Gauntlet Hangouts Roundup
00:01:30 - City of Mist
00:22:17 - Girl Underground
00:32:10 - Hot Guys Making Out: Sherlock
Guest Segment
00:43:50 - Trophy and mining the fantasy genre for new ideas
Giving Me Life
00:56:52 - Yakuza
00:59:20 - Cabins in the woods
00:60:40. - Mastering Twitter
Links
City of Mist
https://www.cityofmist.co
Girl Underground
https://girlunderground.org
Codex - Lies
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/238692/Codex--Lies-Jan-2018
Promo music
Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License.Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Happy_Music/Happy_Ukulele_1026
Improv for Gamers
00:00:21 - Background
00:05:00 - Improv
00:07:32 - Performative play and creativity
00:14:59 - When to use the book
00:17:57 - Some highlights
Giving Me Life
00:31:35 - Smash Bros. Ultimate
00:32:35 - Gift giving traditions
Improv for Gamers
https://www.evilhat.com/home/improv-for-gamers/
Jason speaks with Lowell about his upcoming game, Hearts of Wulin
Time Codes
00:02:14 - Overview
00:03:05 - Wuxia melodrama
00:05:11 - Emotions and Entanglements
00:11:25 - Chi
00:14:25 - Combat
00:19:38 - Playbooks
00:21:15 - Listener questions
Links
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Promo music for January: Positive and Fun by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.
In our special year-end episode, members of The Gauntlet community share their Favorite Games of 2018. Congratulations to all the games that were selected:
Cartel
For the Queen
Our Mundane Supernatural Life
The King is Dead
Ten Candles
Hearts of Wulin
Once Again, We Return
Ascendancy
Spindlewheel
Trouble for Hire
Stonetop
Good Society
Masks
Cold Ruins of Lastlife
Harn World
Gardens of Ynn
Troika
Ultraviolet Grasslands
The Sword, the Crown, and the Unspeakable Power
Legend of the Five Rings
Wreck of the Void Hatred
Mask of the Mummy King
Ryuutama
Bluebeard's Bride
Monsterhearts 2
Midnight at the Oasis
Storm Riders!
The Between
Nahual
Impulse Drive
Monster of the Week
Velvet Glove
Blades in the Dark
Scum & Villainy
Spacewurm v. Moonicorn
One Child's Heart
Eden
Dialect
Links
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NOTE: During the discussion of The Witcher Pen & Paper, Lowell incorrectly credits the game being written by Mike and Lisa Pondsmith. In fact, it was written by Cody and Lisa Pondsmith.
Games we played in November
00:01:05 - The Witcher: Pen and Paper
00:20:15 - All Systems Nominal
00:37:06 - The Happiest Apocalypse on Earth
December highlights
00:48:05 - After the War
00:48:43 - SCUP: Wreathe Your Hands in Blood
Giving Me Life
00:51:30 - Mystery Science Theater 3k: The Gauntlet
00:52:35 - Flea Market Flip
00:54:49 - New city, new life
Links
"Crypto" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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This is the audio from the Dead and Forgotten Games panel at Gauntlet Con 2018. The panel moderator was Rach Shelkey. The panelists were Rich Rogers, Misha Bushyager, and Phil Vecchione.
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Lowell and Jason welcome Lauren McManamon to the show.
Game Discussion
00:00:35 - The Between
00:08:00 - Big Bad Con
00:13:33 - Thousand Arrows
00:30:45 - Girl Underground
Looking ahead to November
00:46:55 - Kingsport ‘62
00:48:05 - We Used to Be Friends
00:49:01 - Weave
Giving Me Life
00:51:15 - Niece running Hearts of Wulin
00:51:55 - #QueerGauntlet
00:53:31 - The Mercy Falls Campaign
Links
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Lowell is joined by Misha Bushyager from New Agenda Publishing!
Timecodes
00:00:22 - Overview and rules of Orun
00:13:16 - Tech in Orun
00:16:00 - Other projects
00:20:33 - Black designers in roleplaying games
00:24:35 - African themes in roleplaying games (and representation in games, generally)
00:32:06 - Orun wrap-up
Links
Orun Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/newagendapubs/orun
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This is the Queering Game panel from Gauntlet Con 2017. The panelists includes Avery Alder, River Williamson, and Richard Ruane.
