Gauntlet Video Roundup - September 18, 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 2)
Rich Rogers runs for Mark (they/them), Sawyer Rankin, and Steven Watkins
The Voiceless Insurgency protect their fellow revolutionaries during a protest that the Stormtroopers try to squash with violence. A factory is destroyed and a comrade barely escapes with his life. Have they really drawn the notice of the New Republic, or is it an Imperial plot?

Double or Nothing (Session 1)
Rich Rogers runs for Donogh and Sabine V.
The A to Z Squad is sent on a "babe-sitting" mission (as in "a total babe"). They must keep Val Killian out of trouble OR ELSE! Oh those Imperial Entanglements!

Gauntlet Quarterly

Checkpoint Midnight: Waltz of Treachery - Season 3 (Session 2 of 4)
Alexi S. runs for Jesse A., Leandro Pondoc, Mark (they/them), and Puckett
Our operatives uncover answers and cross new lines in Cold War Vienna. Jack comes face-to-face with his origins in Dr. Thorne's lab. Emilie ignores her conscience to pursue a deadly mission. Joske finds old friends around every corner, but most of them want him dead. And Skye uses her doctorly instincts to stabilize a very mysterious patient.

Gauntlet Comics

Urban Shadows: Coven Prime Deja Vous (Issue #1)
Jim Likes Games runs for Alexi S., Jamila R. Nedjadi, Joel N., and Steven desJardins
The occult heroes of Coven Prime are cleaning up old messes, as well as making a few new ones.

Masks: Back to School (Session 2 of 4)
David Morrison runs for Maria Mison, Pawel S., Rich Rogers, and usnavi
We meet Sammi or "Saint" the Star, who challenges Nightbolt with a date as the prize. Things get wild at Randy Rabbit's Amusement Park, with Knockback struggling to protect those they care about, and Buggane struggling to keep control.

Hit the Streets: Defend the Block (Session 2 of 4)
Michael Mendoza runs for Bethany H., Brandon Brylawski, Jon Grim, Saribel P., and Shane
We meet the heroes of Riviera, a struggling neighborhood in New Gauntlet City. They cope with work at a drug treatment facility and confront powered punks who prey upon homeless persons on the street.

​Gauntlet Hangouts

Eotenweard: The Great Mire (Session 2 of 4)
Alun R. runs for Bodhi, Lowell Francis, Paul Rivers, and Pawel S.
'Black Russel' the Outlaw, Cunobacha the Pagan Mystic & Icenius the Frankish Sword of God catch up with Hoel the Monster Hunter, and together they discover what is in the casket they saved from the skinchanger at the end of session 1. Then they introduce themselves to Widuc, Eorl of Synhamm, and his advisors and there is a costly confession, an opportunity for gain, a difficult meeting with some marsh men, the power of Nodens...and then...a head...and some spine...

Haven: Buried Sins (Session 1)
Steven S. runs for David Morrison, David Schultz, and Ryan Windeknecht
The second session of our three-session run of C.M. Ruebsaat's Haven, a game of Belonging Outside Belong about a secret community of witches attempting to survive within a hostile world. In this, our first full session of play, the witches travel through the dark woods, where Maria discovers the history of her bloodline and we make good on the series title. Helena attempts to enforce Haven's oldest traditions while Macintosh rebels, Garland speaks with the woods, and an old power is released into the world. Shout-out to Sawyer Rankin, who designed the Neophyte playbook.

Plutonian Shore: Crew of Scoundrels (Session 1 of 2)
Alexi S. runs for Chris Newton, Jex Thomas, Joel N., and Leah Libresco Sargeant
We kick off our game of scoundrels in spaceships by creating characters and dropping them right into a spooky space freighter salvage mission. Bela Tarkar the Fallen captains her vessel while wrestling the Void. Ulysses Fielding Middleton the Scarred finds a powerful armament and places a dangerous call. Orana the Prodigal is just trying to enjoy her mid-life crisis, but reminders of her family's dark reach keep cropping up. And KCH-22 the Prototype steps up to pilot the ship into stranger and stranger territory.

Ultraviolet Grasslands - Season 7: Prismatic Fires on the Horizon (Session 2 of 3)
Horst Wurst runs for Abe Lincoln Jr., Brandon Brylawski, Puckett, and Steven S.

Labyrinth: The Adventure Game (Part 2, The Hedge Maze)
David Walker runs for Donogh, Maria Mison, Ozzy, and Sabine V.
This is part two of a 4 part actual play of Labyrinth: The Adventure Game, the RPG from Riverhorse games. Lily, Wanko, Squeek, and Scraggle are confronted by the Goblin King as they accuse Lily and Scraggle of trying to take the throne from them. Scraggle tries to win through democratic voting. Wanko learns never to eat fruit given to them by a fairy and Squeek steals a hot air balloon from a Goblin patrol.

