Category: Video Roundup

8/23/2019

Gauntlet Video Roundup - August 23, 2019

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Greetings, and welcome to the weekly Gauntlet Hangouts video roundup! Listed below are links to recorded sessions of online games played under the Gauntlet Hangouts banner and other games organized through the Gauntlet online RPG community. These recorded sessions represent only a small part of the giant selection of games available every week, and anyone can join in the fun! Details on how to become a part of the community are listed at the end of the post.

Star Wars Saturday

Apocalypse World Tatooine (Session 3 of 5)
Rich Rogers runs for Bethany H., Joe Zantek, Joshua Gilbreath, Leandro Pondoc, and Steven Watkins
The Interregnum of Mos Shuuta!

Gauntlet Sunday

Kuro (Session 2 of 3)
Lowell Francis runs for Christo Meid, Keith Stetson, Kyle H., and Sherri
The group tracks back the source of the nano-infected, spiritually possessed hair, and brings their devastating occult weapon to bear: the headlights of a pizza truck.

TGI Thursday

The Sprawl (Session 3 of 4)
Lowell Francis runs for Kurt Potts, Puckett, Steven Watkins, and Tre' Grisby
The team begins their extraction, and even when things get violent they still manage to talk their way through into a bloodbath and multiple betrayals.

Gauntlet Comics

The Ward: EX.T.R.A (Session 2 of 4)
Jim Likes Games runs for Barry, Dan Pucul, Sarah J., and Steven desJardins
The staff of Aescalapeus Hospital deals with the fallout from a world of metahumans.

Hogwarts RPG: Hedgewick Academy (Session 2 of 2)
Alexi S. runs for Kyle H., Pearl Zare, Rich Rogers, and Sarah J.
Students at New Gauntlet City's premier school of wizardcraft and witchery get in way too deep. Adrementitia is thrown into the trials of Coven Prime early. Noah is entranced by the possibilities of the Shroud of Mortality. Arsenius ("Arsenic") solves the mystery of the birds with a little help from his ensorcelled cat. And Coriander discovers some older students' secrets and resorts to blackmail.

Gauntlet League Wrestling

World Wide Wrestling: Gauntlet League Wrestling 2019 (Session 3)
Lowell Francis runs for Chris Newton, Jim Likes Games, Leandro Pondoc, Matt A., and Robert
Our wrestlers have to face the talent of the CNDWF, Christian Non-Denominational Wrestling League, in a cross-promotional stunt show.

Gauntlet Hangouts

Voidheart Symphony: Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There (Session 3 of 5)
Leandro Pondoc runs for Alex, David Morrison, Ludovico Alves, and Puckett
Amidst a deadly, shifting maze of vans and Hemsworths, our rebels get split apart as they try to assail the opening ward to the lair of a particularly malevolent doctor. Nadine calls for help from a dear friend, Lily attains a new look amidst blowing stuff up, Mot reasons with a seemingly faceless horde and AJ confronts a friend's doppelganger.

Apocalypse World: Jurassic Apocalypse (Session 2 of 4)
Stentor Danielson runs for Alexi S., Dan Pucul, Devin Preston, and Peter Mazzeo
In which the raptor riders gain a new member, and the Angel learns about toilet paper.

Hogwarts: Summer School (Session 3 of 4)
Ludovico Alves runs for David Walker, Maria M., Pawel S., and Pearl Zare
After months spending plotting pranks and revenge against some awful third-years, what better time than Christmas? Getting into trouble on the last day of classes before Christmas, that is! Featuring wizarding zines, Ministry blackmail, Order of Phoenix conspiracies, the recruiting efforts of Death Eaters, hostile and draconic literature, progenitor cursed living fossil Volgian deathwurms, involuntary lake-diving and missing students. (Session is split into two videos.)

Spectaculars: Muster Up (Issue #2) Honor Among Thieves (Session 2)
Mikel Matthews runs for Andrew Hauge, Erez, Michael Mendoza, Steven desJardins, and Zander MacDonald
In the aftermath of the bank robbery, the support group decides that directly attacking a group of fellow 9ers might not be the best bet. Especially when the PATTON teams are out there trying to hunt down the Gamma Squadron.

Pigsmoke: Summer School (Session 3 of 4)
Ludovico Alves runs for Eric Loren, Pearl Zare, Sawyer Rankin, and Stentor Danielson
Kittens: infernal, fae, mundane and when said kittens are actually goblin dogs. A heist into Campbell library, fae exchange program, problems with the Dean, and THREE archdemons competing for the wizard souls in Pigsmoke. Surprisingly quiet students, however!

Monsterhearts 2: Kingsport 1876 (Session 2 of 4)
Catherine Ramen runs for David Morrison, Jesse A., Joe Zantek, and Steven desJardins
A new visitor drops by to help with the Centennial Committee; Johnny explores new experiences; Selina finally pushes the Faerie Queen too far; Atalanta swears revenge.

Girl Underground
David Morrison runs for Ainar Miyata-Sturm, Ludovico Alves, and Pearl Zare
Patience, a girl whose parents are perpetually busy and have little time for her, travels from her local park to a land beyond. She meets Ember, a humanoid cloud looking for meaning, Ersyniess, the last Sphinx looking for her stolen riddles, and Braglaga, a fashionable ogre looking for somewhere to belong.

Hearts of Wulin: Inn of the Drifting Lotus (Session 2 of 3)
David Morrison runs for Ainar Miyata-Sturm, Parham Doustdar, Pearl Zare, Puckett, and Steven desJardins
Gentleman Bao-Yin faces the corrupt Magistrate Zheng in a no-holds barred brawl in the main room of the inn. Harmonious Evening Star Jin takes the young Ming under her wing, despite her history with the boy's uncle. Wei makes a daring proposal. We meet the devoted swordswoman Changing Wind, on the hunt of the villainous Undefeated Steel Ox. And Ming faces down against an old adversary.

Night's Black Operators: The Van Helsing Letter (Group 2) (Session 1 of 2)
Alun R. runs for Donogh, Jim Likes Games, and Rob Ruthven
The team meet their informant in the small hours outside the National Theatre on London's South Bank only for all hell to break loose. Our Driver dropped a speedboat on the embankment (and a Conspiracy frogman); our Muscle took out another assailant, but despite the best parkour efforts of our Investigator/Interrogator the sniper, who took out the contact, escaped. Identities were concealed, then impersonated. Conspiracy watchers were run down and a crooked book dealer convinced into handing over the Van Helsing Letter. Who knows where session 2 will take us...

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 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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