Tag: David LaFreniere

Anyone have thoughts on a game that would do Attack on Titan well?

For those unfamiliar with AoT, it is a manga/anime series following a group of soldiers who attempt to protect the last remnants of humanity by keeping them behind great walls that keep the titans out. Titans are largely mindless humanoids of gigantic proportions who seek to eat humans. The titans can only be killed in a very specific way (slicing deep in the back of the neck), so humanity has developed devices that allow users to fire spikes on lines to attach to objects and maneuver through the air to slice at the back of the titans’ necks. The story has a sense of mystery about how the world became like this, and * minor spoilers* it is revealed that certain humans have the ability to turn into titans. The story has frequent character death as well.

Thoughts on a game that might do this well, or does this game need to be written, or does this type of story not translate well to tabletop games?

Its another fine day in the Gauntlet Community, and its business as usual. The latest Codex released, as its the first of the month. The Gauntlet Podcast 110 hit my stream. I sent my ritualistic message to Jason to let him know the next episode of DR is ready for quality check: “DR Ep 49 is in the Discern Realities folder on Dropbox.” I’m prepping for a great first session of Ray’s dragon hoard from his Plundergrounds zine.

Then I realized, this isn’t just an ordinary day. This is the 12 issue of Codex, which means its been a full year since we started that project. I can’t believe how quickly it went by. The Gauntlet has grown so much in the past year. I’ve met so many amazing people with the Gauntlet this year. I’ve run my first long campaign for the Gauntlet through the Anglekite setting book for Dungeon World Wednesdays. I’ve seen our calendar nearly double in scope as more people run games.

And I am thankful. I love this group. I have grown so much as a player from engaging with this group. I have grown so much as a storyteller from engaging with this group. I have grown so much as a person by engaging with this group. I cannot wait for what is to come next in the future, but I wanted to take a minute to give out some dreams, take a deep breath, and reflect a bit on all that we have done.

Dreams for all listed below!

Daniel Lewis who taught many story games, prepared many sheets for online play, and personally taught me to edit audio, so I could be the editor for Discern Realities.

Oli Jeffery for blowing my mind each time I get to see the advanced copies of Codex.

A dream for every contributing author of Codex, for making me excited to do the editing work each month.

A dream to the community for engaging in such a flurry of posts every time a Miscellany gets posted for contributions.

Richard Rogers who has allowed me to play some of the most dramatic characters in all the gaming I have done, and who allowed Bones to be a true badass.

josh gary who made it to every single Anglekite game I’ve run.

Michael G. Barford who is a fantastic partner for a secret Gauntlet Project code name: Killer-Spectre.

Gerrit Reininghaus who challenged my perception of Dungeon World in new ways with his character creations.

Michael X. Heiligenstein for his character who brought about the apocalypse in Angelkite, but introduced us all to his delightful little bird Mort in the process.

Yoshi Creelman who I always enjoy playing with and never get to see enough of.

Seraphina Ferraro for making DexCon unforgettable.

And finally Jason Cordova, without whom none of this would be possible. Here’s to another fantastic year!

Jason and I have chosen the winner of the Discern Realities Shrine Contest (to be announced later) but we can’t decide on the runners up and so we need your help!

My remaining finalists can be found here:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0By0jfjqbT7OvZFdEZWphU3lrd1E

Read through them and cast a vote for your favorite on this poll by Friday, June 16th at 11:59 PM EDT. The entry with the most votes will be named a runner up in the Shrine Contest. The entry’s author will receive a $20 gift card to DriveThru and be invited to co-host an episode of Discern Realities.

Jason and I recorded a special episode of Discern Realities where we briefly discussed what we liked about these entries. That episode can be found here:

http://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/discern-realities/special-episode-the-shrine-contest-finalists

If one of your entries is listed here, please do not talk about it or otherwise engage in any kind of campaigning throughout the community. Let’s keep it anonymous!