![[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. Included in this week's post are a ton of videos recorded at last weekend's Gauntlet Community Open Gaming. Thanks to everyone who came out to play and run games and make the event such a success. There will be even more videos in next week's post, as well, or if you like, you can always check out the GCOG YouTube playlist to always see the latest videos! And if you couldn't make it this last time, don't worry; there will be another open gaming event soon. Keep an eye out for the next announcement! Gauntlet Community Open Gaming
Dungeon World: Midnight Run Dan Brown runs for David Schultz, James, and Philip Rogers Three adventurers must escort a mysterious prisoner to The Underground Realm. Will they survive the Cemetery Vines? The bounty hunters? The ghosts of Jerance's Mine? Join us as we play to find out. Checkpoint Midnight: Cold Iron Curtain Alexi S. runs for Adam, Brian, Seann, and Will H Vienna, in the midst of the Cold War: four operatives infiltrate a glamorous gala in pursuit of a magical tome for creating golems. Backstabbing, bridge-burning, and bear-fighting ensues. The Final Rogue Jim Likes Games facilitates for Alexi S., Sabine V., and Will H This is our stupidly fun hack of The Final Girl where all the "victims" were villains and the "Killer" was Batman, taking them out one by one. Bounty of the Week: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly David Miessler-Kubanek runs for Mark, Seann, Steven, and Thomas This game uses a hack of Monster of the Week (Powered by the Apocalypse) with special thanks to Rich Rogers for showing me the way. On Tatooine during the Galactic Civil War, one of your own—the famed Boba Fett—went missing in action while serving Jabba the Hutt. The Bounty Hunters' Guild is paying you to retrieve your comrade, dead or alive for the good of the Guild, and to learn who was responsible. How you will respond may vary as you each have a personal connection to Fett. Laser Kittens Stentor Danielson runs for Kristina, Marleigh, and Olivia Here's our GCOG session of Laser Kittens (in two parts because Streamyard crapped out and we had to switch to Zoom). Hearts of Wulin: Rod of Destiny Dan Brown runs for Alex, David Schultz, and Dean The Rod of Destiny was stolen during the once-a-decade festival. Will our protagonists overcome their entanglements to locate it? Will they discover the identity of the mysterious warrior Quiet Flute? Will Swift Hare recover from his disastrous performance? Will Hallowed Night discover her true feelings? Will Scarlet Whirlwind see through her master's betrayal? And is Short Star the cat really dead? Join us as we play to find out. End of the Line: The Last Flight of the Raven Steven desJardins facilitates for Bodhi, Jon, Olivia, and Stentor Danielson Five crew members of a Drodari vessel explore how the ship gained its personality, how we each formed our own unique relationship with the ship, and what we do when we discover the ship is going to be scrapped. Eotenweard: the Elmet Witch Alun R. runs for Bodhi, James, Patsy, and Scot Ryder One of the players got it right when they said of this session of my PbtA game of Dark Age monster-hunting... "I'm sitting here processing how it ended and realised that the most inhuman character (literally a sometimes incorporeal spirit) ended up growing the most as a person, the most human character ended up losing their humanity, the on-the-surface 'lighter' cleric slayed the maybe-but-maybe-not a monster in a religious fervour and the on-the-surface 'darker' cleric wept for the monster she was sworn to slay. That symmetry in our character arcs is just so satisfying!" It was a great session! ...And a vindication of Gauntlet Community Open Gaming as it brought people into the community with little online play experience and little or no PbtA experience. I loved this session. Trophy Gold: The Ruined Abbey of St. Clewd Sam Zimmerman runs for Ivan, James, and Sabine V. Upon a small hill on the outskirts of town sits The Abbey. Well, The Abbey of St. Clewd is it's full name, but if you asked about "The Abbey" to any of the residents of the nearby village they would know exactly what you meant. Although it has lain abandoned for decades, the townsfolk still whisper about the ruined building at night. They keep their voices low, glancing nervously around though no danger is present. Children disappear in the woods around The Abbey, crows constantly circle the broken tower, and those foolish enough to approach at night hear creaking and groaning from inside the abandoned church. Are you brave enough to search its vaults for abandoned treasures and rescue the missing children? For the Honor David Morrison facilitates for Olivia, Rob Ruthven, and Will In the land of Athera, two Princesses have been visited by nightmares of a box hidden in the Endless Forest. Princess Prescia is a mostly loyal member of the Legion, who seek to bring all of Athera under their grasp. Princess Inara is a member of the Rebellion who fight against them. Prescia meets Princess Esfir of the rugged kingdom of Promontory while searching for the item, while Inara hires the forest warden Falcon to track down her counterpart. Who stands to gain most from this, and what are they willing to risk for it? Space Station Omega (Cortex Prime): Into the Breach David Miessler-Kubanek runs for Seann and Will H In this game you play pivotal characters who live on and work with each other aboard a space station. The station is strategically located at a focal point in time – post- or pre-war, and space – in the thick of the most critical decisions fought among the most powerful political factions who are