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Now displaying: 2019
Dec 31, 2019
Show Notes:
1:40 - Community Submissions:
  • Alexi AND Leah Sargeant 
  • Alun Rees
  • Blake Ryan 
  • Chris Newton 
  • David Morrison 
19:17 - Rich's selection
32:59 - Community Submissions:
  • Epistolary Richard
  • Jamila R. Nedjadi 
  • Kurt Potts
  • Leandro Pondoc 
  • Maria Rivera 
45:49 - Sherri's selection
58:10 - Community Submissions:
  • Mikael Tysvaer 
  • Patrick Knowles 
  • Sam Zimmerman 
  • Sawyer Rankin
  • Sean Smith 
73:18 - Lowell's selection
82:11 - Community Submissions:
  • Steven desJardins
  • Steven Watkins 
  • Tyler Lominack
  • Walter German
  • William Hobson 
  • Rach Shelkey
102:54 - Giving Me Life

Links:
Alexi's itch: https://cloven-pine-games.itch.io/
Blake Ryan's DriveThru RPG link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/10875/Blake-Ryan
Epistolary Richard's Indie RPG Pipeline: https://theindierpgpipeline.blogspot.com/
Jammi's itch: https://temporalhiccup.itch.io/
Kurt's itch: https://kurtpotts.itch.io/
Sawyer's DriveThru RPG link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/12534/Ferretheim-Games
Dec 19, 2019

Games Played
01:15 - Sherri's Games Played and Game Spotlight - Impulse Drive
14:27 - Alexi's Games Played and Game Spotlight - Sunset Kills
28:15 - Lowell's Games Played and Game Spotlight - Alien RPG

Guest Segment
38:24 - Checkpoint Midnight and Running Games in Historical Settings

Giving Me Life
52:27 - Sherri is getting life from Thanksgiving with family and sweet potato searching
54:04 - Alexi is excited about becoming a dad!!!
54:40  - Lowell is getting life from Penzeys, an online spice store

CheckPoint Midnight updates here:
http://bit.ly/CheckpointMidnightList

Follow Cloven Pine Games on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/ClovenPineGames

You can find Cloven Pine Games here:
https://cloven-pine-games.itch.io/

Dec 2, 2019

Games Played
01:35 - Rich's Games Played and Game Spotlight - Bat Hack
16:04 - Madjay's Games Played and Game Spotlight - Apocalypse World - Burned Over
28:38 - Rach's Games Played and Game Spotlight - Legacy - Life Among the Ruins

Guest Segment
42:18 - Into the Madlands!!!

Giving Me Life
51:03 - Rach is going to Japan!
52:24 - Madjay is loving playing D&D Wednesday mornings with his son
53:27- Rich is getting life from his son's VR experience

Links:
Codex, volume 1 is on sale now! https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/codex-volume-1-book.html

Fight with Spirit link: https://storybrewersroleplaying.com/fight-with-spirit-a-high-school-sports-rpg/

Madjay's podcast is called Diceology, you should check it out! https://www.diceology.com/

Nov 18, 2019

Games Played
01:17 - Sherri's Games Played and spotlight - Become One
11:42 - Jamila's Games Played and spotlight - Balikbayan Returning Home
27:53 - Lowell's Games Played and spotlight -  Mutants in the Night

Guest Segment
41:50 - Jamila talks about the games she's working on!

Giving Me Life
 55:50 - Sherri's getting life from GauntletCon and her Gauntlet gamer friends and their hacks
59:07 - Jamila is getting life from Outer Worlds
1:00:48 -  Lowell is  digging The Fog Knows Your Name and Choice of Games https://www.choiceofgames.com/fog-knows-your-name/

Jamila's Itch page:  https://temporalhiccup.itch.io/
Mutants in the Night: https://dungeoncommandr.itch.io/mutants-in-the-night 

Oct 28, 2019

Time Codes

1:58 Sherri talks about Silent Titans

13:15 Lowell talks about Night's Black Agents: Solo OPs

30:50 Q&A

54:48 Giving Me Life: Sherri on Troika

56:40 Giving Me Life: Lowell on Gauntlet Con

Oct 15, 2019

Games Played
01:25 - Sherri's Games Played and spotlight - Nahual
13:51 - Sarah's Games Played and spotlight - Lighthearted
25:54 -  Lowell's Games Played and spotlight - Amber Diceless

Guest Segment
41:31 - Sarah talks about playing and running games set in historical periods

Giving Me Life
48:50 - Sherri's getting life from Monster Hunter World's latest expansion
50:06 - the Amazon Prime Video series Unbound and it's animation is giving Sarah life
51:13-  Lowell is digging the new Lana Del Ray album

Nahual, by Miguel Espinoza, can be found here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1971035968/nahual-a-tabletop-rpg-of-mexican-urban-fantasy

Kurt Pott's RPG Lighthearted can be found here:
https://kurtpotts.itch.io/lighthearted

Sep 30, 2019

Games Played
01:33 - Rich's games played and Spotlight - Hogwarts RPG
14:38 - Luiz's games played and Spotlight - Thirsty Sword Lesbians
29:15 - Lowell's games played and Spotlight -  WWW RPG and open table play with ongoing campaigns and narratives

