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10/28/2022

Gauntlet Video Roundup - October 28, 2022

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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

Coyote and Crow: Bleeding in the Black (Session 3)
Chris R. runs for Rich Rogers, Rod Santos, and Steven Watkins
The party splits up to distract the police while hacking their computers for an autopsy report. After encountering a thief who seems to in fact be the murderer, the team pursues other leads in the town to try to make sense of everything, only to uncover the beginning of an Ezcan military invasion. The heroes consider whether they can impact such a large scale conflict but gather their resources regardless in order to help protect the town of Auia.

Bump in the Dark: Iron Country Autumn (Session 2 of 4)
Jex Thomas runs for Brandon Brylawski, Jason Zanes, Jesse A., and Michael E
The Weirdos follow some leads and go deep into the Sylvan Wilds in search of a tear in the very fabric of reality.

Bump in the Dark: Iron Country Autumn (Session 3 of 4)
Jex Thomas runs for Brandon Brylawski, Jason Zanes, Jesse A., and Michael E
The Weirdos face off against strange creatures from beyond the veil, seeking to open more doors between worlds. They barely eke out a win and take some much needed downtime, but not before things get more complicated for all of them.

Crescendo of Violence: Timed Out (Session 4)
Lowell Francis runs for Alun R., Jim Likes Games, and Rod Santos
Everything comes to a head at a gala musical performance as Sister Grace learns more about the dirty dealings of her family, Tomothy opts for the high road and plays to the crowd, and Emins finally finds out what happened to Deirdre.

Swords of the Serpentine: Ill Met in Eversink (Session 3)
Lowell Francis runs for Alexi S., Brandon Brylawski, Keith Stetson, and Robbie Boerth
The protagonists confront the killer, only to confirm their patron is an even bigger threat to Eversink, leading to a violent, pox-filled battle.

The Between: Ghosts of El Paso Episode (Session 5 of 12)
Jim Likes Games runs for Chris Newton, José Feito, Puckett, and Steven S.
Dusk, Night, and a new Vigilance Committee member, The Marshall, plus the first fully resolved Threat.

Mothership: Dying Hard on Hardlight Station (Session 4)
Mike Ferdinando runs for Grey, Joe F, machinic, and Mark
In the conclusion to our adventure, spacers Banks, Eddie, Olga, and Riggs make a desperate run to their ship while fighting off both a platoon of mercenary space marines, and a horde of human-alien mutant hybrids. Can they stay alive long enough to stop the alien hybrids from escaping the station to spread their infection system-wide?

Star Wars Saturday

Swoop Gangs (Session 4)
Rich Rogers runs for Danielle B., Greg G., Paul Rivers, Steven Watkins, and Will H
The Orbitals' war with the Hutts escalates!

Stars in the Dark: Season 4 (Session 11)
Anders runs for Marc Majcher, Mark (they/them), Rich Rogers, and Steven Watkins
The Final Countdown - With the game on the home stretch, Bade, Boko, Tycho, and Val make their final preparations for springing Bria from the Cube.

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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10/21/2022

Gauntlet Video Roundup - October 21, 2022

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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

Coyote and Crow: Bleeding in the Black (Session 2)
Chris R. runs for Rich Rogers, Rod Santos, and Steven Watkins
Ahote, Shaka and Dezba set off in pursuit of a plant from a vision and stumble across a slain spiritual leader in a border town.

Mage: The Ascension (Sorcerer): Manchester 2010
Blake Ryan runs for Jim, Neil H, and Tadhg
Iron Corruption

The Steadfast & The Rebellious
Donogh runs for K and Neil H
Sargent, Kell & Malice, all servants of the City, are betrayed when their Prince capitulates to the Demon King for his own benefit. New order is imposed on the City, but the group is incited to rebel by a string of injustices that cut them to the quick...

Crescendo of Violence: Timed Out (Session 3)
Lowell Francis runs for Alun R., Jim Likes Games, and Rod Santos
A deal with Boss Chefik takes some of the heat of the group, but event soon boil over when Grace discovers that her mother is gunning for Detective Emins and even worse has passed over Tomothy for a part in her new musical extravaganza.

Swords of the Serpentine: Ill Met in Eversink (Session 2)
Lowell Francis runs for Alexi S., Brandon Brylawski, Harry Coins, Keith Stetson, and Robbie Boerth
The two groups, each investigating a different murder scene, are set upon by groups of thugs--one aiming to steal the murder victims money, the other to clean up the scene. Victory leads to revelations about their employer Teldi and his machinations. But there's still a monstrous killer on the loose and the heroes follow a vinegar-scented trail back to an apparently nefarious pickle factory.

The Between: Shadow of the Fae Queen (Session 3)
Steven S. runs for Aniket, Ben, Brandon Brylawski, and David Morrison
A mysterious killer dubbed "The Nutcracker" by the press threatens to put an end to the London Ballet's season before it has even begun. Kazoku has some personal moments with the hunters, the Countess has an unusual encounter while ice skating, and Rory struggles with his connection to the Beast.

