Gauntlet Video Roundup - January 11, 2019

Greetings, and welcome to the weekly Gauntlet Hangouts video roundup! Don't miss any of the great sessions in the updated playlists and video links below.

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Star Wars Saturday

Primetime Adventures (Session 1 of 4)
Rich Rogers runs for Alejandro, Joshua Gilbreath, and Pawel S.
The players create the STS Archmage series and develop their protagonists together. The pilot episode (due to time) is a couple of short scenes that have our crew at Mos Eisley only hours after Jabba the Hutt has been murdered, dealing with looters, slavers...and stormtroopers.

Gauntlet Sunday

Hearts of Wulin (Session 1 of 4)
Lowell Francis runs for Alejandro, Jim Crocker, Ludovico Alves, and Sabine V.
Rumors of a lost powerful scroll draw Bao Weng and Delan Huo back to the town, while Bountiful Providence's teasing of Ming Zhang pulls her into an attack by Providence's estranged river pirate husband.

TGI Thursday

Threadbare (Session 2 of 2)
Lowell Francis runs for Michael G. Barford, Owen Thompson, Stentor Danielson, and Steven Watkins
Content warning: doll props. In Collector Town, our heroes discover the true danger facing them as Teddy Ruxputin challenges them to playtime-- if they lose they will have to sacrifice their most collectible friends...

Gauntlet Quarterly

Masks: A New Generation (Session 2)
Lowell Francis runs for Chris Newton, Jesse, Steven desJardins, and Steven Watkins
Mimic returns to find upset at the school after Asphyxia's attack, while Overclock breaks into AEON and Gabriel faces alienation. To support the team, Sara Sparks sets up a contest with Bolt and his rival teen hotshots.

Gauntlet Comics

Masks: A New Generation (Session 1 of 5)
Rich Rogers runs for Agatha, David Jay, Dr. Jason Cox, and Jim Crocker
As agents for AEON, the young team 21 Jumpstreet it up at Asa Academy.

Masks: A New Generation (Session 2 of 4)
Rich Rogers runs for Agatha, David Jay, Jim Crocker, and Sam Z.
The characters fight off enemies using Blue Juice and uncover a deeper alien threat! The last hour of this game is some AMAZING Team Moves, back and forth between players. If you dig Masks, this is worth a watch.

My Life With Mastermind (Session 1 of 4)
Jim Crocker runs for Alejandro, Peter, Rich Rogers, and Tom
A crew of Henchmen meet the new boss, as we do a Session Zero for My Life With Mastermind. This session is exclusively world-building and character creation, with an extensive run-down of how the rules work.

The Gaunt Marches

Dungeon World: The Last Apprentice (Session 1 of 4)
Jim Crocker runs for Horst Wurst, Ludovico Alves, Pawel S., and Simon Landreville
It's time to return to the Gaunt Marches! A GMT crew rolls into Eelton and is immediately caught up in the chaos of the Apprentice Duels, with bloody consequences! The characters go to a party that ends when the cops show up, sort of.

Gauntlet Hangouts

Conjure Hagalaz
Blake Ryan runs for Diana Moon and Steven desJardins

Melody of a Never-ending Summer (Session 1 of 4)
Luiz Ferraz runs for David Morrison, João, and Leandro Pondoc
Fours teenagers arrive at Wild Moon Ranch to spend the summer, and they soon meet quirky creatures, explore the wilderness, get friendly with the locals, and build a theater.

The Final Girl: The Isle of Bone
Pat P. runs for David L., Michael G. Barford, and Mikael Tysvær
The guests of a Caribbean resort explore a forbidden island only to realize that they brought back an evil with them.

Monsterhearts 2: Absolutely (Session 1 of 4)
Donogh runs for Alun R., Paul Rivers, Philipp Neitzel, and Walter German
Versailles is rife with rumours, conspiring and machinations; there’s peace with England on the table and a private soirée and recital for the Queen in the cards.

Hearts of Wulin: Romance of the Golden Dragon (Session 1 of 4)
Gerwyn Walters runs for Alun R., David Morrison, Lloyd, and Walter German
The Pillars of the Wulin world are shattered as Master Iron Winged Crane washes his hands and retires. Who will he trust to carry his magnificent Golden Dragon Sabre to his friends in the Capitol? No other than the Righteous Brotherhood of the Road. There is only one problem. Maybe they are not as righteous as their name may suggest. Blades will be drawn, Hearts will be broken in...The Romance of the Golden Dragon.

Monsterhearts 2: Once Again, We Return (Do No Wrong) (Session 7 of 11)
Patrick Knowles runs for Alex, Barry, David Rothfeder, Lauren, and Ryan M.
"Magdalena's Curse" - Prophecies and passions abound in this mid-season finale as we bite into a story so juicy, we have to tell it twice! Anybody who wants to see the miracles of Gauntlet Play Culture™ needs to watch this table of amazing players bust us out of the corner that I painted us into!!

Monsterhearts 2: Once Again, We Return (Rock & Ruin) (Session 8 of 11)
Patrick Knowles runs for Barry, David Rothfeder, and Ryan M.
"Paris Is Burning" - New month, new skins, new romance; old grudges, old art, old ways. The Pantheon returns once again to prove that Old is the new New.

Monsterhearts 2: Once Again, We Return (Rock & Ruin) (Session 9 of 11)
Patrick Knowles runs for Barry, David Rothfeder, Ryan M., and Sarah J.
"Cycles" - Like moths to the flame, the Pantheon finds themselves drawn back into old conflicts. Magdalena returns and digs right to the heart of things, but Apep is there to show her how deep is his love.