invested in the future of the galaxy. Everyone is still figuring out where they belong and what they are really fighting for while mysterious events unfold to challenge daily life. Nothing is the same anymore. Good Society: Of Fields and Fondness Maria M. facilitates for Josh, Kevin, and Leah Libresco Sargeant Adelaide Mortcombe and Lisette Montmercy were once the best of friends. But when Adelaide steals, then proceeds to break Edward Brimsey/Briscombe's heart, Lisette leaves the country and their friendship behind. Three years later, Lisette returns under the upright and proper wing of Mr. Isaac Bradford (who once also loved Adelaide), who seeks to uphold societal conventions and also see people married exactly the way he wants them to be married. What Mr. Bradford doesn't expect, however, is the arrival of Captain James Hatherford and his good-heartedly-scheming batman, Corporal Fergus Westwood. Will wedding bells ring? Will friendships be rekindled? Or are old rifts too far apart to bridge? Révolution Sam Zimmerman runs for David Schultz, Jim C., and Shannon Révolution gives us politicians and detectives; mobs and weddings; cults and catholics; orphans rising to lead armies or command demons; the sounds of battle in the streets of Paris; the smell of gunpowder and alcohol; the feel of a knife in your back; asking "What do you do next?" Great Soul Train Robbery: A Fistful of Brimstone Alexi S. runs for James, Mario C, Marleigh, and Michael A quartet of Desperados attempt to rob the train to Hell and steal back the deeds to their town. Will Griswald the blind drifter, Liza R. "Hellcat" the tomboy, Charlie "Wild Card" Carr the gambler, and Tzipporah Jenkins the revivalist claim their prize, or will Hell get its hooks into them first? Hearts of Wulin: Encounters of a Spooky Kind Lowell Francis runs for David Schultz, Jon, Jools, and Tara With old tensions and wounds among them, our four heroes are drawn back to the capital to deal with a ghostly threat, only to discover that more pain awaits them in the form of a wedding. NetWhere (Psi*Run): Down the Rabbit Hole David Miessler-Kubanek runs for Manu, Nick, and Wibora NetWhere is a science-fiction adventure tabletop roleplaying game that explores stories between truth and reality. In this game you play hackers who are searching for the Truth of the world while Agents of Truth try to stop them. In NetWhere, we will play to find out who these hackers are and what they are fighting for in this world and the next. The game is in playtest and is empowered by Meguey Baker's Psi*Run. Trophy Dark: Temple of the Sky Gabriel Robinson runs for Greg, Kim, and Mervyn Secret Science Sewer Siblings: The Mutants Take Manhattan Alexi S. runs for David Miessler-Kubanek, Donogh, Eleanor, and Greg G. A one-shot of Secret Science Sewer Siblings, a game of teenage mutant ninja critters. Can the four siblings rescue their mentor from spacefaring, laser-wielding sewer sharks? And will they have to unexpectedly headline a rock concert at the aquarium along the way? Pasión de las Pasiones: Noticias del Mundo (Parts 1 and 2) Jim Likes Games runs for Kyle Wist, Pearl Zare, Scot Ryder, and Shannon For Gauntlet Open Gaming, we tuned into the mega-smash telenovela News of the World and experienced intrigue, romance, betrayal, speeding motorbikes, and of course, drama. Forget-Me-Not: The Mystery of Jessica Ashwick Steven desJardins facilitates for Jim Likes Games and Lara Jessica Ashwick is dead, and for Sheriff Gray and newspaper owner Roberta Euker, Graham Coop is the prime suspect. But local businessman Donovan Wood wants to keep his ties to Coop secret, and public radio DJ Patrick has ideas of his own. Alien Dark: Fiorina 161 Alun R. runs for Glitch, Greg, Kim, and Philip Burned out XO of the USCSS Lake, Greg Fayne & Navigator Arroyo investigate a rogue beacon on the far side of the refinery complex while Chief Engineer Smithson and the Lake's Science Officer, Johanson get on with the survey they are being paid for. Fayne and Arroyo find a deserted scavenger shuttle and a body killed in a way ex-Marine Fayne can't explain. Meanwhile, Captain Jackson, left minding the ship is surprised when 'something' boards the Lake. By the time the teams get back she's missing but Johanson, driven by a desire to know more, follows a blood trail to find 'something' wrapped around her face. Evelyn joins her and gets too close to a large ovoid organic thing... Meanwhile, hyped-on-uppers Smithson is having an episode while Fayne tries to hold the crew together. That's when Arroyo gets an offer from Weyland-Yutani that would solve all her problems... We end on a Mexican stand-off between the tough Fayne, protective Johanson, desperate Arroyo and hyped Smithson... A great pilot episode leaving the network begging for more... Star Wars Saturday 1%er Swoop Gang Rich Rogers runs for Blaise, Greg, John, and Steven Watkins The Sanguine Womp Rats of Corellia rob a hover train and pin it on a rival, but when they decide to take him out, the Imperials get wise. Gauntlet Comics Hit the Streets: Defend the Block: Lower Park (Session 3 of 4) Alun R. runs for David Walker, Donogh, Jim Likes Games, and SalamanderJames The personal fall-out from the previous session continues but then all hell breaks loose as young people start rioting all over Lower Park! Hotwire has to come to terms with the fact that sweet reasonableness isn't always enough; Young Void wonders about joining the anarchy before his better judgement asserts itself; and Blink pushes his 'ghosting' ability to the breaking point to protect his family. Meanwhile, the Shadeux-Computer works out there's more to the music these kids were listening to than meets the eye, but