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Jason is joined by Agatha Cheng and Lowell Francis to discuss Hearts of Wulin, coming to Kickstarter May 14th!  Time Codes 10:33 - Talking Mechanics 14:27 - Combat 22:04 - Elements and Playbook roles 40:49 - Kickstarter Details Links Hearts of Wulin https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gauntlet/227140374?ref=817189&token=9812b9e7

Time Codes 0:22 Ambush 1:38 (Fight Mooks--Fail) 4:39 Magistrate Lin's Oversight 8:48 (Playbook Move: Offical) 10:00 Wailing Pain recives her assignment 12:25 (Study) 12:28 Lin meets with Wailing Pain 16:02 Ming arrives 19:38 Auntie Silver interrupts 21:25 (Playbook Move: Reign of Assassins) 21:54 (Fight Mooks-- Fail) 24:12 (Playbook Move: Blade Heart) 27:07 (Duel: Equal Scale) 31:00 (Playbook Move: Smiling Proud Wanderer) 31:30 (Challenge Another PC) 35:27 (Overcome) 36:24 Credits Roll and Epilogues 38:24 Bloopers   Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

(Note: The PC Lucky Dog vanishes from this point forward as the player couldn't make it. Also the GM gets Auntie Ping's name wrong, calling her Auntie Silver throughout). Timecodes 0:22 Our four heroes4:42 Wailing Pain's rage9:32 Lin and Ming talk12:56 (Inner Conflict)13:50 (Hearts & Minds)15:29 Wailing Pain trails her sister15:49 (Study)18:40 Ming's hard choices22:18 (Playbook Move: Smiling Proud Wanderer)23:18 (Inner Conflict)24:16 Magistrate Lin and Wailing Pain28:10 (Hearts & Minds)33:53 Ming's Regrets Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Timecodes 0:22 Magistrate Lin Gengxin’s family and obligations. 3:30 Enter Wailing Pain Lei4:51 Flashback: Wailing Pain and her Sister Mournful Su6:00 Auntie Ping’s orders8:00 About Ming11:12 Ming and Lucky Dog on the town17:17 Magistrate Lin’s tasks20:12 (Study)24:06 Wailing Pain meets with Su26:42 (Inner Conflict)28:06 The Tavern Fight Begins29:22 (Duel: Equal Scale)31:26 (Fight Mooks—Fail!)32:45 Magistrate Lin Overhears35:45 (Hearts & Minds)36:25 (Inner Conflict)40:30 (Playbook Move: Strife for Mastery) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Jason discusses Hearts of Wulin with the game's designer, Lowell Francis. 

This is an unedited debrief that took place at the conclusion of Memories of Mercy Falls. Enjoy!

Please help us unlock The Mercy Falls Campaign on the Codex Volume 1 Kickstarter!  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gauntlet/codex-rpg-zine-volume-1-hardcover?ref=user_menu

Timecodes 00:00:43 - “I need to go smoke.” (Werewolf Sex Move) 00:05:57 - Showdown 00:08:13 - “I think you should know this can’t last.” (Keep Your Cool; Lash Out Physically) 00:12:40 - The wheel spins anew 00:17:33 - “Show your obeisance, wife-to-be.” (Unashamed) 00:20:57 - Epilogues 00:23:23 - Bloopers & outtakes   Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Timecodes 00:00:40 - “I remember her in my way.” (Keep Your Cool) 00:03:14 - “You can’t let yourself get stuck in that cycle.” (Ghost Sex Move) 00:06:15 - Alastair 00:11:50 - Voices 00:16:13 - “Where does it go from here, Jonah?” 00:23:06 - The pact   Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Monsterhearts: Memories of Mercy Falls 08 “Cycle” Timecodes 00:00:19 - Crime scene (Gaze Into the Abyss) 00:04:49 - A dream askew (Turn Someone On) 00:07:25 - Resurrections (Run Away) 00:13:00 - Teen romance (Ending) 00:16:18 - Striptease 00:21:24 - The Egyptian Palace

The Gauntlet Gaming Community, which produces this podcast, is launching its very first Kickstarter on October 2nd! We’re raising money to create a beautiful hardcover book collecting the first 13 issues of our zine, Codex. This special podcast episode features Lowell Francis and Jason Cordova discussing the history and development of the zine, the Kickstarter campaign, and the future of The Gauntlet community. It’s a fantastic conversation. Enjoy!

