Gauntlet Video Roundup - May 24, 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

Neo Shinobi Vendetta: Forged in the Dark (FitD) (Session 4 of 5)
Lowell Francis runs for Darren Brockes, Fraser Simons, Owen Thompson, and Peter Mazzeo
After last operation raises the heat to untenable levels, the PCs have to deal with fallout hitting allies and family, and a new operation demonstrates that some lessons have not been learned.

Gauntlet Quarterly

Masks: The Suits (Session 3)
Leandro Pondoc runs for Rob Ruthven, Sabine V., and Sawyer Rankin
Who are the Suits? It seems their influence runs far and wide as our heroes tangle with doubts and fears in a fierce battle against the Dreaming Heaven Choir. Melcor begins to navigate the difference between himself and Varga, L0K1 decides to fight for what he believes in and Serenade is confronted by a demon from their past.

Gauntlet Comics

Masks: AEON After-School (Session 2 of 3)
Alexi S. runs for Chris Newton, Jasmin Neitzel, Leah Libresco Sargeant, and Linda H. Codega
AEON's pilot after-school program for at-risk superpowered teens continues! Judith/Framework the Brain joins the fray, hoping to make up for her part in teammate El Borron's transformation. Together they face down a superpowered kid named Rubble Rouser and kind of knock down a building, which Cori then holds up -- earning several admirers. Meanwhile Mephista is pitched by a surely benevolent lawyer and sets her mentor against the police.

Indie Schwarze Auge

[DEUTSCH] World of Aventurien (Session 12)
Gerrit Reininghaus leitet eine Session für Christopher G. und Tina T.
Thalusa - Gerrit ran a German language session of World of Aventurien, a World of Dungeon hack for Germany's most popular RPG, The Dark Eye. Shattering a whole district of Thalusa and implanting deliciously necromantic dreams into minds, they steal two war ships to go to war with them.

Mecha Monthly

HILT // BLADE (Session 3 of 4)
Leandro Pondoc runs for Diana Moon, Rob Ruthven, and Tony H
A battle against a gravity-eating human-faced dragonfly Outsider surprisingly leads to team cohesion. Unfortunately, the fallout of the fight exposes harsh truths as to the nature of the Hilts' war. Rain is left fighting on his own, Carina reveals her true nature and Benjen...poor Benjen.

Gauntlet Hangouts

Mutants in the Night: Unity (Session 3 of 4)
Ludovico Alves runs for Michael G. Barford, Tom F., and Walter German
Grey, Thorn and Jack return after dealing with the fallout of Cloak's empire. We learn more about the characters, their past, and the other OWL groups of Unity Heights. They use their new connections to perform the biggest job in the history of Mount Pleasant. (Apologies for the cut off from hangouts; it stopped broadcasting at some point.)

Mutants in the Night (Session 2 of 4)
Leandro Pondoc runs for Ludovico Alves, Pawel S., and William
The Mutant Safe Zone simmers uneasily due to the lack of fallout from our group's previous job. Instead, they turn to cleaning up the neighborhood, specifically an unruly gang of extortionists. Thinner proves willing to pay a bloody price for helping others, Mist is faced by insecurities and traitors and Hyperreal makes a stand against a former friend.

Good Society (Sense, Sensibility, & Swordsmanship): Raillery, Reason & a Rapier's Wit (Session 3 of 4)
Sabine V. runs for Alun R., Leandro Pondoc, and Scot Ryder
After deciding on a Big Bad and her Evil Plot, we commenced having inappropriate head massages, awkward visits to the Griffin house, and a drunken confession overheard by exactly the wrong person.

Achtung! Cthulhu Dark: The Angel of Krupna (Session 3 of 4)
Alun R. runs for Eduardo L., Paul Rivers, Sabine V., and Walter German
After a very tense few days in occupied Czechoslovakia, one of the characters risks breaking the curfew to steal a few moments of relief from the stress of war, only to leave a clue that, unknown to the others, may imperil the mission. Then, reunited with an American diplomat operating rather beyond the remit agreed with his superiors, our agents try to find the priest, Codename: ANGEL. They manage to at least delay the retribution they set in motion last time from falling on the innocent civilians of Karlstein before rescuing a Resistance cell and negotiating their support in return for a equipment drop: 'Broadsword, this is Danny Boy. Broadsword, this is Danny Boy; Over...' There follows a very unusual confessional, a briefing on the castle, and a case of would-be biters bitten while recovering the vital equipment...

Once Again, We Return (Monsterhearts): Wannabe, Adored (Session 2 of 3)
Barry runs for Alexi S., Chris Thompson, Peter Mazzeo, and Ryan M.
With Abraxas and Lucifer out of the picture, the incomplete pantheon (eleven by last count) has unprecedented levels of creative control before Fenris's manager gets his brand all over Eos and Tiamat's performances. Eos and Anansi come to terms with their new circumstances, while Fenris schemes on how she can avoid Ragnarok.

Uncanny Echo (Session 3 of 10)
Jim Likes Games runs for Eli S., Pearl Zare, Raji Purcell, and Stentor Danielson
Takers - When the Uncanny emerges into our world, it's the job of a team of Takers to remove any evidence of it.

Dream Askew: Let The Silence Sing (Session 2 of 3)
Leandro Pondoc runs for Bryan, Puckett, and Sawyer Rankin
A tense encounter with a freewheeling gang of Nihilists exposes cracks within the community. Sash desperately seeks to protect everyone, Balor looks to a future without them, Aadita tries to ensure the community's defences are up and Blooming's efforts to be of use begins to curdle.

Night Witches: Engels Airdrome (Session 2 of 3)
Jim Likes Games runs for Barry, Bethany H., Jesse Larimer, Sara, and Sarah J.
The Natural Born Soviet Airwomen of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment manage to crash a plane on their very first daylight training mission.

Dark Streets & Darker Secrets: Beneath the Canals (Session 3 of 4)
Richard Ruane runs for Jason, Jesse A., Maria Rivera, and Stentor Danielson
The Suzerain's agents give our adventurer’s a formal job, but they learn that the Suzerain is not the only one looking for secrets of old Pentola. Why does Sibel remember the locations of an old door that no one else knows is there?

That Hell-Bound Train: Playtest
Keith Stetson runs for Bethany H., Kyle H., and Ryan M.
Four misguided souls a-waiting on that hell-bound train to deliver to them what they desire.

Infinite Galaxies: Empire of the Dying Sun (Session 4 of 5)
Rory runs for Ash, Michael Mendoza, and Simon Landreville
Our heroes continue their exploration of the Vault of the Ancients.

Hit the Streets (Session 2 of 4)
Tyler Lominack runs for Gerwyn Walters, Jim Likes Games, and Pawel S.

Hit the Streets (Session 3 of 4)
Tyler Lominack runs for Gerwyn Walters, Jim Likes Games, Pawel S., and William

Veil'd Fantasy (Session 4 of 5)
Lowell Francis runs for Chris Newton, John Campbell, Michael G. Barford, Sherri, and Tyler Lominack
To execute their plan to pull a relic-laden harpoon from the neck of the cloud dragon, the group scales the outside wall of a perilous tower when suddenly the GM's power goes out.

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