Gauntlet Video Roundup - December 10, 2021

​Greetings, and welcome to the weekly Gauntlet Calendar video roundup! Enjoy these recordings of online games organized through Gauntlet Calendar and the Gauntlet RPG Community. These recorded sessions represent only a portion of the selection of games available every week, and anyone is welcome to join the fun! If you'd like to play or watch more games like these, check out the links and information at the bottom of the post.

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Star Wars Saturday Special Edition

Action Movie World: DOUBLE PAYBACK: Fear of the Obsidian Clone II
Rich Rogers runs for Alun R., Pawel S., and Sabine V.
Rexi and Armitage are BACK, baby! And they've got a little droid, too. You know you wanna see Allie in action alongside the podracing duo as they take on the Obsidian Clone once more!

Superstars: Racing Icons
Donogh runs for Greg G., Horst Wurst, and Matthew Doughty
Now this is Podracing! The podracing season hurtles towards its final race, as a long-simmering rivalry between Weee Tay the Fan-Favourite and Adari the Veteran erupts to engulf the entire circuit! Moom Bo the Bully just wants to get that holo deal and uses the situation as a lever, while Rookie Vee Tazi is desperately seeking a team to take him in...

Rey Underground
Alexi S. runs for David Schultz, Jesse A., Marleigh, and Sabine V.
We play Girl Underground, but the Girl is Rey from the Star Wars sequel trilogy. She falls into a strange underground realm while questing for knowledge of what a Jedi should be. She meets strange Companions: a talking Ysalamir, a broken assassin-droid, an ambitious Kowakian monkey-lizard, and a majestic Purgill. And she confronts the Grand Moff of the Scrapheap, who has stolen the sun. This one-shot is part of a celebration of 4 years of the Star Wars Saturday games series, brought to you by members of the Gauntlet RPG Community.

Stars in the Dark
Anders runs for Mark, Rod Santos, and Will H
The stranded crew of the Solar Breeze take on the task of acquiring the tech-savvy sister of Rebel leader Maxa for an unknown client.

Clash of the Sabers
Steven Watkins runs for David Miessler-Kubanek, Jo Lene, Rich Rogers, and Rod Santos
The escaped Jedi from Order 66 search for a safe haven. Will they find safety before the Sith Inquisitors find them--and their special cargo of Younglings?

Bounty of the Week: The Tatooine Repo
Will H runs for Alexi S., Greg G., Rich Rogers, and Sabine V.
The crew of the Heat Blur hunts down a rogue pilot and his stolen ship in the desert wastes, but local 'business men' and the wildlife complicate things.

Against the Sith Conspiracy (Session 1 of 3)
Alun R. runs for Jason Zanes, Rich Rogers, Steven Watkins, and Will H
Someone within the New Republic Government has decided they need deniable assets able to do what they can't. A team of dangerous and damaged Operators is what has been deemed necessary to launch a covert operation in the neon washed alleys of Carannia City... Kit the Wookie killed for the Rebellion, while Corsha spied for them. Gar Scribbs, meanwhile, worked in Rebellion Comms under cover as a swoop biker. That leaves Vann...who is a little more difficult to pigeonhole... The team try to extract an asset from a suspicious criminal operation but what starts as a 'smash and grab' turns first into a roof top chase and then a confrontation with a very dangerous foe before they retrieve a mysterious package and take a prisoner that one of them knows...

Hit the Sith - Save the Galaxy
Alun R. runs for Daniel Kušan, David Miessler-Kubanek, Jeremy Mahr, and Matthew Arcilla
The weak have always been susceptible to the Dark Side and nowhere is that more true than deep below the surface of Coruscant on Level 1313. So that's where The Naïve Youngster, Joth Omeggorm, along with Soryn Kynth, the Unstoppable, Smooth Talking Arno Yezik, and Sunder Gat the Cynical Daredevil, try to save the Galaxy and stop the power of the Sith growing ever greater...they just need to get a prisoner out of an Imperial armoured carrier without attracting the attention of the local criminal syndicate...

Gauntlet Quarterly

The Between (Session 12)
David Morrison runs for Anders, David Schultz, and Sabine V.
Ardent is visited in his dreams and sees the paths of magic stretching through London. Trixie and a friend help James Whistler escape pursuit. And John sits for Lord Fauconberg. Putting together the pieces, they discover Lord Fauconberg is preparing a sacrificial ritual that could change the very fabric of the world if he is allowed to continue.

Gauntlet Calendar

Hearts of Wulin: Star Wars: Episode IX Spark of Hope (Session 1)
Lowell Francis runs for Anders, Francisco Olivera, Rod Santos, and Steven Watkins
We re-imagine the last part of the trilogy using HoW. Our heroes- Rey, Rose, Poe, and Leia- intercept a convoy to rescue an old ally, but discover something more wondrous. (View series opening crawl here.)

AKA: The Covenant & The Astrolabe
Donogh runs for Chris Sellers and Kae
Now that they've found out how the agency is just a front for Frederick's scheme, Colby and her foster-brother Carlyle are doing everything they can to subvert that work. Their trip to Lucena to steal a priceless 16th century Astrolabe from The Covenant is one step to bringing their cunning boss to justice, even if their personal lives try to make that even more difficult.

Sleepaway: Unhappy Campers (Session 3 of 5)
Drew D. facilitates for David Morrison, flint kozmyra, and Nathan Harrison
We wrap up Act 1 and dive deep into Act 2: The Descent as something strange makes itself known in the woods...

Hearts of Wulin: Mystery of the Puzzle Sword (Session 2)
Lowell Francis runs for Jamila R. Nedjadi, Patrick Knowles, Sherri, and Tyler Lominack
Our heroes gather at the House of Endless Leaves with secrets and revelations on the menu, but imperial intervention and old history inevitably lead to a disappearance and a murder.

Plutonian Shards: Touch the Void (Session 1 of 4)
Alexi S. runs for Brandon Brylawski, Bryan, Danielle B., and Jim Likes Games
The crew of the Pinion Wisp assembles! There's Kadence the Armageddonist Fallen, Eris the Prodigal daughter of a terraforming dynasty, Hoyt the Neophyte cook from a space truckstop, and Rose the Prototype artificial being meant to interface with the Void. In their first mission of the series, they shut down a malfunctioning bot on a mining colony but uncover a strange artifact along the way, just in time for Tetrachy ships to show up and threaten to wipe the whole place out.

You can see all these videos (plus all the ones that have come before) on The Gauntlet YouTube channel playlists, and be sure to subscribe to catch all our great podcasts!

If you'd like to catch these sessions in an audio-only podcast, check out the community-run Hangouts Podcast at http://gauntlet.hellomouth.net/.

If you'd like to play in games like these, check out the calendar of events and the Gauntlet Forums where games are announced, or catch one of our Gauntlet Community Open Gaming online mini-conventions.

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Enjoy, and have a great weekend!