is interrupted when she gets a call for help. After the crisis is averted and the villains plot foiled we finally see Hotwire make a connection with Shadeux; learn more about Void, and understand how his family's values make protecting Lower Park so important to Blink... Gauntlet Hangouts Star Trek Adventures: Pilot Episode Part 1 (Session 1) Jim Likes Games runs for Eli S., Jo Zantek, Pearl Zare, Robert Angus, and Steven S. The crew of the Antikythera (NX-06779) bond over a party game from Risa, before encountering an ion storm of unprecedented power. A distress call from within prompts the daring rescue of a shocking individual! Part 1 of our 2-part 'pilot' episode. Fellowship: Rebellious Youth (Session 2 of 12) David Morrison runs for Alex, David Walker, Jamila R. Nedjadi, and Steven S. The rebels make their way to the idyllic seaside town of Port Sundown, but the stolen plans reveal that the town is harbouring a dark secret, and will soon come under attack. Sabila is introduced to the wonders of funnel cakes, and enlists the aid of Hans the Baker's Boy in their fight against the Empire. Phaethon has to confront a member of his former Order to save his new companions. And Ossian fights hard to keep peace in the streets of the town. Meanwhile, Kalliban bides his time for the moment to strike... Sealskin: Playtest Kyle H. runs for Leah Libresco Sargeant, Pearl Zare, Richard Moser, and Steven desJardins The players did a great job playtesting my game about a Selkie who has recovered their magical sealskin and must decide if they will return to the ocean. I had a great time with this freeform LARP and got a lot of good feedback. Game is available here. Eotenweard: Deals, Daggers, Devils (Session 1 of 2) Blake Ryan runs for Alun R., Paul Rivers, and Will H Ultraviolet Grasslands Season 2: Cities of the Plain (Session 2 of 3) Horst Wurst runs for Abe Lincoln Jr., Chris Thompson, Fraser Simons, and Puckett Where our heroes weather a garbage sandstorm, share drugs with Copperwire nomads, follow a trail of Vomish dreams, ride the Paternoster of hands and enter the brain tissue mainframe of Sourcefac Johnny-7. Checkpoint Midnight: Spies in the City of Dreams (Session 3 of 4) Alexi S. runs for Josh H, Puckett, and Richard Moser A new jumping-on point for our game of spy fantasy in Cold War Vienna. Anders, a slippery collector, enters the scene with a lead on the fabled Voynich Codex. Jack the undead soldier ends up taking a mission from a handler he despises. And Viola the lucky con-artist leads the infiltration of an arcane library associated with the Dreamstealers. Eldritch Love Kyle H. runs for Kim, Lara, and Puckett The pernicious RadioStar cult carries out a ritual to summon the world-ending horror known only as "Ron." Zombie World (Session 3 of 4) Jason Zanes runs for Dan Pucul, Jon Grim, Kyle H., and Matthew The survivors brave the zombie-infested town of Glendale and raid the police station. Much loot is plundered but at what cost? Brindlewood Bay (Chapter 3) Jim Likes Games runs for Alexi S., Andrea, Bryan, Darold Ross, and Pearl Zare The Murder Mavens crack their first case, and are neck-deep in another murder! Dangerous Times (Session 1 of 2) Lowell Francis runs for Bethany H., Scot Ryder, and Steven desJardins Our group of intrepid reporters hear about strange goings on surrounding the ruins of the old Dreamland Park, leading them to a den of cults, corruption, and kidnapping. Project: Dark (Session 3) Mikel Matthews runs for Lara, Paul, and Will The Church of the Ancestor - Having traced the conspiracy that took the Thieves' Guild and is threatening to overthrow the Queen to the Church of the Ancestors, Dominik and Twylla get some arcane help from Samantha, a thief with some magical skills, to see what they can find in the Church before High Mass on Sunday, when everything is supposed to happen. Hearts of Wulin: Coeur de l'Epee (Session 4 of 5) Alun R. runs for Alexi S., Leandro Pondoc, Sabine V., and Steven desJardins Despite having won the respect of his Colonel, Volo Aventine is sent to the Spanish frontier to allow any possible scandal to dissipate, as the Rebel, Thibault, joins the cast and is given his mission. Meanwhile, Mateo spends time working out how to defeat the Cardinal's nephew, Guy; Nathalie is sent on an assassination mission; and L'Inferne discovers the truth about her actor-manager. Then there is a night at the Theatre Spectaculaire for all the characters when plots are revealed, relationships tested, naivete crushed, and a new friendship formed... Oh! What a Night! Masks: Cosmic (Issues 0-2) David Walker runs for Civi, Erez, Pearl Zare, and Steven S. Excelsior super fans! Join us dear readers for the first three issue of Masks: Cosmic! Where our screwball heroes sling shot around a sun, rescue a 12-foot tall alien superstar and learn that betrayal is inevitable when one of your dads is the Galaxy's greatest tyrant! Into The Dark: Crepuscular Days (Session 1 of 2) Leandro Pondoc runs for Liana, Philip Rogers, and Steven S. The Murk stirs and those not in the dark are left to pay the price. As the walls of Tyrell are broken through by strange tremors, the Order of the Silver Flame dispatch three delvers to find the source and hold back the dark. 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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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. Gauntlet Community Open Gaming All This Weekend The Gauntlet Community is proud to present a free weekend of open online gaming. It is taking place when this post goes live and will continue through through Sunday, April 19th. Gauntlet Community Open Gaming is completely free. Anyone can play—you don't have to be a community member. Find all the details on the Gauntlet Community Open Gaming page, and check out the schedule of events here. At the time of this post, there are still a few seats open, and you can always go on waitlists for full games to see if a seat opens up! Whether you've registered for games or not, you're welcome to head to our new Gauntlet Hangouts Discord server and see what it's all about. Hope to see you there! Star Wars Saturday
