Gauntlet Video Roundup - January 29, 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

HyperspaceD6 (Session 4)
Rich Rogers runs for David Walker, Sabine V., and Will H
After run-ins with old acquaintances, some good, some ill, the team is sent on Operation: Shell Game. Will they survive their mission on Hammer Base?

The Wind Began to Howl
Donogh runs for Rich Rogers
Vinor Deleste, the Joker & Erkaia, the Thief infiltrate Titan Station to steal a secret database of Imperial spies from the Watchtower facility. In the aftermath of the Emperor's death and the destruction of the second Death Star, in-fighting has begun and this is a chance to strike a further blow to the Imperial cause.

Gauntlet Calendar

Dungeon World: The Gloom (Session 1)
Blake Ryan runs for Daniel Kušan and Will H
PBTA Celtic Fantasy

HyperspaceD6: Scoundrels (Session 3)
David Walker runs for Leandro Pondoc, Sabine V., and Terry (He/Him)
On the tomb world of Malachor the mysterious leader of the Crimson Dawn has been waiting for Kat Foy'loni. Was Qi'ra's job a coincidence or part of a longer play? Quake gets a bad feeling about the stranger and thinks he recognizes him from the clone wars. Oh, and we finally figure out what is up between Casian Andor and Yuno Sunfell. All before her twin sister blows up their ship. Just another day in the life of Scoundrels... This is an actual play of Hyperspace D6 a cutdown version of West End Games amazing D6 Star Wars RPG.

Tales from the Low Cantrefs: The Path Unwinding (Session 3 of 4)
Alexi S. runs for Chris Newton, Dan Pucul, David Morrison, and Rosamund
The young people of Sindle confront the Beast and the Ancient Dead. Ruga pursues a foolhardy plan, dragging Luned into danger with her. Barrow flails to prevent his dire vision from coming to pass. And Gwyn ventures into the mists of Death, where he meets a newly-slain soul and an ancient, deathly lord intent on reclaiming power.

Before the Endgame: A Supers Reskin of Before the Storm
Lowell Francis runs for David Morrison, Leah Libresco Sargeant, and Steven Watkins
Countless sacrifices have held the forces of the Morphomagus back, but now they have broken through and a rag-tag group of supers must brace themselves for the final conflict.

Monsterhearts 2: Tomb of Horrors (Session 3 of 4)
Shane runs for Adam Oh, Matthew Arcilla, Rye, and Sam Zimmerman
We start with a musical montage set to Judas Priest and only get sexier and more metal from there. Our teenage monsters just want to play DnD but they're distracted by infernal demands, murderous Project agents, a Sphere of Annihilation and - most dangerous of all - their rising sexual tensions. Can they find the True Entrance?

Eotenweard: Hospitality (Session 4 of 5)
Alun R. runs for Sawyer Rankin, Tyler Lominack, usnavi, and Will H
Hild the Outlaw returns from a day and a night trying to integrate Woden's experience on the World Tree with the crucifixion of the Christ God, only to attract the anger of a flock of ravens. Meanwhile, the local smith casts weapons of bronze for Cennus, the Sword of God, and Eadric the Commoner. Gildas the Fae Changeling is already so armed for what they all expect to be a conflict with a Fae Lady over the fate of an unquiet spirit. There's a haunted ancient hillfort, the ghosts of Rome, and a pack of wolves...then...a descent into darkness...and a chicken with an unerring sense of direction...

Polaris: Chivalric Tragedy in the Utmost North (Session 2)
Robbie Boerth facilitates for Brandon Brylawski and Kieron
Acamar's beloved is killed in an escape-attempt gone terribly wrong. Andromeda has heeded the words of a corrupting demon and is going after the leader of her order. And Heka weighs her emotional attachment to a poisoned patriarch versus her new bond with Andromeda.

Tales from the Low Cantrefs: Shadows Cast by the Hearth (Session 3 of 4)
Jesse A. runs for Jan, Leandro Pondoc, Maria M., and Robbie Boerth
In which our heroes are harried by a devil, but eventually get the better of it.

Tales from the Low Cantrefs: Shadows Cast by the Hearth (Session 4 of 4)
Jesse A. runs for Jan, Leandro Pondoc, Maria M., and Robbie Boerth
In which our heroes decide to talk about their feelings rather than seek out an Ancient Dead, but it eventually finds them anyway. Content warning: light body horror.

Space Wurm vs Moonicorn (Session 4)
Tyler Lominack runs for Bethany H., Lowell Francis, Patrick Knowles, and Sherri
Space Wurm takes control of the Spice, secrets are revealed, and a new threat emerges from the Maelstrom. Good fun is had by all.

ALIEN: Destroyer of Worlds (Session 3)
Jon Grim runs for Daniel H., Jason Zanes, Mark, and Matthew Arcilla
The marines have some tough choices and tough conversations. Weyland-Yutani enters the picture to complicate things, and in this case they might be more trustworthy than the chain of command.

Gauntlet Book Club

Wolfsong/Bite Marks (Session 2 of 7)
David Morrison runs for Drew D., Sabine V., and Steven S.
Learning of further possible incursions by Omegas, Ivar and Jax go out on the hunt. Cody learns more about the reason for the secrecy in the pack, but confronts Marcus about keeping Paul in the dark.

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Enjoy, and have a great weekend!