Hello! A few quick updates, but first, as ever, we want to invite you to join us on The Gauntlet Discord server.

We're making steady progress on unlocking the new Mastermind, Gesod, High Imperator of Venus, but we still have some distance to go (about $7K as of this post). The sooner we unlock it, the sooner we can reveal the campaign's FINAL ACHIEVEMENTS. Here are some ways you can help out:

We put the descriptions of all the unlocked achievements here, and will be updating this doc when (if) we unlock more. 

The Shrouded London Writing Contest is ongoing. The Between's creator, Jason Cordova, recently held a workshop for participants. That workshop is now available to view on YouTube.

As always, thanks so much for your support. The Between team is a very small one; we have so many aspirations for this game, but we're not a huge company, and we rely on your faith in us to achieve those things. By supporting this game, you're not just getting some (admittedly awesome) books, you're saying something about what you want this hobby and industry to look like. And that's important.

-The Between team

Hello!

A few quick updates, but first, as always, join us on The Gauntlet Discord server! The Gauntlet is the best place to chat about the game and the campaign, as well as to get sneak peeks of what we have coming up! 

We opened up three new Deluxe Pledge Tiers! The first, HMS Chimaera ($600), gets you all the stuff at the Hargrave House tier, plus Wes Franks, author of Unsinkable (and expert Keeper) will run an online 2-shot of The Between for you and three friends. The second is Resplendent ($1000), which also gets you everything at the HH tier, plus Alex Rybitski, co-host of The Darkened Threshold podcast, will run a 4-session online game for you and three friends. Finally, Brathwaite Hall ($8000) features FOUR copies of everything, shipped anywhere in the world for FREE, plus Jason Cordova, creator The Between (and one of the most seasoned GMs in the industry) will run an entire online campaign of The Between for you and three friends. Obviously, these tiers are for super-fans (especially that last one), but for the right group, it's going to be a really fantastic experience (and the Chimaera and Resplendent tiers are actually a pretty good deal). Jason promises that whoever gets the Brathwaite Hall spot will have a gaming experience they will remember for the rest of their lives (and will be able to look back on because it will be recorded). 

The Shrouded London Writing Contest is ongoing, we've already received numerous entries! Here's a link to the contest details. Please be reminded that Jason Cordova, creator of The Between, will be hosting a writer's workshop this Sunday at 11 AM Eastern for contest participants. Check the contest details for more information (or find the writing contest channel on Discord). 

Something we like to do in The Gauntlet is create these excellent online character keepers for our games. The character keeper for The Between has guided character creation, a place to track your hunters and Threats, rules references, the Unscenes, and much more. It's a very robust tool for online play, one that we use every day in The Gauntlet. Find it here (you'll be prompted to make a copy).

We're sooo close to unlocking The Clockwork Cuttery. Just a few hundred more dollars. We have another exciting new achievement just waiting to be revealed whenever we cross this threshold. As ever, you can help us get there by sharing this campaign. It's particularly important that you share a direct link to the campaign whenever you talk about The Between. If you just mention it without sharing the link, a lot of people will instinctively go to Kickstarter looking for it, rather than BackerKit. Always share that link: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/the-gauntlet/the-between

Thanks so much for your support! Here's a glimpse at the penny dreadful art for The King in Shadows!

-The Between team

We are excited to announce The Martian is unlocked and will be joining Hargrave House! If you haven't already done so, join us on The Gauntlet Discord to learn more about all these terrific achievements we're unlocking. 

Speaking of achievements...

Our $215K achievement is a really exciting one: The Informals! From the campaign page:

"We’ll add a new playbook to Shadow Society: The Informals! The Informals is the first troupe-style playbook for The Between, meaning when you choose this playbook, you’ll be playing multiple characters at once! The Hargrave House Informals are a group of street people who assist the hunters with their investigations. Each phase, you pick which Informal you want to use: Elsie Willow, a canny woman of the night; Kip Longfellow, a resourceful street urchin; Silas Gren, a butcher who has… seen things; Velma Thenwicket, a well-connected governess; Pig’s Ear, the most talented pickpocket in London; Brother Samuel, a disgraced vicar; Barrel Staves, an absolute unit; and one you create on your own. Each member of the Informals has their own special talents and resources they bring to the investigation, as well as a secret shame that haunts them. While the Informals don’t live in Hargrave House, they are connected to one hunter, their Benefactor, with whom they have a special rapport, and who allows them to access new abilities. 

We almost forgot one thing: the Informals are each doomed. Throughout the campaign, they will be gruesomely murdered, one-by-one, by an unseen serial killer. The hunters will have to answer a Question related to the killings, the answer of which might see the serial killer joining Hargrave House themselves! What will Hargrave House do when they have an infamous murderer lurking within their walls?" 

(Tl;dr: It's the Baker Street Irregulars meets Jack the Ripper)

Our current achievement is a new Threat, The Clockwork Cuttery! We're just over $5K away from unlocking it. As ever, the more you can help us spread the word, the quicker we'll get there. We'll leave you with the penny dreadful art for this Threat. As ever, thanks so much for your support!

-The Between team