Game Round Up
00:00:55 - Cthulhu Dark: Pizza Time!
00:11:45 - Monsterhearts 2: Once Again, We Return
00:35:39 - Scum & Villainy
Looking ahead to October
00:48:36 - Gaunt Marches Campaign
00:50:13 - Masks: The Anime and Girl Underground
00:52:16 - Changeling: The Lost PbtA and Promethean: The Created
Giving Me Life
00:55:40 - Dragon Quest XI
00:56:39 - Making new Gauntleteers
00:58:59 - Surviving September
Links
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Promo Music: Gustav Holst, "Terzetto Movement 2: Un Poco Vivace", performed by Steve's Bedroom Band (CC BY 3.0)
The Gauntlet Gaming Community, which produces this podcast, is launching its very first Kickstarter on October 2nd! We’re raising money to create a beautiful hardcover book collecting the first 13 issues of our zine, Codex. This special podcast episode features Lowell Francis and Jason Cordova discussing the history and development of the zine, the Kickstarter campaign, and the future of The Gauntlet community. It’s a fantastic conversation. Enjoy!
GM Masterclass 04 - Hard Sell Players
Hard Sell Players
00:00:45 - How do you encourage players to play characters different from them?
00:09:07 - What’s the best way to manage players with system mastery?
00:16:12 - How do you handle players who disdain safety tools but doesn’t go out of their way to break them?
00:25:23 - What adjustments do you make when the player is clearly not interested in any of the hooks?
00:34:50 - How do you safely play with players who have trauma?
Giving Me Life
00:45:29 - Gauntlet Con 2018
00:48:08 - Being finished with FanExpo
Links
Wide Open Road by Noel Griffin is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Noel_Griffin/Fiction_City/Noel_Griffin_-_Fiction_City_-_11_Wide_Open_Road_
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August Game Round Up
00:02:39 - Tales From the Loop
00:24:00 - Don’t Rest Your Head
00:38:40 - The Election of the Wine Queen
Looking Ahead to September
00:52:05 - Monsterhearts 2: Once Again, We Return
00:52:50 - Monsterhearts 2: Summer Folk
00:53:09 - Monsterhearts 2: Kingsport 1692
Giving Me Life
00:55:35 - Hit Parade podcast
00:57:20 - The Legend of Fuyao
00:58:23 - Okami HD on Switch
00:59:35 - Asians Represent podcast
Links
Wide Open Road by Noel Griffin is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Noel_Griffin/Fiction_City/Noel_Griffin_-_Fiction_City_-_11_Wide_Open_Road_
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Lowell speaks with Whitney Delaglio about their new game Prism and much more!
PLEASE NOTE: Whitney’s audio is slightly scratchy in the beginning of the interview, but clears up at the 00:7:00 mark.
Timecodes
00:00:22 - Overview of Prism
00:14:25 - Magic in the Prism setting
00:19:47 - Metatopia
00:25:10 - Inclusivity in the hobby
00:30:32 - Final thoughts on Prism
Links
Prism Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2026929256/prism-1?ref=nav\_search&result=project&term=prism
Our website
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July Games Round-up
00:00:53 - The games Jason played
00:05:05 - The Green Law of Varkith
00:25:35 - Veil 2020: Land of the Free
Looking ahead to August
00:46:36 - Star Wars Saturday
00:47:48 - All Systems Nominal
00:48:53 - Monsterhearts 2: True Beauty
Giving Me Life
00:53:00 - Prepping for Gen Con
00:53:42 - Never Knows Best
00:55:36 - The Gauntlet Blog
Links
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Flotsam: Adrift Amongst the Stars
00:00:43 - Overview
00:01:25 - Mechanics
00:16:30 - Setting
00:27:22 - Kickstarter
00:33:15 - Upcoming projects
Giving Me Life
00:38:00 - New nephew
00:39:37 - El Ministerio del Tiempo
Links
Flotsam Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blackarmada/flotsam-adrift-amongst-the-stars?ref=nav\_search&result=project&term=flotsam
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Game Roundup
00:00:22 - Hearts of Wulin
00:22:00 - The Between
Looking Ahead to July
00:45:52 - The Spire
00:46:38 - Story Game Sunday
Giving Me Life
00:48:43 - Charterstone
00:49:48 - Hollow Knight
Links:
Klong by Erich Schall is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.
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Lowell sits down with Sean Nittner from Big Bad Con and Evil Hat Productions.
Big Bad Con
00:00:46 - Overview
00:05:03 - How the Con got started
00:09:00 - What makes Big Bad Con special?
00:18:30 - Kickstarter
Sean’s Work in Tabletop Publishing
00:28:26 - Sean’s work at Evil Hat
00:35:45 - Advice for first-time game publishers
00:39:38 - Moving on to work with bigger publishers
Giving Me Life
00:44:47 - Playtesting new games
00:47:10 - Indexes
Links
Big Bad Con Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1157274964/big-bad-con-2018
May Game Roundup
00:01:33 - Changeling the Lost PbtA
00:15:21 - Dead Friend
00:30:18 - Pasión de las Pasiones
00:43:14 - Midnight at the Oasis
Looking Ahead to June
00:56:28 - Night Witches
00:57:35 - Monster of the Week: Agents of Faust
Giving Me Life
00:59:54 - Prepping for Origins
01:00:51 - The Toys That Made Us
Links
Summer Pride by Loyalty Freak Music is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.
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Lowell and Jason are joined by community member Tyler for the Gauntlet Hangouts Roundup for April 2018!
Game Discussion
00:00:49 - Middle Eastern Themes
00:19:12 - Tall Pines
00:30:05 - Sea of Man
Looking Ahead to May
00:42:26 - Threadbare
00:43:10 - Alas for the Awful Sea
00:44:38 - Spelljamming Troika!
Giving Me Life
00:46:26 - Dusk City Outlaws
00:47:30 - The Terror and GLOW Season 2
00:49:09 - The Between development
Links
Our website
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Host question
00:00:53 - You have one hour to prep your session. What do you do?
Listener questions
00:07:48 - How do you prep for a campaign when the group is inconsistent?
00:19:30 - How do you maintain hype between sessions?
00:24:25 - How do you get good critiques about your GMing?
00:34:25 - How do you get players to care about your NPCs?
Giving Me Life
46:00 - A Very Fatal Murder
00:48:56 - Nailed it!
Links
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Game discussion
00:00:47 - Open Table Play
00:23:25 - Worlds of Adventure
00:41:13 - Carcosa hex crawl
Looking ahead to April
00:52:20 - The Black Hack: Under the Hellbridge
00:53:00 - Space Wurm vs Moonicorn
00:53:30 - Lady Blackbird: Flight of the Owl
Giving Me Life
00:54:28 - Twitter
00:55:27 - Unmasked
00:56:15 - The Gauntlet
Kate’s question
00:00:21 - What bad GM experience have you had recently and what did you learn from it?
Listener questions
00:10:23 - How do you handle the one player who is clearly not having a good time?
00:19:20 - How do you integrate GM tips and techniques into your style?
00:29:00 - What do you do with the player who is focused on something inconsequential?
00:35:05 - How do we make character generation feel more like play?
Giving Me Life
00:45:40 - Skin Wars
00:47:15 - The Holiday Season
Links
Our website
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Our Patreon
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Game Discussion
00:00:49 - Hearts of Wulin
00:15:45 - Lord Scurlock
00:28:30 - Mercy Falls ‘83
Looking Ahead to March
00:41:45 - Urban Shadows: The Forbidden Metropolis
00:42:35 - Monsterhearts 2: Mercy Falls 4 and Space Wurm v Moonicorn
00:43:45 - Into the Odd
Giving Me Life
0046:23 - Monster Hunter World
00:47:55 - Civ 6 Rise and Fall
00:48:45 - The Bachelor
Links
Promo Music: Alternative Facts by David Hilowitz. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/David_Hilowitz_
Kate and Jason answer questions from the community and discuss their favorite GM techniques.
Kate’s question
00:01:04 - What is your biggest challenge as a GM right now?
Community questions
00:07:55 - How do you use hard moves to be a fan of the characters?
00:14:28 - How do you handle self-care, pre-game jitters, and post-game letdown?
00:25:52 - How do you do short but effective prep?
00:34:44 - What do you do when a player’s core character concept doesn’t fit?
Giving Me Life
00:42:43 - Skyrim on Switch
00:44:34 - Punisher on Netflix
Links
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