The Gauntlet Podcast

The Gauntlet Podcast

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The Gauntlet Podcast episodes

  • Episode 112 - German Tabletop RPGs with Philipp Neitzel

    Lowell speaks with Philipp Neitzel about the German tabletop scene!

    Timecodes The German gaming scene in the 90s (01:23) The Dark Eye (07:20) The German "edition wars" (15:16) Bringing new mechanics into a mainstream game (18:08) The German approach to medieval fantasy (19:55) German cultural touchstones for RPGs (26:08) The Warring Kingdoms (28:41) Conflict (31:56) Trends in German RPGs (31:52) The meta plot (38:58) The German convention scene (43:32)

    Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com

    Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet

    Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

    50 min
  • Episode 111 - DEXCON 2017

    Jason is joined by David & Shane to talk about their experiences at DEXCON 2017!

    DEXCON 2017 General thoughts and reflections (00:31) Black Sunday, 1935 (07:43) Bedlam Beautiful (26:40) Witch: The Road to Lindisfarne (34:48) Ten Candles (42:00)

    Giving Me Life Splatoon 2 (48:08) Baahubali (49:07) Roll For Your Party dice roller app (50:04)

    Links Shane's Dice Roller App rollforyour.party

    Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com

    Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet

    Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

    54 min
  • Episode 109 - Facilitating Horror Gaming

    Kate and Jason welcome Michelle Lyons-McFarland from Growling Door Games!

    Giving Me Bleed Gerrit (00:55) Becoming human in Promethean (03:10) Genocide in Fall of Magic (05:06)

    Facilitating Horror in RPGs Introduction (08:40) Invoking fear (09:36) Maintaining hope (17:24) Holding space (28:38) Our favorite horror sub-genres (38:07) Pitfalls (47:04) Miscellaneous tips (51:12)

    Giving Me Life Gauntlet Con announcement and +1 Forward ENnie nomination (56:08) Horizon: Zero Dawn (57:49) All of the Mass Effect (58:39)

    Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com

    Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet

    Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

    1 hr 1 min
  • Episode 108 - Amanda Valentine

    Lowell talks to editor and game designer Amanda Valentine.

    Timecodes Editing (02:00) Working on licensed games (09:47) Getting into the RPG editing field (13:53) Challenging projects (20:19) Amanda's favorite projects (21:41) Creating a supportive environment for young gamers (25:54)

    Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com

    Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet

    Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

    34 min
  • Episode 107 - The Spire with Grant Howitt & Chris Taylor

    Jason sits down with Grant Howitt & Chris Taylor from Rowan, Rook & Deckard

    The Spire RPG Overview (02:48) Themes (04:55) Mechanics (07:00) Character classes (12:30) A setting rich game (23:49) Kickstarter campaign (27:49)

    Giving Me Life Secret World (35:00) Horizon: Zero Dawn (36:00)

    Links Gauntlet Con 2017 http://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/gauntlet-con.html

    Rowan, Rook, and Deckard http://rowanrookanddecard.com

    Nocturnal Media https://www.nocturnal-media.com

    40 min
  • Episode 106 - Velvet Glove, Mutant: Year Zero, Royal Blood

    Rich and Lowell are joined by Rach Shelkey for this month's game round-up!

    Game Discussion Velvet Glove (02:26) Mutant: Year Zero (12:31) Royal Blood (26:33)

    Giving Me Life Gauntlet Con 2017 Announcement (38:00) A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (41:07) Taylor Swift's 1989 (43:40) Sailor Moon Celebration 2017 (47:01)

    Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com

    Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet

    Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

    55 min
  • Episode 105 - Misspent Youth with Robert Bohl

    Misspent Youth Overview(01:33) Selling out and narrative damage (03:31) Roleplaying games as tools for increasing justice (06:37) The Struggle (12:19) Structure (19:14) In-character chatter (23:26) Kickstarter (26:43)

    Giving Me Life GLOW TV show on Netflix (38:50) New baby! (41:25)

    Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com

    Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet

    Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

    45 min
  • Episode 104 - The 200 Word RPG Challenge

    Jason speaks with David Schirduan, Grant Howitt, and Andy Millar about their experiences with the 2017 200 Word RPG Challenge, as well as upcoming projects they are each working on.

    Conversation with David Schirduan Overview and history of the 200 Word RPG Challenge (01:00) The 2017 Challenge (02:30) Why do this challenge? (05:37) The format (08:09) Extra thoughts about the challenge (08:50) Looking ahead (11:50) Clink Kickstarter (14:15) Giving Me Life - Guilty Gear (16:45)

    Conversation with Grant Howitt Mechanical Oryx (18:36) The constraints of the contest (23:40) The Spire Kickstarter (28:22) Giving Me Life - Player Unknown Battlegrounds (35:36)

    Conversation with Andy Millar Route Clearance (41:00) The constraints of the contest (50:38) Upcoming projects (55:05) Giving Me Life - The New Zealand Game Design Scene (58:19)

    Links Clink Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sigilstonepublishing/clink-an-rpg-of-mysterious-drifters-and-risky-coin?ref=nav\_search

    Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com

    Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet

    Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

    1 hr 2 min

About The Gauntlet Podcast

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This is a podcast about tabletop roleplaying games. We cover the indie scene, story games, and the OSR.