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 Links Wide Open Road by Noel Griffin is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Noel_Griffin/Fiction_City/Noel_Griffin_-_Fiction_City_-_11_Wide_Open_Road_ Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG https://patreon.com/gauntlet

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 Links Wide Open Road by Noel Griffin is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Noel_Griffin/Fiction_City/Noel_Griffin_-_Fiction_City_-_11_Wide_Open_Road_ Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG https://patreon.com/gauntlet

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 Links Prism Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2026929256/prism-1?ref=nav\_search&result=project&term=prism Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

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 Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

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 Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

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 Links: Klong by Erich Schall is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License. Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

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 Links Summer Pride by Loyalty Freak Music is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License. Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

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 Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG https://patreon.com/gauntlet

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! Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Game discussion 00:00:47 - Open Table Play 00:23:25 - Worlds of Adventure 00:41:13 - Carcosa hex crawl Looking ahead to April 00:52:20 - The Black Hack: Under the Hellbridge 00:53:00 - Space Wurm vs Moonicorn 00:53:30 - Lady Blackbird: Flight of the Owl Giving Me Life 00:54:28 - Twitter 00:55:27 - Unmasked 00:56:15 - The Gauntlet

Kate's question 00:00:21 - What bad GM experience have you had recently and what did you learn from it? Listener questions 00:10:23 - How do you handle the one player who is clearly not having a good time? 00:19:20 - How do you integrate GM tips and techniques into your style? 00:29:00 - What do you do with the player who is focused on something inconsequential? 00:35:05 - How do we make character generation feel more like play? Giving Me Life 00:45:40 - Skin Wars 00:47:15 - The Holiday Season Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Game Discussion 00:00:49 - Hearts of Wulin 00:15:45 - Lord Scurlock 00:28:30 - Mercy Falls '83 Looking Ahead to March 00:41:45 - Urban Shadows: The Forbidden Metropolis 00:42:35 - Monsterhearts 2: Mercy Falls 4 and Space Wurm v Moonicorn 00:43:45 - Into the Odd Giving Me Life 0046:23 - Monster Hunter World 00:47:55 - Civ 6 Rise and Fall 00:48:45 - The Bachelor Links Promo Music: Alternative Facts by David Hilowitz. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/David_Hilowitz_

Kate and Jason answer questions from the community and discuss their favorite GM techniques. Kate's question 00:01:04 - What is your biggest challenge as a GM right now? Community questions 00:07:55 - How do you use hard moves to be a fan of the characters? 00:14:28 - How do you handle self-care, pre-game jitters, and post-game letdown? 00:25:52 - How do you do short but effective prep? 00:34:44 - What do you do when a player's core character concept doesn't fit? Giving Me Life 00:42:43 - Skyrim on Switch 00:44:34 - Punisher on Netflix Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Game Discussion 00:54 - Neo Shinobi Vendetta 17:37 - Mystery Academy 32:00 - Crossroads Carnival Looking Ahead 44:40 - World of Shadows 46:00 - Fall of Magic 47>13 - Red Carnations on a Black Grave Giving Me Life 50:20 - Jianghu Hustle 51:10 - 2018 Ramen Experiment 52:07 - Switch indies Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG Promo music: Watching Other People's Holidays by Karstenholymoly (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/Karstenholymoly/57163 Ft: Javolenus Nightmares by Donnie Drost (c) copyright 2012 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/donniedrost/38782 Ft: snowflake

Lowell sits down with Graeme Barber from POCGamer to talk about representation in gaming and much more! 00:52 - Graeme's start with D&D 03:45 - Chult and Tomb of Annihilation 14:50 - Other games 18:08 - Representation in games 22:49 - Tropes 28:13 - Genre favorites 33:48 - Virtual Fantasy Con (link) 36:00 - Military service and its influence on Graeme 39:19 - Who to follow online 40:26 - Diving Links POCGamer https://pocgamer.com Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Jason and Lowell are joined by Fraser Simons for the first Gauntlet Hangouts roundup! Game Discussion Star Trek Adventures (01:16) Uncanny Echo (15:30) Hyper-Damage!: Dog Dudes of the Alamo (25:40) Looking Ahead World Wide Wrestling with Gerwyn Walters (41:18) Mutant Year: Zero with Lowell Francis (43:03) Swords Without Master: Echoes with Pat Perkins (44:07) Giving Me Life Reconnecting with family (47:03) Log Horizon (47:50) Design work (50:11) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Lowell chats with game designer Chad Walker about his games Cryptomancer and SIGMATA. Timecodes Cryptomancer (01:24) SIGMATA: This Signal Kills Fascists (14:11) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Jason, Rich, Lowell and Michael are looking back at Gauntlet Hangouts 2017! Timecodes Overview of Gauntlet Hangouts (02:20) Looking back on GH 2017 (08:31) Highlights of GH 2017 (24:36) Looking forward to GH 2018 (43:31) Big picture stuff (54:40) Shout-outs (58:59) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Games Round-Up The 'Hood (02:16) Blades in the Dark (17:36) Legacy of the Slayer (33:40) Giving Me Life New IKEA (46:50) Diablo (50:36) NaNoWriMo (52:03) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

