Indie RPGs. Story Games. OSR

Tachyon Squadron: Above and Beyond S3

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0800

We play Tachyon Squadron, a ttrpg of spacefighters battling to sustain their people against the threat of two opposing interstellar empires. This game by Clark Valentine uses Fate Core with a detailed space combat sub-system. This session is part of the Gauntlet Gaming Calendar. Find out more about that, our blog, our podcasts and more at gauntlet-rpg.com. If you're interested in playing rpgs online, come check it out.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 113.18MB - Duration: 2:44:33 m (96 kbps 44100 Hz)

Sleepaway - Unhappy Campers - Session 1 of 5 (November 21, 2021)

Sun, 21 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0800

Join Ben, David, Drew, Flint, Kyle, and Nathan as they get set up to play Sleepaway: Unhappy Campers! This session was recorded on November 21st, 2021. View our camp map! https://imgur.com/a/8Sgqro5 The Gauntlet Calendar is part of the Gauntlet community. If you're interested in learning more, you can check us out at https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com Sleepaway is by Jay Dragon. You can purchase a PDF of Sleepaway at https://possumcreekgames.itch.io/sleepaway Music by ZakharValaha from Pixabay

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 74.08MB - Duration: 1:47:39 m (96 kbps 44100 Hz)

#iHunt 87 3D (3 of 4)

Sat, 20 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0800

The hunters close in on Elmer Wagner - the so-called Dream King - but a decisive victory leaves them wondering if they'd found the real killer. They soon realise they're facing an enemy much more dangerous than any monster or demon: a corporate lawyer has them in his sights. #iHunt is a satirical horror game about working class monster hunters, available at https://machineage.itch.io/ihunt-the-rpg. You can check out the game's patreon at https://www.patreon.com/machineage/posts or pick up the 80s zine at https://machineage.itch.io/ihunt-the-rpg-zine-18-the-80s-killing-monsters-in-the-reagan-economy This session was organised as part of the Gauntlet Gaming Calendar. You can find out more about the Gauntlet at https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/. Upcoming sessions are listed here: https://forums.gauntlet-rpg.com/c/gauntlet-calendar/6.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 101.27MB - Duration: 2:27:27 m (96 kbps 44100 Hz)

Gauntlet Quarterly: The Between (Session 10)

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0800

This is a run of The Between, a game of monster hunters in gothic Victorian London by Jason Cordova and published by the Gauntlet. You can find out more about The Between at https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/the-between.html or purchase it at https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/360858/The-Between This game is arranged through the Gauntlet Calendar. You can learn more about the Gauntlet online RPG group at https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/ This includes information on the Gauntlet produced podcasts, Codex - an RPG magazine for indie games from OSR to story games, and signing up for games advertised on the calendar. Also, check out the forums at https://forums.gauntlet-rpg.com/ to chat and say hi! Trixie and John confront Dame Margaret about her role in the Sally No Face killings, and meet her masked ward Victoria Callas. Ardent walks the streets of London and meets the medium Madam Sorokin, likewise taking the night air. Ardent and John pay a daytime visit to Madam Sorokin's séance parlour, while Trixie makes a more discreet entrance.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 108.61MB - Duration: 2:37:55 m (96 kbps 44100 Hz)

Tales from the Low Cantrefs Quarterly Finale: Treading the Mist Road

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0800

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 133.06MB - Duration: 3:13:38 m (96 kbps 44100 Hz)

Against the Vampire Conspiracy (2/3)

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0800

Alun R facilitates the second of 3 sessions of his supernatural thriller game, Against the Vampire ConspirACY. This session was organsied as part of The Gauntlet RPG Community's monthly calendar of games (www.gauntlet-rpg.com). We pick up with Yelena the former SVR Assassin confronting a supernatural Servitor in the front of an armoured limo, while Jimmy the former MI6 'deniable' fails to intervene as expected. Meanwhile, Sophia, the team's Driver, is incapacitated which means that Cam, the French Hacker, has to get her hands dirty - which is when former Edinburgh Detective, Inspector Susan McLoed, arrives to help out. There's gunshots, an explosive car chase, and an interrogation, before the next Operation begins to take shape ... the opportunity to find out more about the 'Van Helsing lineage', by infiltrating a Club that's the front for the Conspiracy in Bucharest ...

