Tag: Jason Cordova

Here’s to the gamers who play!

We had a terrific weekend of gaming! On Thursday, we continued our Dungeon World campaign. Just a few loose ends and one more session  before we head into Death Frost Doom and A Red & Pleasant Land. 

On Friday, we had a board game night. We played some classics: Reiner Knizia’s Modern Art, Klaus Teuber’s Hoity Toity (Adel Verpflichtet, for you old-timers), and Uwe Rosenberg’s Bohnanza. You know, I used to be into board games the way I am currently into roleplaying games, and it felt good to get back into that spirit for a night. 

On Sunday, though, we went back to roleplaying games with a vengeance, playing Brian Engard’s Becoming, a couple of quick ones called Char. Gen. and Agent Down, and then two games of the fabulous Cheat Your Own Adventure. 

Thanks to everyone who came out: Daniel Fowler Jeff Burke Kyle McCauley Jorge Salazar Ferrell Riley Kristen D Scott Owen Steve Mains Daniel Lewis Aaron Scott and my boyfriend, Rich!

Play with The Gauntlet long enough, and you’ll eventually run into this fellow (he even showed up on the podcast once). Often he is called Gormakir the Cruel. On Carcosa, he is known as Grzzrkt’taa the Inevitable. No matter what he is called, he’s always up to no good.

This is lovely work by Dirk Detweiler Leichty, part of his new Patreon release, which you should definitely support. 

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Every now and then, a game comes out of nowhere (like Cheat Your Own Adventure) and you’re really taken aback by how good it is.Andrew Peregrine’s Dance of the Damned is one such game. It’s kind of a mix of RPG plus competitive card game. It has a lot of fast, back and forth narration that reminds you of, well, a dance. The setting is terrific, too: all the lords and nobles are hiding inside a castle, drinking and fucking themselves stupid, while the poors outside die of the plague. The point of the game is to see if your character will succumb to the darkness and ennui, or will they leave the castle filled with hope about the future. 

Lots of fun. Highly recommended. I suspect we’ll talk about it on the podcast episode that lands May 8th. 

Thanks to everyone who came out: Jorge Salazar Daniel Lewis Ferrell Riley and Scott Owen.

The first planning session for The Codex of Wondrous Power (or The Encyclopedia Gauntletica, if you will) is on Thursday, May 7th. I’m not making it a Meetup event, since it’s not a game, so if you’re interested in coming, just post in the comments and I’ll get in touch with you privately.