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Just found Discern Realities podcast and I’m loving it.

Just found Discern Realities podcast and I’m loving it. Such a great resource. Thanks so much and keep up the good work!

Folks, I’m pleased as punch to announce the latest +1 Forward is out! This one has Monsterhearts 2 by Avery Alder.

There are some great nuggets of info on MH 2 in here, well worth the listen for the fans and the curious.

You can still back MH2 on Kickstarter, but do NOT delay, it’s almost over! Help us reach the Kieron Gillen stretch goal!

Kickstarter link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/averyalder/monsterhearts-2

Episode: http://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/1-forward/monsterhearts-2

http://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/1-forward/monsterhearts-2

Episode 81 of The Gauntlet Podcast is here!

Episode 81 of The Gauntlet Podcast is here!

Man, this episode is really terrific. The Gauntlet does not waste your time. Give us 40 minutes, and we’re going to give you the best damn conversation about games you’ll find anywhere.

Thanks to Richard Rogers Lowell Francis and Steve Mains for hosting, and to Steve for editing.

Cc: Fria Ligan/Free League Publishing Marc Majcher Andrew Medeiros

Enjoy!

http://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/the-gauntlet-podcast/episode-81-coriolis-icebox-timeline-star-wars-world

New episodes of Comic Strip AP!

New episodes of Comic Strip AP!

We have just put Sorcerer 02, Dogs in the Vineyard 02, and Young At Heart 02 in the Comic Strip AP feed! Check them out, and be sure to let the producers know what you think (tagging them here: Judd Karlman Richard Rogers Noah Jay-Bonn Tim B YG Mitchell and Fraser Simons).

New APs are coming soon! Here is a sampling of the games to come: Don’t Rest Your Head, D&D 5E, Dungeon World, The Sprawl, and more!

Links

iTunes

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/comic-strip-ap/id1178634161?mt=2

Google Play

https://goo.gl/app/playmusic?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/I4jjj2z2ulqk37cxjs3wbnbcuky?t%3DComic_Strip_AP

RSS

http://comicstripap.libsyn.com/rss

G+ Community

https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/101778224400740815299

Sorcerer Session Two: a cab ride in New York.

The plot thickens!

The attacker is the pursued!

A revelation of the threat.

http://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/comic-strip-ap/sorcerer-02

Episode 35 of Discern Realities is here!

Episode 35 of Discern Realities is here!

As a reminder, our compendium class contest runs until January 15th. You can send your entries to gauntletpodcast@gmail.com or paste the text in a comment here.

Cc: Phillip Wessels Slade Stolar

Enjoy!

http://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/discern-realities/episode-35

Thanks for the thoughts, Gauntlet cast.

Thanks for the thoughts, Gauntlet cast.

I’m almost caught up!

Originally shared by Robert Bohl

While listening to The Gauntlet podcast this morning, I realized what one of my preferences is in RPGs. Now, to see if I can successfully put it into words.

I love games that make you take the whole group into account. That draw your attention to aspects of other characters you’re not responsible for. Games that forefront the fact that the game is about entertaining and appreciating one another. A quick list:

* Though I haven’t yet played it, on the aforementioned Gauntlet episode, Richard Rogers was talking about playing Quinn Murphy’s Five Fires, the game about hip-hop culture. In this game, you have a secret that only your best friend, another protagonist character, knows. Sounds amazing and I can’t wait to try it.

* Primetime Adventures (by Matt Wilson) is my personal primordial experience of this. The whole game is powered by fan mail, a resource allocated by appreciation for others’ input.

* Meguey Baker’s Psi•Run integrates answering questions about the amnesiacs’ lost lives with those questions being answered, often, by the other protagonists’ players. This is also the pacing mechanic for the game.

* Speaking of pacing mechanics, Epidiah Ravachol’s Swords without Master kinda combines PTA‘s fanmail with Psi•Run‘s pacing stuff, and adds in a layer of incentive for “make up cool and evocative shit.” When someone does something you love, you write it down, and doing that and reincorporating those things later paces the game.

