Elementals into a conspiracy to remake the dreams of the populace. Only by confronting the Heart of the City can they find a way to avert disaster. Once More into the Void Jamila R. Nedjadi runs for Maria M., Puckett, and Sherri Girl By Moonlight: In Darkest Night (Session 4 of 4) Leandro Pondoc runs for Rob Ruthven, Sabine V., and Steven S. On the eve of apocalypse, as a harbinger from the future returns to Metropolis-7 to herald her arrival, three teenagers try to make a stand against the dark. Mal tries to find some relief in the mundane problems of a friend, Ysidro tries to untangle the consequences of the future and Anemone transcends. Blades in the Dark: Vigilantes of Duskwall (Session 1) Leandro Pondoc runs for David Morrison, Jim Likes Games, Sabine V., and Will H Character and crew creation, fleshing out a recently-formed group of crimefighters, shadowy heroes looking out for the downtrodden, hoping to push back the dark and bring light to Doskvol's streets. What kind of heroes will we find amongst an aristocratic Lurk, a crimson-coated Cutter, a Whisper with ideas of grandeur and an experienced Spider? Night Witches: The Epilogue Special Jim Likes Games runs for Alexi S., Bethany H., Eli S., Leandro Pondoc, Maria M., Mike Ferdinando, and Puckett We gather to celebrate the lives of our pilots and learn their fates after the war. This was an experiment to joyously wrap up our long-running campaign, and I like how it turned out. Free from the Yoke (Session 1) Lowell Francis runs for Darren Brockes, Jesse A., Josh H, and Tyler Lominack The session zero for our tale of generational play and Slavic fantasy. We begin to explore how the horselords, teachers, forgers, and church will deal with the Arbiter's demands. Hearts of Wulin: Court of Shadows (Session 1 of 4) Lowell Francis runs for Del B., Dr. Jason Cox, Richard Moser, and Steven Watkins The first of four HoW sessions using the forthcoming Court and Politics modules. Events put our heir in danger and multiple identities and disguises obscure who or what seeks control. Brindlewood Bay (Session 1 of 8) Jamila R. Nedjadi runs for Puckett, Richard Moser, and Sherri In our first session of Brindlewood Bay: The Murder Mavens, we meet our incredible senior citizens and get a taste of Brindlewood Bay. I covered character creation so people could see how fun it was! Content Warning: spouse death, some hints at creepy things, corpses. Pasión de la Pasiones: Our Burning Hearts (Sessions 1-4 of 4) Jamila R. Nedjadi runs for Charles Cordingley, Lowell Francis, Pearl Zare, Robert Angus, and Steven S. Here is our Pasiones game in one huge drop! 4 sessions that culminate in the most intense way (I have never seen so many "Face Certain Death" rolls!) 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! 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