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 94.26MB - Duration: 2:17:15 m (96 kbps 44100 Hz)

'Only the Dead' - Grey Ranks (2 of 3)

Tue, 16 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0800

This is part of a series of table-top RPGs about war, run for the Gauntlet. In Grey Ranks, you will assume the role of a young Polish partisan before, during, and after the disastrous 1944 Uprising against the Germans. Together with your friends, you’ll create the story of a group of teens who fight to free their city, one of countless Grey Ranks “crews” that take up arms. Your characters – child soldiers – will have all the faults and enthusiasms of youth. Across sixty days of armed rebellion, they will grow up fast – or die. Grey Ranks is by Jason Morningstar and is available here https://bullypulpitgames.com/games/grey-ranks/

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 106.82MB - Duration: 2:35:18 m (96 kbps 44100 Hz)

SWS: Holdfast Station 02

Sun, 14 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0800

Holdfast Station is a role-playing game in which you play characters in a grim, blue-collar community working and surviving on an asteroid mine in the far reaches of space. Play alternates between Events – moments of high drama, calamity and risk – and Cycles, when the community rebuilds and fortifies against future peril.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 91.23MB - Duration: 2:12:50 m (96 kbps 44100 Hz)

SWS: Stars in the Dark 08

Sat, 13 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0800

This is session eight of Stars in the Dark, a reskin of Blades in the Dark created by Anders.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 104.26MB - Duration: 2:31:49 m (96 kbps 44100 Hz)

SWS: Last Imperial Fleet 05 pt 1

Sat, 13 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0800

This is part one of session five of a bimonthly series of Last Fleet, set in Star Wars. Last Fleet is an RPG from Black Armada Games.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 60.12MB - Duration: 1:27:33 m (96 kbps 44100 Hz)

#iHunt 87 Part Two (2 of 4)

Fri, 12 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0800

Squeezed in by chain stores, nosy bosses and efficiency experts, the hunters face challenges (and, maybe, opportunities) at their day jobs. After work, there's an unexpected complication as they go to collect on their latest hunt, and they start investigating a new target: a killer stalking suburban teenagers in their dreams. #iHunt is a satirical horror game about working class monster hunters, available at https://machineage.itch.io/ihunt-the-rpg. You can check out the game's patreon at https://www.patreon.com/machineage/posts or pick up the 80s zine at https://machineage.itch.io/ihunt-the-.... This session was organised as part of the Gauntlet Gaming Calendar. You can find out more about the Gauntlet at https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/. Upcoming sessions are listed here: https://forums.gauntlet-rpg.com/c/gau....

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 72.53MB - Duration: 1:45:36 m (96 kbps 44100 Hz)

Against the Vampire Conspiracy (1/3)

Thu, 11 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0800

Alun R facilitates the first of 3 sessions of Against the Dark Conspiracy - his supernatural thriller game. This session was organsied as part of The Gauntlet RPG Community's monthly calendar of games (www.gauntlet-rpg.com). 'Cam' Duchamp, the former DGSE Hacker called for help when her partner went missing at the end of a previous Op. Answering the call is Jimmy Rook, deniable criminal asset for MI6, Sophia Manzanares, ex-Secret Service Driver, and Yelena Nikitichna Pushkina, who used to kill people for the SVR (and perhaps the Conspiracy). After re-inserting the young woman Cam had rescued during that Op into the Conspiracy the team track her boss (and likely abductor) to an elegant villa on the outskirts of Bucharest. There's a creepy scientist, an armoured limo, and dangerous driving. Then, Yelena notices something odd about the limo driver ...

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 109.14MB - Duration: 2:38:55 m (96 kbps 44100 Hz)

Fight With Spirit: St. Osana's First XI (Session 2)

Wed, 10 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0800

This is a run of Fight With Spirit, a game of school sports drama from Storybrewers Roleplaying. This game is played using the quickstart rules for the game, which has recently had a successful kickstarter campaign. (With some slight setting modifications to the quickstart set). You can find more information about the game and pre-order it at: https://storybrewersroleplaying.com/fight-with-spirit-sports-drama-rpg/ This game is arranged through the Gauntlet Calendar. You can learn more about the Gauntlet online RPG group at https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/ This includes information on the Gauntlet produced podcasts, Codex - an RPG magazine for indie games from OSR to story games, and signing up for games advertised on the calendar. Also, check out the forums at https://forums.gauntlet-rpg.com/ to chat and say hi! The boys from St. Osana's are let out to visit the Hades Village Fete and enjoy ices on an only partially cloudy British summer day. Lawrence is humiliated in a contest of skill against one of Lewis' old schoolmates. Valentine gets in a scrap with an old friend on the Hades Grammar team and receives a round of talking to. In the lead-up to the semi-final match, Valentine is brought before the Headmaster, and Lawrence and Lewis have a heart-to-heart.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 83.47MB - Duration: 2:01:32 m (96 kbps 44100 Hz)

