The Gauntlet Anthology: The Boardgame!
The goal is to get enough players to play your game, using a combo of influence, in jokes, and terrible game choices!
Ideas so far:
Jason Cordova – gets a free pizza food card every round
Daniel Lewis – always able to draw a random game card
Daniel Fowler – instantly wins the game if he gets at least one person to agree to play nuclear war!
I think we all need to come up with a game, our own character and maybe another un-named character or character trait.
Nuclear war:
minimum 4 players:
Max: none
Traits: Always the last choice for un-seated players except Daniel Fowler.
If Played: The game ends and every player loses, unless Daniel is playing in which case the controlling player wins.
Daniel Fowler
traits: Gauntlet Regular, Fat, war gamer
Must play nuclear war if available. will leave other tables and cannot be nocked out by any card except “work emergency”
That guy: Messy eater
pick an un-named player at a table with food. He gains the Fat trait and the food is removed.
I think we all need to come up with a game, our own character and maybe another un-named character or character trait.
Nuclear war:
minimum 4 players:
Max: none
Traits: Always the last choice for un-seated players except Daniel Fowler.
If Played: The game ends and every player loses, unless Daniel is playing in which case the controlling player wins.
Daniel Fowler
traits: Gauntlet Regular, Fat, war gamer
Must play nuclear war if available. will leave other tables and cannot be nocked out by any card except “work emergency”
That guy: Messy eater
pick an un-named player at a table with food. He gains the Fat trait and the food is removed.
Game:
Dungeon World:
Minimum 2 Players
Max: 6
Traits: Attractive to Storygamer, Attractive to OSR Gamer, Attractive to New Gamer, Any players at this table will be the first to leave for other tables
“The Gateway Drug.”
Player:
Ferrell Riley
Traits: Gauntlet Regular, Fat, GM
Can be used to start a 2nd Tablet of a game; 1st Target for any use of “Rat of Wisdom” or “Warrior Poet” cards
Special Card:
The Crafter – Immediately lose 2 gamers from your table due to Lack of Space
Game:
Dungeon World:
Minimum 2 Players
Max: 6
Traits: Attractive to Storygamer, Attractive to OSR Gamer, Attractive to New Gamer, Any players at this table will be the first to leave for other tables
“The Gateway Drug.”
Player:
Ferrell Riley
Traits: Gauntlet Regular, Fat, GM
Can be used to start a 2nd Tablet of a game; 1st Target for any use of “Rat of Wisdom” or “Warrior Poet” cards
Special Card:
The Crafter – Immediately lose 2 gamers from your table due to Lack of Space
weak chairs:
pick a table. all fat guys leave this table and return to the pool of undecided.
Loud Neighbors:
pick a story game. it will only score half its value this round.
Dungeon world
min 3 players
max 6 players
rpg, fantasy,
If played roll a 2d6 for each DW player. add 1 to final score for all 6- results
What is a d6?
set this card in the middle of the table. the first die (or coin) plced on it by another player becomes known as a d6. any future cards that reference a d6 use this die instead.
flux:
minimum 3
max 5?
card game, random
if played: remove any permanent effects from the game.
weak chairs:
pick a table. all fat guys leave this table and return to the pool of undecided.
Loud Neighbors:
pick a story game. it will only score half its value this round.
Dungeon world
min 3 players
max 6 players
rpg, fantasy,
If played roll a 2d6 for each DW player. add 1 to final score for all 6- results
What is a d6?
set this card in the middle of the table. the first die (or coin) plced on it by another player becomes known as a d6. any future cards that reference a d6 use this die instead.
flux:
minimum 3
max 5?
card game, random
if played: remove any permanent effects from the game.
Big Red:
add this to a table: will attract Daniel and Garry, will repulse Jason
Big Red:
add this to a table: will attract Daniel and Garry, will repulse Jason
Pathfinder the Card game
min 1
max 6
card game, pathfinder
if played: score the total craft skill of all players. (craft skill does not exist)
Pathfinder the Card game
min 1
max 6
card game, pathfinder
if played: score the total craft skill of all players. (craft skill does not exist)
Jason Cordova
Traits: Gauntlet Commander (counts as Gauntlet Regular), Story Gamer, Devil-Worshipper
When Played: Take 5 pizza tokens. Play a pizza token on your game to attract a single player with the Fat trait.
Once per round: You may eliminate another character from the board entirely.
The Gauntlet Game Jam
Min: 2 player
Max: None
When played: All characters with the Gauntlet Regular trait will come to your table. At the end of the round, you score nothing, because this is not a real game and it never will be.