Burned Over Star Wars (Session 2) Rich Rogers runs for Alun R., Cody Eastlick, Sabine V., and Steven Watkins The crew of the Bold Devil leave Pergitor behind on the hunt for a stolen bounty and end up with some Imperial entanglements on Adarlon. Gauntlet Sunday Changeling the Lost PbtA (Session 6) Lowell Francis runs for Jamila R. Nedjadi, Patrick Knowles, and Sherri Niani gets drawn back and forth between the Freehold and the Hedge, the group learn the rude Gift of the Tanuki, and they discover that it's a small Hedge after all. TGI Thursday Goblin Court (Session 2 of 2) Lowell Francis runs for Kyle Wist, Pearl Zare, Sam Zimmerman, and Steven desJardins We meet two additional members of the Goblin entourage in the Castle, who then get pull into an adventure of sinister voices, cookies, absurdly large ducks, Chaucer, and a bride-in-waiting. Gauntlet Comics Power Beyond Doubt (Session 6) Rich Rogers runs for David Jay, Sawyer Rankin, and Sherri In the darkened skies over Hollowed Park, the newly crowned kings of the Fomorian realm fight their final battle this cycle against the wicked Leennan Sidhe and their Neverending Queen. A True Love is sacrificed! The Jabberwocky is summoned! New Gauntlet City will never be the same again! Hit the Streets: Defend the Block: Lower Park (Session 2 of 4) Alun R. runs for David Walker, Donogh, Jim Likes Games, and SalamanderJames The team follow up on the wild party that they broke up the night before; sadly, the trail leads only to the DJ from the party...dead. Everyone finds their real and crime fighting lives clashing as money troubles Hotwire, school cliques trouble Shadeux, the day job troubles Blink, and Void blows an important opportunity. Shadeux is increasingly reckless despite Hotwire and Blink trying to guide her to safer paths, while Void finds himself more interested in the conspiracy he's convinced exists than in real life. Note: Due to a technical issue, the session was recorded in two parts. Gauntlet Hangouts Ultraviolet Grasslands: Season 2: Cities of the Plain (Session 1 of 3) Horst Wurst runs for Chris Thompson, Puckett, and Will H The Heist at the Porcelain Citadel Masks: Titans (Issue 1) David Walker runs for Marco, Pearl Zare, Robbie Boerth, and Sawyer Rankin The Vanguard face down the Nefarious Crystal Knuckle gang in A-Town, love blossoms, and a pushy reporter looks to get the scoop of an family fracas. Checkpoint Midnight: Spies in the City of Dreams (Session 2 of 4) Alexi S. runs for Puckett and Sabine V. Jack the undead soldier gets poisoned by an old enemy and makes a new four-footed friend. Ophidar the wayward gorgon dreams of his mother's throne and finally petrifies a foe. The operatives start to unravel the conspiracy of the Dreamstealers, but get ambushed along the way. Zombie World (Session 2 of 4) Jason Zanes runs for Dan Pucul, Jon Grim, Kyle H., and Matthew Val, Sam, and Stanley secure the ER while Austin sneaks back to the rest of the survivors. The food thief is exposed and a plan is hatched for dealing with the zombies that have overrun Sacred Heart. Brindlewood Bay (Chapter 2) Jim Likes Games runs for Alexi S., Andrea, Bryan, and Darold Ross The Murder Mavens tackle their first case, Decorative Gore Season! Progress is made, but a solution is still a couple of clues away... Hearts of Wulin: Coeur de l'Epee (Session 3 of 5) Alun R. runs for Leandro Pondoc, Pawel S., Sabine V., and Steven desJardins After last session's chaotic interruption to the Summer Ball at Versailles the King's guests mill around the mirrored ballroom until His Majesty claims the attempt on his life was merely a surprise addition to the entertainments and insists the evening continue. L'Inferne, the glamorous actress causes first a stir and then a sensation when she takes the male part in the play she had been excluded from; Nathalie Duchemin, disguises herself as a soldier in order to support the plot against Volo Aventine hatched by the woman for whom she clearly has strong feelings; meanwhile, her betrothed, Mateo, misses the play while failing to find her, instead learning more about L'Inferne from Volo Aventine. They return in time for Volo to be accused of deserting his post! Mateo is confused, Nathalie deceitful, but L'Inferne offer to defend his honour with cold steel! In a stirring speech the vindicated Volo defends his honour and regains the respect of his Colonel before dancing the night away with the Cardinal's niece... What a party! Fellowship: Rebellious Youth (Session Zero) David Morrison runs for Alex, David Walker, Jamila R. Nedjadi, and Steven S. This is the Session Zero for our run, in which we create the Moonless Empire, and our band of young rebels who will fight against it. Ossian is an exiled Prince, who wields forbidden light-magic as he flees his family. Sabila is a young dragon, hunted by the Empire for their mystic powers. And Phaethon is an apprentice harbinger of the Ordo Noctis, a secretive sect of seers and mystics who advise the Empire. They are pursued by Prince Kallivan who seeks to bring his brother back to the Imperial fold. Fellowship: Rebellious Youth (Session 1 of 12) David Morrison runs for Alex, David Walker, Jamila R. Nedjadi, and Steven S. Fresh from a mostly successful