For this special episode of The Gauntlet Podcast, we present the "Being a Great Player" panel from Gauntlet Con 2017! The moderator of the panel was Yoshi Creelman. The panelists were Sherri Stewart and Patrick Knowles.

Rich, Kate, Rach, and Lowell reflect on Gauntlet Con 2017! Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Jason is joined by Kyle Simons from Samjoko Publishing! Operators Overview (01:55) Mechanics (02:47) Cinematic play (13:03) Quickstart and Kickstarter (23:10) Giving Me Life Wind on the Path (27:35) Spy thriller fiction (29:13) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG https://patreon.com/gauntlet

Lowell sits down with prolific RPG writer Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan! Timecodes Authorial certainty (01:32) Eyes of the Stone Thief (04:38) Collaborative projects (09:00) One on One adventures (21:19) Cthulhu City (25:02) Drone (30:25) The indie space (34:24) Where do adventure writers go wrong? (37:20) Other projects (39:47) Blue Planet (44:18) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Kate and Jason are joined by Marissa Kelly of Magpie Games to talk about how to take your GMing skills to the next level! Giving Me Bleed Hot Guys Making Out (00:37) Blades in the Dark (02:29) Apocalypse World 2e (03:10) GMing 201 Overview (04:09) Trusting the story (05:03) Finding the scene (11:33) Killing your darlings (18:09) What does it mean to "be a fan of the PCs?" (25:45) Reading the table (28:53) How do you choose which game to run? (40:04) Recommendations (47:29) Giving Me Life RuPaul's Drag Race (51:23) Field work (53:38) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG https://patreon.com/gauntlet

Game Discussion Barbarians of Lemuria (01:24) Dead Scare (18:00) Dance of the Damned (35:400 Giving Me Life Aaron Judge (49:00) Rick Bayless (51:09) Discord debriefs (52:18) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG https://patreon.com/gauntlet

Kate & Jason are joined by Maury Brown of Learn Larp, producers of New World Magischola, to talk about inclusivity in gaming. Discussion What does inclusion look like? (01:53) Why inclusivity? (06:27) Playing diverse characters (09:53) GM/facilitator tips (22:00) Layering in the metaphor (32:38) Game picks (43:53) Giving Me Life Sonic Mania (48:55) Microbreweries and kids (49:21) Queen City Conquest (50:49) Links House Rivalry Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nwmagischola/new-world-magischola-house-rivalry-wizard-school-b?ref=discovery Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG Gauntlet Con promo music bed is Blind Love Dub by Jeris (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/VJ_Memes/55416 Ft: Kara Square (mindmapthat)

Lowell sits down with Derek Kamal to talk about his upcoming game, heavy metal music, the intersection of Christianity and games, and more! Timecodes Introduction (00:55) The Dig (04:35) Overview of Heavy Metal Thunder Mouse (09:11) Shiver World (12:17) Pip System (15:55) Mice (16:40) Biker gangs (21:32) Playtesting (25:58) Heavy Metal (31:03) Christianity and games (36:57) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Jason sits down with Andrew Shields to talk about Black Space! Black Space Overview (00:45) The Black Hack (02:32) Mechanical differences with TBH (03:45) Vehicles (10:51) Character classes (13:25) Setting (17:00) Kickstarter campaign (22:43) Giving Me Life Fulfilling Gauntlet obligations (37:03) Writing fiction (37:56) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Game Discussion Scavengers (01:31) Reign of Crows (13:17) Love in the Time of Seið (30:11) Giving Me Life Gauntlet Con (45:10) GM mentoring (47:06) Convention tour (48:43) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