Isaac
Can I Get Your Phone Number?: If Isaac ends up at your table, lose 5 points for each female player present.
Alexander
Murder-Suicide: When played, Alexander starts with 6 sanity tokens. At the end of each round, subtract 1 sanity token and roll 1D6 (+1 if you control Jason Cordova). If the result is higher than the number of current sanity tokens, every character at your table (including Alexander) is permanently removed from the board.
Jason Cordova
Traits: Gauntlet Commander (counts as Gauntlet Regular), Story Gamer, Devil-Worshipper
When Played: Take 5 pizza tokens. Play a pizza token on your game to attract a single player with the Fat trait.
Once per round: You may eliminate another character from the board entirely.
The Gauntlet Game Jam
Min: 2 player
Max: None
When played: All characters with the Gauntlet Regular trait will come to your table. At the end of the round, you score nothing, because this is not a real game and it never will be.
Isaac
Can I Get Your Phone Number?: If Isaac ends up at your table, lose 5 points for each female player present.
Alexander
Murder-Suicide: When played, Alexander starts with 6 sanity tokens. At the end of each round, subtract 1 sanity token and roll 1D6 (+1 if you control Jason Cordova). If the result is higher than the number of current sanity tokens, every character at your table (including Alexander) is permanently removed from the board.
Rob Ferguson
Story Gamer, Gauntlet Regular, Communist, Sadly Dead
The Crucible: When Rob is at your table, the most recent character to join your game is removed from the board after the game is scored.
Truncheon: You can only score for Gary Wilson if Rob is also at the table.
Rob Ferguson
Story Gamer, Gauntlet Regular, Communist, Sadly Dead
The Crucible: When Rob is at your table, the most recent character to join your game is removed from the board after the game is scored.
Truncheon: You can only score for Gary Wilson if Rob is also at the table.
Ferrell (Furry Variant)
Special Rule: Ferrell (Furry Variant) must join any table whose game has the Animals trait.
Ferrell (Convention Slave Variant)
Special Rule: Ferrell (Convention Slave Variant) can only play in the round in which he first appears, and the last round of the game.
Ferrell (Anime Variant)
Special Rule: Ferrell (Anime Variant) can only join a game if it has one of the following traits: Japanese Culture or Tits. Otherwise, he finds something better to do with his night (remove him from the board for this round).
Ferrell (Furry Variant)
Special Rule: Ferrell (Furry Variant) must join any table whose game has the Animals trait.
Ferrell (Convention Slave Variant)
Special Rule: Ferrell (Convention Slave Variant) can only play in the round in which he first appears, and the last round of the game.
Ferrell (Anime Variant)
Special Rule: Ferrell (Anime Variant) can only join a game if it has one of the following traits: Japanese Culture or Tits. Otherwise, he finds something better to do with his night (remove him from the board for this round).
“casual” gamers
play this card on a table. each un-named player is worth half points when the game is scored. These players are worthless if Jason is at the table
“Dare you enter my magical realm?” or “like the stalking lizards of the nightmare marsh”
pick an RPG, the DM adds their own personal fetish and un-named players abandon the table for the un assigned pool. gauntlet regulars are worth double
“casual” gamers
play this card on a table. each un-named player is worth half points when the game is scored. These players are worthless if Jason is at the table
“Dare you enter my magical realm?” or “like the stalking lizards of the nightmare marsh”
pick an RPG, the DM adds their own personal fetish and un-named players abandon the table for the un assigned pool. gauntlet regulars are worth double
David LaFreniere: gauntlet regular, gun toting, dm-er of minor ability.
Crazy work schedule: When David enters play, roll 1d6, on a 3-6 no affect, 1-2, he must go back into your hand
“A bit of something lands in your mouth” when this card enters play, a non gauntlet regular leaves the table it is played on.
Arkham horror: players 1-8
Players at this table are “delayed”
Jason Cordova cannot be played on Arkham horror
David LaFreniere: gauntlet regular, gun toting, dm-er of minor ability.
Crazy work schedule: When David enters play, roll 1d6, on a 3-6 no affect, 1-2, he must go back into your hand
“A bit of something lands in your mouth” when this card enters play, a non gauntlet regular leaves the table it is played on.
Arkham horror: players 1-8
Players at this table are “delayed”
Jason Cordova cannot be played on Arkham horror
“Smells like hope and possibilities” use this card to cancel the affect of a card that would otherwise eliminate non gauntlet regulars
“Smells like hope and possibilities” use this card to cancel the affect of a card that would otherwise eliminate non gauntlet regulars