Codex – Neon is now available in the Gauntlet’s Patreon feed! Here is an overview of what you’ll find inside…

Codex – Neon is now available in the Gauntlet’s Patreon feed! Here is an overview of what you’ll find inside…

Tonight Only! Sound Check Presents…

Tonight Only! is a competitive LARP written by Jonathan Lavallee about a Battle of the Bands in the 1980s. Form your bands, survive a press conference, put on your show, and then vote to see who gets their video produced for MTV. What I really love about this game is the clever way in which the music performance portion is handled. It’s entirely descriptive, but you still have to present a good show if you want to win. The piece also features a really cool, Jem and the Holograms-inspired piece of art by Claudia Cangini (pictured below).

Solace

Solace is an adventure starter by Fraser Simons for his game The Veil. It’s a little different from your typical starter in the sense that it is very literary. Fraser has a deep knowledge and affection for cyberpunk fiction, and this piece reflects that in a huge way. It’s not just a set of custom moves and plot hooks, but also a genuinely interesting bit of prose. The piece features two slick illustrations by Alex Prinz.

Mechanical Oryx

This piece by Grant Howitt was one of the 200 Word RPG Challenge winners, about a robotic god-deer. It features exquisite illustrations by Vandel J. Arden, including a set of heads, bodies, and legs for making your own mechanical oryx, paper doll-style (some of which are pictured below)!

Route Clearance

This piece by Andy Millar was another winner from the 200 Word RPG Challenge (and my personal favorite from this year’s contest). It uses a card layout mechanic to tell the story of soldiers clearing IEDs between Kabul to Kandahar. It features a really poignant illustration by Per Folmer.

Memories

This is another winner from the 200 Word RPG Challenge. Memories was written by Santiago Eximeno and is about bittersweet stories in a nursing home. It features a charming illustration by Cédric Plante (pictured below).

Four Dozen Neon Lit Business Establishments

The crowdsourcing response was so great on this miscellany, we decided to supersize it (although we did not charge you an extra 79 cents). Get your inspiration with these neon-lit joints, any one of which would be a fantastic location in your game, or even the basis of a whole story.

The layout on Codex – Neon was done by Oli Jeffery. Editing duties were handled by myself and David LaFreniere. The cover art is by Vandel J. Arden.

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