The Between: Shadow of the Fae Queen (Session 4)
Steven S. runs for Aniket, Ben, Brandon Brylawski, and David Morrison
A new hunter joins the group at Hargrave house only for one of its members to reach an untimely end...

The Veil: Iterations (Session 11)
Lowell Francis runs for Ethan Harvey, Patrick Knowles, Sherri, and Tyler Lominack
The group gets answers about Copernicus Dusk and his plans, but the trial points back to the secretive hyperguild, Aegis. Marley finally confronts Demise and discovers some uncomfortable truths; Gabriel wrestles with the reality of Heller's corporate-mandated death, and Riddle listens to a new little voice in his head.

Mothership: Dying Hard on Hardlight Station (Session 3)
Mike Ferdinando runs for Grey, Joe F, machinic, and Mark
Mike Ferdinando is The Warden of the third session of "Dying Hard on Hardlight Station" for the Mothership role-playing game. Desperately trying to return to their ship while the station is under attack, spacers Banks, Eddie, Olga, and Riggs discover a horror far worse than trigger-happy space marines...

Star Wars Saturday

Swoop Gangs (Session 3)
Rich Rogers runs for Danielle B., Greg G., Paul Rivers, Steven Watkins, and Will H
The Orbital gang prepares for the Versa Invitational, a momentous swoop bike race. It ends in victory as well as tragedy, but not before sniper duels and double-deals take place!

Gauntlet Reading Club

Once More Into the Void: The All-Consuming World (Session 4)
Steven S. runs for Leandro Pondoc and Maria M.
The Gauntlet Reading Club continues our run of Rae Nedjadi's Once More Into the Void inspired by Cassandra Khaw's The All-Consuming World. The final mission's unlocked, but Captain Rosafina decides to spend some time grinding side quests instead.

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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10/14/2022

Gauntlet Video Roundup - October 14, 2022

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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

The Between: Ghosts of El Paso Episode (Session 3 of 12)
Jim Likes Games runs for Chris Newton, José Feito, Keith Stetson, and Puckett
A new Day dawns as the Vigilance Committee deals with the Threats of The Lady in White and Ghost-Be-Gone.

The Between: Ghosts of El Paso Episode (Session 4 of 12)
Jim Likes Games runs for Chris Newton, José Feito, and Puckett
The Vigilance Committee meets The Quicksilver Tonsorialist for the first time, confronts The Lady in White, and sets up the resolution of the Ghost-Be-Gone Threat.

Coyote and Crow: Bleeding in the Black (Session 1 of 4)
Chris R. runs for Rich Rogers, Rod Santos, and Steven Watkins
We finish a "session zero" creating characters (modifying pregens' backstories in particular) and deciding how they know each other as the first of a four-session arc of Coyote and Crow.

Stars in the Dark: Season 4 (Session 10)
Anders runs for Marc Majcher, Mark (they/them), Rich Rogers, and Steven Watkins
The Penultimate Heist! - As we close in on ending the series, Bade, Boko, Trizi, Val, and Tycho set up an elaborate plot to break up the alliance between House Gilash and the Rebels on 1314.

Bump in the Dark: Iron Country Autumn (Session 1 of 4)
Jex Thomas runs for Brandon Brylawski, Jason Zanes, Jesse A., and Michael E
Meet the Weirdos and get to know the rumors that haunt Last Pine as Junior asks for Hope's help, Dale argues with a ghost, and Harold goes face-to-face with The Stranger. (Also, Slayer Rules.)

The Between: Shadow of the Fae Queen (Sessions 1 and 2)
Steven S. runs for Ben, Brandon Brylawski, David Morrison, and Kae
The first two sessions of our run of The Between, focusing on the Titania Mastermind threat. We are introduced to our group of hunters, investigate a haunted house, encounter strange miasmas, and make an unexpected acquaintance while boating the Thames.

Coeur de l'Epee: The Longest Night (Session 1 of 4)
Alun R. runs for Anders, Gerwyn Walters, Miriam, and Sabine V.
We meet Simone Leblanc, who is entangled with none other than the Queen of France; Remy Wolfe, a loyal Captain in the Garde de Mer; Alouette deGourdan, popular Friend of the Royal Opera with motives yet to be made clear; and Brother Seraphin, a Jesuit fresh from the seminary who stares wide eyed into the net of machinations and manipulation that is the Court of King Louis. There's a mission for Simone (or is it Sebastian), a demonstration of skill for the Musketeers, the expectation of an invitation confirmed, and a personal confessor along for the ride. Then...Versailles illuminated at the Winter Solstice, a meeting with Monsieur Athos, arrival via the Deer Park, and the suspicion of a Cardinal laid bare...

Songs for the Dusk: I'm Sorry Did You Say Street Magic (Session 4 of 11)
Shane runs for Agatha, Dana Pena, Ian, and Puckett
We take a detour from our Songs game to explore the community where the characters live, using Caro Asercion's city-building game, I'm Sorry Did You Say Street Magic. We discover the town's creepiest and coziest corners, including underlying tensions and a controversial romance.

