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I tweeted on the separate parts of the orientation video Tomer Gurantz and I have made:
I tweeted on the separate parts of the orientation video Tomer Gurantz and I have made:
https://twitter.com/greininghaus/status/1073676459317829634
The orientation video is a good way to learn more about the Gauntlet as a community:
The video description has timestamps, so you can jump to the parts which are of interest to you.
The World Wide Tuk Tuk Tournament is over.
The World Wide Tuk Tuk Tournament is over. Here are all the amazing APs in one place. A special thank you to all the players and their wonderful tuk tuk designs.
And remember:
Life is not a race.
Every breath is an opportunity to slow down.
Find moments of stillness.
We will all make it to the finishing line.
Or in other words:
What a fantastic convention! What a great community!
Our Houston AP:
Our Venice AP:
Our Miami AP:
Our Prague AP:
Our Newcastle, Australia, AP:
Our Lago Atitilan AP:
Gauntlet Play Aids folder – 100 games and counting
Gauntlet Play Aids folder – 100 games and counting
Hello everybody
Have you already heard that the Gauntlet Play Aids folder on Google Drive has passed the 100 games mark? Yes, that means we now have play aids for online play for so many games that you could play two different games a week for a whole year without repeating yourself.
Play Aids folder:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0ByS4_7KbXro_UjhDSEtNbm0zRUU
The Gauntlet Play Aids folder lives from your contributions. If you have something to be added, get in touch with me or Maria Rivera.
Below is the list of the latest entries. Thanks to Darren Brockes Horst Wurst Dylan Ross Christo Meid and Robert Nolan.
After the great discussion of laogs – live action online games – on the latest Gauntlet Podcast episode, I thought…
After the great discussion of laogs – live action online games – on the latest Gauntlet Podcast episode, I thought it was time to write down a summary of my experience with designing and playing laogs.
https://alles-ist-zahl.blogspot.com/2018/09/designing-and-playing-live-action.html
These games were on the Gauntlet Calendar:
Winterhorn by Jason Morningstar
Election of the Wine Queen by Björn Butzen and Silvia Ochlast
So Mom I made this sex tape by Susanne Vejdemo
End Game by David Hertz
Find all the material to play the games with your group and a Youtube playlist with recordings from each game at the bottom of the article.
https://alles-ist-zahl.blogspot.com/2018/09/designing-and-playing-live-action.html
German language games on the calendar
German language games on the calendar
With the beginning of next year I would like to start a series of German language games for the Gauntlet Community. The idea is to extend the realm of games and settings we can explore specifically also with people who are not that comfortable with gaming in English (but German).
Games on the calendar will be clearly signified as in German if that is the case.
The series I like to launch is called Indie Schwarze Auge.
Das Schwarze Auge, The Dark Eye, is Germany’s D&D, i.e. the by far most popular game system for more than 30 years. It has a classic fantasy setting as a basis but the setting is known for its depth of fan created detail and its “living history”, i.e. the world is constantly evolving. If you want to learn more about The Dark Eye, Lowell Francis has done a great interview on the Gauntlet Podcast with Philipp Neitzel who is part of the publishing team and a fellow Gauntleteer.
In Indie Schwarze Auge I want to use indie and story game gems to adapt them to the setting of The Dark Eye. I personally love the setting but as much as I love the setting, the original rule set of The Dark is too trad for my taste right now. I’m sure we can play great sessions of games like Fiasco, Murderous Ghosts, Cheat Your Own Adventure, The Quiet Year etc. in the ancient cities of Tulamidya, in the jungles of Maraskan or the cold castles of the Bornland.
Everybody with some German language skills is welcome.
The games will be posted into the Gauntlet Hangouts community on GooglePlus as always.
[Das Schwarze Auge and Aventurien are trademarks of Significant Fantasy GbR]
Recommended weekly reading
Recommended weekly reading
Tina Trillitzsch is a friend of mine from Germany who since recently is doing a weekly overview on what’s going on in story games and Indies. She often contributes to the German community with translations of games like Archipelago and play aids. I have linked her G+ collection on RPGs since I assume that this will be the easiest way for most of us to follow her. The link to the #storygamesweekly blog article is in the most recent post. Sophia Brandt, Keeper of the Dying Heart, has also recommended her blog in her latest update.
Jennifer Fuss is publishing a great summary of ongoing RPG kickstarters on regular basis.
Jennifer Fuss is publishing a great summary of ongoing RPG kickstarters on regular basis. What I especially appreciate about her summaries is that she has given herself a good guideline on how she reports. The guideline is only available in German, I think, but can be summarised as follows:
1) keep it positive, it’s for nobody’s help to get into a ranting mood
2) keep it complete (no matter what your personal preferences are)
3) keep it comprehensive: give a short summary for the readers’ convenience
https://teylen.wordpress.com/2017/05/31/crowdfunding-collection-40/
I thought it would be nice to share our personal picture collection for various RPG settings.
I thought it would be nice to share our personal picture collection for various RPG settings. Find my Pinterest profile below.
I find it sometimes hard to find NPC pictures especially for non stereotypical characters: older people, diverse professional backgrounds, respectful representations of cultures, women without makeup, you name it.
For some nights, for sure, cliches are just want we want to go for – then it’s time again to break them up.
https://de.pinterest.com/gerritpinterest/
Does anybody else have public collections?