Good Morning, Gauntleteers!
It’s that time of the year again! Gauntlet Con is just around the corner and we can’t wait to spend four days (that’s right, four!) gaming and hanging out with you!
Gauntlet Con is Oct 18 – 21st and we have games starting every coupe hours to make sure everyone can pay no matter what time zone they’re in!
But to do that, we need GMs to run games! If you’d like to volunteer to run a game or two this year, please check out this awesome link! Thank you and I can’t wait to see you at the con!
Woo!
Woo!
You have a Sunday 10pm to Saturday 2am time slot in there. Is that only for people who want to run Timewatch?
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You have a Sunday 10pm to Saturday 2am time slot in there. Is that only for people who want to run Timewatch?
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Where does someone go or what would someone need to do to become certified as a Gauntlet GM?
Where does someone go or what would someone need to do to become certified as a Gauntlet GM?
David Miessler-Kubanek Do you mean for Gauntlet Hangouts? That’s mostly just playing with us for a bit and then working it out with Lowell Francis. For Gauntlet Con, just fill out the form.
David Miessler-Kubanek Do you mean for Gauntlet Hangouts? That’s mostly just playing with us for a bit and then working it out with Lowell Francis. For Gauntlet Con, just fill out the form.
Cool. Next question for Gauntlet Hangouts then, how much for a bit does someone need to play with the community before working it out with Lowell Francis? 🙂
Cool. Next question for Gauntlet Hangouts then, how much for a bit does someone need to play with the community before working it out with Lowell Francis? 🙂
David Miessler-Kubanek There is no particular timeframe, tbh. More than a couple of sessions, less than a campaign? The point is just to ensure you are a decent human being and that you have basic social skills necessary to manage a group of players at a virtual table.
David Miessler-Kubanek There is no particular timeframe, tbh. More than a couple of sessions, less than a campaign? The point is just to ensure you are a decent human being and that you have basic social skills necessary to manage a group of players at a virtual table.
And on the reverse side so potential GMs can get a sense of the play culture here and see if it fits for them.
And on the reverse side so potential GMs can get a sense of the play culture here and see if it fits for them.
Lowell Francis Good point
Lowell Francis Good point
I wanted to sign up to run a few games of DW but when it got to safety measures it listed a whole ton of things I didn’t know what they were. I don’t want to offend people but I also don’t know what those things are and I don’t want my game heavily restricted. Can someone explain what they are? I think x card was the only one I could say I had a firm hand on what it was and how it is implemented in a game.
I wanted to sign up to run a few games of DW but when it got to safety measures it listed a whole ton of things I didn’t know what they were. I don’t want to offend people but I also don’t know what those things are and I don’t want my game heavily restricted. Can someone explain what they are? I think x card was the only one I could say I had a firm hand on what it was and how it is implemented in a game.
Eric Lochstampfor That’s a fair question. It has been asked on Twitter, too. These are some of the tools we use for Gauntlet Hangouts: gauntlet-rpg.com – Tools of the Table
The X-card is pretty straight forward and should serve most games well.
Eric Lochstampfor That’s a fair question. It has been asked on Twitter, too. These are some of the tools we use for Gauntlet Hangouts: gauntlet-rpg.com – Tools of the Table
The X-card is pretty straight forward and should serve most games well.
Eric Lochstampfor these only take about 5 minutes of gameplay to explain at the beginning of a session.
It all boils down to talking about the tools at the start of the sessions so the players know they are available. Its all pretty intuitive after that.
They are no sheets or form to fill or rules to learn. Its a simple process that goes a long way in making sure everyone at the table feals safe and as a good time.
Eric Lochstampfor these only take about 5 minutes of gameplay to explain at the beginning of a session.
It all boils down to talking about the tools at the start of the sessions so the players know they are available. Its all pretty intuitive after that.
They are no sheets or form to fill or rules to learn. Its a simple process that goes a long way in making sure everyone at the table feals safe and as a good time.
Hey everyone. Please remember that gaming safety tools are relatively easy to google and are available on a variety of convention sites including Big Bad Con and Breakout.
For ease, here’s a list.
docs.google.com – Safety Tools
Hey everyone. Please remember that gaming safety tools are relatively easy to google and are available on a variety of convention sites including Big Bad Con and Breakout.
For ease, here’s a list.
docs.google.com – Safety Tools
If anyone wants to see how we present these, I recommend checking out the beginning of some of our AP recordings. Others may handle things differently, but I go through the X-Card in Session 1 of a series– lightly if everyone’s familiar with it; in more depth if not.
If anyone wants to see how we present these, I recommend checking out the beginning of some of our AP recordings. Others may handle things differently, but I go through the X-Card in Session 1 of a series– lightly if everyone’s familiar with it; in more depth if not.
Only english games I presume…
Only english games I presume…
We have Spanish and German-language games on the Gauntlet, so no reason not to have them for the con.
We have Spanish and German-language games on the Gauntlet, so no reason not to have them for the con.
David Rivas Lowell Francis I wanted to submit a game in Spanish, but I didn’t want to submit too many games. ;-;
David Rivas Lowell Francis I wanted to submit a game in Spanish, but I didn’t want to submit too many games. ;-;