Ex-Capes Issue #07

Wed, 10 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0800

This is a playtest of my reskin of The Between RPG. It's a look at the lives of former heroes who keep getting dragged back into the life they thought they left behind. In our seventh full issue/episode, the Ex-Capes gather forces to take down the Synergy Killer and try to get ahold of Grace. Lots of Action! in this one. This game was organized and played on the Gauntlet Online Gaming Community: https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/ and follows that community's safety policies and Inclusivity Guidelines: https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/community-code-of-conduct.html You can find The Between, a game of Victorian monster hunters inspired by The Penny Dreadful tv series, without which this game wouldn't have happened, here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/360858/The-Between

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 124.29MB - Duration: 3:00:59 m (96 kbps 44100 Hz)

Ex-Capes Issue #04

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0800

This is a playtest of my reskin of The Between RPG. It's a look at the lives of former heroes who keep getting dragged back into the life they thought they left behind. In our fourth full issue/episode, the Ex-Capes tackle the Threats of Coupe de Grace and Synergy.! This game was organized and played on the Gauntlet Online Gaming Community: https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/ and follows that community's safety policies and Inclusivity Guidelines: https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/community-code-of-conduct.html You can find The Between, a game of Victorian monster hunters inspired by The Penny Dreadful tv series, without which this game wouldn't have happened, here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/360858/The-Between

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 92.25MB - Duration: 2:14:19 m (96 kbps 44100 Hz)

SWS: Holdfast Station 01

Sun, 07 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Holdfast Station is a role-playing game in which you play characters in a grim, blue-collar community working and surviving on an asteroid mine in the far reaches of space. Play alternates between Events – moments of high drama, calamity and risk – and Cycles, when the community rebuilds and fortifies against future peril.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 105.53MB - Duration: 2:33:40 m (96 kbps 44100 Hz)

SWS: Last Imperial Fleet 04

Sat, 06 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0700

This is session four of a bimonthly series of Last Fleet, set in Star Wars. Last Fleet is an RPG from Black Armada Games.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 100.15MB - Duration: 2:25:50 m (96 kbps 44100 Hz)

Tales from the Low Cantrefs Quarterly Session 10

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0700

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 118.76MB - Duration: 2:52:50 m (96 kbps 44100 Hz)

13th Age: Shards of the Broken Sky S4

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0700

We play Pelgrane's excellent fantasy d20 ttrpg 13th Age using the Shards of the Broken Sky campaign module. This session is part of the Gauntlet Gaming Calendar. Find out more and maybe think about playing with us by checking out https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/playing-online-with-the-gauntlet.html

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 94.05MB - Duration: 2:16:56 m (96 kbps 44100 Hz)

Fight With Spirit: St. Osana's First XI (Session 1)

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0700

This is a run of Fight With Spirit, a game of school sports drama from Storybrewers Roleplaying. This game is played using the quickstart rules for the game, which has recently had a successful kickstarter campaign. (With some slight setting modifications to the quickstart set). You can find more information about the game and pre-order it at: https://storybrewersroleplaying.com/fight-with-spirit-sports-drama-rpg/ This game is arranged through the Gauntlet Calendar. You can learn more about the Gauntlet online RPG group at https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/ This includes information on the Gauntlet produced podcasts, Codex - an RPG magazine for indie games from OSR to story games, and signing up for games advertised on the calendar. Also, check out the forums at https://forums.gauntlet-rpg.com/ to chat and say hi! The year is 1922, and at St. Osana's School for Boys the cricket team is preparing for the semi-finals of the Yorkshire Boys Cricket League - the first time they have reached it in years. We meet some of the team members at the boarding school in the North Yorkshire town of Hades. Aiden Chambers, the team captain determined to leave the team better than he found it, even if he is still looking for direction in his life - and distracted by a local boy. Lawrence Gregory, only recently returned to the cricket team after quitting a year or two ago, unsure if his love for the game matches his loves for jazz and Aiden. Lawrence's twin brother Lewis, recently transferred into the school from the rival Shipton Academy to reunite with his brother and get him back into the game. And Valentine Roberts, a fiery young man whose temper sometimes gets him in trouble with the team coach, his older brother Timothy.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 86.14MB - Duration: 2:05:13 m (96 kbps 44100 Hz)