Month: August 2017

GAUNTLET CON ANNOUNCEMENT:

GAUNTLET CON ANNOUNCEMENT:

GAUNTLET CON ANNOUNCEMENT:

Becky Annison Running Games at Gauntlet Con

Becky Annison is the award-winning designer of the critically acclaimed games Lovecraftesque and When the Dark is Gone, and is one half of the small press publisher Black Armada games. Becky has been in love with gaming for 26 years and likes to write, run and play games that give you intense feels. She also speaks and writes about RPG design and inclusivity and diversity. When not gaming, Becky likes knitting and detective stories. Becky is relentlessly cheerful, ridiculously creative and so modest she had to get someone else to write this.

Becky will be running Bite Me!

Bite Me! iI a tense and emotional game of Werewolf Pack dynamics as Powered by the Apocalypse.

Your Alpha is missing, taken by a new and unknown force. Time to put down old rivalries, forget hurts and pause affairs of the heart (if you can) – you are on the hunt. But with no Alpha the Pack will start to fall apart. Can you find your Alpha in time? Will another step up to lead when it is needed and will they let go the reigns of power when all is done?

Here is an Alignment system I use for Dungeon World & 5E Campaigns –

Here is an Alignment system I use for Dungeon World & 5E Campaigns –

Here is an Alignment system I use for Dungeon World & 5E Campaigns –

Optional : Alternative Alignment System

· My character values – X

· My character strives against – Y

· My character is indifferent to – Z

Choose X, Y and Z from :

Arcane Guilds, Crime, Equality, Family, Military, Nature, Religion, Society.

· Players will need to discuss with the Gamemaster the areas their character will focus on so the Gamemaster can insert some events or even plot lines involving those things.

Eg; My character values Equality, strives against Religion & is indifferent to Arcane Guilds.

I’m looking at news reports of the devastation in Houston, and it’s making me really sad.

I’m looking at news reports of the devastation in Houston, and it’s making me really sad.

I’m looking at news reports of the devastation in Houston, and it’s making me really sad. Houston, of course, is where the Gauntlet was born. It’s a place where I made many terrific, lifelong friends. It’s a place where some of my favorite memories were made.

I’m sad and a little frustrated, too, because a lot of the social media chatter I’m seeing is very “well, global warming, duh!” with the implication that Houston is getting what it deserves because so much of its economy depends on the energy industry and because Houston is in a deep-red state.

Something I experience a lot as a Texan “living abroad” is talking to other liberals who have the most uninformed, bird’s-eye view of Texas imaginable. Texas is a big, culturally-complex state. Houston is one of the most diverse, reliably Democratic cities in the whole fucking country. Corpus Christi, also hit hard by the hurricane, is a majority-Hispanic city.

Anyway… It’s a scary time. If anyone reading this has been affected by the storm, please stay safe and let me know if there is anything I can do to help.

Hi again everyone.

Hi again everyone.

Hi again everyone. Thanks for all your advice on my post about attracting more viewers to my blog. Several people said I should put a link to the site in my post, which I was reluctant to do, but I’ve included one here.

I’d love to run a Fate game for Gauntlet people, but I won’t be able to do that for a while. I’m a good 12 hours ahead of most people over here in Osaka, and while I could run video chat games at night or on the weekends, my four-month old puts the kibosh on that. 😉

So for now, I’ll just try to be an active presence here. Self-promotion is not something I’m good at, as I don’t want to be pushy. I’ll drop a post about what I’m doing over on my blog every once in awhile though.

Thanks again for approving my membership, and for the advice. 😀

https://hyvemynd.wordpress.com/

My d20s are sad. Boosting this signal to see what The Gauntlet might bring.

My d20s are sad. Boosting this signal to see what The Gauntlet might bring.

My d20s are sad. Boosting this signal to see what The Gauntlet might bring.

Originally shared by Matthew G.

Pining for Polyhedrons

My group has really embraced 2d6+STAT and the beauty of 7-9, despite having come up in the time of THAC0 and non-weapon proficiencies. We don’t pine for critical hits (or misses) now that we’ve switched over to Dungeon World. However, we do have big bags of dice that feel… underused.

Sometimes I miss rolling them, so please share with me how you have incorporated d20s into DW.