Cartel: Welcome to Durango (Session 3 of 5)
David Morrison runs for Pawel S., Rich Rogers, Steven S., and Will H
The dead are buried as the drug war intensifies, but the past refuses to remain the same way. Abel faces threats both internal and external, Juan has a crisis of conscience, Elena works hard to come out on top, and Angelina the Sicaria returns to Durango after some time away, only to be caught up in the twisted world of the drug war again.

For the Honor! (Session 2 of 3)
Sam Zimmerman runs for Bethany H., Jex Thomas, Maria Mison, and Steven S.
In the magical world of Rathael, our four heroes Nosha, Nocturne, Solara, and Prince 003 are joined by the totally-not-a-spider Insecta and continue to fight over their newfound crystalline treasure. While they continue squabbling, a new danger emerges and threatens the very structure of Rathael itself.

Karanduun: Make God Bleed (Session 1)
Lowell Francis runs for Jane, Maria Mison, Puckett, and Will
The Unholy Trinity has killed the world. Meet the heroes who will kick back at the crushing weight of their dominion and climb the ladder of Gahum.

Karanduun: Make God Bleed (Session 2)
Lowell Francis runs for Jane, Maria Mison, Puckett, and Will
They rush to the top floor of the hollowed out god, caught between a drug dealer and furious lawgivers. but still take time to fanboy out about a trio of manananggal assassins.

Free from the Yoke: Rokugan (Session 6)
Lowell Francis runs for Patrick Knowles, Sherri, and Tyler Lominack
Pans within plans go awry and tragedy haunts the steps of two of our heroes as another shows how far they will go to purge Shadowlands taint.

Hearts of Wulin: Measure of the Soul - Season 2 (Session 6)
Jamila R. Nedjadi runs for Darold Ross, Joel N., Maria M., and Sherri
Tenten struggles with the truth and pushes away all that could help them, Still Heart Bao can't quite reach through to his friends but perseveres, Horizon can't find the strength to believe in himself, while Jin completely grows into her own person. The battle between Mei and Crane rages on, forcing the city of hell to tremble in response. By the end of this session, several characters go into directions they can no longer walk away from... (ALSO WE END ON A TITLE DROP YEEEEES. Ahem.) Content Warning: Romance, veiled BDSM, veiled trauma

Eotenweard: The Great Mire (Session 3 of 4)
Alun R. runs for Bodhi, Lowell Francis, Paul Rivers, and Pawel S.
Hoel the Monster Hunter and 'Black Russel' the Outlaw implement a cunning plan to turn a prisoner into a guide. Later, Icenius, the Frankish Sword of God, allows pride to lead him to a fall and it is Cunobacha the Pagan Mystic who finds a way to do what they came for, and not get their heads torn off...and then...there's a giant serpentine fish, a vision of the past, silver bracelets, and a mosaic that shows the way...they hope...

Gauntlet Campaigns

Brinkwood: Refuge (Session 1)
Jamila R. Nedjadi facilitates for Joel N., Maria Mison, and Sherri
Brinkwood is a game of revolution, of using what remains of fae magic to fight back against vampiric oppressors. But Refuge is a game of the folks who keep the revolution running in the background, who care for each other as they heal through the trauma. It's a slice of life game that stands on its own but can be played between sessions of Brinkwood. In this playtest we create our characters and jump into play. Each player is a character and physical aspect of the Refuge: The First and The Hearth, The Changeling and the Sanctuary, The Healer and the Healing Tent, and The Warden and The Grove. Things get emotionally complicated in the healing tent, and a little god is tended to in the grove. We get a little too excited and immediately level up one aspect of the refuge that we're most excited about!

Apocalypse Keys: The Ouroboros (Session 1)
Jamila R. Nedjadi runs for Lowell Francis, Matthew Arcilla, Patrick Knowles, and Sherri
Our monster agents arrive in Manila to assist the Sisters of the Broken Crucifix and the Mananaggal community. Who is stalking the Mananaggal, what twisted ritual terrorizes these monsters? The agents scour the apartments to find the keys to the apocalypse, and soon they will open doom's door to find the truth...

Brinkwood: Refuge (Session 2)
Jamila R. Nedjadi facilitates for Joel N. and Sherri
(Session split into two videos.) In this session Ashtarae finds themselves entertaining children in a surprising way, we discover Mother Myrtyle's dark secret in the sanctuary, and Rayith reflects on her painful past in an intimate moment.

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!

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Enjoy, and have a great weekend!