* Joshua A.C. Newman’s shock:social science fiction is intrinsically about this, too. Not only do you play a character who’s entangled with characters portrayed by the people to either side of you, but everyone else playing has a serious power to affect the outcome of any conflicts.

(I’m sure there are examples I’m forgetting.)

This thread is also shot all throughout my games. It’s all over the place in Misspent Youth: all conflicts are group conflicts, most scenes are presumed to have all the YOs in them, most of the time when you win you’re winning on someone else’s traits, and at the start of every episode, you make up something about the friendship between your and another’s characters. (It’s there in my other shit, too, but this is long enough already.)

Further, I feel like this is a relatively rare thing for games to address. It seems to me that the vast majority of games are very happy with people more-or-less siloing into their own spaces. Maybe I’m wrong about that, though.

Thanksgiving Travel Podcast Playlist

Thanksgiving Travel Podcast Playlist

Thanksgiving travel is one of the best times to get reacquainted with your favorite podcasts. However, I talk to people all the time who are fairly new to podcasts, or they haven’t quite figured out how to work podcast-listening into their lives. First, you should definitely consider getting a podcatcher app for your phone. In my experience, a really well-made app makes finding, managing, and enjoying podcasts much easier. My favorite is an app called Pocket Casts, which is easily searchable on both the App Store and Google Play (it costs a couple bucks, but is totally worth it).

Once you’ve got a good app, you can go through a show’s backlog and download any episodes that seem interesting to you. I’ve put together a short list of choice episodes from our family of shows to get you started. This is also a good list for people who are fairly new to the Gauntlet and want to get a sampling of the things we’ve done in the past.

Also, don’t forget Comic Strip AP! Holiday travel would be a great time to check it out!

The Gauntlet Podcast

Episode 45 – Cartel

Episode 31 – Epidiah Ravechol

Interview with Emily Care Boss

Bonus Episode – Our First RPGs

Episode 6 – Building Your Gaming Community

Discern Realities

Episode 26

Episode 15

Episode 5

+1 Forward

Night Witches

Urban Shadows

Pocket-Sized Play

Witch Quest #001 – Delivery Service

The Sprawl #001 – The Suparat Extraction

I’m pleased to present the final series for Comic Strip AP’s launch week, Young At Heart!

I’m pleased to present the final series for Comic Strip AP’s launch week, Young At Heart!

This AP was put together by YG Mitchell and Fraser Simons, and I’m excited about it for a couple of reasons. First, YG has done some incredible sound engineering for this one. You’re drawn-in from the very first moment you hear that organ playing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” And the ending is sublime; very cinematic.

The second reason I’m excited is Young At Heart is a brand-new game by Fraser. I’ve had the pleasure of watching from the front row as Fraser has gotten more and more involved in the hobby, and his development as a designer has been unburdened by the petty dramas and conventional thinking that consume so many others. He’s a delightful guy, and a vocal, enthusiastic fan of the Gauntlet. His support has meant a lot to me this year, and I’m happy to hug him right back.

Go pick up Young At Heart here: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/198376/Young-At-Heart

Enjoy!

http://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/comic-strip-ap/young-at-heart-01

Launch week for Comic Strip AP continues with Tim B and Noah Jay-Bonn’s first session of Dogs in the Vineyard by…

Launch week for Comic Strip AP continues with Tim B and Noah Jay-Bonn’s first session of Dogs in the Vineyard by Vincent Baker!

There is some lovely RP in this one, and I am particularly fond of Noah’s subtle musical cues that begin during certain tense moments. They have a synth-y, Clockwork Orange-esque vibe, and they really add an emotional punch.

I’m excited to see where this one goes!

A quick reminder that Comic Strip AP is still pending review on iTunes and Google Play. We will share those links as soon as we have them. In the meantime, you can subscribe to Comic Strip AP on your podcatcher apps by searching the following URL: http://comicstripap.libsyn.com/rss

And please join the Comic Strip AP G+ Community! https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/101778224400740815299

http://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/comic-strip-ap/dogs-in-the-vineyard-01