Gauntlet Video Roundup - February 22, 2019

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.

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Star Wars Saturday

Hutt Cartel (Session 1 of 2)
Rich Rogers runs for Alun R., Sabine V., Steven Watkins, and Walter German
Lilhali, the blood-drenched Druglord of Coruscant Sector 1313, tries to thwart the ISB raid on her Jawa minions. Her assassin brother is sent to do the dirty deed of murdering a rat, while the Cook races to help his clan and the Crooked ISB Agent looks for advantages and angles.

Gauntlet Sunday

Cryptomancer (Session 3 of 4)
Lowell Francis runs for Bryan, Patrick Knowles, and Sherri
The team begin their work, pulling two criminal organizations apart at the seams via deception, information leaks, and glitter bombs.

TGI Thursday

Forbidden Lands (Session 3 of 4)
Lowell Francis runs for Alejandro, Darren Brockes, Fraser Simons, and Steven Watkins
After prowling around town, the group heads to explore out a nearby tower. On arrival, an irate ent tells them of a "bad tree" and the group fights their way through sonorous invisible beasts.

Gauntlet Quarterly

Masks: A New Generation (Session 8)
Lowell Francis runs for Kurt Potts, Simon Landreville, Steven desJardins, and Tyler Lominack
Consequences arrive at the team's doorstep, as Sara faces her vigilante father and Odd Ball evades being sent back in time, after a battle gone wrong the group looks for a victory only to walk into a trap set by the Yokai's master.

Gauntlet Comics

Urban Shadows: Coven Prime (Session 3 of 4)
Jim Crocker runs for Alexi S., Misha B, Peter Mazzeo, and Sarah J.
Our love letter to the Vertigo Heroes of the 90s continues!

1%er Supers (Session 2 of 4)
Rich Rogers runs for Chris Newton, Luiz Ferraz, Sherri, and Tim Osburn
The Scovile Scourge deal with problems at their jobs as well as a werewolf. You know, like you do.

1%er Supers (Session 3 of 4)
Rich Rogers runs for Chris Newton, Luiz Ferraz, Sherri, and Tim Osburn

The Gaunt Marches

Freebooters on the Frontier: In Search of Adventure (Session 3 of 3)
Horst Wurst runs for Asbjørn Flø, Chris Challice, Christo Meid, and Paul Spraget
The wizard's cabin - floating past the Crabmen - a letter to Alamakaz - a vision of caves and towers - the salted corpse.

Game Facilitator Camp

Monster of the Week: Protect & Survive: Casefile Ripon
Alun R. runs for Michael Mendoza and Tyler Lominack
Alun's inaugural Gauntlet Hangout as part of "Game Facilitator Camp Blinkdog." One of Her Majesty's Pursuivants, along with a flaky "irregular," investigate a pattern of unusual events in a Yorkshire market town...

Gauntlet Hangouts

Monsterhearts 2: St Osana's School for Boys (Session 3 of 4)
David Morrison runs for Alex, Leandro Pondoc, Mike, and Sawyer Rankin
While Callum recovers from his injuries, we meet Lysander's friend Shawn the Infernal. Shawn introduces Lysander to the object of his obsession, seemingly oblivious to Lysander's own. Emmett digs deep into the dark heart of the school. And Adrian's portrayal of Juliet ends in tragedy.

Best Friends
Donogh runs for Diana Moon, Philipp Neitzel, Rich Rogers, and Steven desJardins
Dragging Kendra away from the books for her birthday in the hot new Club Nine with her (mostly) Best Friends.

Monsterhearts 2: Absolutely (Session 4 of 4)
Donogh runs for Alun R., Eike K., and Walter German
The tension between Marie-Antoinette and Louis breaks into a public argument, but Father Jean intervenes to curry favour with the Queen and gain intelligence on the Cardinals intentions towards Spain. Jean-Baptiste swoops in to save the King from a fainting spell, while Lorenzo spies a connection between Baron de Montfort and the Doctor. But events are taking on a life of their own and all are punished.

Good Society: Belligerence & Benevolence (Session 2 of 4)
Catherine Ramen runs for Darold Ross, Leandro Pondoc, Richard Ruane, and Seraphina Malizia
In the second part of our Tolstoyan Good Society game, Nikolai is called back to the colors; Andrei and Boris join the army; Sveta and Vasya grow closer; winter falls on a sorrowful St. Petersburg; and Napoleon wins the Battle of Austerlitz.

Spire: The Kings of Silver (Session 7 of 12)
Darren Brockes runs for Brett WH, Fraser Simons, Leandro Pondoc, and Rich Rogers
Has the Spire ever seen such a glamorous party? The suspended aquarium, the animated origami, the It Girl herself...all of the Silver Quarter held their breath, just waiting to see what she would do! Content warning: The last hour has a scene where an NPC is forced to drink magical alcohol.