raid on an Imperial dispatch station, our rebels are hunted by a patrol. Sabila comes face-to-face with a hunter determined to bring them down, Phaethon has their back, and Ossian has to demonstrate his mysterious powers to hold back an Imperial patrol - with a little help. Meanwhile, Kallivan reveals they may have more to do with the rebel's current predicament than it at first appears, as they watch from afar. Free from the Yoke (Session 7) Lowell Francis runs for Josh H, Patrick Knowles, and Tyler Lominack After the Arbiter's court, our three houses continue with their plans--changing the old guard and raising turmoil throughout the land. Finally we learn the Fate of the Arbiter's grand plan for annexation. The Veil: Crystalline Crown (Session 2 of 12) Darren Brockes runs for Bethany H. and Puckett Dagasi finds the bottom of the chasm, a wrecked subway station and a connection to her homeland. Cela makes a friend and integrates a naturally occurring (?) nanoswarm into her arm. They both see a strange construction site. Cut to the Feelings Jamila R. Nedjadi facilitates for Darold Ross and Stentor Danielson In this hyper-anime the Rule of Cool is very much alive, as we battle with our hearts on the line and hold on to our feelings! Stories of Love in Manila Jamila R. Nedjadi facilitates for Maria, Sam Zimmerman, and Sherri In this tarot story game, we pull at the threads of destiny to reveal a story of love that's about letting go in order to find true love. Oathbreakers: The Throne of Heaven (Sessions 1 and 2) Jamila R. Nedjadi runs for Darold Ross, Eli S., and Sherri In this game we create our gritty urban fantasy where angels are assholes, demons are sympathetic, and death is awfully cute. Complex personalities clash and gosh is there time magic involved in this Conspiracy? Brindlewood Bay: The Murder Mavens (Session 7 of 8) Jamila R. Nedjadi runs for Puckett, Richard Moser, and Sherri We ramp out the weird and creepy and venture out of Brindlewood Bay, with a huge NPC cast in tow! 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. Join Us for Gauntlet Community Open Gaming April 16-19 The Gauntlet Community is proud to present a free weekend of open online gaming, taking place Thursday, April 16th through Sunday, April 19th. Gauntlet Community Open Gaming will be completely free. Anyone can play—you don't have to be a community member. Find all the details on the Gauntlet Community Open Gaming page, and check out the schedule of events here. Registration is open now, and at the time of this post, there are close to 40 events to choose from with games scheduled around the clock. Hope to see you there! Star Wars Saturday
Burned Over Star Wars (Session 1) Rich Rogers runs for Alun R., Cody Eastlick, Sabine V., and Steven Watkins Our story kicks off on Pergitor as the crew tries to rescue the Bothan Utri from the zealots of the Church of Infinite Perception! Gauntlet Sunday Changeling the Lost PbtA (Session 5) Lowell Francis runs for Jamila R. Nedjadi, Patrick Knowles, Robert Angus, and Sherri We return to the tale of our LA motley and things start dire and get direrer. Mistakes are made, miscommunications abound, and a villain is met. TGI Thursday Goblin Court (Session 1 of 2) Lowell Francis runs for Sam Zimmerman and Steven desJardins The Queen asks her goblin friends to solve a little problem with a mean courtier and they come up with the simplest plan. Yes, simple. No complications, no sir. Gauntlet Comics Hit the Streets: Defend the Block: Lower Park (Session 1 of 4) Alun R. runs for David Walker, Donogh, Jim Likes Games, and SalamanderJames In this session we create the rundown Lower Park District of New Gauntlet City and begin to populate it before Blink leads the team to the derelict Park Department Store to disturb a wild party. Unfortunately Hotwire attracts the unwelcome attention of some jocks and despite Void's efforts, it is Shadeux's gadgets that clear the room and give the team a chance to confront the dark suited organisers...who step through a portal to who knows where, apparently pleased with the turn of events... Power Beyond Doubt (Session 5) Rich Rogers runs for David Jay, Sawyer Rankin, and Sherri The former Hopefuls work with Regent to find his ward, only to discover the Leeanan queen is en route to New Gauntlet City, but where? Gauntlet Hangouts Hearts of Wulin: Coeur de l'Epee (Session 1 of 5) Alun R. runs for Leandro Pondoc, Pawel S., Sabine V., and Steven desJardins For technical reasons, this session was recorded in 2 parts. Monsterhearts: Artemisia Academy (Session 4 of 4) Kyle H. runs for Chris Sellers, Darold Ross, Jo Zantek, and Robert Angus A dramatic Monsterhearts finale where the students of Artemisia academy turn on each other and a ghost returns to seek vengeance. Checkpoint Midnight: Spies in the City of Dreams (Session 1 of 4) Alexi S. runs for Josh H, Puckett, and Sabine V. We meet a trio of supernatural operatives and send them on a mission to steal a mysterious cigar from a fancy party. Jack the unburied, rebuilt soldier confronts someone with a great deal of blood on their hands. Viola the favored dodger and conwoman works her charms and keeps her eye on the prize. And Ophidar the wayward gorgon forges a friendship with a cigar sommelier by sharing tales of the smoke of the netherworld. Zombie World (Session 1 of 4) Jason Zanes runs for Dan Pucul, Jon Grim, Kyle H., and Matthew Two months after Z day, it's a lovely autumn day in the Mid West. Nestled in the neighborhood is Sacred Heart, a small hospital providing high quality comprehensive health care for a mixed suburban and rural population. Smash cut to Austin running through a hospital ward pursued by a dozen