Category: The Gauntlet: Our Community

I don’t normally like to shill for Kickstarter projects, but this one is close to me. One of my very best friends, Jonathan Geer , is the composer for this game, and it looks great, especially if you’re into 2-D, side-scrolling stuff. There’s about a day left to pledge. Stick to the end of the video for a twist! 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alonsomartin/heart-forth-alicia

This is the future of roleplaying games.

http://nordiclarp.org

A good turnout for Wednesday One-Shots last night. Rob Ferguson ran what sounded like a pretty rad session of Dog Eat Dog and I ran an ongoing campaign of Dungeon World. Everyone had a great time. The Jax deck was a bit noisier than normal. I may try to find a quieter corner next time. Otherwise, a lot of fun. 

Thanks to James Melott Gary Wilson Angel Ludwig Susan Carroll Daniel Fowler Daniel Lewis Kristen D Scott Owen and Russell Benner . 

Here is the info for our first Gauntlet Game Jam, to be held on Monday, May 12th. 

Mechanical Constraint: Must be a hack of Apocalypse World. A common set of moves – no play books. 

Thematic Constraint: The tropes and logic of video games.

Feel free to brainstorm in the comments. 

Some pics from Friday’s game night. We played In a Wicked Age and Lady Blackbird. 

Thanks to Rob Ferguson Russell Benner Daniel Fowler Derek Grimm Angel Ludwig Jacob Densford and Nikki Khan!

The Tales of Uri-Sahar in the Anthology folder has been updated. Two more tales have been added: “The Murder of Dem-Ashur” and “The Ehsani Rebellion.” These will be of interest to folks coming to In a Wicked Age tonight. 

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0ByS4_7KbXro_Q2NuaGd2NzRscGM&usp=sharing

So, as we begin May 2014, I’m quite pleased with how things are going. Here is a list of Gauntlet triumphs:

-We have 4 weekly, public game events (with a 5th being added very soon). 

-We are up to about 30 active members (which is pretty great, considering the rather niche games we play). Around 50 members have come out to at least 1 game. 

-Since February 2013, we have organized approximately 299 game sessions (219 public and 80 limited-invite). 

-We performed our first successful ritual to Lord Satan, causing men to bleat like goats in the street while their women clawed at each others’ wombs.

-Since February 2013, we have played 102 different game systems. 

-We successfully pulled-off Saturday Super Medley (!!!), an all-day gaming bonanza, during which over a dozen different games were played. 

-We stuck the landing with the Anthology series. 

In the beginning, we had a few silly people raise objections to what we were doing. I’m not sure what they’re up to anymore (probably murder and incest), but thank goodness we didn’t listen to them!

Here’s to the gamers who play!