Gauntlet Video Roundup - August 20, 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

Rust Hulks (Session 2)
Rich Rogers runs for Alun R., Francisco Olivera, Josh H, and Will H
The crew of the Regal Huntress scrape a New Republic hulk and deliver their passenger through a blockade, set up a scrap casino, then get a job to fetch tech from Serenno. All in a day's work.

Space Aces (Session 2)
Rich Rogers runs for Anders, Mark (they/them), and Steven Watkins
The crew of the Hummingbird encounter Zitz the Hutt, an irritable Trandoshan bounty hunter, and a space slug on the way to rescue a noble daughter from the Black Sun. All in a day's work.

Swoop Gangs (Session 3)
Rich Rogers runs for Anders, Paul Rivers, and Steven Watkins
The Zid Hounds spring their club president from an Imperial Detention Center, then take him to Hotel Artemis to get him fixed up.

Gauntlet Calendar

The Between (Session 5 of 8)
Alun R. runs for Blake Ryan, Darin Rebertus, David Morrison, and Leandro Pondoc
Hargave House has a visitor summoned by the sadly departed Annie Morrish; another Vessel. Ephraim Parker uses the telegrams Annie sent him to identify more clues about the Coven that killed her. Meanwhile, Dr Weiss the Mother and Razor Rose the American prepare for tonight's ball at Braithewaite Hall where Ephraim will join them. Chambers the Factotum, meanwhile, continues her exploration of Whitechapel and her past. We meet Barrel Staves, a man not to be trifled with, and Tati Braithwaite, a woman with a predatory air that Dr Weiss cannot but notice and barely avoids. There's a library and a séance and the Coven reveals itself, marking two of the Hunters and laying down a challenge to a third.

The Yellow King RPG (Session 5 of 12)
Shane runs for Brandon Brylawski, Jeremy Abernathy, Matthew Arcilla, and Puckett
The Yellow Sign - The investigators are joined by an enthusiastic private as they find evidence of the King's influence at a POW camp, but it's the nearby village where they find some real trouble.

Changeling the Lost PbtA: Never Gonna Give You Up (Session 2)
Lowell Francis runs for José Feito, Kyle H., Sherri, and Vince
The newly reconstituted motley looks into the theft from the Freehold treasury, leading to revelations, pursuit, and recriminations-- and then a strange, mysterious absence in their minds.

Monsterhearts 2: Camp Monsterhearts (Session 1 of 4)
David Schultz runs for Adam Oh, Greg Fulford, Nathan Harrison, and Sawyer Rankin
A dashing Fae and his Fomorian counterpart begin a long summer at Camp Woodpecker with a metalhead Bakeneko and local Cerberus. An early morning stroll along the lake uncovers a disturbing omen of events to come.

Monsterhearts 2: Camp Monsterhearts (Session 2 of 4)
David Schultz runs for Adam Oh, Greg Fulford, Nathan Harrison, and Sawyer Rankin
Dewi the Fae begins an ill-advised date in the woods while Fomorian Javier and Bakeneko August get a little alone time in an abandoned cabin, discovering more than they bargained for. As night falls, local girl and guardian Cerberus Trinity comes face-to-face with the horror plaguing the camp.

Quietus: The Final Voyage of the Debonair
David Schultz runs for Drew D. and Michael Pelletier
Old scars are reopened, guilt is uncovered, and blood is shed as a private mini-cruise falls prey to a masked killer who strikes with medical precision. Burdened by their own private demons, physician Kevin and med-school dropout Mitchell fight to survive an all too familiar threat.

Viewscream: Black Widow, Brown Recluse
Donogh runs for Brandon Brylawski, Diana, and Michael Pelletier
The crew of the Black Widow have all but been killed by the ship's AI. The few survivors desperately battle for their survival, but nothing and no one is quite what it appears...

Trail of Cthulhu: Bright Lights, Dark City (Session 3)
Lowell Francis runs for Agatha, Jesse A., John Glass, and Mike Ferdinando
In this third session our investigators try for some direct confrontation after having run down some new leads. This does not go as well as they hoped.

Changeling the Lost PbtA: Never Gonna Give You Up (Session 3)
Lowell Francis runs for Josh H, José Feito, Sherri, and Vince
The motley pursues leads, trying to find out who has stolen all trace of the Prince of Summer, and discover the vanishing presents more dangers-- breaking the cycle and shattering the Freehold's protections.

Godbound: Pillars of Heaven (Session 7)
Lowell Francis runs for Dan Brown, Patrick Knowles, Sherri, and Tyler Lominack
The Lunar Ball at the Assassins' Library arrives, bringing with it intrigue, banter, revelations, violence, and a high-production value dance number.

The Between (Session 6 of 6)
Alun R. runs for Blake Ryan, Darin Rebertus, David Morrison, and Leandro Pondoc
(Finale) - The clock is ticking with only one day before the Coven enacts its ritual, and Inspector Pettigrew demanding progress in the case of Sally-No-Face. The Coven strikes when Ephraim the Vessel examines detritus from the Thames while Factotum and Mother, Chambers & Weiss, almost become pie fodder. Rose the American, meanwhile, attracts cats and is turned away by a respectable servant. Then...Hargrave House invaded, a ritual interrupted, and a serial killer consumed...London may sleep easily for now, but Annie Morrish does not rest easy in death's embrace...

Checkpoint Midnight: The Clockmaker's Noose (Session 2)
Jesse A. runs for Jex Thomas, John Glass, Puckett, and Robbie Boerth
Wald is sent into captivity, while Anton and Gemma watch. Lili makes some dead friends. [Content warning: the Holocaust, Nazi experimentation, body horror]

The Between: Questions and Opportunities Part Two (Session 7 of 8)
Shane runs for Blake Ryan, Gabe McCormick, Jamila R. Nedjadi, and Joel N.
The hunters find themselves stretched thin and under attack as the Mastermind’s plot nears fruition and she sets her sights on Hargrave House.

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Enjoy, and have a great weekend!