Timecodes 00:00:30 - Eddie (Lash Out Physically) 00:01:30 - Her usual dour ensemble (Keep Your Cool; Gaze Into the Abyss) 00:08:50 - Wolfsbane & liquid silver (Keep Your Cool) 00:14:52 - Spiral 00:17:49 - Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree (GM Technique: Paint the Scene)   Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Timecodes 00:00:41 - Awkward (Many Bodies; Turn Someone On; Pulling Strings; Shut Someone Down) 00:08:58 - “Looks like you’re without a date.” (Contract) 00:13:28 - “Classy, Ellen... Really classy.” (Shut Someone Down) 00:15:39 - Restorative Justice (Gaze Into the Abyss)   Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG  

Timecodes 00:00:38 - “You failed me.” (Lash Out Physically) 00:02:42 - “Now I know I’ve hit the bottom.” 00:07:10 - Wherein Chad is a piece of shit (Shut Someone Down; Lash Out Physically) 00:12:25 - Ghost (Keep Your Cool) 00:16:23 - Genevieve (Keep Your Cool) 00:23:45 - Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve, and Talent! (Keep Your Cool) 00:29:17 - Lunchroom (Shut Someone Down)   Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Timecodes 00:00:24 - Suppressed memories 00:08:24 - An awkward girl 00:11:47 - Abandoned (Darkest Self) 00:18:57 - Next steps (GM technique: Poll the Table) 00:21:46 - Homeroom (Keep Your Cool) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Timecodes 00:00:46 - Thomas (Bought Loyalty; Lash Out Physically) 00:10:00 - Smoke break (Contract; Turn Someone On) 00:14:03 - Jump the fence (Keep Your Cool; Run Away) 00:16:55 - A nun’s habit (Gaze Into the Abyss) 00:20:50 - Sister Mary Edward Price 00:27:53 - “Take off your fucking clothes and follow my lead!” (Lash Out Physically)   Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Timecodes 00:00:22 - Drama (Shut Someone Down) 00:08:55 - Dude bros 00:12:57 - Locker snooping (Keep Your Cool) 00:17:59 - Delivery boy (Bought Loyalty; Shut Someone Down) 00:23:00 - Serina 00:27:13 - Pharaoh burgers (GM technique: Poll the Table; GM technique: Paint the Scene)   Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Timecodes 00:00:22 - Series recap & housekeeping 00:11:01 - “Things always go back to normal.” 00:25:41 - Homeroom Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

We play a game of Cheat Your Own Adventure using the Día de los Muertos story starters found in Codex - Blood 2. Links Cheat Your Own Adventure Story Starter Project https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IEFfU8-lX2ql0GsZp-m2cgbjFNUWcPpK Codex - Blood 2 http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/243765/Codex--Blood-2-Feb-2018

We play a game of Cheat Your Own Adventure using the Día de los Muertos story starters found in Codex - Blood 2. Links Cheat Your Own Adventure Story Starter Project https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IEFfU8-lX2ql0GsZp-m2cgbjFNUWcPpK Codex - Blood 2 http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/243765/Codex--Blood-2-Feb-2018

We play a game of Cheat Your Own Adventure using the Día de los Muertos story starters found in Codex - Blood 2. Links Cheat Your Own Adventure Story Starter Project https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IEFfU8-lX2ql0GsZp-m2cgbjFNUWcPpK Codex - Blood 2 http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/243765/Codex--Blood-2-Feb-2018

