THE GAUNTLET - The Darkened Threshold

lost transmissions and the double feature writing contest

3/17/2025

Games We’ve Been Playing
01:26 - Alex’s The Pirate Queen’s Gambit campaign
07:30 - Further thoughts on West Marches Trophy

Topic
15:17 - Lost Transmissions
35:00 - Public Access: Double Feature Writing Contest

Media Recommendations
50:17 - The Roottrees Are Dead
53:02 - In Search of Darkness I-III

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The risk roll

3/2/2025

Games We've Been Playing
01:12 - Wrapping up Skinny Jeans playtest
Topic
13:54 - The Risk Roll
Media Recommendations
01:03:01 - The Detective & The Log Lady PLUS reflecting on David Lynch
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keeper's notebook: the mystery sheet

2/17/2025

Games We’ve Been Playing
01:15 - Calling on the Big Man
06:02 - A new Hunter arrives!

Topic
12:59 - Keeper’s Notebook: The Mystery Sheet

Media Recs
52:03 - Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
55:15 - Darkest Dungeon

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Trophy rpg

2/7/2025

Games We've Been Playing
01:15 - Bringing a group back from a long hiatus
05:45 - West Marches Trophy?

Topic
13:08 - Trophy RPG overview

Media Recs
57:45 - Ari Aster films
01:00:34 - It's a Good Life
01:02:30 - The Ruins (book from 2006)
01:04:32 - Scarlet Hollow

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carved from brindlewood in 2025

1/27/2025

Topic
01:10 - Looking ahead to CfB in 2025
Media Recommendations
47:45 - Dread Delusion
49:55 - EoH Found Footage Miniseries and Horror’s Greatest S2E3
52:31 - Don’t Feed the Muse
54:14 - Possession

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keeper's notebook: Session one

1/19/2025

Games We've Been Playing
01:40 - Roots of Old Kalduhr
08:14 - Classic Mastermind campaigns

Topic
14:40 - Having a successful CfB Session One

Media Recommendations
01:02:03 - Skeleton Crew
01:05:14 - Severance
01:07:06 - The Troop

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my kind of horror: new year horror picks

1/9/2025

It's a new year! Come hang out with Alex and Jason on The Gauntlet Discord server!

For this episode, Alex and Jason reflect on PAXU 2024. Later, they each discuss some of their favorite pieces of horror media from 2024. Enjoy!

The Between BackerKit Special

9/18/2024

The Between is coming to BackerKit on September 24th! Alex Rybitski sits down with creator Jason Cordova to talk about the game, its mechanics, and the crowdfunding campaign. Follow along with the campaign here.
Time Codes
01:45 - What is The Between?
02:59 - The Mystery System
05:10 - The Chicken or the Egg?
08:04 - The Between's Gothic Emulation
12:17 - The Playbooks
18:52 - The Play Cycle of The Between
21:10 - The Day Phase
21:57 - The Night Phase
24:10 - Character Backstories in The Between
25:50 - What are the Janus Masks?
28:40 - Revealing Character Backstories
36:07 - Character Width vs. Depth
38:08 - The Fun of GMing the Night Phase
43:25 - The Unscene
50:28 - A Talk about XP in The Between
51:11 - The BackerKit Campaign Details
55:23 - Book One
57:19 - Book Two
59:36 - Book Three
1:02:47 - Other Materials in the Backer Kit Campaign
1:07:55 - A Note About Previously Published Material for The Between
1:08:13 - A Little Preview of Something New for Backers
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The Factotum

9/11/2024

The Between is coming to BackerKit!

Discussion
01:30 - The Factotum
Media Recommendations
29:57 - Sherlock (again)
30:38 - Downton Abbey
31:52 - Batman Caped Crusader
33:30 - The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
34:40 - Pride and Prejudice (2005)

The Explorer

9/2/2024

The Between is coming to BackerKit! Sign up to be notified when the campaign goes live!

Discussion
02:15 - The Explorer playbook

Media Recommendations
43:25 - Sherlock (2010)
43:44 - Bridgerton
44:10 - Apocalypse Now!
44:24 - The Committee for the Exploration of Mysteries
45:10 - Ain’t Slayed Nobody actual play of The Between

Come hang out with Alex & Jason on our Discord server!