Gauntlet Video Roundup - April 2, 2021

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

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Star Wars Saturday

Plutonian Shore (Session 4)
Rich Rogers runs for Alexi S., Greg G., Keith Stetson, and Mark (they/them)
The crew of the Beldon Mite defeat a space pirate, smuggle some goods to a secret Republic base, and escape from a cyborg Sith Pureblood. All in a day's work!

Hutt Cartel (Session 4 of 4)
Will H runs for Anders, Philip Rogers, Rich Rogers, and Steven Watkins
THE HUTTS STRIKE BACK. Featuring dianogas, droid dekas and a hungry rancor in a fight everyone demanded but no one could have predicted! Greedy CSF officer Crix Herror loses his retirement plan at the last moment, but deposed crime lord Jaldar Ko is determined to make him pay Black Sun back. But Ko couldn't predict that Herror is a master of both Teras Kasi (kind of) and the Coruscant handshake (a headbutt)! Scara the street hawk goes from the firefight to the trash compactor and barely escapes a Dianoga, before making an alliance with rebel-on-the-run Etema. But Etema finds that some of her allies have bigger plans than she imagined, and her enemies are far closer than she thinks...

Gauntlet Quarterly

Under Hollow Hills (Session 5 of 13)
Jesse A. runs for Dan Brown, Jamila R. Nedjadi, and Marleigh
In which the circus comes to The Moonbeam Palace, a bar and motel outside Las Cruces, New Mexico, and play a gig to rival Queen with some queens.

Empire City

Urban Shadows 2e: Everybody is Going Uptown - Season 2 (Session 1)
Jesse A. runs for Brandon Brylawski, Jex Thomas, and Sam Zimmerman
In which a month passes and a reckoning is made.

Gauntlet Calendar

Hearts of Wulin: Academy of the Blade (Session 4 of 4)
David Schultz runs for Jamila R. Nedjadi, Jesse A., Jon Grim, and Sam Zimmerman
Our story ends in flames as our students fight a midnight brawl against the Black Widow Syndicate in an old chapel, undertake a last-minute rescue mission, and duel a rogue devil from hell inside a burning mansion. Romance and betrayal abound in the fiery climax to our story!

Liminal: 1970 Oxford (Session 3)
Blake Ryan runs for Mander, Mendel Schmiedekamp, and Puckett
Attempted Muggings & Monarchist Vampires

Last Fleet (Session 7)
Jim Likes Games runs for Bethany H., Brandon Brylawski, Joe, and Patrick Buechner
Planetfall, as the Fleet finally gets a peek behind the curtain at the inner workings of an alien base!

Visigoths vs Mall Goths (Session 3 of 3)
Shane runs for Brandon Brylawski, Jamila R. Nedjadi, Joe A., and Mendel Schmiedekamp
Ominous signs point to these annoying metalheads trying to burn down the mall and...summon the literal devil? (Btw, wonder how this game would have turned out if I'd watched the new Lil Nas X video before running it.) Really annoying when the goths are trying to make out!

Delta Green: Working Group Phoenix (Session 4)
Dennis Matheson runs for Abe Lincoln Jr., Horst Wurst, Puckett, and Will H
Depression - A mysterious death brings the attention of Delta Green and of Working Group Phoenix to Stone Mountain Park near Atlanta. Does it have something to do with the "Southeastern Enlightenment Festival" being held at the park? Or is something dangerous lurking in the "Heart of Stone?"

Against the Dark Conspiracy (Session 3 of 3)
Alun R. runs for ABS, Jason Zanes, and Matthew Arcilla
Sophia is missing and all leads point to a castle in Portugal where famous but reclusive fashion designer Rui Pereira is staging his pre-season show. Christian impersonates a fashion buyer to get the inside track, and an invitation; Dev slips into the comfortable role of bodyguard; and Mick insets himself into the list of accredited journalists. There's a show, vampire on vampire friction, and an explosive distraction...then a dungeon, a rescue attempt and the final parting of fraternal ways...

Bed, Breakfast and Beyond: Stranger on the Road
David Morrison runs for Brandon Brylawski and Drew D.
An unlikely elderly couple - Clarence, an abrasive former prosecutor, and Roland, a happy-go-lucky carpenter - run the Crow's Nest B&B in the quaint seaside town of Brindlewood Bay. After a number of their guests who have stayed in Room 3 disappear under mysterious circumstances, a series of strange experiences lead them to discover the truth behind Room 3. (Note: this video is in three parts.)

Free from the Yoke: Firebird Suite (Session 8 of 8)
Lowell Francis runs for Bryan, David Jay, and Sam Zimmerman
The Arbiter's war comes to a head, but even darker tides face the land and nothing will hold true.

Night's Black Agents: Underworld Promises (Session 12 of 12)
Lowell Francis runs for Alun R., Paul Rivers, Pawel S., and Will H
The finale challenge against the Orphic Vampires lies ahead, but there are still secrets to be revealed and graves to dig.

Future Creep: Neon Black (Session 1 of 5)
Leandro Pondoc runs for Brandon Brylawski, Paul Rivers, and SalamanderJames
Character and community creation as we stake a claim on Prime City, where humanity clings on the ankles of megacorporations for the sake of survival. In the apartment stack known as the 55, a haunted consciousness trapped in a vending machine calls for help. They turn to a shady Tech, a local legend Doc and a Synth on the run to see if they can break their contract and be freed from their shackles.

The Veil: Inheritance: System Matters (Session 5)
Lowell Francis runs for Patrick Knowles, Sherri, Steven Watkins, and Tyler Lominack
Everything comes together as things fall apart in the midst of a space race/bounty hunt filled with daddy issues.

Thirsty Cheerleading Lesbians (Session 1)
Shane runs for Darold Ross, Greg, and Joe A.
The tensions that are dividing the team come to a head at Cheer Wars, where our characters are set to face their biggest rivals in an epic cheer battle...but will they make it onto the mats, or will their emotions get the better of them?

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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Enjoy, and have a great weekend!