fast (28 days later style) zombies, Sam and Val desperately barricading double doors with the sound of pounding and moaning beyond. End trailer with a shot of Stanley diving out of the way as an ambulance covered by zombies comes smashing through a glass wall. Brindlewood Bay (Sessions 4-6 of 8) Jamila R. Nedjadi runs for Puckett, Richard Moser, and Sherri Note: session 4 is split into two videos. Hearts of Wulin: Coeur de l'Epee (Session 2 of 5) Alun R. runs for Leandro Pondoc, Pawel S., Sabine V., and Steven desJardins ...Bienvenue en France. Ce n'est pas la France. The plots and complications that surround the characters begin to make themselves felt as invitations to the Summer Masque at the Palace of Versailles begin to arrive. There, our Gallivant actress L'Inferne completed a Royal Command Performance...but not quite the one she'd envisaged when her role was given to her rival L'Allouette. Our Spy for the Apostles of the New Dawn, Nathalie, faced a hard choice between love of Simone and duty to 'Genevieve' the Order's mysterious leader...and chose hopeless love. Our Hopeful Apprentice, Mateo, having confronted the Cardinal's 'nephew' in the street must put away childish things and escort his betrothed (Nathalie) in public for the first time. Our brave Swordsman, Volo, set the tongues of his comrades wagging when meeting L'Inferne in public...but while on duty headed off the assassins targeting the King's Summer Masque. It was a busy evening... Free from the Yoke (Session 6) Lowell Francis runs for Josh H, Patrick Knowles, and Tyler Lominack Our protagonists from three houses dig down into the mythic underworld to uncover secrets. Then return to carry out plots and plans in the mundane world. Brindlewood Bay (Chapter 1) Jim Likes Games runs for Alexi S., Bryan, Darold Ross, and Pearl Zare We meet the Murder Mavens as they stumble across autumnal foul play at the Pumpkin Mart farm stand in a mystery called Decorative Gore Season. Project Dark: Grand Conspiracies - Telburke Manor Mikel Matthews runs for Will It was supposed to be a simple job that a friend passed on. Jewels coming in so that upstart Lord Telburke could buy his way into a better Noble Family. Turns out, what was in there? It's going to have consequences that might reach all the way to the Queen. Quietus Donogh runs for Steven desJardins and Steven S. A weekend in an isolated ski chalet would be fun. But just as an unseasonable blizzard hits the region, something finds Tech CEO Michael and in-between jobs Marketer Jessica in their cosy getaway, and uncovers secrets that have been buried for years... 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! On the last Sunday of March, the Gauntlet played host to an event we called Queensday: we ran several games all using the Descended from the Queen system, that is, based on the mechanics of Alex Roberts’s For The Queen. The impetus for the event came from community member Jamila Nedjani asking for someone to run For The Queen or a game inspired by it. Several Gauntlet members chimed in about Descended from the Queen games they were working on, and soon there was excited chatter about arranging a “Descended from the Queen Day.” Once the idea was labeled Queensday, it was clear we had to make it happen.  Part of the brilliance of For The Queen is that it’s a game of very simple components, and thus very tempting to hack into new forms. You draw cards from a deck of prompts that help you and your fellow players weave a tale of a Queen and her closest companions on a perilous journey. The prompts are designed to deepen and complicate your relationships with the Queen and the party, until you draw the last card and must make a stark choice: “The Queen is under attack! Do you defend her?” In a channel dedicated to Queensday, we not only laid out plans for the event, we also chatted about designing Descended from the Queen games. Among the fascinating discussions was one about time in For The Queen: the cards prompt you to share pieces of the story not only from during the journey but also back at the royal court, with a mix of prompts about singular events and about habitual arrangements. This layering of time helps create the complex and dramatic characters that have an interesting choice come the end of the game. How do we make sure to include similar layering (perhaps of time scales, perhaps of something else) to enrich the stories of our Descended from the Queen games? When the big day came, we ran three Descended from the Queen games on the Gauntlet, two of which are projects in playtesting by Gauntlet members. You can find discussion of each game below. For This Ungrateful City Facilitator: Alexi Sargeant Final question: The City is under attack! Do you defend her? How did the players answer?: Mostly “no, not really” or “yes, but…” For This Ungrateful City is an in-development project from Cloven Pine Games. It lets you tell the story of a group of supers tasked with defending a City that they may decide does not deserve their protection. We played the game using Zoom, a shared Google Sheet, and ForTheDrama (a site that hosts decks of Descended from the Queen games to facilitate online playtesting). Our chosen inspiration image suggested an Art Deco City. We spun out a story involving sharp social divisions between the haves and the have-nots, a morally-ambiguous government-sponsored academy for supers, and the rising threat of the Shadow City. It was an exciting game that ended with the team split and the City in crisis. Video: https://youtu.be/ZfpmQjrFxuM Forever Home Facilitator: Stentor Danielson Final question: Do you agree to adopt the cat? How did the players answer?: Three yesses and a no that got persuaded to change to a yes Forever Home is an in-development game from Glittercats Fine Amusements about a family deciding whether to adopt a cat from the local animal shelter. The questions explore the family members’ relationships to each other, past experiences with pets, and feelings about the particular cat they’ve been getting to know at the shelter. We played using Streamyard and the card deck functionality on RollForYourParty, with a question oracle linked to the cards. Our family was a group of roommates of differing backgrounds and levels of responsibility for a future pet, who had to work out whether we could agree on how to care for our one-eyed rescue cat. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urbSQ1cUF3w Captain Blood’s Odyssey Facilitator: Steven desJardins Final Question: King William has offered pardon in exchange for turning Privateer against the French. Do you accept? Captain Blood's Odyssey is based on the 1922 novel by Rafael Sabatini. The player characters were all convicted of participating the in 1685 Monmouth Rebellion (whether they were guilty or not) and sentenced to penal servitude in the Barbados, where under the leadership of a surgeon named Peter Blood they escaped captivity and turned pirate (preying, however, exclusively on the Spanish, not their home country). It was designed by Deirdre Donlon and can be purchased on itch.io. Link: https://ddonlon.itch.io/captain-bloods-odyssey I ran the game on Zoom, with a custom-designed spreadsheet that allowed me to deal cards out to the players and have them appear under their characters' names. I used a random number generator to pick the cards to deal, only very occasionally fudging the results. Due to some last-minute drop-outs, we ran with only three players, and every player answered 9-10 questions. In retrospect, I should have slipped the end card in sooner: our characters were all pretty well-defined after a few questions. I played a schoolteacher who sent money to his wife and child in England, without being quite sure it was getting to them. Another player delighted in cultivating a fearsome reputation as a pirate, wearing a necklace of human teeth and spreading stories about her ferocious deeds. And a third was an ex-preacher who was in love with our captain, but repressed his feelings, thinking them to be wrong. In the end, my character wanted to accept the pardon, another wanted to reject the pardon and remain a pirate, and a third simply wanted to remain with the crew, whatever they chose to do. As the facilitator, I forced the third player to break the tie, decreeing that a critical mass of the crew would follow him, whatever he chose, and he elected to become a pirate. So my character and Captain Blood left the ship, accepting the King's pardon and joining the Royal Navy, hoping we would never be called upon to face our old crew in combat. Queensday II? Based on this Queensday, would we consider organizing another one? Absolutely. We had a great time as facilitators and it seems the other players did as well. If we organize a sequel event, we’ll take a few bits of inspiration from bigger events like GauntletCon. For one thing, we’ll schedule downtime between games so they don’t go one immediately after another. This will give players more freedom to play multiple sessions if they so desire. In the meantime, if you have a hankering to try out a Descended from the Queen game, Steven will be running End of the Line, a game about the crew of a sentient ship on the way to scrapyard, on April 16th as part of the free Gauntlet Community Open Gaming. Consider signing up for a slot! 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 Join Us for Gauntlet Community Open Gaming April 16-19 The Gauntlet Community is proud to present a free weekend of open online gaming, taking place Thursday, April 16th through Sunday, April 19th. Gauntlet Community Open Gaming will be completely free. Anyone can play—you don't have to be a community member. Find all the details on the Gauntlet Community Open Gaming page, and check out the schedule of events here. Registration opens Monday, April 6th, and there are currently 30 events to choose from with more being added all the time. Hope to see you there! Farscape Friday
ImpulseScape (Session 4) Rich Rogers runs for Andrew Hauge, Patrick Knowles, Sabine V., and Steven Watkins The crew of the Romy agree to a farhbot mission to steal data spools from a derelict space station only to discover it may have secret of wormhole technology, with a Peacekeeper Marauder breathing down their necks, what will they do? Star Wars Saturday Apocalypse World Burned Over (Session 4) Rich Rogers runs for Alexi S., Sawyer Rankin, Scot Ryder, Sherri, and Steven Watkins Our heroes face down the Soul Arbiters and their Stormtrooper allies on a desperate mission to destroy the city-killer that ruined their city many years ago. TGI Thursday #iHunt (Session 4 of 4) Lowell Francis runs for Jamila R. Nedjadi, Jason, Kyle H., and Sherri It's a trap. Yup. See who lives and who dies in this game of monster hunting in the gig economy. Shitty Ensigns Lowell Francis runs for Jamila R. Nedjadi, Jim Likes Games, Robert Angus, and Steven Watkins In the midst of a diplomatic escort voyage the ship picks up a distress call of ancient origins and then randomly sends the PCs out as an away team. Gauntlet Comics Fellowship: Eyes of the Underlord (Session 5 of 5) Chris Newton runs for Alexi S., Bethany H., Kyle H., and Pearl Zare The Fellowship is back at full strength, just in time to do some diplomatic and academical council-wrangling, face down the Overlord's newest general at the Dwarven University, and ultimately confront