Monsterhearts 2: Once Again, We Return (Rock & Ruin) (Session 10 of 11)
Patrick Knowles runs for Alex, Barry, Lauren, and Ryan M.
"#OfThePantheon" - Khon-pep is dead, long live Ap-yr! Drawn by the vortex of Enma's Endless Hunger, Tyr falls through time to land once more, impossibly, in Apep's arms. Bonds are broken, vows are renewed, and vengeance comes to those cheated! Also, Londoners get super powers or whatever.

Monsterhearts 2: Once Again, We Return (Rock & Ruin) (Session 11 of 11)
Patrick Knowles runs for Alex, Barry, David Rothfeder, Ryan M., and Sarah J.
"Eye For An Eye" - It's the end of our graphic novel as we close out the story of the Pantheon. Will it be Suntheon or Deatheon on top, or will everyone bow to the overwhelming might of ANIME?!?!

Atitlan Riders: Playtest (Session 1 of 3)
Gerrit Reininghaus runs for Barry, Diana Moon, Michael G. Barford, and Sabine V.
A playtest of Atitlan Riders, an indigenous Central American coming of age tuk fast tuk furious PbtA in development. Watch us draw tuk tuk fronts and then throw the towel at the laundry bay.

The Dark Between Stars: Emissary Lost (Session 1)
Fraser Simons runs for Rich Rogers, Sam Z., and Sarah J.
We dive into the first pre-scripted scene from Emissary Lost in our alpha playtest of a Forged in the Dark hack adapted for Coriolis called The Dark Between Stars.

Urban Shadows: Kingsport's Boston (Session 1 of 5)
Jesse A. runs for Darold Ross, Leandro Pondoc, Owen Thompson, and Sawyer Rankin
We begin to explore Boston in our first installment as Tiberius confronts an old acquaintance, Sweet Mama Huang mentors Amelia and learns of an impending doom and Fiore has an awkward run in with a rival.

Spire: The Kings of Silver (Session 1 of 12)
Darren Brockes runs for Greg G., J.D. Woodell, Josh DeGagné, and Rich Rogers
Yend'reth, Umra, Ivaran, and Shahran attend a gala that they are most certainly not invited to.

Dark Streets & Darker Secrets: The Price of Evil
Richard Ruane runs for Eduardo L., Jim C., John Campbell, Robbie Boerth, and Steven desJardins
A hike out to one of the Hudson Valley's abandoned towns where they found little left but a ruined church and an oddly intact old parsonage. With a snowstorm coming on, it's a good thing there’s somewhere for shelter...

Storm Riders! (Session 1 of 3)
Shane Liebling runs for David L., Jeff, Kevin Marshall, and Larry S.
Watch the Storm Riders take on the magma men of Capt. Skullery and chase the Legendary Crystal of Ortho!

Monsterhearts 2: Kingsport 1886 (Session 1 of 5)
Catherine Ramen runs for Darold Ross, David Morrison, Leandro Pondoc, and Seraphina Malizia
Activist and Civil War hero T.W. Higginson visits Kingsport's Fairchild Academy for the Education of Teachers; Finch the Queen deals with rebellion in the ranks; Jonathon the Mortal is drawn deeper into Finch's web; an act of mercy leads to a surprising commission for Alice the Hollow; Siobhan bandies words with the mysterious Master; and a magic portal leads to an encounter with a dying poet.

Solar Blades & Cosmic Spells: Dunnsmouth Asteroid Mines
Richard Ruane runs for David Miessler-Kubanek, Michael G. Barford, Rachelle Dube, and Robbie Boerth
the survivors of the pirate raid on The Merchant Ship Stardust find themselves adrift in the Dead Zone, stumbling on an old imperial asteroid mining colony called "Dunnsmouth."

Mechanical Oryx: The Legendaries
Luiz Ferraz facilitates for Greg G. and Rachelle Dube
Three legendary Pokémon take care of three separate villages on the same volcanic island, and are worshiped by their people. A secret plan by an evil Pokémon is about to change life on the island forever.

Urban Shadows: Kingsport's Boston (Session 2 of 5)
Jesse A. runs for Darold Ross, Leandro Pondoc, Owen Thompson, Rowan, and Sawyer Rankin
In our second session, a dead werewolf leads to a fight over some jewelry. The battle leads to a new understanding between Sweet Mama Huang and Fiore, as well as a reckoning for Amelia. Tiberious has a run in with a curious stranger with a flamethrower. Neat makes a deal with the Irish werewolf mob.

Masks: Iron Red Soldiers (Session 2 of 4)
Leandro Pondoc runs for Alun R., Ludovico Alves, Luiz Ferraz, and Rob Ruthven
The Tangee continue to tighten their grip on Prospect City, sweeping into their clutches the dear friends of our newest superhero as he and the team scramble to save their lives. Regicide meets adults worth emulating, L0K1 gets a taste of what it's like to be a hero, Freak goes down swinging and Turn sticks it in to Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Dark Streets & Darker Secrets: Hudson Valley Paranormal Society (Session 2 of 3)
Richard Ruane runs for Eduardo L., Robbie Boerth, and Steven desJardins

Other Games

Shadow of the Demon Lord (Session 1)
Pat P. runs for Darren Brockes, Fernando, and Lu Quade
Jonah is confronted by the Brown Cloaks. Blix tries to escape through violence. Skive learns a friend is imprisoned.

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