Category: The Gauntlet: Our Community

There is a lot of drama going on right now in certain gaming circles on G+. I myself don’t get involved, but I watch it. This drama involves many of the usual suspects, and it’s forcing people to feel like they have to leave social media or abandon the hobby altogether. I’d say it makes me sad, but it actually doesn’t (the hobby doesn’t have that kind of emotional power over me; the day it starts to, I will also abandon it). But I do think it’s disappointing. When I look at our Gauntlet spaces (meaning G+, Slack and Gauntlet Hangouts), I see a community of people who are exceedingly kind to one another. Our culture is one of respect, mutual admiration, and genuine affection. We’re serious about our games, but we’re also serious about making sure everyone is being friendly and giving. And we have maintained that for a long time. Occasionally, someone who fundamentally doesn’t understand the Gauntlet tries to inject themselves into things and cause trouble, but that’s pretty rare.

Are we perfect? Fuck no. One of the things I wish we were better at was finding those people who feel pushed out of the hobby and letting them know we are a haven from that bullshit. We also have no discernible structure, which is probably confusing, at best, and suspicious, at worst.

But what we’re doing is working. If I knew how to export it to other hobby spaces, I would.

We Name Them Keepers of the Gauntlet!

We’d like to say thanks to our newest Patreon supporters and name them Keepers of the Gauntlet…

Lawrence Szmulowicz, Keeper of Those Who Shan’t Be Kept

Michael Marciano, Keeper of Moonweaver’s Celestial Cloth

Andy Smith, Keeper of the Echo Plantations

Brian Burnley, Keeper of the Last Tears They Shed

Rob Bush, Keeper of the Blightwood Matches

Jonathan Raeder, Keeper of Kulaja’s Spontaneous Bifurcation

Adrian Thoen, Keeper of the Starry-Eyed Impulse

Lonnie Spangler, Keeper of the Nine Temptations of Pest

SquirrelGraph, Keeper of the Moaning Gloam

Jeff Stolarcyk, Keeper of the Last Home of Aza

Skyler Latshaw, Keeper of Sun Mother’s Holy Mead

David Jay, Keeper of the Red and Endless Tankard

Rolan Le, Keeper of the Starlit Tomes of Astromancy

Nuitloupe, Keeper of Where the Lone Wolf Sleeps

Mike Martens, Keeper of the Thousand Verses of Voe’huul

Scott Field, Keeper of Malvett’s Living Dream

Tavi Gerstle, Keeper of the Star Beyond the Veil

nonzer0value, Keeper of the Iron Seals

Asbjørn Flø, Keeper of the Ten Hidden Keys

Rick Beck, Keeper of the Five Limbs of Acolla

Eugene Marshall, Keeper of the Autumnal Princedoms

Aaron DeRosa, Keeper of the Nightmare Diadems

Zachary Grafman, Keeper of the Man Who is Naught but Mouths

Zach Alexander, Keeper of the Weeping Cells

NM3ART, Keeper of the Magister’s Chain

Paul Edson, Keeper of the Secret of the Thousand Cuts

Drew Smith, Keeper of the Dolls of Old King Clay

Jaie Blunt, Keeper of the Flask of Sorrows

Jonas Lowery, Keeper of the Last Light of St. Lannen

Tyler Crumrine, Keeper of the Archlich’s Last Breath

Bill Carter, Keeper of Rengollis’s Gaseous Blood

Mike, Keeper of the Wanting Widows of Thon the Promiscuous

Angel Garcia Jimenez, Keeper of the Orphan’s Kiss

Sean Smith, Keeper of the Stone Certificates

Zachary Seymour, Keeper of Moonpoison’s Magnificent Hurdy-Gurdy

Will Elting, Keeper of the Golden Library of Anduul-Ran

Elias Mulhall, Keeper of the Child Who Dies Each Night

Charles Klempay, Keeper of the Irresistible Mule, Luscious with Treasure and Fat

Adrian Polegre, Keeper of the Temple of the Viridescent Wyrm

Sabine Voelkel, Keeper of the Hell Armada

Join these hallowed ranks at https://patreon.com/gauntlet

Gauntlet Daddy! Learn all about him in Codex – Joy, available in our $4+ Patreon feed until 09.30.17.

https://patreon.com/gauntlet

And then stick around for Codex – Decay to meet the next character in the Gauntlet Daddies series, the sexy necromancer Boner!

The Gauntlet Daddies are the work of the very talented Fabrissou. Be sure to check out his Patreon, where he draws all sorts of beautiful, half-naked men.

https://www.patreon.com/fabrissou

Here is a fantastic illustration by Jesse Ross going into Codex – Decay. It’s for an original story game by Joshua Fox called The Big H. The Big H is about a superhero who falls from grace and the lesser heroes who looked up to him before he began his descent. I think this illustration perfectly captures the vibe of the game. It’s going to be awesome!