Gauntlet Video Roundup - May 8, 2020

Greetings, and welcome to the weekly Gauntlet Hangouts video roundup! Enjoy these new recordings of online games organized through Gauntlet Hangouts and the Gauntlet RPG community. These recorded sessions represent only a portion of the wide selection of games available every week, and anyone is welcome to join in the fun! If you'd like to play in new games (or catch up on the back catalog of recordings), check the links at the end of the post.

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Gauntlet Community Open Gaming

[DEUTSCH] Dialect (Indie Schwarze Auge)
Gerrit Reininghaus ermöglichte eine Session für Nina, Philipp W, und Wibora
A session of Dialect in German in the world of The Dark Eye at Gauntlet Community Open Gaming. Die Spieler gründeten Die Feste auf einer vulkanischen Insel vor Maraskan, um als Gemeinde Dreiäugige Seher:innen ihren Häschern zu entkommen. Doch vom Feuerraupen-Schlecken wird man nicht satt, Ingerimm brachte Treibschlecht hervor, und immer mehr spürten den Sog als die Reisenden von Übermehr Einzug hielten.

End Game (see below for links)
Gerrit Reininghaus facilitates for Mario C, Philipp, SJ, Susanne, and Wibora
The eSport team Power Blobs lost their final match and are relegated to amateur league. Do they still have a future as a team in the most influential eSports game, G.U.A.R.D., of our times? This game consists of two virtual "rooms" where both videos can be watched at the same time.

• Actual play time (1 hour in total) begins in the Social Room here.
• Actual play time (1 hour in total) begins in the Game Room here.

Star Wars Saturday

Hearts of the Force (Session 1)
Rich Rogers runs for Greg G., Jo Zantek, Sabine V., and Steven Watkins
Three Jedi and one Lightsaber Master, all with mixed loyalties, begin our series set on Coruscant during a bygone (read "made up") era.

Gauntlet Sunday

Hearts of Wulin: Legend of the Shark-Fingered Princess (Session 1)
Lowell Francis runs for Mikel Matthews, Raji Purcell, and Sabine V.
As terrors begin to haunt the streets of the capital our wuxia heroes look to purge the darkness, but their own hearts may trip them up.

TGI Thursday

Agents of the O.D.D. (Session 1)
Lowell Francis runs for Del B., Pearl Zare, Robbie Boerth, and Will B
Sent out to track down a missing cryptid-hunting team, our intrepid investigators discover the price of taking a bite out of monsters. Or something.

Gauntlet Comics

Hearts of Wulin: The Celestial Tournament (Session 1 of 4)
Alexi S. runs for David Jay, Jo Zantek, and Saribel P.
The time has come again: The Celestial Mountain manifests, hovering above New Gauntlet City. It beckons every practitioner of martial arts, including our heroes: a wrestler moonlighting as a cat burglar, an ambitious street brawler, and a Soviet muscle man. Who will rise to the top of the tournament, and what will become of their tangled passions along the way?

Gauntlet Hangouts

Deep Morphean Transmissions: Operation Undertow (Session 1 of 5)
Leandro Pondoc runs for Donogh, Horst Wurst, Pearl Zare, and Sabine V.
OPERATIVES: DAY, SNOOKER, BUBBLES, HOYT, KATSUO
OBJECTIVES: ACQUIRE THE GALLERY
NOTES:

• SUBJECT IB IN VICINITY
• DIMENSIONAL TUNNEL IN COLLAPSE-MODE, REFER TO ARTICLE 37B FOR PROTOCOL

3:16 Carnage Amongst the Stars: Hotel Sector (Session 1 of 3)
Donogh runs for Jim Likes Games, Puckett, Rich Rogers, and Will H
The Brigade, reeling from the challenges of Echo Sector, drops on Bosch, eager for simpler aliens to tackle. A turkey shoot ensues but Bee Dee, Wierbowski, Dietrich & Frost find darker secrets under the Mesa than anyone suspected...

