Gauntlet Video Roundup - October 14, 2022

​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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Gauntlet Calendar

The Between: Ghosts of El Paso Episode (Session 3 of 12)
Jim Likes Games runs for Chris Newton, José Feito, Keith Stetson, and Puckett
A new Day dawns as the Vigilance Committee deals with the Threats of The Lady in White and Ghost-Be-Gone.

The Between: Ghosts of El Paso Episode (Session 4 of 12)
Jim Likes Games runs for Chris Newton, José Feito, and Puckett
The Vigilance Committee meets The Quicksilver Tonsorialist for the first time, confronts The Lady in White, and sets up the resolution of the Ghost-Be-Gone Threat.

Coyote and Crow: Bleeding in the Black (Session 1 of 4)
Chris R. runs for Rich Rogers, Rod Santos, and Steven Watkins
We finish a "session zero" creating characters (modifying pregens' backstories in particular) and deciding how they know each other as the first of a four-session arc of Coyote and Crow.

Stars in the Dark: Season 4 (Session 10)
Anders runs for Marc Majcher, Mark (they/them), Rich Rogers, and Steven Watkins
The Penultimate Heist! - As we close in on ending the series, Bade, Boko, Trizi, Val, and Tycho set up an elaborate plot to break up the alliance between House Gilash and the Rebels on 1314.

Bump in the Dark: Iron Country Autumn (Session 1 of 4)
Jex Thomas runs for Brandon Brylawski, Jason Zanes, Jesse A., and Michael E
Meet the Weirdos and get to know the rumors that haunt Last Pine as Junior asks for Hope's help, Dale argues with a ghost, and Harold goes face-to-face with The Stranger. (Also, Slayer Rules.)

The Between: Shadow of the Fae Queen (Sessions 1 and 2)
Steven S. runs for Ben, Brandon Brylawski, David Morrison, and Kae
The first two sessions of our run of The Between, focusing on the Titania Mastermind threat. We are introduced to our group of hunters, investigate a haunted house, encounter strange miasmas, and make an unexpected acquaintance while boating the Thames.

Coeur de l'Epee: The Longest Night (Session 1 of 4)
Alun R. runs for Anders, Gerwyn Walters, Miriam, and Sabine V.
We meet Simone Leblanc, who is entangled with none other than the Queen of France; Remy Wolfe, a loyal Captain in the Garde de Mer; Alouette deGourdan, popular Friend of the Royal Opera with motives yet to be made clear; and Brother Seraphin, a Jesuit fresh from the seminary who stares wide eyed into the net of machinations and manipulation that is the Court of King Louis. There's a mission for Simone (or is it Sebastian), a demonstration of skill for the Musketeers, the expectation of an invitation confirmed, and a personal confessor along for the ride. Then...Versailles illuminated at the Winter Solstice, a meeting with Monsieur Athos, arrival via the Deer Park, and the suspicion of a Cardinal laid bare...

Songs for the Dusk: I'm Sorry Did You Say Street Magic (Session 4 of 11)
Shane runs for Agatha, Dana Pena, Ian, and Puckett
We take a detour from our Songs game to explore the community where the characters live, using Caro Asercion's city-building game, I'm Sorry Did You Say Street Magic. We discover the town's creepiest and coziest corners, including underlying tensions and a controversial romance.

Mothership: Dying Hard on Hardlight Station (Session 2)
Mike Ferdinando runs for Grey, machinic, and Mark
GM Mike Ferdinando runs the second session of "Dying Hard on Hardlight Station", a science fiction/horror adventure for the Mothership role-playing game. With the station under attack by notorious mercenary company Blackshield, spacers Banks, Eddie, Olga, and Riggs must rely on their wits and skill at arms to evade capture and make it back to their ship. But they may have found an even more troubling adversary than the mercenaries...

Crescendo of Violence: Timed Out (Session 2)
Lowell Francis runs for Alun R., Jim Likes Games, Puckett, and Rod Santos
After a battle and negotiation in the missing lounge singer's apartment, the group begins to follow the trail back--learning of other, more dangerous forces at play--culminating in twin duels for a mysterious box.

Star Wars Saturday

Swoop Gangs (Session 2)
Rich Rogers runs for Danielle B., Greg G., Paul Rivers, Steven Watkins, and Will H
The Orbitals gang throw a party for a returning member and things get messy.

Gauntlet Reading Club

Once More Into the Void:The All-Consuming World (Session 3)
Steven S. runs for Leandro Pondoc and Maria M.
The Gauntlet Reading club continues our run of Rae Nedjadi's Once More Into the Void inspired by Kassandra Khaw's The All-Consuming World. Our crew spirals ever closer to its final confrontation with the enemy as EL is lured into a deadly trap. Rosafina and Mother Rent have an intimate moment.

Where to Find More

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/.

If you'd like to play in games like these, check out the calendar of events and the Gauntlet Forums where games are announced, or catch one of our Gauntlet Community Open Gaming online mini-conventions.

To support The Gauntlet, please visit the Gauntlet Patreon. Everyone is welcome to sign up for Gauntlet Calendar games, but Patreon supporters get extra options like priority RSVP for Gauntlet Calendar games and joining the Gauntlet Slack team where special events and pickup games are announced.

Enjoy, and have a great weekend!