Gauntlet Video Roundup - June 21, 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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TGI Thursday

Pasión de las Pasiones (Session 2 of 3)
Lowell Francis runs for Darold Ross, Jim Likes Games, Luiz Ferraz, and Robert
Estrella seems to have control of the Wrestling promotion but will her new rival Maximo undercut her plans? And will Amor's revelation that she killed Vincente destroy their chance for love with Carmesi?

Gauntlet Quarterly

Masks: The Suits (Session 7)
Leandro Pondoc runs for David Morrison, Ludovico Alves, Rob Ruthven, and Sabine V.
The Suits are here. They've always been here. And our heroes has had enough of them. Time to drag the shadows out into the sun. Spectre returns to an old haunt and finds respect from an esteemed hero, Serenade wastes no time in taking on the enemies they know, Sim revels in how his magic can help those who need it and L0K1 confronts his shame.

Tales & Things (Things from the Flood) (Session 10)
Lowell Francis runs for Patrick Knowles, Rich Rogers, Sarah J., and Sherri
Nikki recovers from her kidnapping and the teens go to the mall, but a sudden blizzard forces them into a broken reality of robots and alternates.

Gauntlet Comics

Monsterhearts 2: The Killing School (Session 2 of 3)
Lowell Francis runs for Darold Ross, Sarah J., Steven desJardins, and Steven Watkins
The PCs prepare for the Sadie Hawkins dance and the overnight lock-in, but a vigilante attack highlights the violence simmering under a full moon.

Mecha Monthly

Beam Saber (Session 2 of 4)
Leandro Pondoc runs for Chris Thompson, Kyle Thompson, and Rob Ruthven
The enigmatic Mars Veridian has given House Pembrooke's erstwhile squad their latest mission: extract a defector from the Ascendancy out of a town under siege. What seemed to be a quick display of earth-shattering power turns grim as Aethelbald clashes with a fierce rival, Venus proves her mettle as the squad's Ace and Luce carefully deploys some poorly-chosen words.

Gauntlet Hangouts

Fellowship 2e: The Great Curse (Session 3 of 6)
Ludovico Alves runs for Erez, Leandro Pondoc, Max M., and Mikel Matthews
The Fellowship braves the way to the surface, only to find an airborne invasion of the Wood Orcs territories by the Overlord. Caught between the Overlord and her General and tasked with protecting the dwarves, halflings and orc refugees, the Fellowship are pushed to the limit. Their bold and decisive action turns the table on the Overlord for the first time; the cost, however, is dimension-shaking.

Good Society: Pride, Prejudice & Practical Magics (Session 2 of 4)
Leandro Pondoc runs for Pearl Zare, Sabine V., and Yoshi Creelman
Beneath the genteel airs of Habershire's summer festival, the scent of magic curdles ever so slightly. Habershire falls head over heels for newcomer Emma Linsome, Lydia Willoughby holds the fort down whilst her brother, James, bumbles against a horde of cats and Cordelia Stride hides behind a friend's face for a chance to meet her mother.

Dungeon World: Stuck in Jawbone, Playtest 2 (Session 1 of 4)
Bethany H. runs for Brendan, Patrick, Scot Ryder, and Tom F.
Meet Baldwin the fighter, Lucien the bard, Korrin the barbarian, and Kimbo the thief. They're ready to break into a haunted temple and make bad decisions.

Monster of the Week: Dresdenverse (Pre War) (Session 3 of 3)
Blake Ryan runs for Erez, Kurt Potts, and Tom F.

Legacy 2e: Life Among the Ruins: A Dawn Reflected On A Thousand Shards (Session 3 of 6)
Ludovico Alves runs for Pawel S., Vasilis Liaskovitis, and Will H
Ages come and go; the First Age gives in to the next, and the Sandstorm and Sledgehammers are force by bad blood and the incoming threat of the Stormwalker - a terrifying being of biomechanical origins. After wandering for months with only meager conquests, they find a price: a vast highway network, preserved by separated subroutines and protected by the Lawbringers, followers of the Highway Code.

Cthulhu Dark Green: Music from a Darkened Room (Session 1 of 2)
Horst Wurst runs for Justin Ford, Kyle H., and Puckett
While investigating the suicide of Agent Donnelly members of M-Cell uncover a seemingly endless string of fatalities inside of 1206 Spooner Avenue.

Barrow Keep: A Devil's Gambit (Session 1 of 2)
Richard Ruane runs for Ben Adelman, Jason, Maria Rivera, and Robbie Boerth
When Lady Margaret, consort of the Duchess of Motavia, is found dead alongside the body of the stable master, the duchess’s younger child Una, stepson William, and ward/hostage Donovan Drestfall run to investigate. But their friend Neils, the kennel-keeper’s assistant, lags behind to speak with the servant who found the bodies. Who are the strange pilgrims resting in Barrow Keep? Where is the duchess’s heir apparent? What does Captain Hawker, the surly master of arms, suspect? And why is Murchad, who found the bodies, suddenly acting so strangely?

My Life with Master: Hyperbolic Theatrics (Session 2 of 4)
Robbie Boerth runs for Pearl Zare, Stentor Danielson, and Walter German
Count Louis Auguste calls upon his minions to deal with a messy situation. They discover that the theater can be hell, especially when the director is a monomaniacal visionary whose dreams are increasingly demented and divorced from concerns for safety. Count Auguste is determined to realize his ambition of creating new theatrical spectacles. If it costs a few broken bones and broken lives, so be it.

My Life with Master: Hyperbolic Theatrics (Session 3 of 4)
Robbie Boerth runs for Pearl Zare, Stentor Danielson, and Walter German
The minions are sent on a wicked embassy to the shining crystal kingdom of Valhellion. Handsome Hal causes a crisis in domestic bliss throughout the city while BuPu and Ekek try to find new recruits for the Count's dangerous aerial spectacle. The minions are managing to find love in unlikely places, but weariness and self-loathing are also increase.

Good Society: Curiouser and Curiouser (Session 3 of 4)
Gene A. runs for Barry, Jesse A., and Leandro Pondoc
Peregrine and Madeline meet covertly. Elwin calls on Vicar Walsham, and hears a name out of his family's past. Madeline shops for spellbooks, and meets the new arrival in town. Elwin also meets Rowena. Peregrine is visited by the Red Bishop and learns that the war between the White and Red Courts is not going well. The Hunting of the Snark approaches.

Dungeon World: Stuck in Jawbone (Session 2 of 4)
Bethany H. runs for Adam Poppenheimer, Patrick, and Tom F.
Korrin, Baldwin, and Sadhana venture into the sewer system in search of mysterious bandits and run into local wildlife.

Monster of the Week: Silver Blade on the St-Laurent (Session 3 of 4)
Simon Landreville runs for Josh, Nadine, Pearl Zare, and Robbie Boerth
On their way to Montréal to find Gerald Cormier, a member of their organisation that vanished, the hunters stop by in the city of Sorel Tracy to answer a distress call from the Silver Blade.

Autumn Triduum: Our Lady of Sorrows (Session 1 of 2)
Alexi S. runs for Claire, Pearl Zare, and Steven desJardins
As a sere Halloween settles on the convent, the Novice, Sister Katherine, and the Widow, Sister Pauline, investigate the apparent kidnapping of a homebound parishioner—and perhaps the reemergence of the "All Hallows Killer"? Meanwhile, the Elder, Sister Mary Lazarus, walks into a mystic's cell through a cloud of bats and gets an enigmatic warning about young Fr. Danzas. Will the Servants of the Lamb be silenced, or will they unite to renounce Satan and all his works?

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