Pasión de las Pasiones (Session 3 of 3)
Lowell Francis runs for Barry, Darold Ross, Jim Likes Games, Luiz Ferraz, and Robert
More of the Montenegro family fall victim to tragedies, leading Estrella to suspect a conspiracy but the truth is more scattered and chaotic than she can imagine and will lead to the wrestling ring and the graveyard.
Gauntlet Quarterly
Masks: The Suits (Session 8)
Leandro Pondoc runs for David Morrison, Ludovico Alves, Rob Ruthven, and Sabine V.
The Suits are here. They've always been here. And they know how to hide and strike back, even as our heroes have dealt them a serious blow. Spectre confronts his mother, L0k1 commits himself to the expulsion of the Suits from his dimension, Sim learns to unleash his powers in ruthless fashion and Serenade tries to figure out what to do outside of a mission.
Tales & Things (Things from the Flood) (Session 11)
Lowell Francis runs for Patrick Knowles, Rich Rogers, Sarah J., and Sherri
Spring comes and with it the announcement of the school's closure, but that news fades into the backdrop as the teens uncover two competing phenomena manipulating fellow students.
Gauntlet Comics
Masks: Allied Angels Winter of '42 (Session 3 of 3)
Jim Likes Games runs for Joe Zantek, Leah Libresco Sargeant, Michael Mendoza, and Steven desJardins
The Allied Angels interrupt the plans of the sinister Dr. Anatos, and comfort a failed experiment.
Mecha Monthly
Beam Saber (Session 3 of 4)
Leandro Pondoc runs for Chris Thompson, Kyle Thompson, and Rob Ruthven
House Pembrooke's erstwhile squad succeeds in extracting the Ascendancy defector but finds themselves seemingly pawns in a game vast enough to drown them all. Aethelbald avenges his slain brothers and sisters in combat, Venus matches wits with a knight of the Ascendancy and Luce finds a formidable opponent in a duel of words with the mysterious defector.
Gauntlet Hangouts
Good Society: Pride, Prejudice & Practical Magics (Session 3 of 4)
Leandro Pondoc runs for Pearl Zare, Sabine V., and Yoshi Creelman
A genteel afternoon of tea between three ladies with varying degrees of secrets gets broken up by a figure from the past. Emma discovers her ethereal ancestry, Lydia decides to face her past shame, Cordelia makes a small connection to the family she wishes to be part of and James is told off from breaking magic orthodoxy and giving kittens wings.
Hearts of Wulin (Session 1 of 2)
Shane Liebling runs for Dan, Eli S., Jim Likes Games, and Seraphina Malizia
A couple engaged both of who have other loves, a friend, a younger sibling getting in with the wrong crowd, and a fight!
Fellowship 2e: The Great Curse (Session 4 of 6)
Ludovico Alves runs for Ainar Miyata-Sturm, Alex T., and Leandro Pondoc
The Fellowship makes their way towards Sanctuary. They learn of the pressure that has made the Orphans and Servants compromise their ideals, the secrets of the Kraken and the Crystal Library as well as the Overlord ultimate weapon: the dwarf-forged Flying Fortress.
Cthulhu Dark Green: Music from a Darkened Room (Session 2 of 2)
Horst Wurst runs for Justin Ford, Kyle H., Puckett, and Vasilis Liaskovitis
Agent Moray falls under the spell of the house on Spooner Avenue. When the rest of M-Cell discovers Isabelle Wheeler's diary they are presented with a way to lift the curse but face a terrible choice.
Legacy 2e: Life Among the Ruins: A Dawn Reflected On A Thousand Shards (Session 4 of 6)
Ludovico Alves runs for Alun R., Asbjørn Flø, Scot Ryder, and Vasilis Liaskovitis
We return to the Homelands, where we learn of the tribulations the Families have been suffering during the Second Age. They learn about the events that transpired beyond the Highway: of the rise of inequality, heroic thieves and the military-coup backed by the Gilded Merchant clans. While listening to weirder legends and rumours, the Gardeners draw the ire - or malicious infatuation - from a hyper-advanced transhuman society known only by the sound of their quiet vehicles: The Zoomers.