Cheat Your Own Adventure: Día de los Muertos 00 Jason gives an overview of what this series is all about and announces the Cheat Your Own Adventure Story Starter Project. To pitch an idea for the Story Starter Project, fill out the form linked in the folder below! Links Cheat Your Own Adventure Story Starter Project https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IEFfU8-lX2ql0GsZp-m2cgbjFNUWcPpK

Timecodes 00:01:18 - Bargaining (Bargaining Ceremony; GM technique: Conditions) 00:04:35 - Tainted Love (Turn Someone On) 00:11:02 - Family (New Order) 00:13:50 - Advanced Negotiation (Lash Out Physically; Pulling Strings) 00:18:01 - Eddie and Fall (Lash Out Physically; Run Away; Darkest Self - The Sasquatch) 00:23:55 - Trusting (Darkest Self - The Hollow) 00:27:30 - Epilogue Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com 
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Timecodes 00:00:40 - Headlights (Keep Your Cool; Turn Someone On) 00:12:45 - Chad’s party 00:16:10 - Hoard 00:19:50 - Spiral (Keep Your Cool) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com 
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Timecodes 00:00:18 - A forced shedding 00:03:06 - Home invasion 00:10:02 - Adam and Debbie (Run Away) 00:19:26 - Resurrection (Run Away) 00:25:45 - Lair (Keep Your Cool)   Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG   https://patreon.com/gauntlet

Timecodes 00:00:26 - “He’s getting closer!” (Run Away) 00:05:45 - Cornered 00:12:39 - Lash Out Physically (GM technique: Paint the Scene; Custom Move) 00:19:40 - Queer AF (Keep Your Cool; Sex Move - The Sasquatch) 00:24:58 - “A very interesting experiment.” (Run Away) 00:27:44 - “Get it going in your bloodstream, sugar.” (Turn Someone On) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com 
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Timecodes 00:00:20 - Eddie and Sheriff Nichols (Creep) 00:03:20 - Pharaoh burgers (GM technique: Paint the Scene; Shut Someone Down) 00:11:30 - Running (Turn Someone On) 00:15:53 - Julia’s house (Keep Your Cool) 00:22:19 - Uncle Nicholas 00:30:19 - “Are you ok?”   Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Timecodes 00:50 - The Robbie situation (GM technique: Poll the table; Keep Your Cool; Run Away; Musk; Gaze Into the Abyss) 00:14:27 - An emptiness, a void (Pulling Strings; Try Harder Next Time) 00:21:00 - Crime scene (Keep Your Cool; Blank Canvas)   Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Timecodes 00:01:18 - Cigarettes (Turn Someone On) 00:05:10 - Weaponized hug (Turn Someone On) 00:06:48 - The Abyss stares back (Gaze Into the Abyss) 00:11:25 - Fall and Julia (Bargaining Ceremony) 00:13:40 - Afternoon delights (GM technique: Poll the table; GM technique: Conditions; Keep Your Cool; Sex Move - The Wyrm; Sex Move - The Serpentine) 00:27:08 - The scream   Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Timecodes 00:00:50 - Coach called away (Shut Someone Down; Icebreaker) 00:06:37 - Spirals (Keep Your Cool) 00:11:30 - Unsupervised (Gaze Into the Abyss; Ending; Turn Someone On; Keep Your Cool; Musk) 00:24:24 - A safe place (Run Away; Gaze Into the Abyss)   Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Timecodes 00:00:12 - New character introductions 00:06:29 - New character backstories 00:13:38 - Zakuronas and Julia (Keep Your Cool; Shut Someone Down; Turn Someone On) 00:22:20 - The beginning of Saturday detention (Shut Someone Down; Keep Your Cool)   Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Timecodes 00:00:15 - Fall’s mom 00:01:49 - The Egyptian Palace (GM technique: Paint the Scene; Pulling Strings) 00:07:54 - Bert and Sally (GM technique: Painting the Scene; Conditions) 00:16:07 - Start of detention (Icebreaker; Musk)   Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Timecodes 00:00:15 - Overview 00:05:27 - Character introductions 00:18:28 - Backstory 00:25:47 - Saturday detention seating chart 00:55:09 - Fall’s home (GM technique: Paint the Scene)   Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Timecodes Two of a Kind (00:27) “Madrid is pleasant enough” (01:25) “As ordained by the gods…” (06:50) The future (11:33) Maria (14:25) “I’m going to Spain” (22:11) Epilogues (25:32)   Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Timecodes “Good boy!” (00:10) Don Miguel’s big night out (01:37) Burglary (06:44) Where Everyone Knows Your Name (11:07) Two of a kind (14:51)   Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Timecodes 00:00:02 - Antonio and Fortunata 00:04:27 - Fortunata and Mama Fonseca 00:11:49 - Mama Fonseca and Thiago 00:17:10 - Dance floor 00:21:04 - Cutting in 00:23:40 - The future   Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Timecodes Tom’s Introduction (00:32) Character creation (09:14) Rules notes (24:40) Fortunata’s beginning-of-session move (33:22) Barbara and Antonio (34:10) Antonio and Fortunata (38:34)   Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Timecodes “So, are we going to have a three-way or what?” (01:15) “I totally fucked her” (07:25) Denouement (13:50) Sister Mary Edward Price (19:23)   Gauntlet Hangouts: https://gauntlet-hangouts.firebaseapp.com/events