Brinkwood: In The Gristle of History (Session 1 of 5)
Leandro Pondoc runs for Alun R., Darren Brockes, Jamila R. Nedjadi, and Maria M.
Character creation and worldbuilding as we build up our version of Cardenfell, the brigands that work together against the might of the Countess and the exquisite Fae of Summer that has granted them Masks of power.

Masks: Titans (Session 4)
David Walker runs for Marco, Pearl Zare, Robbie Boerth, Sawyer Rankin, and Stephen
The Mystery Sonata - Where The Titans face their greatest threat - Personal Injury Lawyers! Papillon reunites with their brother - only to have his past catchup with them, Booby B convinces the mainstream media to be decent and the worlds most intelligent person, the Magician of Madness, The Maestro launches their plan to destroy the Titans and the Vanguard forever!

Usagi Yojimbo: Demon Haunted Village (Session 1)
Mikel Matthews runs for Fraser Simons, Marleigh, and Puckett
The party encountered a couple being attacked by bandits, but holding their own, in the woods near a cabin with mystical symbols drawn on it. This encounter leads to a village that has been plagued with demon attacks for generations.

Brindlewood Bay (Session Zero)
David Morrison runs for Jesse A., Joel N., Pearl Zare, and Steven S.
In our Session Zero, we meet our Murder Mavens. Violet, a no-nonsense former professional book reviewer with a keen eye for a mystery. Muriel, our biker-gran, a retired kindergarten teacher and avid baker. Lexie, a New England family matriarch living in their old summer house thanks to her late husband's financial indiscretions. And Nellie, a new-agey cat-loving art teacher.

Fellowship: Rebellious Youth (Session 3 of 11)
David Morrison runs for Alex, David Walker, Jamila R. Nedjadi, and Steven S.
In the aftermath of the raid on Port Sunlight, Kalliban holds Sabila captive, Phaethon makes a trade for their safety, and Ossian tries to provide some comfort. The Rebels charter a ship to travel to the Coral Islands, but outrunning Kalliban's reach may prove harder than they thought...

Achtung! Cthulhu Dark: Danger in the Desert (Session 1 of 4)
Alun R. runs for Blake Ryan, Leandro Pondoc, Paul Rivers, and Will H
London February 1941: while British, Indian, Australian and New Zealand forces win the first victory against the Axis Powers, two experienced and two untried agents are briefed by Britain's Occult Intelligence Service, The Pursuivants. Before leaving for Cairo careless talk costs them some of their cover which is blown to shreds by an incompetent and indiscrete contact when they arrive there. Our Educated Advisor takes the lead; our Tough NCO demonstrates how dangerous he can be; then our Undercover Agent displays their talents while our Competent Sparks reveals something of the blackmail that forced them into the Secret War.

Into The Dark: Crepuscular Days (Session 2 of 2)
Leandro Pondoc runs for Liana and Philip Rogers
Past the swarm is a broken landscape, a herald to the history of the world, before the Murk came. With their Shadowbinder comrade spirited into the dark, Davenn and Amber must now navigate this desperate land with just themselves as company. The Abscess is waiting....

Trophy Gold: The Chasm of Screams (Session 1 of 3)
Sam Zimmerman runs for Jon Grim, Josh H, and Kyle Wist
High on the slopes of Mt. Fallor is an abandoned cave of no real prominence. Few have ventured into its depths, and even fewer have come back. Most who return tell stories of frozen rivers and disappointment, some come back with stories of screams from the depths, but one came back with something greater. An old man, hooded and cloaked, rode into town the day before yesterday. Before leaving town he sold a pair of silver ingots engraved with strange runes, and told the shopkeep that he found them in the Chasm of Screams. Now the town is abuzz with rumors, speculation and preparations, and if you can get there first you might just find some ancient silver in the frozen depths.

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!