Guest Segment
40:46 - Luiz talkes about his game Melody of a Never-ending Summer

Giving Me Life
53:53 - Luiz cried at a musical about Cazuza
54:53 - Rich is super into House and Powers of X
56:54-  Lowell gives Monte Cook some love

Melody of a Never-ending Summer can be found here:
https://luiz-paulo-ferraz.itch.io/mons

Sep 16, 2019

Games Played
01:15 - Sherri's games played and Spotlight - Kuro
10:23 - Jim's games played and Spotlight - The Ward
28:1+ - Lowell's games played and Spotlight -  The Sprawl

Guest Segment
41:26 - Jim Crocker is the virtual vendor for Gauntlet Con 2019!

Giving Me Life
48:09 - Sherri is into Twitter?
51:57 - The musical Six is giving Jim life
53:53-  Lowell has special feelings for a certain motorcycle

Jim Crocker's online webstore can be found here:
https://jimlikesgames.com/

Aug 30, 2019

0:24 Introductions
2:29 What's Band of Blades' Pitch
10:57 The Legion, Roles, and Playbooks
21:50 Band of Blades' Play Sequence
25:26 Campaign Themes
35:30 Designing Band of Blades as a Limited Campaign
43:50 Running Online

Buy Band of Blades here:
https://www.evilhat.com/home/band-of-blades/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/243347/Band-of-Blades

Aug 19, 2019

Games Played
01:04 - Sherri's games played and Spotlight - Monster of the Week - Tome of Mysteries
13:58 - Richard Ruane's games played (a bunch!) and Spotlight - Dark Streets and Darker Secrets
27:52 - Lowell's games played and Spotlight - Tides of Gold

Guest Segment 
37:06 - Gauntlet Con 2019 is coming!

Giving Me Life
46:27 - Sherri is into Haribo's Star Mix and connections with friends who "get you"
47:23 - Richard's so excited for Flame Con and When Brooklyn Was Queer
48:47 - Lowell's into a new K-Drama on Netflix (quelle surprise), this one is "Urban Shadowsy" 

Jul 27, 2019
Games Played
00:34 - Rich's games played and Spotlight - Hit the Streets: Defend the Block
13:50 - Patrick's games played and Spotlight - Project Lycra
25:11 - Sherri's games played and Spotlight - Blazon

Guest Segment
33:16 - Origins 2019 recap

Giving Me Life
55:40 - Sherri is into Dragon Quest Builders
56:56 - Patrick lavishes praise on DIE (the comic and RPG)
1:00:00- Rich... likes riding a bus?

Links
Hit the Streets: Defend the Block's Kickstarter ends the morning of July 31st!

Blazon, by Rose Bailey, can be found on Drive thru RPG

Jul 16, 2019

Games Played
02:04 - Lowell's games played and Spotlight - Pasión de las Pasiones
14:49 - David's games played and Spotlight - Comrades

Guest Segment
37:34 - David Morrison talks about Trophy and playing beyond the literal in RPGs

Giving Me Life
52:37 - Lowell is into JRPG explainer videos on YouTube
53:53 - David is a superfan of the TV show Pose

Links

 

Our website

www.gauntlet-rpg.com

 

Our Patreon

patreon.com/gauntlet

 

Our forums

www.forums.gauntlet-rpg.com 

 

Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Jun 28, 2019

Games Played
01:31 - Sherri's games played and Spotlight - Things from the Flood
14:09 - Leandro's games played and Spotlight - Good Society
27:59 - Lowell's games played and Spotlight - Neo Shinobi Vendetta

Guest Segment
38:40 - Leandro Pondoc talks about Gauntlet's Open Table play and the excitement of Shared Setting Creation

Giving Me Life
48:13 - Sherri is into Fruits Basket
50:34 - Leandro is digging Legend of the Galactic Heroes
53:07 - Lowell is all about Take my Revolution (https://temporalhiccup.itch.io/take-my-revolution)

 

Links

Our website

www.gauntlet-rpg.com

 

Our Patreon

patreon.com/gauntlet

 

Our forums

www.forums.gauntlet-rpg.com 

 

Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Jun 9, 2019

Games Played
00:55 - Lowell's games played and Spotlight - Veil'd Fantasy
15:32 - Cat's  games played and Spotlight - Alas for the Awful Sea: Kingsport
32:02 - Jason's games played and 9 Lessons from running 9 games of Trophy

Guest Segment
49:21 - Cat Ramen talks about Red Carnations on a Black Grave, her game coming to Kickstarter SOON!

Giving Me Life
1:04:48 - Lowell and Hearts of Wulin on Twitch
1:06:56 - Cat is excited about Hearts of Wulin and playing with Lucian!
1:08:17 - Jason loves Zigguratti

Links

Our website

www.gauntlet-rpg.com

 

Our Patreon

patreon.com/gauntlet

 

Our forums

www.forums.gauntlet-rpg.com 

 

Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

 

May 22, 2019

Game Discussion
00:45 - Sherri's games played and Game Spotlight - Tales from the Loop
14:19 - Oli's games played and Game Spotlight - Murderous Ghosts
29:49 - Lowell's games played and Game Spotlight - Urban Shadows + Dresden Files

Guest Segment
41:12 - Quietus!

