Category: The Gauntlet: Gauntlet Con

Kia ora~~! We’re very excited to have GM Jeff Stormer and Phil Vecchione facilitating games at Gauntlet Con 2018!!

Jeff Stormer is a podcaster, game designer, eggnog enthusiast, superhero scholar, and occasional pro wrestling commentator from Philadelphia, PA. He is the host of Party Of One, an Actual Play podcast focused on two-player roleplaying experiences, and co-host of All My Fantasy Children, a character creation, storytelling, and worldbuilding podcast powered by listener prompts. He loves stories, in whatever form they take, particularly when shared with friends. He also makes a pretty exceptional mixtape.

During Gauntlet Con, Jeff will be running Mission: Accomplished!

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Phil Vecchione is the co-Host of both the Misdirected Mark and Panda’s Talking Games podcasts, one of the founding Gnomes at the Gnome Stew, and one of the partners at Encoded Designs. He is the creator of Hydro Hacker Operatives and co-creator of Turning Point (in development).

During Gauntlet Con, Phil will be running Hydro Hackers, and Turning Point.

Kia ora once again~~! We are very pleased to say Catherine Ramen and Sharang Biswas will be running a selection of delightful games at Gauntlet Con 2018!

Catherine Ramen is a game designer, one-time blogger, and trivia professional who lives in New York City. She is the author of Midnight at the Oasis (Codex #22), the science-fiction game Rovers (based on World of Dungeons), and the upcoming Red Carnations on a Black Grave, a storygame based on the brief rise and catastrophic fall of the Paris Commune.

During Gauntlet Con, Catherine will be running Rovers and Night Witches.

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Sharang is an award-winning, internationally-published game designer, writer, and artist. He has exhibited games at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, PioneerWorks in Brooklyn, and The Denny Gallery in Manhattan. His RPG “Feast” won the IndieCade Dark Horse Award, and his boardgame Mad Science Foundation was published in 2016 by Crypotzoic Entertainment. He regularly speaks at universities, conferences and museums, and writes for various magazines. Sharang holds a Masters from ITP at NYU-Tisch, and a Bachelors of Engineering from Dartmouth. He is the experience designer at The Medici Group, a strategy consulting firm focusing on diversity and innovation.

During Gauntlet Con, Sharang will be running Blades in the Dark.

Do be on the lookout for other new on the Gauntlet Con site! http://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/gauntlet-con.html

Aaahh!! Get ready for some more announcements coming right at your amazing faces! We’re very pleased to say James Mendez Hodes and Brennan Taylor.

Mendez is a game writer/designer/developer, martial artist, cultural consultant, emcee, editor, and religion scholar. Find him on Twitter @LulaVampiro.

During Gauntlet Con, Mendez will be running Thousand Arrows.

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Brennan Taylor is a game designer and author of the games Bulldogs!, Mortal Coil, and How We Came to Live Here. He founded the tabletop publishing company Galileo Games in 1996, and was a co-founder of Indie Press Revolution. He lives in New Jersey.

​During Gauntlet Con, Brennan will be running Thousand Arrows.

Mōrena~! Good morning all! We have so many spectacular guests, we have to ramp up to announcements to two at a time!

We’re so very pleased to have both the lovely Sarah Doombringer and Mark Diaz Truman as guests this year!

Sarah Richardson is a game designer, layout and graphic artist, writer, and Marketing Director for Magpie Games. She is currently serving as the Resource Coordinator for the Indie Games Developer Network. She is the author of the 70s girl gang RPG Velvet Glove and a co-author of the feminine horror RPG Bluebeard’s Bride. Sarah has written for The Complete Oracle, The Baby Bestiary 1 & 2, and Kult: Lost Divinites, and done layout work for Epyllion: A Dragon Epic, No Salvation for Witches, and the Cold Ruins of Last Life.

During Gauntlet Con, Sarah will be running Blood Spattered Brides: Lamentations of the Flame Princess, and Velvet Glove.

