Category: The Gauntlet: Our Community

To continue with the Owlcon theme, I’ll be running two events:

To continue with the Owlcon theme, I’ll be running two events:

To continue with the Owlcon theme, I’ll be running two events:

Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG

The Breeding Pits of D’Naal Kalthurion 3 – 6 players

Sun 10:00 AM [4 hrs] 

A series of horrific murders of local villagers by a pack of ravenous beasts has prompted the characters to investigate the bloody trail that leads to the hold of D’Naal Kalthurion, a noted mage. The villagers have held a lottery – and all of you drew the black stone, and must investigate! This a DCC RPG funnel adventure, which means you will be playing two or more zero-level villagers. If you survive the first five encounters or so, you will level up – and perhaps even live to tell about it!

Gamma World 1E

Raiders of Lost ‘Arkana 3 – 6 players

Sun 3:00 PM [4 hrs] 

The Road Warrior. The Vault-Dweller. Hiero the Priest. The Star-man’s Son. The Barbarian with the Starsword. Legends of the Wastelands, but now all dead. Or so they say. The Village of ‘Arkana needs defenders from the raiders of the Wastelands and their monstrous leader, Ego. Can some old men, even legends, defend the helpless against the vicious?

Another announcement for 2014: The Gauntlet Anthology series!

Another announcement for 2014: The Gauntlet Anthology series!

Another announcement for 2014: The Gauntlet Anthology series!

In an effort to keep our little gaming cult the most feverishly forward-thinking in all of Houston, I am pleased to announce there will be a new Friday event series for 2014. It will be called The Gauntlet Anthology. Here’s the idea: we create and explore different aspects of a single game universe, using multiple game systems to do so. 

Here’s how it might go: We start with something like Microscope, which will let us create a world, and will give us a bird’s eye view of its history. From there, we use different games to tell different stories within that world. Is there a particular faction or organization we’d like to know more about? Maybe we play Kingdom next week. Is there a particular era of the world’s history that intrigues us? Maybe we do In a Wicked Age. Is there an ancient temple that needs exploring? Let’s do Dungeon World or Dungeon Crawl Classics or 13th Age. Is there a standout hero or NPC we’d like to know more about? Let’s do Becoming or Archipelago.

There are lots of different directions it could go, but here are the principles that will guide this endeavor:

1. We will keep a record in Google Drive that any member of The Gauntlet can have access to.

2. Anthology events will always be public. That way, anyone can drop-in when they have a free night and contribute to the world. 

3. We will get a variety of games to the table. OSR, story, traddy – all are fair game. 

4. Each session, regardless of the game being played, will have the Archipelago command phrases in play (“Try another way,” “Harder,” and “Describe that in detail”). 

5. No single person owns this world. It is for the whole Community. 

I will be the first to admit this is an ambitious plan, but let me assure you it will succeed. By the end of 2014, I expect we will have a rich and intriguing and unique game world to be proud of. I hope many of you will embrace this idea. Feel free to chime-in below with your thoughts.