Gauntlet Video Roundup - May 21, 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

Bounty of the Week 2nd edition (Session 3)
Rich Rogers runs for Brandon Brylawski, Danielle B., Francisco Olivera, and Steven Watkins
The crew of the Raptor deal with troubling backstories on Black Orchard. And of course, Imperial treachery!

Hutt Cartel: May 2021 (Session 3)
Will H runs for Alexi S., Anders, Philip Rogers, Rich Rogers, and Steven Watkins
NO REFUGE FOR THE WICKED! Corrupt security officer SUYAAL MUUVA cooks up a batch of the bad spice hitting 1313 as she pursues the inscrutable ends of the Chiss Ascendancy. But her side venture is interrupted when she is ordered to join the hunt for SCARA THE CARTEL ASSASSIN at medical centre Refuge 1313. In the shoot out, humanitarian and ex-Imperial PAYDON FENN is shot - and Suyaal sees an opportunity to take out their scheming partner CRIX HERROR once and for all! BOX-I comes to an agreement and makes alliance with his mistress and the other players of 1313, whilst ETEMA THE REBEL SPY struggles to reconcile her mission with the demands of her lover, ANEZ the Cartel Lord. Alliance are made and bargains brokered in the depths of 1313, but can anyone trust each other in this hive of Scum & Villainy?

Future Creep

Balikbayan 2.0 (Session 1 of 4)
Leandro Pondoc runs for Bodhi, Donogh, SalamanderJames, and Steven S.
Character creation and worldbuilding as we bring this City full of marketplaces and broadcasts to life, where a Diwata looking for a ruined forest, a Saint trying to atone, an Aswang hoping to experience love and a Santelmo mirroring the grieving, all collectively trying. Just trying.

Gauntlet Calendar

Hearts of Wulin: In the Court of Crimson Blades (Session 2 of 4)
David Schultz runs for Chase Ordonis, Jason Zanes, Josh H, and Shane
The Wulin attempt to track down an ancient reliquary in the court archives to curry favor with the terrible General Han Wen, but the path is fraught with complications: Court musician Six Finger Lament is on the run after Gentleman Bao-Yin frames him for an attempted murder, undercover agent Harmonious Ivory learns she is to be married to a man she does not love at the first light of dawn, and successor to the throne Xin Ling has made a pact with a demonic infiltrator--or so the demon thinks. It looks like we're all in for a very long night!

Against the FAE Conspiracy (Session 2 of 4)
Alun R. runs for Brandon Brylawski, David Morrison, Sabine V., and Will H
Using the ring they stole last time, the team learns more about what's going on from Dr Brown, and something of the factional nature of the Fae. Then Kadir the Sparks finds employment at the same suspicious circus that Jesusita the Analyst allows her daughter to visit. One of the circus acts, the 'Masked Marksman', is a former associate of Mark the Assassin, while Andy the Handler is worried about why a number of circus patrons have gone missing. There's a dodgy junior minister in the audience with unofficial bodyguards, the Marvellous Mercurio's fortune telling chair, and a Hall of Mirrors...then a Redcap who dislikes mobile phones and a cold intro to Mistress Winter...

Once More Into the Void (Session 1 of 3)
David Morrison facilitates for Brandon Brylawski, Joe A., and Rich Rogers
In this first session, we discuss the game, the sci-fi universe our adventures will be taking place in, and introduce our characters. The driven Captain Hephaistion Stern, former officer in the Hegemony's Navy. Paul "Smiles" Provost, the enigmatic engineer pursued by a warlord's recruiters. Kodo Celwik, a brooding but magnetic warrior. And RSE-6/Rose, an artificial lifeform created as a work of art.

Surge Protectors: Paragon System Sampler (Sessions 1 and 2 of 2)
Dan Brown runs for Darin Rebertus, Matthew Arcilla, and Nicholas Timperio

Star Trek Adventures Express (Session 1)
Dan Brown runs for Danielle B., Mander, Matthew Arcilla, and Michael Pelletier

The Between (Session 3 of 5)
Alun R. runs for Donogh, Mendel Schmiedekamp, and usnavi
While all London enjoys the Grande Guignol, Hence Unruh explores the night accompanied by the ever resourceful Moore. Meanwhile Dr Marta Weiss has an uncanny experience on the way to her Turkish bath. There's exsanguinated bodies, a dodgy Constable, and a workhouse...then...feral children remind a hunter of their destitute childhood and show them some congealed blood...blood...there's always blood...

Pasión de las Pasiones: Music From A Darkened Room (Session 2 of 2)
Shane runs for Dennis Matheson, Jon Grim, Marc Majcher, and Puckett
The shocking revelation that Ronaldo's twin brother Donaldo is still alive sets the group on track toward a bloody and tragic ending.

Trophy Gold: From The Belly Of The Beast (Session 1 of 2)
Shane runs for Blake Ryan, machinic, Richard Moser, and Romy T.
Back in town, the hunters exchange gifts and mementoes, drink, fight, gamble, and look for safe places to stash their gold. But it's not long before they leave those safe places behind, heading out to sea in search of a legendary sea serpent and the impossible wealth within.

Star Trek Adventures Express (Session 2)
Dan Brown runs for Danielle B., Mander, Matthew Arcilla, and Michael Pelletier

#iHunt: Five Stars or Death (Session 3)
Lowell Francis runs for Mark, Matthew Arcilla, Shane, and Sherri
The team delivers a massacre to walking dead telemarketers then goes back to college to check out a gig hunting a death god business prof.

Apocalypse Keys: Unleash The Dark (Session 3 of 4)
Shane runs for Drew D., Jon Grim, Josh H, and Matthew Arcilla
In today's session, the reunited team must break Sister Theresa's apocalyptic pact with the God of Envenomated Arthropods before she can destroy the world - but the tower block they’re fighting over is collapsing with hundreds of civilians inside! And bad news back at DIVISION when enemies exploit an innocent attempt to steal the agency's most dangerous superweapons, shattering the timestream and plunging the agents into a surreal dreamworld.

Raccoon Sky Pirates
Chris Sellers facilitates for Bethany H., Diana, and Kyle H.
The crew powered their ship with magnets (somehow), then flew it to the suburbs with a couple brief stops at the factory and the supermarket. At the house, they took just about everything that wasn't nailed down, made a deal with the cat and the dog, and jet-powered their ship back home.

Hearts of Wulin: Numberless Secrets (Session 2)
Lowell Francis runs for Jamila R. Nedjadi, Patrick Knowles, Sherri, and Tyler Lominack
Our investigators arrive at the House of Sun where a strange group of wulin has been assembled, and though the heroes predict a murder they can only solve it when their host turns up dead.

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/.

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Enjoy, and have a great weekend!