Gauntlet Video Roundup - May 7, 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: A Rancor Named Freedom (Session 1)
Rich Rogers runs for Brandon Brylawski, Francisco Olivera, MadJay Brown, and Steven Watkins
The Black Orchard Bounty Hunting Crew head to Dathomir and take down tech genius Halcord Midmo. Did you know there are lots of rancors on Dathomir?

Sorry End of Space (Session 1)
Rich Rogers runs for Bethany H., David Morrison, and Keith Stetson
The hardscrabble folk on a no-account spaceport on Phindar are forced to deal with an "opportunity" about to be thrust on them, whether they want it or not.

Hutt Cartel (Session 1)
Will H runs for Alexi S., Anders, Rich Rogers, and Steven Watkins
THE BAD BATCH. The Cartel rules 1313 once more! ANES the new crimelord rules the underworld with her lover and partner, ETEMA the spy. Cut off from THE REBEL ALLIANCE, Etema is forced to get further involved in the drug trade to keep the Cartel's favour. Luckily she has her new droid, BOX-I to help deflect Imperial Intelligence. Fallen ISB agent SARAL MUUVA starts her new beat on 1313 as part of the CSF, her commander PREFECT REX unaware of her existing criminal ties. But all is not well on 1313 as a bad batch from the Cartel's cooks has gained all sorts of unnecessary attention, and SCARA the assassin must silence an innocent...

Chronicle

Kingdom (Session 2)
Lowell Francis runs for Dan Brown, Marleigh, and Steven Watkins
In the second half of our Kingdom game, we flash forward several years to a song-stealing threat facing the city and the necessity of alliances.

Empire City

Apocalypse Keys: Unsleeping Metropolis (Session 1 of 4)
Alexi S. runs for Greg G., Jesse A., Sawyer Rankin, and Steven S.
We meet our crew of monsters tasked with holding back the Apocalypse: Newt Nightbreath the Summoned is a fae-marked disaster, Yawachika Opessa the Surge is a sacrificial victim returned with terrifying powers, Untitled the Shade died for an experimental art piece, and Biff Brown the Fallen is the former god Odin moonlighting as a pitcher for the Mets. DIVISION sends the quartet to begin investigating four corpses found floating in the air around Cleopatra's Needle in Central Park.

Gauntlet Calendar

The Between (Session 1 of 5)
Alun R. runs for Donogh, Mendel Schmiedekamp, Steven S., and usnavi
We meet the residents of Belgrave Square's Hargrave House: Hence Unruh, the Vessel of Darkness and their Factotum, Moore; Constance 'The Angel' O'Neill, the American visitor; and Dr Marta Weiss, the Mother. Their attention falls on reports of the death of a maid at St james' Street and they decide that this is a mystery worthy of investigation. There's a vase full of blood, an early death, a bedroom with a changed function, and an endangered...then the Rites of Salt and Smoke are invoked and the ground floor windows blow out...

Trophy Dark: Boots of Red (Session 2 of 2)
Kieron runs for Dan Brown, Josh H, Sabine V., and Will H
Four of the little folk. One old forest. Old Tom. The Inn of the Foetid Stag seems a long way away, as the barrows grow closer. Everything is alive with song, and everything else is dead.

Trophy Gold: Hester's Mill Part One
Shane runs for Blake Ryan, machinic, Richard Moser, and Romy
We meet four desperate treasure hunters who have decided that the lost village of Hester's Mill seems like a good place to seek their fortune. But...did that scarecrow just move?

Apocalypse Keys: Unleash The Dark (Session 1 of 4)
Shane runs for Drew D., Jon Grim, Josh H, and Matthew Arcilla
Four monsters contend with supernatural horrors and their own terrifying emotions as they investigate a series of murders in a pair of rundown apartment buildings in Manila.

#iHunt: Five Stars or Death (Session 1)
Lowell Francis runs for Mark, Matthew Arcilla, Shane, and Sherri
We set up characters and learn about their messy lives before dropping them into the bowels of a dance club barge caught between a Bat Vampire and a Spider Demon as well as their desire to not split a pay day.

Hearts of Wulin: Numberless Secrets (Session 1)
Lowell Francis runs for Jamila R. Nedjadi, Patrick Knowles, Sherri, and Tyler Lominack
A Hearts of Wulin/Brindlewood Bay mash up. In this series inspired by wuxia mysteries like Ancient Detective and Maiden Holmes, our heroes find themselves invited to a ominous gathering at a remote estate.

Against the FAE Conspiracy (Session 1 of 4)
Alun R. runs for Brandon Brylawski, David Morrison, Sabine V., and Will H
We meet the team who have decided to make a stand against the Fae. There's Mark Sheerwright, the former Scalp Hunter for the Black Lodge criminal organisation, which we discover had links to the Conspiracy. We meet Jesusita Ramirez, the former Mosaad Analyst who believes the Fae took her lover and Kadir 'Gun' Guner, the GSG9 Sparks who wants revenge for what he thinks the Conspiracy did to his team. Finally, there's Andy Lam, retired confidential informant Handler for the UK's National Crime Agency, who spotted patterns in some investigations he couldn't explain as anything but supernatural. There's a museum in Manchester, an over-qualified curator and a creepy ring...then heavy handed security with guns, a kidnap, and a theft...

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Enjoy, and have a great weekend!