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

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

Game Discussion Changeling: The Lost PbtA (00:35) Poutine (15:29) Witch Quest (42:00) Giving Me Life MLB TV (53:58) Korean Dramas (55:15) Into the Night (57:44) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lowell talks with Pam Alexander from Evil Hat Productions! Pam's gaming background (00:52) Philosophical differences between DFAE and PbtA (04:10) Mantles (08:35) Pam's start with Dresden RPGs (12:08) Notes from the alpha test for DFAE (20:21) Authorial voice (26:54) Playtesting (33:50) Pam's upcoming projects (44:30) Links Dresden Files Accelerated http://www.evilhat.com/home/dresden-files-accelerated/ Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Timecodes Camp Nerdly (00:21) Penguins of Madagascar vs. Cthulhu (02:49) Archipelago III "The Last of Us" (03:43) Firebrands (05:38) Ten Candles (08:58) PbtA in May (15:45) Monsterhearts: Mercy Falls (17:14) Damn the Man! Save the Music! (27:58) Alas for the Awful Sea! (29:04) Giving Me Life Origins 2017 (38:16) Prepping for a brand-new campaign (39:49) Codex - Time (41:19) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Jason sits down with Todd Crapper from Broken Ruler Games! High Plains Samurai Overview & setting (00:26) Gameplay (08:39) Mechanics (11:30) Kickstarter details (26:31) Giving Me Life Jason D'Angelo's Daily Apocalypse collection on G+ (34:20) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

We're celebrating 100 episodes of The Gauntlet Podcast by answering questions from our d100 Table of Questions! To check out the full d100, go here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1o4K5edMTijkYGtSQgyBkZ9JCFN2MFCq7fVlPjEu7BsU/edit?usp=sharing Thanks for all your support! We couldn't have gotten to 100 episodes without you!

Lowell Francis sits down with Andy Kitkowski from Kotodama Heavy Industries! Timecodes The process and challenges of translating games (01:14) The business of translations (11:27) Japanese roleplaying game culture (15:07) Intersections with Western culture (27:00) Replays (35:19) Links Kotodama Heavy Industries http://kotohi.com Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Rich, Lowell, and Jason talk about some of the games they have been playing. Game Discussion Breakers (00:32) Cthulhu Dark: Confidential (13:17) Kuro (23:47) Giving Me Life Nintendo Switch (37:51) Justice League Action (40:40) World of Darkness for Urban Shadows (43:15) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Kate and Jason are joined by game designer Emily Care Boss to discuss intimacy in roleplaying games. Giving Me Bleed Backstory on the term "bleed" (00:56) Monsterhearts (02:34) Monster of the Week (04:32) Lost in the Rain (07:49) Intimacy in Roleplaying Games Overview (09:36) The Romance Trilogy (10:02) Managing intimacy at the table (16:04) Player intimacy (30:44) The culture of intimacy (42:28) Odds & ends (4:47) Giving Me Life Weekly meetup with friends (57:44) Codex Miscellany (58:31) Opening up your own work space (1:00:00) Links Buy The Romance Trilogy https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/191871/Romance-Trilogy--BGG010PDF? Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Jason sits down with Todd from Wheel Tree Press and The Jank Cast to discuss their newest Kickstarter! The Sword, the Crown, and the Unspeakable Power Jason fanboys about The Jank Cast (00:31) Overview (04:47) Setting creation (06:31) History of the project (10:35) Mechanical differences with other PbtA games (15:34) Playbooks (27:13) Cinematic gameplay (31:29) Kickstarter details (36:19) Giving Me Life S-Town (43:37) Cute toddler stuff (46:51) Links SCUP Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wheeltreepress/the-sword-the-crown-and-the-unspeakable-power Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Game Discussion Wind on the Path (00:41) 7th Sea (09:18) Impulse Drive (26:17) Giving Me Life 200 Word RPG Challenge (42:41) Great British Bake Off (44:15) Gaming and music (46:30) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Kate & Jason are joined by Andrew Medeiros to talk about death and grief in gaming. Giving Me Bleed The Woodlands (00:58) The Watch (05:22) Monsterhearts 2 (09:14) Topic Discussion Overview (12:09) Character death (13:20) Textual support for meaningful character death (18:54) Death as a theme in games (23:55) Setting expectations (27:49) Building up to character death (29:12) The influence of Western culture (33:39) Character suicide (36:14) Grief (40:21) Facilitating grief (46:28) Games that do death & grief well (55:04) Giving Me Life The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (01:02:15) Imperial Assault (01:04:55) Be Here Now (01:06:05) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG