The Gauntlet Podcast

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

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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

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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

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Prism Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2026929256/prism-1?ref=nav\_search&result=project&term=prism

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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!

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