Gauntlet Video Roundup - October 2, 2020

Greetings, and welcome to the weekly Gauntlet Hangouts video roundup! Enjoy these recordings of online games organized through Gauntlet Hangouts 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

Coruscant Comrades (Session 4)
Rich Rogers runs for Cody Eastlick, Mark (they/them), Sawyer Rankin, and Steven Watkins
The revolution comes to a titanic finale. Who lives? Who dies? What happens to Coruscant?

Gauntlet Quarterly

Checkpoint Midnight: Waltz of Treachery - Season 3 (Session 4 of 4)
Alexi S. runs for Jesse A., Leandro Pondoc, Mark (they/them), and Puckett
In the grand finale of our quarterly, the operatives put the Checkpoint itself on the line to pursue their goals. Joske suffers a terrible defeat in the nightmare realm and tries to pick up the pieces in Vienna. Emilie accepts a dangerous kiss and pushes back on an assassination assignment. Jack embraces his knightly calling and claims an appropriate weapon. And Skye is ready to break all the rules to free herself from Dr. Thorne.

Gauntlet Comics

Masks: Back to School (Session 4 of 4)
David Morrison runs for Pawel S., Rich Rogers, Steven S., and usnavi
Knockback's father earns a reprieve when the truth of his kidnap plot is revealed, Buggane learns more about her family history and the danger that stalks her, Nightbolt goes in search of Leprechaun gold, and Cold Snap takes the lead against maybe the most powerful foe the team have faced yet.

Gauntlet Hangouts

Labyrinth the Adventure Game (Part 4, The Goblin City)
David Walker runs for Donogh, Ozzy, and Sabine V.
In the fourth and final part of our Labyrinth story Lily, Scraggle, and Squeek make their way to the Goblin castle to confront the goblin king and free Wanko from their clutches. Concludes with a roses and thorns debrief and our thoughts on the game.

AGON: The Celtic Otherworld (Session 3 of 3)
Alun R. runs for Alexi S., Sabine V., Sawyer Rankin, and Will H
Journeying to the Rolling Hills of Fate, after their disappointments in the Mountains of Belief, the Heroes have to bolster the spirits of their warband before intervening in a village dispute. The shears used by The Three Sisters, the Fates, to cut the threads of mortals' lives have been stolen! While questioning the accused, the Heroes are whisked into the presence of the Sisters in the Hall of the Fates where Blacwyn Silver-Handed demands to now why the shears are so important and Iamon, Prince of Elmet, hears about the Cavern of Lost and Forgotten Dreams. Meanwhile, both Aethelflaed Lion-Hearted and Vecinda Man-Tamer attempt to tinker with Fates already woven. Seeking the shears among the discarded threads of Fate that create mesmerising images of lives that might have been: Iamon decides he is happier with the love he has than that which might have been; Vecinda protects Blacwyn from becoming lost among the threads of Fates unlived, while Blacwyn returns the favour; and Aethelflead seeks to grasp the shears from the back of her Wyrm. Then there is the familiar sounds of a musician's drum, parting mists and legends that will be told and re-told in times to come...

Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites
Donogh facilitates for Kyle H. and Steven S.
A Werewolf, a Banshee and a Zombie walk into a club...not a joke! Join Rico, Cara & KARST as they rip it up at a Punk Rock gig and get it on!

Apocalypse Keys: The Note Desolation Plays (Session 4 of 4)
Leandro Pondoc runs for Brandon Brylawski, Jim Likes Games, Sabine V., and SalamanderJames
After tumultuous events in Dublin, our monsters reconvene at DIVISION headquarters atop Dover's charming cliffs to rest, re-energize and recover some time between them. Anther pays a visit to an orphanage dear to her, Hope nurses a wound caused by a friend, Cameron reckons with failing the DIVISION and Shard gains a ghastly eye.

Karanduun: Make God Bleed (Session 4)
Lowell Francis runs for Jane, Maria Mison, Puckett, and Will
The group deals with their personal growth and new powers following the shattering of Order of the Justified Patriarch. But a new threat to devastate their neighborhood forces them in the underworld in a challenge which will test and destroy their bonds of trust.

Cartel: Welcome to Durango (Session 4 of 4)
David Morrison runs for Pawel S., Rich Rogers, Steven S., and Will H
In our finale Elena puts her plan into motion, Angelina has to decide who she can trust, Juan gets dragged further into the drug war, and Abel struggles to hold onto his life and his position. Death stalks the streets of Durango, and not everyone will make it out alive.

Free from the Yoke: Rokugan (Session 7)
Lowell Francis runs for Patrick Knowles, Scot Ryder, Sherri, and Tyler Lominack
The fortunes of the Unicorn shift as the blessings of the Ki-Rin arrive in the wake of tragedies. But pain and heartbreak still await all of our heroes as betrayal, jealousy, and love cut them deeply.

Brinkwood: Refuge (Session 4)
Jamila R. Nedjadi runs for Daniel H., Joel N., Josh, and Sherri
In this session Solei the Keeper joins us! This opens up the Shrine in the refuge too! And lots of great Masks stuff, which is an important aspect of the original Brinkwood game. The group gathers to discuss what will be done about the vampire artifacts and their encroaching influence on the Refuge. Solei delivers a terrible omen, moving everyone to act quickly. What is the group willing to do to learn more about the vampire threat? Who will make a sacrifice no one should have to make?

Offworlders: Dead Planet (Session 1 of 4)
Mike Ferdinando runs for Brandon Brylawski, Jason Zanes, Kyle H., and usnavi
While on a routine corporate courier run, the blockade runner Stingray-12 lurched out of hyperspace near a planet in an uncharted red dwarf star system. Scanners showed a ghost fleet of dozens, if not hundreds, of derelict spacecraft in orbit: Only one showed an active energy signature. The crew boarded the archaeological research vessel Alexis only to find signs of violence and a stack of corpses...and two semifunctional androids who'd had large sections of their memory cores erased. And that's when the...things...showed up...

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.

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

Enjoy, and have a great weekend!