Gauntlet Video Roundup - September 6, 2019

Greetings, and welcome to the weekly Gauntlet Hangouts video roundup! Listed below are links to recorded sessions of online games played under the Gauntlet Hangouts banner and other games organized through the Gauntlet online RPG community. These recorded sessions represent only a small part of the giant selection of games available every week, and anyone can join in the fun! Details on how to become a part of the community are listed at the end of the post.

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Star Wars Saturday

Apocalypse World Tatooine (Session 5 of 5)
Rich Rogers runs for Bethany H., Joe Zantek, Joshua Gilbreath, Leandro Pondoc, and Steven Watkins
The fate of Mos Shuuta hangs in the balance, a Dark Force is revealed!

Gauntlet Sunday

Legacy: Legacy Fantasy (Session 1 of 5)
Lowell Francis runs for Ary Ramsey, Patrick Knowles, Robert Angus, and Sherri
Session Zero for a fantasy reskin of Legacy: Life Among the Ruins: we learn something of the magic which tore down the old world and begin to see the shape of the monsters which roam the land.

TGI Thursday

Amber Diceless (Session 1 of 4)
Lowell Francis runs for Lowell Francis, Peter Mazzeo, Steven Watkins, and Will B
We meet our scions of Amber as their paths through Shadow collide, pushed by the arrival of deadly chaos creatures with counterfeit Trumps bearing our heroes' likeness.

Gauntlet Quarterly

Masks: Prospect Academy (Session 1)
Leandro Pondoc runs for Ludovico Alves, Ryan M., and Sabine V.
Prospect Academy greets a new school year with a snap student council election and three incoming students, ready to swim or be swept upon the political mindfield that is a superhero school. Image defends the notion of a student council, Kasey receives an unwelcome present from her Dread Queen of a mother and Serenade punches a magic knight in the middle of a school hallway.

Gauntlet Comics

The Ward: EX.T.R.A (Session 4 of 4)
Jim Likes Games runs for Barry, Dan Pucul, Sarah J., and Steven desJardins
Everything comes to a head as the crew deals with the fallout from a bloody gun violence episode involving one of their own, and take stands are taken, for love, for professionalism, and for personal autonomy. Our final issue!

Gauntlet League Wrestling

World Wide Wrestling: Gauntlet League Wrestling 2019 (Session 5)
Lowell Francis runs for Chris Newton, Gene A., Jeff, Joe Zantek, Matt A., and Tyler Lominack
Roster changes bring new wrestlers into the spotlight, sparking new storylines even as old hand Mr. Fabulous has to scrap his plans for a title match and instead brings the blood.

Gauntlet Hangouts

Apocalypse World: Jurassic Apocalypse (Session 3 of 3)
Stentor Danielson runs for Alexi S., Dan Pucul, and Peter Mazzeo

Voidheart Symphony: Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There (Session 5 of 5)
Leandro Pondoc runs for David Morrison, Ludovico Alves, and Parham Doustdar
Amidst a strange labyrinth of linoleum and photographs, the stage is set. Bereft of allies but armed with justice in their hearts, our rebels plunge forth into the labyrinth, fighting against awful truths and placid victims to strike true against the doctor preying on the dispossessed.

Spectaculars: Muster Up (Issue #4) Trail of a Killer
Mikel Matthews runs for Erez, Josh H, Michael Mendoza, and Steven desJardins
The support group's found the killer's victims. Now they need to find who's doing it. A McDonald's in an old part of town, an old friend, a drone, and a visit from the 86ers accompany the players finding a kind of power that shouldn't exist.

Monsterhearts 2: Ballhir: On Thin Ice (Session 1 of 3)
Donogh runs for Dan Pucul, Sabine V., and Sarah J.
Muir Iasc is free, and the Fannons' power overturned; Eoin the Queen is struggling with the new reality, while preparing his dance troupe for competition. Muirín the Selkie returns from the sea to investigate opportunities for her kind. Ajit the Unicorn finds his new life in small town Ireland difficult to adjust to, but starts off a new school paper.

Night's Black Operators: The Van Helsing Letter (Group 2) (Session 2 of 2)
Alun R. runs for Donogh, Jim Likes Games, Puckett, and Rob Ruthven
This was the 2nd and final session of the last 2-shot of NBO using the Operator rule-set for play on the Night's Black Agents setting... After bringing their newly recruited Hacker up to speed and letting her do a little digging, the team set off towards the German-Czech border. There, they confront a Nachzehrere and finally confront 'Monsieur' beneath a stylish celebrity spa...

Once Again, We Return (Monsterhearts 2): The Business of Misery (Session 4 of 4)
Leandro Pondoc runs for David Morrison, Kyle H., Pearl Zare, and Puckett
As London continues to become green, the world awaits with bated breath as to what the gods will do next. Persephone feels the consequences of her actions claw at her, Hades revels in power only to find himself overshadowed, Adrestia unexpectedly clings on after her grand invocation and Lilith gives the world one, final gift.

Spire: Ironshrike (Session 1 of 4)
Leandro Pondoc runs for Darren Brockes, Gabriel Robinson, Kyle H., and Pawel S.
Deep within Spire lay the market of Ironshrike: the furthest one can fall. Amidst this atmosphere of desperation, as the unfortunate prostrate themselves and sell what they can for survival, a cell from the Ministry moves with one purpose: to murder this market.

Hearts of Wulin: The Four Masters Part 2 (Session 1 of 4)
David Walker runs for Leandro Pondoc, Ludovico Alves, Mikael Tysvær, and Sabine V.
A return to the kingdom of the Four Masters in Hearts of Wulin!

Ironsworn: Voyages of Vargas (Session 1 of 4)
Ludovico Alves runs for Josh H, Keith Stetson, and Peter Mazzeo
While at sea, the captain of the legendary ship Vargas dies under foul circumstances. Following the trail of a stowaway, our crew of heroes finds signs of strong supernal influence and the hint of an uncharted island. An abundance of goats and implied giant poultry lead to iron secrets, and a most unusual and dark wreck.

Band of Blades: The Road to Skydagger Keep (Session 1)
Mikael Tysvær runs for Horst Wurst, Leandro Pondoc, Parham Doustdar, and Steven
The Legion gets started on the long road to Skydagger Keep, and blows up Hozelbrucke Bridge to slow the advance of the undead. Also my first try using overlays and OBS to record games.

Night Witches: Pashovskya 1943 (Session 1 of 4)
Jim Likes Games runs for Bethany H., Leandro Pondoc, Maria M., and Puckett
The airbase is attacked directly, and the women of the 588th want some revenge.

Hearts of Wulin: Emperor of Bandits (Session 1 of 2)
Jim Likes Games runs for Darren Brockes, Diana Moon, and Eli S.
The Emperor of Bandits has died, allowing Yu Lin City to enjoy new prosperity. In the first half of our 2-part Feature, we Entangle the characters martially and romantically, and old friends are up to new tricks.

Kingdom: Dwarf Mountain (Session 1 of 4)
Michael Mendoza facilitates for Luiz Ferraz, Robbie Boerth, and Steven
A fallen king, a stone seer, a noble exile, and a master smith struggle as a stagnating dwarf kingdom debates whether it should offer refuge to the kobolds who helped them overthrow the dragon that plundered them for decades.

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