Edit: I guess I’m thinking about a custom move or an advance. Something that would let the players actually roll the d20s.

A love letter character generator for Legacy!

A love letter character generator for Legacy!

A love letter character generator for Legacy!

This is amazing! It only makes me want to play Legacy more! I looked this up after listening to +1 Forward episode about Legacy, but only gave it a run today.

http://ufopress.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1-Forward-Love-Letter.html

I’m curious.

I’m curious.

I’m curious. We have a lot of game designers who are part of this community. Would it be helpful to have GM’s who are willing to take the work in progress and put it through it’s paces? Would it be a help to see someone run your game(perhaps with you playing) during your process? I don’t design, but I’d happily road test what more creative minds produce. Is this something that would be useful?Anyone interested in this?

We Name Them Keepers of the Gauntlet!

We Name Them Keepers of the Gauntlet!

We Name Them Keepers of the Gauntlet!

We’d like to thank our newest Patreon supporters and name them Keepers of the Gauntlet!

Justin, Keeper of the Nightmare Créche

Lauren McManamon, Keeper of the Secrets of Quachil Uttaus

James Sweetland, Keeper of the Child Who Eats Her Own Fingers

Ben Dutter, Keeper of the Cavernous Bile Ducts

James Iles, Keeper of the Ruined Legacy

Ridley Larsen, Keeper of the Songs of Satyrn’s Sounding

Eddie Hardy, Keeper of the Great Betrayal

Lu Quade, Keeper of the Cloak of Logan Stormbreaker

A.D. Hardman, Keeper of Volcar the Red’s Obsidian Hammer

Ryan Windenecht, Keeper of the Pain Manifesto

Bardakus Maximus, Keeper of the Cliff of the Crying Saints

Michael Harrel, Keeper of the Woodwitch’s Wine Well

James Ryan, Keeper of the White Kettle Estuary

Kristopher Miller, Keeper of the Chain That Bound Desmond the Soul-Shattered

Orion Cooper, Keeper of the Bones of the Grey Rangers

Brian Frank, Keeper of the Reflecting Pool of Galaurang

Klint Finley, Keeper of the Teeth Tithings

Zachary Isom, Keeper of the Nameless Queen’s Sobriquet

Joshua Kershaw, Keeper of the Conch Shell Horn of Nammu

Victor Diaz, Jr., Keeper of Last Wall Before the Sea

furst77, Keeper of the Invisible Candle

Miles Sterrett, Keeper of the Coward’s Fate

Andy Kitkowski, Keeper of the Scrolls of Heaven and Earth

Flo Hoheneder, Keeper of the Key to Zee’Tha

Scott Jenks, Keeper of the Gelid Offspring

Chris Paul, Keeper of the Pungi of the Serpent Queen

Sid Icarus, Keeper of the Box Into Which We Dare Not Reach

https://patreon.com/gauntlet

Greetings, all.

Greetings, all.

Greetings, all. It’s time for the weekly Gauntlet video roundup! Don’t miss any of the great new actual play videos from the past week in the updated playlists and video links below.

Comic Strip AP

– Dungeon World: Alford Soultaker episode 7 with Robert Bullen and Oli Jeffery: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL26DVDSsqVz4GjfBF-bwedme-hHYNw2g5

– NEW Urban Shadows: Toronto session 1 with Kate Bullock and Richard Rogers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhi4wUxXWpc

Gauntlet Sunday

– Fate – Reign of Crows session 3, Lowell Francis runs for Patrick Knowles, David LaFreniere, Sherri Stewart, and James Sweetland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v06obeXQln0

Dungeon World Sunday – We Hunt the Keepers!

– The Merry Abattoir session 3, Jason Cordova runs for Gerrit Reininghaus, Maria Rivera, and Fraser Simons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSGRxLIcIDQ

Gauntlet Hangouts

– Urban Shadows – The Violet Crown session 3, Jason Cordova runs for Jennifer Erixon, Michael X. Heiligenstein, steven watkins, and Phillip Wessels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTl_kZIO-Lo

Check out all the great videos on The Gauntlet’s YouTube channel, linked below on this post. Don’t forget to subscribe, and check out the playlists to catch up on all your favorite campaigns. Enjoy, and everyone have a great weekend!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9QoUve1LQHu_feDx0snd4w