The Gauntlet Podcast

Play ListVarious flavors of Pandemic talk (00:50)2nd session of Mass Effect Worlds playtest (06:39)Michael Prescott’s Circle of Wolves (11:57)Star Wars Risk (16:24)Feeling better about Monster of the Week (21:17)Further exploring the lack of an Interfere move in Monster of the Week (24:46)High Strung (28:09)Marc Majcher’s Fluffy Bunny Tea Party (33:36)Masks RPG (38:47)

Community FeedbackInspirations for role playing in other mediums (a follow-up discussion from Jason’s The White Ribbon post) (43:58)Using the lingo of comic books to describe a scene in an RPG (45:32)Picnic at Hanging Rock (48:26)Victorian novels, Disney characters, and other ways of informing characterization (52:35)Our Play Aids folder (54:54)Quick mention of Tor’s posts about playing games with his kid (56:13)

PlaylistSomething about strippers, booze, and cake (00:17)Playtesting Mass Effect Worlds (02:09)Dog Eat Dog (05:30)Concept (09:23)Enforcing tone - problems & solutions (12:20)Teamwork in Monster of the Week (21:03)XP and progression in Powered by the Apocalypse games (24:22)“Use Magic” as a Basic Move in Monster of the Week (26:22)The interplay between moves and fiction in Masks (28:40)Imperial Assault (40:49)

Community FeedbackRules & Rituals? Procedures & Protocols? Pernicious Pedagogies? (45:05)

https://plus.google.com/104787679004447304330/posts/jfwXhtnLgkk

Playing Dungeons & Dragons in VR (49:40)

https://plus.google.com/+DanielLewis/posts/jR9hGVntQgQ

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PlaylistSomething about strippers, booze, and cake (00:17)Playtesting Mass Effect Worlds (02:09)Dog Eat Dog (05:30)Concept (09:23)Enforcing tone - problems & solutions (12:20)Teamwork in Monster of the Week (21:03)XP and progression in Powered by the Apocalypse games (24:22)“Use Magic” as a Basic Move in Monster of the Week (26:22)The interplay between moves and fiction in Masks (28:40)Imperial Assault (40:49)

Community FeedbackRules & Rituals? Procedures & Protocols? Pernicious Pedagogies? (45:05)

https://plus.google.com/104787679004447304330/posts/jfwXhtnLgkk

Playing Dungeons & Dragons in VR (49:40)

https://plus.google.com/+DanielLewis/posts/jR9hGVntQgQ

Our Community Page: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/104672702589306017985

Twitter: @GauntletRPG

Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Gauntlet-Hangouts/

Play List
Pandemic Legacy (00:56)
Monster of the Week (04:39)
Dungeons & Dragons and XP on a miss (06:05)
Too many players at the table? (10:48)
Ninja Burger RPG (13:27)
Gauntlet City Limits (16:21)
Adventures on Dungeon Planet (17:05)
Vast & Starlit (20:40)
We create an alien race (26:25)

Giving Me Life
Finishing Mass Effect 2 (29:49)
Birthday resolutions (30:23)
Phones? Lasers? (33:59)
Phablet? Fablet! (36:07)
Room 237 (36:58)
Cheating at video games (43:00)
Enjoying spoiler culture (44:16)
Consumer-level VR (obvi) (45:25)
Our VR LARP future (48:32)

Thanks for 50 episodes! (50:30)

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Twitter: @GauntletRPG

Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Gauntlet-Hangouts/

Play ListPandemic Legacy (00:56)Monster of the Week (04:39)Dungeons & Dragons and XP on a miss (06:05)Too many players at the table? (10:48)Ninja Burger RPG (13:27)Gauntlet City Limits (16:21)Adventures on Dungeon Planet (17:05)Vast & Starlit (20:40)We create an alien race (26:25)

Giving Me LifeFinishing Mass Effect 2 (29:49)Birthday resolutions (30:23)Phones? Lasers? (33:59)Phablet? Fablet! (36:07)Room 237 (36:58)Cheating at video games (43:00)Enjoying spoiler culture (44:16)Consumer-level VR (obvi) (45:25)Our VR LARP future (48:32)

Thanks for 50 episodes! (50:30)

The Gauntlet: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/104672702589306017985

Twitter: @GauntletRPG

Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Gauntlet-Hangouts/

Opening SegmentDungeon World and The Seclusium of Orphone of the Three Visions (00:16)The glass cube (03:41)Steve expresses his desire to play Dungeon World (06:04)The importance of getting feedback from your group (06:45)Getting a game back on track after it jumps the shark (08:06)Monsterhearts is awesome (10:39)Fiasco: Unaussprechlichen Klutzen (12:07)

Giving Me LifeGM Self-Improvement (15:00)Thinking critically about your setting (16:15)Baseball, I think? (17:43)The Carcosa playlist (20:10)Loving the Wednesday crew (22:26)