Mothership: Dying Hard on Hardlight Station (Session 2)
Mike Ferdinando runs for Grey, machinic, and Mark
GM Mike Ferdinando runs the second session of "Dying Hard on Hardlight Station", a science fiction/horror adventure for the Mothership role-playing game. With the station under attack by notorious mercenary company Blackshield, spacers Banks, Eddie, Olga, and Riggs must rely on their wits and skill at arms to evade capture and make it back to their ship. But they may have found an even more troubling adversary than the mercenaries...

Crescendo of Violence: Timed Out (Session 2)
Lowell Francis runs for Alun R., Jim Likes Games, Puckett, and Rod Santos
After a battle and negotiation in the missing lounge singer's apartment, the group begins to follow the trail back--learning of other, more dangerous forces at play--culminating in twin duels for a mysterious box.

Star Wars Saturday

Swoop Gangs (Session 2)
Rich Rogers runs for Danielle B., Greg G., Paul Rivers, Steven Watkins, and Will H
The Orbitals gang throw a party for a returning member and things get messy.

Gauntlet Reading Club

Once More Into the Void:The All-Consuming World (Session 3)
Steven S. runs for Leandro Pondoc and Maria M.
The Gauntlet Reading club continues our run of Rae Nedjadi's Once More Into the Void inspired by Kassandra Khaw's The All-Consuming World. Our crew spirals ever closer to its final confrontation with the enemy as EL is lured into a deadly trap. Rosafina and Mother Rent have an intimate moment.

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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10/7/2022

Gauntlet Video Roundup - October 7, 2022

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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

Back Again From the Broken Land: Home for a Rest (Sessions 1-2)
Jesse A. runs for Chris Greenbriar, David Montgomery, Jane, and Robbie Boerth
Small folk return from the great war with the Doomslord to their home in the swamp.

Trophy Dark: Devil, Aim For Me! (Session 2 of 2)
Mike Ferdinando runs for Cliff, Jim Likes Games, and Marc Majcher
Three down-on-their luck bounty hunters track the legendary bank robber Henry Bantam into a haunted gold mine. The bounty is a small fortune, but Bantam is said to have the Devil on his side...

Crescendo of Violence: Timed Out (Session 1)
Lowell Francis runs for Alun R., Jim Likes Games, Puckett, and Rod Santos
In this neon-noir game of action, corruption, and dirty streets swept by AI roombas, our four on-the-outs protagonists agree to take down a case tracking down a missing nightclub singer-- a choice which ends with the sound of a shotgun and a door being blown open.

Swords of the Serpentine: Ill Met in Eversink (Session 1)
Lowell Francis runs for Brandon Brylawski, Harry Coins, Keith Stetson, and Robbie Boerth
We arrive in Eversink and meet our heroes, trying to find a place in this city of conspiracies, magic, and bridges. After being hired by a watch commander to look into possibly monster-related murders, the group splits up and discovers there's much more to the story.

The Veil: Iterations (Session 10)
Lowell Francis runs for Ethan Harvey, Patrick Knowles, Sherri, and Tyler Lominack
Our heroes regroup and deal with details of their everyday lives, but a revelation from Marley points to a darker conspiracy, and the characters consider how to reveal and take down this looming threat.

Apocalypse Keys: The Harvest of Dreams (Session 1)
Sabine V. facilitates for Berry S, Chris R., Jim Likes Games, and Pawel S.
Character creation and bonds.

Mothership: Dying Hard on Hardlight Station (Session 1)
Mike Ferdinando runs for Grey, Joe F, machinic, and Mark
GM Mike Ferdinando runs "Dying Hard on Hardlight Station", a science fiction/horror adventure for the Mothership role-playing game. With their ship in the dock for repairs light-years from Earth, spacers Banks, Eddie, Olga, and Riggs are stuck on Hardlight Station over Christmas. But the station's annual Christmas party is interrupted by by an attack from the infamous mercenary company Blackshield under the command of Captain Hannah Gruber! As explosions and gunfire rock the station, can our heroes escape the carnage?

Gauntlet Talk

Learning Legacy: Life Among the Ruins
Lowell Francis
This is a talk by Lowell Francis about Legacy: Life Among the Ruins, a PbtA game of post-apocalyptic families and factions. Lowell (@edige23 on Twitter) walks through the facets of the game giving advice and insight, with feedback and questions from the seminar participants. Show notes have links to all the materials.

Star Wars Saturday

Swoop Gangs: Oct '22 (Session 1 of 5)
Rich Rogers runs for Danielle B., Steven Watkins, and Will H
Our group defines the gang's cantina and a bit about the spaceport before hijinks happen.

Stars in the Dark: Season 4 (Session 9)
Anders runs for Marc Majcher, Rich Rogers, and Steven Watkins
The Big Four-Oh! - That's right, this is episode 40! (Officially, at least. It might be episode 41 or 42.) Boko, Bade, and Tycho execute their plan to take out Vruvo once and for all, and receive a visit from their employer.

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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