Agon (Session 3 of 4)
Lowell Francis runs for Alun R., David Morrison, David Walker, and Fraser Simons
When the sun stops and hangs on the horizon, the heroes find themselves facing an island of freed shades and a doom-haunted journey into Tartarus itself.
Gauntlet Comics
Masks: School of Hard Knocks (Session 1 of 9)
Sawyer Rankin runs for David Morrison, David Walker, Jae, and Leandro Pondoc
Welcome to the start of the comics in the writers room. We make a session 0 and introduce a cavalcade of villainy upon the world!
Masks: School of Hard Knocks (Session 2 of 9)
Sawyer Rankin runs for David Morrison, David Walker, Jae, and Leandro Pondoc
We begin our game! An Optimax blackzone. A new meta serum that causes massive addiction and massive power surges. A mysterious figure trapped inside a container of this serum. Mindwashed people from the past. And it's all for a grade. See how our villains do.
Gauntlet Comics Summer Crossover
Masks: Golden No More (Session 3 of 5)
Alexi S. runs for Brian, Dan Brown, Leah Libresco Sargeant, and Steven desJardins
Our heroes escape from a fight at a Solomon Industries facility with a strange sphere that may contain the Gauntleteer—but also the fiery entropy of time itself! Raggedy Jan hotwires a van that will take the team much farther than expected. Phantom Pain gazes into the abyss. Blitz unmasks to a teammate for the first time. And Red Robe discovers just how much collateral damage his powers can cause.
Urban Shadows: Coven Prime Summer Crossover (Issue #2)
Jim Likes Games runs for Alexi S., Chris Newton, Jamila R. Nedjadi, and Steven desJardins
This is the second issue of our four-issue summer crossover: the Gauntleteer is Missing! Our PCs face off against a powerful adversary, and then head to the Library...
Hearts & Souls (Session 2)
Rich Rogers runs for Lara Boerth-Dryden and Sherri
Skater-brained and XS fight RAMPAGE, then they visit the original Gauntleteer in hopes of tracking down the current one, aka the Neon Hero. This leads them...to another dimension. What will they find in the lost American Empire?
Gauntlet Hangouts
Changeling: The Lost PbtA: Cruel Summer (Session 2 of 4)
Chris Newton runs for Alexi S., Leah Libresco Sargeant, Steven Watkins, and Will
The Five Murmurs motley are asked to investigate some suspicious rumors about the upcoming solstice ceremony. In the process, they uplift a jukebox, antagonize some other changelings, visit a zoo, find that seasonal politics becomes a little more personal than perhaps they would like.
Monsterhearts: Dark Americana: Absolution, Ontario (Session 1 of 4)
Sawyer Rankin runs for David Schultz, Gerwyn Walters, Jon Grim, and Lara Boerth-Dryden
Monsterhearts 2 has gotten chilly. Up in a town literally split down the tracks lies a Rez of Algonquin people and the "good" side of town. However the Rez high school closed down a few years ago, and the Rez has been able to grow marijuana legally before 2018. Now the town has its first Algonquin mayor and most dispensaries are First Nations owned and operated. Sadly, it looks like the teenagers are the ones who may need to heal this rift...and the teenagers are MONSTERS!
Monsterhearts: Dark Americana: Absolution, Ontario (Session 2 of 4)
Sawyer Rankin runs for David Schultz, Gerwyn Walters, Jon Grim, and Lara Boerth-Dryden
Well, now we did it. We actually get to a party. What happens at this party? Freedom from chains of emotional bondage, a hellacious three way, ancient animosity rises to the surface, and there's also this hella cute motorcycle ride that is a boss power move. Come and see how they party in the Provinces of Canada!
Fellowship: Rebellious Youth (Session 8 of 10)
David Morrison runs for Alex, David Walker, Jamila R. Nedjadi, and Steven S.
The Rebels confront Greyscale and walk away to tell the tale. Heading back to the capital, they make plans to deal a decisive blow. Ossian engages with the masses, Sabila flexes new muscles, Phaethon has a fated encounter, and Kalliban returns home.
Monster of the Week: 1890 London (Session 1 of 3)
Blake Ryan runs for Anders, Joel N., and Terry
A Cool and Lonely Courage
Donogh facilitates for Leah Libresco Sargeant and Sabine V.
SOE agents Adrienne, Lucille & Julia are captured by the Nazis in occupied France. These are their stories, as we explore their lives through flashbacks. The game ends with the players discovering who lives, who dies, who tells their stories.
Ultraviolet Grasslands Season 4: Stars and Shadows (Session 2 of 3)
Horst Wurst runs for Bodhi, Puckett, and Will H
Sessile Rodent-Ferns and Cannibalistic Hamsters
Brinkwood: In The Gristle of History (Session 5)
Leandro Pondoc runs for Alun R., Jamila R. Nedjadi, Maria M., and Steven S.
