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Timecodes: 01:53 - Read a Sitch 09:51 - Open Your Brain 23:48 - Act Under Fire Links for Patrick and Daniel: Twitter and Instagram: dundaswestgames Facebook: facebook.com/dundaswestgames Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat: danielhkwan Blog: danielhkwan.com Email: patrick@dundaswest.com Twitter and Instagram: kenan_patrick Grab a copy of the preview of the game at PWYW: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/233160/Ross-Rifles-Preview-Edition?affiliate_id=78493 (

Rach talks with Elsa S. Henry about Dead Scare! Timecodes 00:57 - Read a Sitch - Accessibility for tabletop RPGs 08:02 - Open your Brain - Dead Scare 21:08 - Act Under Fire - Neighborhood Creation for Dead Scare Buy Dead Scare: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/205214/Dead-Scare?affiliate_id=78493

Rich welcomes Rory MacLeod to discuss his new game, Infinite Galaxies! Timecodes 2:17 - Read a Sitch - One-shot / Con GMing thoughts 7:49 - Open Your Brain - Infinite Galaxies 18:44 - Act Under Fire - Plusbot 9000 on the ice planet of Zoth! Links Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/197523193/infinite-galaxies-core-rules Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Time Codes Question One: What sets being a player in PBTA apart from being a player in another system? Submitted by David LaFrenierre (01:51) Question Two: What strategies and practices do you employ as a player in a PBTA game to set the other characters up for success? Submitted by Matthew Doughty (10:24) Question Three: What should I be doing during other players scenes? Submitted by Rob Diebold (21:14) Question four: How do you best engage Hx/Strings/Bonds/interPC mechanics? Submitted by Mischa Krilov (28:19)

Rach speaks with Melissa Lewis-Gentry, Jason Pitre, and Phil Vecchione about their in-development games! Timecodes Robot Cities (00:44) Circles of Power (07:57) Hydro Hackers (18:39) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com 
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For this special episode of +1 Forward, we present the audio from the "PbtA GMing" panel at Gauntlet Con 2017. The panel took place on October 21st. The participants were David LaFreniere, Lowell Francis, Rach Shelkey, and Michael X. Heiligenstein.   

Rach & Rich are talking about reactive MCing vs. proactive MCing. Timecodes Overview (00:36) “The game is a conversation” (04:03) The reactive position (07:47) The proactive position (12:43) Stepping back (17:50) Being engaged (18:55) Closing thoughts (25:40) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com 
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Rich welcomes Erika Chappell of Newstand Press to talk about Blackout: A Game of Civil Defence! Introduction Erika’s start with AW (00:34) Read a Sitch Restarting a failed campaign (03:20) Open Your Brain - Blackout: A Game of Civil Defence Overview (11:19) Breaks (13:42) Press On move (16:00) Act Under Fire Plussina (17:21) Size Up the Situation (19:04) Through the window (20:43) Press On (23:04) Take Charge (26:21) Links Buy Blackout: A Game of Civil Defence http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/217595/BLACKOUT--A-Game-of-Civil-Defence

Rich & Rach are talking about MC Principles. Timcodes (00:50) Principles (06:25) Genre and Urban Fantasy (28:31) GM Fiat? (30:37) Highlighting some particularly powerful Principles Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Rich sits down with Adrian Thoen, author of Impulse Drive! Introduction Adrian’s start with PbtA games (00:22) Read a Sitch Improv play (02:00) Open Your Brain - Impulse Drive Overview (10:14) Advantage/Disadvantage (14:10) Other new features (15:00) The ship (17:20) Into the Abyss and The Abyss Stares Back (18:15) Act Under Fire Love letter (20:40) Jan1ce (23:20) The Heterodox (27:19) Links Impulse Drive preview https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/190933/Impulse-Drive-Preview?   Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Read a Sitch - Porting the Pocalypse Overview (00:47) The game is a conversation (03:45) Consequences to actions (05:05) Moves snowball (09:55) Countdown Clocks (13:06) Be a fan of the characters (15:48) What do you do? (23:00) Principles (25:45) Sometimes disclaim decision-making (30:00) Manipulation moves (35:21) Ask provocative questions and build on the answers (39:02) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG Music used for the QCC promo: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Advent_Chamber_Orchestra/Selections_from_the_November_2006_Concert/Advent_Chamber_Orchestra_-_04_-_Handel_-_Entrance_to_the_Queen_of_Sheba_for_Two_Oboes_Strings_and_Continuo_allegro Music used for the Gauntlet Con promo: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Artofescapism/Sound_Forest_Atmospheric_Tracks/Infiltration_of_Toy_Dungeon