Timecodes “Your presence is requested” (00:16) Gaze Into the Abyss (06:25) Showdown (10:18) Ellen & Thomas & Jonah (14:30)   Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Timecodes “Your voice is fading into the back of my awareness” (00:16) A reassuring touch (01:40) Serena & Chad (06:44) Netflix and chill (12:30) Overdose (17:22)   Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG   https://patreon.com/gauntlet

Timecodes Lash Out Physically (01:40) Big Man (05:32) Serena & Ben (11:57) Keep Your Cool (18:53) “I must confess, I’m not sure if you’re even here right now” (24:02)

Timecodes “We should do this more often” (00:10) Sophie’s Choice (06:27) “Ka-ra-té” (15:13) The Queen (22:22) Blood transfusion (26:16) Shots fired (30:39)

Timecodes Emotional relay (00:16) Cookies (06:38) Bite marks (11:00) “So, have you met Serena’s parents?” (14:00) Afterglow (18:24) Gathering (23:36)

Timecodes Secrets revealed (01:24) Serena and Tony (03:44) Jonah and Thomas (08:34) Serena’s house (12:18) shadowmaster55 (19:29) “Just try not to touch anything” (27:00)   Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Timecodes Traumatized (00:23) Smoke a bowl (03:08) Jonah and Bellefontaine (04:39) Big, mutton fists (10:38) Working through her trauma (16:50) Mr. Thompson (19:17) Serena and Serra (26:45) “It’s ok, Daddy” (31:55)   Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Timecodes “Pick. That. UP!” (00:56) Before Math class (02:14) Jonah’s Day Off (10:21) Math lesson (13:07)   Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Timecodes The “naked in school” dream (01:02) Big Man (04:59) Big Horns (09:07) “Charisma 17” (13:56) “Then I guess I’m following you!” (20:31)   Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Timecodes Step off the curb (01:49) Homeroom (02:39) Polling the table (17:32) A gentle interrogation (19:07) The boys’ locker room (22:48)   Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Timecodes Keep Your Cool (01:15) Serena’s home (02:38) Special Agent Edward Bellefontaine (07:31) Thomas (14:12) Margot & Ellen (18:53) “Now you are beautiful” (22:48)   Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Timecodes Overview (01:38) Returning characters (04:13) Recap of Series 1 (05:55) Ellen introduction (10:43) Returning NPCs (18:29) Ellen’s home (25:13) Jonah’s home (31:53) Margot’s home (35:22)

Timecodes Housekeeping (01:51) The fox (03:05) Sprucetuck (09:30) Epilogues (23:18) Links http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Kyoto_Connection/Wake_Up_1957/09_Hachiko_The_Faithtful_Dog