The Clay That Woke (Session 3 of 3)
Mikel Matthews runs for Brendan and Will B
One Minotaur works for a man who ruins reputations with the use of a seed that, after it passes through you, will let someone hear everything you heard over an entire day. The other works for the head of a Gladiator school who had been betrayed by this man before. When two disagree on Silence and what is the social good, sometimes the way of the wild makes itself known.
Barrow Keep: A Devil's Gambit (Session 2 of 2)
Richard Ruane runs for Ben Adelman, Jason Zanes, Kyle Thompson, Maria Rivera, and Robbie Boerth
Neils tries to intercept the demonic killer loose in the keep; William, Una, and Farah hunt the visitor who unleashed it; and Donovan decides what to do with this newfound information about his family.
Good Society: Curiouser and Curiouser (Session 4 of 4)
Gene A. runs for Barry, Jesse A., and Leandro Pondoc
Many meetings. Elwin agrees to the Viscount's offer. A false start. Spells are cast. The hunt begins. An unexpected target. Peregrine makes a decision. Elwin becomes his own master. Madeline chooses between her family and power.
My Life with Master: Hyperbolic Theatrics (Session 4 of 4)
Robbie Boerth runs for Pearl Zare, Stentor Danielson, and Walter German
The minions (BuPu, EkEk, and Handsome Hal) return to Louis Auguste who reveals a dastardly new development: To accentuate the impact of his theatrical spectacles, he is using a hallucinogen on the non-consenting audience. The drug is unsafe and in need of further testing, and Louis wants the minions to find subjects for his crazed experiments. Some of these subjects are those that the minions care the most about. Can they effectively thwart Louis's monomaniacal and dangerous theatrical vision, or will he usher in his spectacle of horrors?
Monster of the Week: Silver Blade on the St-Laurent (Session 4 of 4)
Simon Landreville runs for Nadine and Robbie Boerth
In this last session, the group, now down to two, investigate a gruesome scene in the basement of a building owned by the Silver Blade. Content warning: weird sex scene on a disgusting background.
Dungeon World: Stuck in Jawbone, Playtest 2 (Session 3 of 4)
Bethany H. runs for Adam Poppenheimer, Alex, Tom F., and Will B
Ayla returns to Jawbone after years away to find it even worse than she remembers. Sadhana braves a rainstorm to get a job at the factory. Samara pursues her quest to rid the town of evil, and drags Baldwin along.
Trophy: The Forest of Blades
Leandro Pondoc runs for Ainar Miyata-Sturm and David Morrison
Deep within a haunted, blood-soaked wood lay fortune and glory for those who could take it. For Kasien the Abandoned Veteran and Orlun the Runaway Kingsguard, each hiding regrets and wants, any obstacle or hardship would be worth it. But the fog of war occludes everything, even their own desires.
Monsterhearts 2: The Killing School (Session 3 of 3)
Lowell Francis runs for Darold Ross, Sarah J., Steven desJardins, and Steven Watkins
It's the night of the Sadie Hawkins dance and overnight lock-in, but it will end in murder, betrayal, souls from hell, hidden vigilantes, and reconciling with one's own nature.
Hearts of Wulin (Session 2 of 2)
Shane Liebling runs for Dan, Eli S., Jim Likes Games, and Seraphina Malizia
Embarassment at the "rehersal dinner," thieves hunted, villains unmasked, and concessions made.
Autumn Triduum: Our Lady of Sorrows (Session 2 of 2)
Alexi S. runs for Claire, Pearl Zare, and Steven desJardins
The sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows descend into the depths of the convent on a rescue mission. Will they save the victims of a potential new All Hallows killer? And, when they confront Satan and all his works, will they save the killer's soul—and keep their own?
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