The Woodlands: Pokémon Rescue Team (Session 2 of 4)
Luiz Ferraz runs for Asher S., Jen, and Noella H
Little Tooth, the female Nidoran, investigates the mysterious explosion at the teamer party with an old friend and their protege. A major conspiracy starts to surface as the townsfolk start growing unruly.

Dialect: Forbidden Children
Leandro Pondoc runs for Bryan, Pat P., and Stentor Danielson
In the dumping ground known as The Yard, children thrive. Though they may have lost their parents, they yearn to make their mark by using The Yard to create art that expresses who they are. But no Isolation lasts for too long as those in the Greyout seek to impose themselves on these forbidden children.

The White Hack: Longwinter (Session 3 of 4)
Richard Ruane runs for Bethany H., Darold Ross, Jesse A., and Sam Z.
A Vulpine Cadet, a series of fraught interrogations, domestic breaking and entering, and the discovery of the Wolffolk’s plot to survive Whitewinter’s wrath.

Gothic Society: A Study in Onyx (Session 3 of 4)
Gene A. runs for Agatha, Peter Mazzeo, Ryan M., and Sarah J.
A confrontation in the sanitarium. Opium. A brutal knifing. The Countess seeks to summon her dead husband from the grave. Mr. Blakely breaks with his father over the Viscount. The long-dead Crowmore is seen. BFFLs clash.

The Warren: Bunnies Down Under (Session 1 of 3)
Stentor Danielson runs for David L., James L., Josh, Robbie Boerth, and Sarah J.

The Warren: Bunnies Down Under (Session 2 of 3)
Stentor Danielson runs for David L., Josh, Noella H, Robbie Boerth, and Sarah J.

The Warren: Bunnies Down Under (Session 3 of 3)
Stentor Danielson runs for David L., James L., Josh, Robbie Boerth, and Sarah J.

Spire: A Disease of Language (Session 2 of 4)
Leandro Pondoc runs for David Morrison, Diana Moon, and Jim Crocker
As Phyrrus departs to pursue his own inquiries, our crew begin to earnestly track down the dream of Revolution, finding that it has ensnared in its grip the decayed aelfir district that is Ivory Row. Elifet puts his athletics to the test, Jezz'zara winkles her way through the aelfir nobility and Ixel acquires some Bliss.

Spire: A Disease of Language (Session 3 of 4)
Leandro Pondoc runs for David Morrison, Diana Moon, Jim Crocker, and Stephen
The crew has been invited to the court of Lady Theryn Thorns-On-Silk only to find a veritable hive of dysfunction as Revolution continues to snake through Ivory Row's crumbling halls. Elifet acts cool in ridiculous circumstances, Jez'zara manages to lift up an oppressed one, Ixel parties and performs like no one else can and Phyrrus begins his descent towards demonology.

Masks: Prospect Academy (Session 3 of 4)
Leandro Pondoc runs for Alun R., Ludovico Alves, Moisés, and Rob Ruthven
Amidst half of the Newspaper/Detention Club going AWOL, along with having to deal with the scientist teacher/killbot AI from the future run amok, a returning old friend and a fellow classmate trying to keep his cool force Michael and Kasey to confront their own fractured selves. L0K1 basks in his newfound celebrity, Eclipse gets a taste of what it's like to be a hero, Kseniya tries to split the difference between Kasey and Regicide and Freak beckons.

Monster of the Week: I've Got You Under My Skin
Tyler Lominack runs for Alex, Patrick Knowles, Ryan M., and Sarah J.
On Feb 23rd, 1988, as the cast of "Born to Dance" for the Cincinnati Music Hall prepared for opening night, a snowstorm left them stranded in the theater. Over the next 2 days they encountered horror beyond human scope. Bloody murder ensues!!

Other Games

Weighting Rooms
Robbie Boerth facilitates for Jim Crocker, Ryan M., and Sarah J.
Playtest of Weighting Rooms, a meditative story game about recovering memories, forging relationships, building a world, and weighing souls.

Dead Friend: Friendship Bracelet
Barry facilitates for Ben Swinden
Nathanael discovers a kind of magic when his friend Hannah joins him on his family's Christmas vacation. Hannah's family moves away and she rediscovers some of that magic after moving back home as an adult.

Our Mundane Supernatural Life
Barry facilitates for Peter Mazzeo
Sal the retired hearth elemental and his roommate Dr. Collins the history professor celebrate the good doctor getting tenure while their apartment building has renovation work done.

Shadow of the Demon Lord (Session 7)
Pat P. runs for Fernando "Dolan" Dolande, Kurai, Lu Quade, and Roxanne
Kiamat and Maggot arrive to search the ruins. Skive is star struck. Magic amazes Jonah.

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