Gauntlet v0.7.1

Current canonical playtest edition · v0.7.1

Run the Gauntlet.

Choose a faction and leader, build your deck, and fight through the opponent's line to win the final battle.

Start playing Build a Deck Read the rules
6
Factions
12
Leaders
142
Playable cards
25
Territories
The Spirit Walker, mounted General, and Grand Inquisitor, three faction leaders from Gauntlet.

A campaign in one contested column

Every advance creates a decision.

Gauntlet combines constructed decks, hidden battle commitments, public territorial pressure, and faction-specific paths to victory.

The Executive and Ambassador play Gauntlet across a six-card battlefield in a lamplit command tent.
The Executive and Ambassador contest a six-card battlefield.
01

Construct

Choose a faction and leader, build a deck of at least 30 cards within 60 value, and select three different territories.

02

Contend

Advance, hold, or withdraw. Entering the opponent's position begins a battle of hidden commitments and tactical card effects.

03

Capture

Occupy enemy-controlled territories, survive the counterattack, and rotate captured ground to face you.

04

Break through

Run the Gauntlet by capturing the Territory at the opponent's end or by forcing the opponent to make a Last Stand and winning the resulting battle.

Cards of Gauntlet

The game in seven cards.

Every faction brings its own tools, tempo, and pressure to the same battlefield. Neutral cards add a shared tactical vocabulary that any deck can draw on.

Browse all 142 cards
Military · Diplomats · Financiers · Neutral · Mystics · Inquisition · Intelligence

Six institutions · twelve leaders

Choose how you intend to win.

Every faction remains engaged with the Gauntlet while adding its own resources, components, tactical identity, and—except Military—an additional victory route.

Military

Command, Orders, pressure, movement, and decisive battle.

General · Commandant Explore Military →

Diplomats

Influence, Terms, Proposals, concessions, and legitimacy.

Ambassador · Senator Explore Diplomats →

Financiers

Capital, Treasury, Deeds, leverage, and ownership.

Banker · Executive Explore Financiers →

Intelligence

Intel, Missions, surveillance, disruption, and secrecy.

Ranger · Spymaster Explore Intelligence →

Mystics

Rites, Invocation, Transmutation, and the Arcane.

Alchemist · Spirit Walker Explore Mystics →

Inquisition

Conviction, Condemnation, Purge, and suppression.

Grand Inquisitor · Witch Hunter Explore Inquisition →

Rules support at the table

Ask the Chief Justice.

Use the floating Ask the Chief Justice control to settle questions of card text, battle timing, Territory interactions, faction systems, and victory conditions from the published rules and cards.

The Chief Justice identifies the controlling rule or distinction and states the result plainly. Where the written rules do not decide the matter, he issues a provisional ruling so play may continue.

The relevant rulebook and card sources are included with each answer, so the ruling can be checked against the written rules. If the AI service is unavailable, the Chief Justice falls back to direct canonical source lookup rather than leaving the table without rules support.

Playtest resources

Everything needed to put the game on the table.

New-player setup

Start Playing

Learn the shared game flow, choose a faction and Leader, then start a tracked TTS self-serve playtest or prepare the matching starter Deck for physical play.

Choose your first side → Canonical rules

Browser Rulebook

Read and search the complete v0.7.1 rules in a responsive format, with direct section links and the Rules Arbiter close at hand.

Read the rulebook → Build and print

v0.7.1 Deckbuilder

Load a ready-to-play leader deck or build your own, check it against the current rules, save it in your browser, and print a complete playtest package.

Open Deckbuilder → Quick lookup

Card Reference

Search and browse every canonical playable card and territory without opening the Deckbuilder.

Open Card Reference → Self-serve playtesting

Playtest Gauntlet

Create a two-player tracked game, play remotely in Tabletop Simulator or physically, link rules questions, and submit separate player feedback.

Start a playtest → Canonical package

v0.7.1 Release

Download the printable Rulebook, canonical gameplay data, starter Decks, provenance, and release manifest.

Browse release →
Developer Tools Review queues, compiled research data, and organizer records

Private operational surfaces for maintaining Gauntlet. Each protected dashboard still requires its existing credential.

Rules data Rules Arbiter Review Questions, answers, player feedback, classifications, resolutions, and exports. Uses the Rules Arbiter admin token. Playtest data Playtest Analysis Compiled tracked games, questionnaire responses, Arbiter questions, filters, and analysis exports. Uses the facilitator key. Organizer workspace Host Home Create and reopen formal events, table sessions, participant links, and coded playtest sheets stored on this browser.