Main SegmentRitual in Games (23:04)Polaris’s use of ritual to enforce tone (24:00)Society of Dreamers (26:17)Helping dice in Burning Wheel (29:55)Hand-shaking rituals in Beast Hunters (32:09)Referring to players by their character’s name (34:49)Archipelago III (38:23)Start-of-game rituals and end-of-game rituals (41:23)Meta/Out-of-character rituals (42:48)Post-game rituals (46:46)

The Gauntlet: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/104672702589306017985

Twitter: @GauntletRPG

Gauntlet Hangouts: http://www.meetup.com/Gauntlet-Hangouts/

Opening Segment
Dungeon World and The Seclusium of Orphone of the Three Visions (00:16)
The glass cube (03:41)
Steve expresses his desire to play Dungeon World (06:04)
The importance of getting feedback from your group (06:45)
Getting a game back on track after it jumps the shark (08:06)
Monsterhearts is awesome (10:39)
Fiasco: Unaussprechlichen Klutzen (12:07)

Giving Me Life
GM Self-Improvement (15:00)
Thinking critically about your setting (16:15)
Baseball, I think? (17:43)
The Carcosa playlist (20:10)
Loving the Wednesday crew (22:26)

Main Segment
Ritual in Games (23:04)
Polaris’s use of ritual to enforce tone (24:00)
Society of Dreamers (26:17)
Helping dice in Burning Wheel (29:55)
Hand-shaking rituals in Beast Hunters (32:09)
Referring to players by their character’s name (34:49)
Archipelago III (38:23)
Start-of-game rituals and end-of-game rituals (41:23)
Meta/Out-of-character rituals (42:48)
Post-game rituals (46:46)

The Gauntlet: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/104672702589306017985

Twitter: @GauntletRPG

Gauntlet Hangouts: http://www.meetup.com/Gauntlet-Hangouts/

In this episode, writer and game designer Anna Kreider joins us to talk about The Watch (and much more!).

Play ListStar Wars World (00:44)Masks (04:18)Blades in the Dark (07:45)

Giving Me LifeTetanus shots (16:29)Co-designing games (18:00)Slack App (19:44)

The WatchOverview of The Watch (21:42)Transgendered and non-binary characters in the setting (22:39)Why is it important the protagonists are exclusively women? (23:33)Gameplay structure (27:06)Moves & mechanical frameworks (28:12)]What’s next for The Watch? (31:45)

General QuestionsHow did Anna get into game design? (32:32)Is hacking real game design? (34:38)Diversity in gaming (35:55)

Final QuestionThou Art But a Werewolf (40:15)

Links:

Go Make Me a Sandwich: https://gomakemeasandwich.wordpress.com

The Gauntlet: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/104672702589306017985

Twitter: @GauntletRPG

In this episode, writer and game designer Anna Kreider joins us to talk about The Watch (and much more!). 

Play List
Star Wars World (00:44)
Masks (04:18)
Blades in the Dark (07:45)

Giving Me Life
Tetanus shots (16:29)
Co-designing games (18:00)
Slack App (19:44)

The Watch
Overview of The Watch (21:42)
Transgendered and non-binary characters in the setting (22:39)
Why is it important the protagonists are exclusively women? (23:33)
Gameplay structure (27:06)
Moves & mechanical frameworks (28:12)]
What’s next for The Watch? (31:45)

General Questions
How did Anna get into game design? (32:32)
Is hacking real game design? (34:38)
Diversity in gaming (35:55)

Final Question
Thou Art But a Werewolf (40:15)

Links:

Go Make Me a Sandwich: https://gomakemeasandwich.wordpress.com

The Gauntlet: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/104672702589306017985

Twitter: @GauntletRPG

Play ListMonsterhearts: ISS Tsiolkovsky (00:40)Dungeon World: Chain World (05:40)Galaxy Trucker (09:04)World Wide Wrestling (13:10)

Giving Me LifeLooking at the entire DriveThru GM’s Day Sale (16:55)Gothic horror novels and Sister Wolf (20:51)Playing games with kids (22:40)Super Friends! (23:58)

Lamentations of the Flame Princess (26:22)What is a retroclone? (28:09)17th Century England (29:54)Strong horror elements (31:03)Why not just play Ravenloft? (33:12)Thulian Echoes (35:27)What would you warn players about? (37:17)What do others love about the game? (39:05)What do others hate about the game? (40:10)GWAR (44:47)Closing thoughts on Lamentations (46:23)

Sarah’s Upcoming ProjectsBluebeard’s Bride (46:46)Velvet Glove (tentative title) (48:41)

Links:Sarah’s Website: http://www.scorcha.netChain World Episode 1: http://www.indieplus.org/2015/03/27/chain-world-episode-1/

The Gauntlet: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/104672702589306017985

Twitter: @GauntletRPG

Gauntlet Hangouts: http://www.meetup.com/Gauntlet-Hangouts/