the Underlord themselves in all their colossal, junk-pile glory! Starring Dapperdew the Orc, Odell the Squire, Regina the Dwarf, and Hamfast the Hafling! Gauntlet Hangouts You Can Check Out Anytime, But You Can Never Leave Jamila R. Nedjadi facilitates for David Morrison, Donogh, and Leandro Pondoc For The Honor Jamila R. Nedjadi facilitates for David Morrison and Jim Likes Games Have A Familiar Ring Jamila R. Nedjadi facilitates for Darold Ross and Sherri Ultraviolet Grasslands: The World's Edge (Session 4 of 4) Horst Wurst runs for Dan Brown, Dennis Matheson, and Puckett The crystal snail, veterans of the psychic war, ingesting parasitic eggs, a sacrifice in the nuclear core, through the cinder wastes. Forever Home (Queensday) Stentor Danielson runs for Kim, Kirk Rahusen, and Kristina A group of roommates decide to adopt a very special cat. Band of Blades: The Siege of Skydagger Keep Pt. 3 (Session 15) Leandro Pondoc runs for Bryan, Chris Newton, Dan Pucul, and David Morrison On one side, there was a Legion. Battle-tested by centuries of strife, forged amidst blood and steel, they stand fast against the unrelenting tide. On the edge of the Eastern Kingdoms, at Skydagger Keep, the Legion faces the onslaught of the Cinder King. Hardened by their long campaign of retreat, now they make a stand. For This Ungrateful City (Queensday) Alexi S. runs for Greg G., Leah Libresco Sargeant, Puckett, Saribel P., and Steven desJardins A group of supers are called to defend a City they may decide doesn't deserve it. What secrets is Professor S, mentor to the City's young supers like Phoenix and the Green Girl, hiding? How long will the poor and the downtrodden of the City, championed by Rough Justice, tolerate the glittering elite, represented by The Gilded One? Is this City herself asking the disaffected super Nightfall to burn it all down? And when the City comes under attack, will the supers defend it? Blades in the Dark: Vigilantes of Duskwall (Session 4) Leandro Pondoc runs for David Morrison, Jim Likes Games, Sabine V., Stephen, and Will H As the Twilight Patrol smash through the Dimmer Sisters' snuff operation, they find themselves on the edge of a burgeoning criminal empire. Just who is the Nightingale? Redcoat dredges up a blood-soaked memory, Slider starts a rather ghostly courtship, the Window Penderyn aids the crew amidst a spot of tea and whiskey, the Raven Doctor is tasked with looking after family and the Midnight Magpie thumbs her nose at her erstwhile rival. Hearts of Wulin vs the World (Episodes 1-3 of 3) Jim Likes Games runs for David Walker, Puckett, SalamanderJames, and Sawyer Rankin This is Hearts of Wulin vs the World, our run at using the romantic wuxia melodrama RPG to capture the vibe of modern rock-n-roll fighting fantasy mainly inspired by Scott Pilgrim vs the World. Once More Into the Void (Session 2 of 2) Jim Likes Games facilitates for Darold Ross, Pearl Zare, and Sam Z. Our final confrontation with our dark selves in The Alterniverse, as Commander Marcus Fitzgerald and his crew battles the problems of the present and the demons of the past to prepare for their last mission together. Cmdr Fitzgerald the Captain, Nova the Broken, Nadia the Veteran, and Papillette the Strange. Content warning: Intense emotional play, substance abuse, PTSD, violence. Free from the Yoke (Session 5) Lowell Francis runs for Jesse A., Patrick Knowles, and Tyler Lominack The curtain rises on the new family, envoys from Novgorod in the north. While Waledemar and Deduska combine ritual engagement and family politics, Tormud tries to seize valued resources...which doesn't go well. The Veil: Crystalline Crown (Session 1 of 12) Darren Brockes runs for Bethany H., Fraser Simons, and Puckett Dagasi goes hunting for mushrooms when Cela tells her about a rumor: the old subway, buried deep in the caverns beneath the city. Dulcet gets an alert and — worried about Dagasi — heads straight into trouble. Lady Blackbird (Parts 1 and 2 of 2) Jim Likes Games runs for Eli S., Maria M., Matt Phillips, and Walter German The crew of the Owl escapes from the Hand of Sorrow and travels to Nightport for the Fight of the Century! 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!  Rich’s Tips for Helping your D&D Group try a One-Shot of Monsterhearts
This post comes from Rich Rogers (@orklord) co-host of +1 Forward Podcast, editor for many Gauntlet podcasts, prolific Gauntlet GM, and mourner for the current baseball season. This week Tara, a friend who I’ve been gaming with since we met during a Spacewurm vs. Moonicorn play-by-post that died on the vine in mid 2016 (which is super sad because it had SO MUCH POTENTIAL!), asked me for some help getting ready to run a one-shot of Monsterhearts (a.k.a. MH for short) for her D&D group of many, many years. She’s played Monsterhearts with me a few times, but she’s never MCed it live before. She told me her D&D group of friends are all female and they voted for MH for their first PbtA game. I have far more experience with Monsterhearts as a player than as an MC. That said, I’ve played 71 live sessions of MH (I track ‘em on RPG Geek) and MCed 12 of those sessions. I’ve MCed a good number of play-by-post “sessions” of Monsterhearts, too - it’s a really good system for that medium of play. Most importantly, I’ve played with several people who I consider far superior MCs for MH than myself. I steal from the best. The Best! I scheduled a Zoom meeting with Tara and we talked for about half an hour. Below is a summary of the tips I gave her. PREGAME TALK
For all you Monsterhearts pros, what tips have I missed? What makes your one-shots for newbies sing? |
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