Gauntlet Video Roundup - September 9, 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

Fallout 2d20: Welcome to Your New Home (Session 1 of 4)
Lowell Francis runs for Jason Zanes, Rich Rogers, and Will H
We do set up and Vault creation (sponsored by ElektroVic Sports Drink) for our characters and see them tangling with Raiders in the wastes before returning home to a desperate crisis.

Bump in the Dark: Welcome to Last Pine (Session 1 of 4)
Jex Thomas runs for Ben Bond, Berry, Steven S., and Thomas Manuel
The Burned Book Club goes through character and pact creation, coming up with not only great characters but some totally awesome world-building and plot hooks as well.

Nahual: Angels End (Session 5 of 8)
Jesse A. runs for Puckett, Steven S., and Vince
The pack gets in some trouble. Pablo makes an enemy.

Nahual: Angel's End (Session 6 of 8)
Jesse A. runs for Puckett, Rich Rogers, and Steven S.
Teo turns out to be more than he appears, and whole new kettle of fish is overturned.

Nahual: Angels End (Session 7 of 8)
Jesse A. runs for Puckett, Rich Rogers, and Steven S.
Showdown at the cantina.

Fading Suns: Pax Alexius (Session 1 of 4)
Lowell Francis runs for David Montgomery, Del B., MadJay Brown, and Rod Santos
In our first session we meet and learn about our characters, then see them find a potential Hazat patron aboard ship, before immediately being thrown in into an attack and attempted assassination in the orbit of Pandemonium.

The Veil: Iterations (Session 8)
Lowell Francis runs for Bethany H., Patrick Knowles, Sherri, and Tyler Lominack
Plans do not go as planned, we Riddle and Marley's incursion into MedQwik is interrupted. Despite this they learn something of the nature of one of their foes, Veil Beings who can affect the real world, but questions remain about their purpose, source, and connection to the Dollbots.

Coyote and Crow: Cold Hunger (Session 1)
Chris R. runs for Brandon Brylawski, Mairi, Marc Majcher, and Puckett
Character creation and bonds established for a superpowered group of new Suyata recruits in Cahokia. An awkward Seeker, who believes destiny will be thrust upon her, learns intimate details about her colleague Thanga, the Whisperer, as she shepherds his dying partner’s spirit into the Black. Thanga, a legacy appointment to the Suyata, feels pressure to perform perfectly but resists help from Tala's unsavory contacts who could help him close a case. Tala, the hacker Scout, is injured by a mysterious online powerful force, requiring cybernetic aid from Onawah, the Tinkerer, that mirrors a procedure she previously failed that resulted in her father's death. This Session Zero is the first of a four session Coyote and Crow campaign called "Cold Hunger" based on the rulebook's introductory scenario.

The Between: Incense & Cigar Smoke (Session 10)
David Morrison runs for Bryan, Darold Ross, Elle, and José Feito
Hargave House continues its investigation of the Creature of Cremorne Gardens, as they narrow down the list of suspects who could be behind the hoax. That evening, they lay a trap for the creature, while the Professor makes a grisly discovery in the furnace of the Bulstrode works.

The Between: Incense & Cigar Smoke (Session 11)
David Morrison runs for Bryan, Elle, and José Feito
Lady Camila reaches out to Edwin Belmont for information on Sir Archibald Bulstrode, while the Professor reaches out to him directly on the orders of his society. Meanwhile Fujisawa has a long lie in as she receives a strange visitor. That evening, the hunters take the fight to Sir Archibald.

The Between: Incense & Cigar Smoke (Session 12)
David Morrison runs for Bryan, Elle, and José Feito
Lady Camila journeys to Kilburn Abbey to question the clergy about the recent possessions, while Fujisawa chases up on religious contacts of her own and the Professor gets down to research. After a shared drink over a demonic tome, the hunters head to the pleasure barge Prosymnus to thwart the schemes of the Abernathys. [Note: this session is split into two videos.]

Songs for the Dusk (Session 1 of 11)
Shane runs for Agatha, Dana Pena, Ian, and Puckett
The striders delve into an abandoned mine amidst the lava flows and broken earth of The Shatter, hoping to find something they can use to win over a hostile band of smugglers.

Trophy Dark: Devil, Aim For Me! (Session 1)
Mike Ferdinando runs for Cliff, Jim Likes Games, and Marc Majcher
Three down-on-their luck bounty hunters start tracking the legendary bank robber Henry Bantam, wanted dead or alive. The bounty is a small fortune, but Bantam is said to have the Devil on his side. In this session, we meet our bounty hunters as they embark upon their dark journey across the Weird West, a young'un with something to prove joins their posse, and at the Crossroads they encounter a corpse and an echo from the past.

Gauntlet Talk

Running TTRPG Mysteries
Lowell Francis
This is a seminar by Lowell Francis talking about planning and running TTRPG mysteries. It's about 60 minutes of talk followed by a Q&A. Lowell talks about his approach and best practices for running mysteries in RPGs. Topics include:

• Kinds of mysteries (set, set variable, improv)
• Plotting mysteries
• The power of the timeline
• Info handling
• Keeping player involvement
• Table management

and more. See here for an outline of the talk: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IcZYh23CvmZF73QD9ReUa7fDLQwbjESsEimZV9rXQog/edit?usp=sharing

Star Wars Saturday

Thrilling Adventures! (Session 3)
Rich Rogers runs for Cody Eastlick, Sam Zimmerman, and Steven Watkins
A conclusion to our epic tale - The Theft of the Khyber Idol!

Stars in the Dark: Season 4 (Session 6)
Anders runs for Marc Majcher, Mark (they/them), Rich Rogers, and Steven Watkins
Boko's Back, Baby! - Boko is out of prison, Tycho gets a request for aid, Bade entertains everyone, Val navigates the tensions in the crew, and Trizi gets a very loud and clear message from the crew's patron.

​Stars in the Dark: Season 4 (Session 7)
Anders runs for Marc Majcher, Mark (they/them), Rich Rogers, and Steven Watkins
One Year! ONE YEAR! ONE YEAR! - This is the one year anniversary of Stars in the Dark, which started out as a four-session run where I wanted to learn the basics of Blades in the Dark by running it reskinned for Star Wars. After 38 sessions the crew is Tier III, only one character from the original group is still active, and they have relocated from 1313 to the not quite as terrible 1314.

This episode brings Hutt entanglements and mysterious Force encounters as Boko, Bade, Tycho/Baron, and Val/Revolver debate the future of the crew.

Starscape (Session 1)
Rich Rogers runs for Anders, Jo Lene, Sherri, and Will H
The crew of the Dancing Sarlacc take on a ferry mission and discover some SABOTAGE (cue Beastie Boys music?)

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!