Mark Diaz Truman is a community organizer, indie rpg developer, and the co-founder of Magpie Games. He has authored a number of indie rpgs, including Urban Shadows and Do: Fate of the Flying Temple, and he served as an editor on Masks: A New Generation, Epyllion: A Dragon Epic, Bluebeard’s Bride, and The Fate Codex. His new game, Cartel, comes out in early 2019.

During Gauntlet Con, Mark will be running Cartel and Zombie World.

For more announcements, be sure to check out the GauntletCon site! http://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/gauntlet-con.html

We have more good news, everyone! We are very delighted to have Bryan Baker as a guest at Gauntlet Con this year!

Bryan is the DM and producer for The Room Where It Happened podcast. Bryan brings a focus on LGBTQ representation and a DIY ethos to his games, with an emphasis on character driven action and emotional drama. Bryan loves to watch characters come to life at the table.

​During Gauntlet Con, Bryan will be running World Wide Wrestling, and Blades in the Dark.

Be on the lookout for other fantastic announcements on the Gauntlet Con site. http://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/gauntlet-con.html

Update: Regretfully, we just learned that Daniel is unable to attend this years Gauntlet Con. Many apologies on behalf of the Guauntlet Con team!

Daniel is a Toronto-based educator, podcaster, and game designer with Dundas West Games. He uses TTRPGs to teach teens history, science, and social skills at the Royal Ontario Museum. He is also one of the co-founders of Level Up Gaming, an organization that provides adults with autism and other disabilities opportunities to develop their social skills through group gaming experiences. His first TTRPG, Ross Rifles, is set for a Kickstarter debut at the end of 2018!

During Gauntlet Con, Daniel will be running Ross Rifles.

Be sure to check out more delightfully exciting announcements on the Gauntlet website. http://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/gauntlet-con.html

We’re also very much excited to announce Senda Linaugh in attendance at Gauntlet Con 2018~~!! Yay!!

Senda Linaugh is known for her un-spellable twitter handle and contagious giggle.

She is one half of She’s a Super Geek (sasgeek.com), the actual play podcast highlighting women as GMs; and one half of Panda’s Talking Games (bit.ly/MMPanda), where she and gaming mogul Phil Vecchione tackle GMing advice for one shots and campaigns. Add those together and she is one whole podcaster!

Senda has published her first game with Encoded Designs, Love and Justice, as well as co-authoring Turning Point, a collaborative game of difficult life decisions, and developing for the upcoming Hydro Hacker Operatives. Senda is also a staff gnome (writer) at Gnome Stew.

During Gauntlet Con, Senda will be running Turning Point.

Stay abreast of our other exciting announcements on the Gauntlet Con 2018 website~! http://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/gauntlet-con.html

More fantastic guests announcements that will continue onwards! We’re super excited to have:

Banana Chan is the owner and co-founder of Game and a Curry, an indie promotional materials and board game publishing company. She also writes larps and roleplaying games. Her latest projects include contributing for 7th Sea: Khitai and a module for Kids on Bikes called Dads on Mowers.

During Gauntlet Con, Banana Chan will be running Kids on Bikes: Dads on Mowers.

Be on the lookout for more exciting announcements on the Gauntlet Con site!

http://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/gauntlet-con.html

Hi all! Exciting announcements about our lovely guests at Gauntlet Con!

Miguel Angel Espinoza is a Mexican professional graphic designer, illustrator, and programmer. He’s been playing role-playing games since the mid 90s, and in recent years he started to work on them professionally. He’s done graphic design work for Magpie Games, Gallant Knight Games, Nocturnal Media and John Wick Presents. He’s currently working on his first game design project, a Mexican role-playing game about Nahuales, both in English and Spanish at the same time. You can find him on Twitter @nahualrpg.

During Gauntlet Con, Miguel will be running a playtest of Nahual.

Check out the Gauntlet Con site to keep up with all the new announcements!

http://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/gauntlet-con.html