Giving Me Life
59:15 - Sherri making her own FitD game
1:05:46 - Oli loves 2nd season of She-Ra
1:04:53 - Lowell is having fun with Twitter

 

Links

Our website

www.gauntlet-rpg.com

 

Our Patreon

patreon.com/gauntlet

 

Our forums

www.forums.gauntlet-rpg.com 

 

Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

May 10, 2019

Jason Cordova is joined by Agatha Cheng and Lowell Francis to discuss Hearts of Wulin, coming to Kickstarter May 14th! 

Time Codes
10:33 - Talking Mechanics
14:27 - Combat
22:04 - Elements and Playbook roles
40:49 - Kickstarter Details

Links

Hearts of Wulin

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gauntlet/227140374?ref=817189&token=9812b9e7

Apr 22, 2019
Games Played
00:50 - Sherri's games played
01:29 - Sherri's Game Spotlight - The Black Hack 2nd edition
07:50 - Vee's games played
08:35 - Vee's Game Spotlight - Rider's Last Rites
21:19 - Hayley's games played
21:35 - Hayley's Game Spotlight - The King is Dead
31:29 - Lowell's games played
31:53 - Lowell's Game Spotlight - Masks as a quarterly game experience

Guest Segment
40:28 - What The Storybrewers Are Brewing Up!

Giving Me Life
51:25 - Sherri's foray into game design!
52:32 - Vee's love of sports, and bouldering
53:06 - Hayley's trip to Port Macquarie 
59:50 - Lowell is playing Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World (it looks like work)
 
Links
The Black Hack (2e)
 
Rider's Last Rites
 
The King is Dead
 
 
Apr 10, 2019

Games Played
01:04 - Lowell's games played
01:33 - Lowell's Game Spotlight - Legacy - Life Among the Ruins, 2nd ed
17:19 - Tyler's games played
19:08 - Tyler's Game Spotlight - World Wide Wrestling RPG with The Road expansion
32:05 - Jason's games played
35:50 - Jason's Game Spotlight - Crossroads Carnival

Guest Segment
47:21 - Gauntlet International!

Giving Me Life
57:37 - Lowell and the Video Palace podcast
58:25 - Tyler and an Alexander Kent book series
59:50 - Jason and the Gauntlet forums

 

Links

Our website

www.gauntlet-rpg.com

 

Our Patreon

patreon.com/gauntlet

 

Our forums

www.forums.gauntlet-rpg.com 

 

Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Mar 29, 2019

Guest: Bethany Harvey (@bethanyharvey on Twitter)

Gauntlet Hangouts Roundup
00:00:58 - 1%er Supers
00:9:23 - Dream Askew
00:23:50 - Cryptomancer

Guest segment
00:36:10 - Designing a Mystery for D&D 5E and Dungeon World

Giving Me Life
00:44:03 - The comfort of Earl Grey tea
00:45:30 - The return of the sun
00:46:20 - Flavorful Origins (on Netflix)

Links
The Gauntlet Forums - https://forums.gauntlet-rpg.com/
Dream Askew - https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/dream-askew
Cryptomancer - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/186678/Cryptomancer

 

Our website

www.gauntlet-rpg.com

 

Our Patreon

patreon.com/gauntlet

 

Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

 

Mar 13, 2019

Gauntlet Hangouts Roundup
00:00:56 - Forbidden Lands
00:16:15 - Spire RPG
00:32:21 - Trophy

Guest segment
00:45:30 - HILT//BLADE

Giving Me Life
00:57:06 - Fancy coffee
00:58:48 - Klaus from Umbrella Academy
00:60:09 - The Between beta

Links
The Gauntlet Forums
https://forums.gauntlet-rpg.com

Forbidden Lands
https://www.modiphius.net/collections/forbidden-lands

Spire RPG
https://rowanrookanddecard.com/spire-rpg/

Trophy (Codex - Dark 2)
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/268198/Codex--Dark-2-Dec-2018

Our website

www.gauntlet-rpg.com

 

Our Patreon

patreon.com/gauntlet

 

Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Mar 1, 2019

Gauntlet Hangouts Roundup
01:01:11 - Storm Riders!
00:11:42 - The Dark Between the Stars
00:28:45 - Threadbare

Guest Segment
00:43:06 - The Veil: Inheritance

Giving Me Life
01:00:00 - Dressing up game
01:02:00 - Roll tables for Hack the Planet
01:04:25 - Vera

 

Links

Our website

www.gauntlet-rpg.com

 

Our Patreon

patreon.com/gauntlet

 

Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

 

Feb 10, 2019

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

Jan 22, 2019

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/

Jan 10, 2019

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

Our website

www.gauntlet-rpg.com

 

Our Patreon

patreon.com/gauntlet

 

Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Promo music for January: Positive and Fun by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.

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