Gauntlet Video Roundup - January 31, 2020

Greetings, and welcome to the weekly Gauntlet Hangouts video roundup! Enjoy these new recordings of online games organized through Gauntlet Hangouts and the Gauntlet RPG community. These recorded sessions represent only a portion of the wide selection of games available every week, and anyone is welcome to join in the fun! If you'd like to play in new games (or catch up on the back catalog of recordings), check the links at the end of the post.

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Star Wars Saturday

Padawans in the Vineyard (Session 3)
Rich Rogers runs for Blaise, Eli S., and Steven Watkins
The Padawans head to the town of Mercy on Ragas 3 to meet with... another Jedi? But this Jedi is unlike any Jedi they know.

Gauntlet Sunday

Purplest Prose
Lowell Francis runs for Darold Ross, Pearl Zare, and Scot Ryder
In this game, four trashy writers try to collaboratively create a trashy romance novel. Content warning: language, explicit sexual content. Find the game here. This game is broken up into chapters. For easier viewing/listening, you can find the time codes and the final text here.

Gauntlet Comics

Masks (Session 3)
Rich Rogers runs for Joe Zantek, Sawyer Rankin, and Sherri
The students of Hope Prep attend a party. With dates! Too bad barghests showed up to ruin the afterparty before it even began.

Gauntlet Comics: Masks (Session 4)
Rich Rogers runs for David Jay, Joe Zantek, Sawyer Rankin, and Sherri
The Hopefuls stop a bank robbery attempt by April Fool and the Fooligans, then attend a pep rally that gets the students of Hope Prep maybe a little too hyped up.

Gauntlet Hangouts

ALIEN: Chariot of the Gods (Hack) (Session 3 of 4)
Jason Zanes runs for Jamila R. Nedjadi, Leandro Pondoc, Richard Moser, and Steven Watkins
Company Agent Wilson interfaces with MU/TH/UR while Roughneck Cham and Pilot Davis work to clear strange black resin from the air scrubbers. Meanwhile, Captain Miller explores the ship alone.

Band of Blades (Session 7)
Leandro Pondoc runs for Chris Newton, Dan Pucul, Matt Phillips, and Patrick Buechner
In the shadows of Westlake's walls, the glittering gem of Aldermark, the Legion is handed an opportunity: a bandit defector willing to them a chance to take out the bandit monarch known as the Vulture. Shut out of Westlake's streets, the Legion turns outwards and sets forth in force to try and take down the upstart thorn on their side for good.

Trophy Dark: The Twisted King
Jamila R. Nedjadi runs for Gerrit Reininghaus, Maria M., and Robert Angus
Where we play Trophy Dark absolutely on the fly! What a dark tale of hubris, tragedy, and futility we tell. Lots of dark and twisted magic in the swamp of the Twisted King.

Legacy: Life Among the Ruins (Session 4 of 8)
Lowell Francis runs for Alun R., David Morrison, Leandro Pondoc, and Rye
With the turning of the comes a wonder, a new capital and the largest urban center since the fall, but it brings turmoil and progress in equal measure. Radicle offers aid to the Soft of the Dancing Wave and together they mount a dangerous expedition to wreckage of The Mystified.

ALIEN: Chariot of the Gods (Hack) (Session 4 of 4)
Jason Zanes runs for Jamila R. Nedjadi, Leandro Pondoc, Richard Moser, and Steven Watkins
Captain Miller wakes up Weyland-Yutani executive Clayton and she takes charge. Company agent Wilson is sent to retrieve samples while Roughneck Cham and Pilot Davis are sent on a hunt for a "little" alien.

Night Witches: January 2020: CHWASZCZYNO
Jim Likes Games runs for Bethany H., Eli S., Maria M., and Puckett
A brawl leads to a very dangerous mission, as Lara just can't seem to keep out of trouble.

Bite Marks: Northern Souls (Session 3 of 3)
David Morrison runs for Bethany H., Bryan, and Puckett
Garrett calls the pack together in preparation for their opening club night at the Crossed Swords. But Jax and Jo bring him news of the increasing threat from the Good Shepherds. The pack searches for allies as they prepare for a showdown, and their very future hangs in the balance.

Rapscallion: The 8th Pirate King (Session 4 of 4)
Alun R. runs for Paul Rivers, SalamanderJames, Sawyer Rankin, and Will H
Deep in the Isle of Dread, Percy the Mountebank (& his demon 'Grandfather') and Lucia the Swashbuckler confront Captain Tricky (& his demon 'Samson'). Captain Klaus is marked by the living tattoo Tricky has borne until now and uses it to steer to the mysterious obsidian obelisk on the horizon...where the 7 Pirate Kings & Queens are also converging. Morgana the Matelot plots with her love, Lucia, and then Percy, but Klaus has his suspicions and leaves Morgana in command while the others enter the Obelisk. She discovers that the Captains' motives may not be what they seemed as the Wardens intervene in the world of men! There is a tense stand-off deep in the Obelisk, and Morgana receives the help of her Guild to protect the Black Cat, before the 8th Pirate King is enthroned...how will they wield their power...?

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!

If you'd like to catch these sessions in an audio-only podcast, check out the community-run Hangouts Podcast at http://gauntlet.hellomouth.net/.

If you'd like to play in games like these, check out the calendar of events and the Gauntlet Forums where games are announced.

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Enjoy, and have a great weekend!