With the theft of Emmanuel Tobin comes a bounty of info and opportunity: the newly-christened Master of Ceremonies, beneath only the Countess Herself, comes to Innisfirth for a banquet. With that in the horizon, the brigands prepare and plot. Yannick looks to the future with the establishment of their spy ring, Betula is sent off to garner mysterious invitations, Micah tries to introduce gaiety and games to the refuge and Drell confronts Celandine.
3:16 Carnage Amongst the Stars: Kilo Sector (Session 2 of 3)
Donogh runs for Bryan, Horst Wurst, and Walter German
The Atlas is wrenched out of hyperspace unexpectedly, and the Troopers investigate the nearby ruined hull of the Damocles, before the same fate befalls their ship...
Hearts of Wulin: Measure of the Soul (Session 6 of 8)
Jamila R. Nedjadi runs for Darold Ross, Joel N., and Maria M.
Our threads of fate are drawn tight as our characters are forced to face terrible truths. Jin diffuses a tense situation and reveals more of her supernatural nature to her love. Tenten faces the terrible results of their karmic injustice and love blossoms in the most unlikely of places. Horizon sees what his family dude to his love in order to gain power. And yet somehow, the guests of our doomed engagement party seemed to have a good time?
Blades in the Dark: Dregs of Duskvoll (Sessions 1 and 2)
Kyle H. runs for Dan Pucul, Josh H, and Steven S.
The first two sessions of a new crew of Bravos starting out in Coalridge.
The Sprawl: Before the Blackout (Session 2 of 4)
Jason Zanes runs for Bethany H., Blaise, and Philip Rogers
We learn more about the colorful residents of the Greater LA Sprawl and our hard bitten operatives sneak around, blow stuff up, and swoop in and rescue a teammate.
Brindlewood Bay: Library Nights (Episode 1)
Jim Likes Games runs for Josh, Kim Riek, Lara Boerth-Dryden, and Steven S.
The Murder Mavens tackle the mystery of Decorative Gore Season at the local Pumpkin Patch Farm!
Eotenweard: The Mountain Queen (Session 3 of 5)
Alun R. runs for Lara Boerth-Dryden, Robbie Boerth, Sabine V., and Will H
When they enter the forest outside Riponum in search of the 'treacherous Fae' they seek...Silver-Handed Blacwin feels it is unnaturally dark and dangerous while Tuca the Commoner decides to follow Iamon Demonbane even if it means leaving her loyal but reluctant donkey behind. Iamon decides to follow the instincts of Modthryth the Loon even though she correctly identifies the absence of bird song as a very Grim Portent...of dangerous ravens and invulnerable Fae...
The Calydonian Boar
Sam Zimmerman facilitates for Chris Sellers, Jen, and Keith Stetson
The goddess Artemis has cursed the king Oeneus of Calydon with the blight of a terrible boar, capable of leveling villages and trampling anyone who gets in its way. The king has called together the greatest hunters in all of Greece to take down this mythic beast. Who will prevail, and who will be crushed beneath the boar’s fury?
Usagi Yojimbo: Roll the Bones
Mikel Matthews runs for Gerwyn Walters, Puckett, and Rob Ruthven
After helping regain an ancient sword, the players take it to the local Lord and find out that there's more going on at this Fortress than preparation for a trip to Edo.
Alien: Chariot of the Gods (Session 2 of 3)
Mikel Matthews runs for Bryan, Harlem, Jon Grim, Lara Boerth-Dryden, and Tom F.
After narrowly escapting their ship's destruction, the crew of the Montero is stranded on the Cronos and they are not alone...
Brindlewood Bay: The Murder Mavens Season 2 (Episode 1)
Jamila R. Nedjadi runs for Puckett, Richard Moser, and Sherri
Our Murder Mavens are back! Six months have passed since our elderly ladies faced the Daughters of Persephone and dealt with the mermaid of Mucky Point. Life is cozy and simple again in Brindlewood Bay. The mysterious romance-mystery author, Storm Vick Nox, is in town and the mavens have been invited to a most mysterious book signing event... We kick off a new mystery: Murder, She Moaned!
Masks: Arcane (Issue 1)
David Walker runs for Andrea, David Morrison, Leandro Pondoc, and Sabine V.
Czin's of the Past - In the Dark Southern Gothic setting of Crescent City, a strange group of heroes gathers and are drawn into the machinations of the hidden world. Rik Soto Cy Laroux, Bea Minerva, and Ash Rodriguez face the necromancer Mr Czin and uncover strange happenings in the city that will change their lives forever.
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