Rich is joined by Jay Iles from UFO Press Introduction Jay's start with PbtA (00:42) Read a Sitch “Splitting the party” (02:52) Open Your Brain - Legacy: Life Among the Ruins 2E Overview (07:53) Playing factions vs playing characters (10:00) Ages (13:19) Differences with Legacy 1E (14:47) Differences with AW (18:50) Find Common Ground move (22:50) Act Under Fire Unit +1F (25:40) Interface with Technology (29:19) Bunker (30:43) “Where’s my husband?” (32:35) “I’m sorry for your loss” (33:56) Defuse (34:43) Links Legacy 2E KS https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1549920133/legacy-life-among-the-ruins-2nd-edition Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Rich welcomes new co-host, Rach Shelkey! Looking Back at Season 1 Rach’s start with PbtA (00:47) Favorite episodes from Season 1 (02:14) Read a Sitch Porting one PbtA game into another (09:03) Fan playbooks (17:05) Links Ennies Voting http://www.ennie-awards.com/blog/ Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Rich welcomes game designer Christopher Grey! Introduction Christopher’s start with PbtA (00:34) Read a Sitch Exchanging harm (02:40) Open Your Brain - The Happiest Apocalypse on Earth Overview (06:44) Character creation (07:34) Wish Upon a Star (10:21) Fill the World With Sunshine move (12:44) Find the Beauty Within move (14:35) Act Under Fire Park creation (15:26) Knight Realm (18:23) Lucky (20:00) Joust-a-matronic (21:53) Go the Distance (26:27) The King of Knight Realm (27:38) Be Bold and Daring (30:22) “There are very strict rules about jumping over strollers” (31:19) Links Happiest Apocalypse Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/greyauthor/the-happiest-apocalypse-on-earth-roleplaying-game?ref=hero\_thanks Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Introduction Fraser’s start with PbtA games (00:46) Read a Sitch Using songs to inform your story (03:41) Open Your Brain - The Veil Overview (10:29) States (12:52) The Abyss Stares Back move (16:24) The Apparatus (18:42) Act Under Fire Plus01 (19:35) Noodle shop (22:07) Analyze (24:11) Liquid delivery system (27:14) Flechette submachine gun (32:04) Joy (34:19) Stasis (38:45) Links Purchase The Veil http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/199467/The-Veil-Cyberpunk-Roleplaying-Powered-by-the-Apocalypse?affiliate\_id=78493 Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Rich welcomes Mark Plemmons from Brabblemark Press! Introduction Mark’s start with PbtA (00:36) Read a Sitch Bringing a new player into a new campaign (02:59) Open Your Brain - MASHED Overview (09:03) The aftermath of combat (12:00) Medical moves (16:06) Stress & Conditions (18:28) Anticipator (20:32) Re-skins? (21:31) Act Under Fire Lt. Plussy (24:24) Korean children (25:02) Influence (27:37) Eyeballing (29:05) “She’s my moose!” (33:03) Links Purchase MASHED http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/199282/MASHED-A-Korean-War-MASH-RPG?affiliate\_id=78493 Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Rich welcomes John Adamus to the show! Introduction John’s start with PbtA (00:23) Read a Sitch Subjecting your home group to evolving playtests (04:18) Open Your Brain - Noir World Overview (08:14) GM-less (11:48) Modularity (14:38) Textual support for a noir feel (18:08) Hook system (21:12) Moves (22:44) One-shots (24:48) Patsy move (26:05) Act Under Fire Mr. Plusser (28:48) Joey (31:22) Fight It Out (33:04) Good cop (34:15) Meanwhile… (36:14) Links Noir World KS https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1445915536/noir-world?ref=nav\_search Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Rich is joined by Marshall Miller of Fine Mess Games! Introduction Marshall’s start with PbtA games (00:33) Read a Sitch PbtA PbP (01:58) Open Your Brain - The Warren Overview (07:44) Making the rabbits unique (09:56) Retire move (11:10) Panic (12:19) Act Under Fire Plussy (14:22) Establishing questions (18:25) The gardener (19:58) Hide (24:03) Retire (28:40) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Rich is joined by Nathan Paoletta of NDP Design! Introduction Nathan’s start with PbtA games (00:35) Read a Sitch Handling drop-in/drop-out play (02:56) Open Your Brain - World Wide Wrestling Overview (07:09) The Imaginary Viewing Audience (10:16) Managing currencies (11:36) Run-in move (16:02) Act Under Fire The Mighty Plus (19:02) Backstage promo (20:17) Ring entrances (26:50) Match start (31:50) Reverse the hold (34:52) Chase him (37:30) Botch (39:36) Booking (40:50) Links World Wide Wrestling http://ndpdesign.com/wwwrpg/ Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

Rich welcomes Mark Richardson of Green Hat Designs! Introduction Mark’s start with PbtA games (00:23) Read a Sitch Sustaining long-term play (01:23) Open Your Brain - Headspace Overview (09:39) Art direction & philosophy (13:28) Act Under Fire Plussy (17:53) Snake & Helo (20:45) Grief (22:18) Twitch (24:45) Improvised moves (27:25) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG