Gauntlet

Gauntlet Documentation

This directory contains the active design, testing, setting, and source-card documents for Gauntlet.

For the current playable release, begin with the v0.6.0 release package, not with a development document in this directory.

Canonical v0.6.0 sources

These files govern the current game:

1. Official Rulebook — shared rules.
2. Definitive faction guides — faction rules, Leaders, supplemental components, and exact faction-card text.
3. Neutral Card Pool — exact Neutral-card text.
4. Territory Pool — exact Territory and Arena text.
5. Canonical Data — generated structured data; do not edit independently.

When a derived PDF, printable sheet, deckbuilder entry, or digital implementation conflicts with these sources, correct the governing source and regenerate the derived artifact.

Active development documents

• Development Status — current post-release priorities and playtest watchlist.
• Design Principles and Guardrails — durable design constraints.
• Faction Card Design Guide — standards for faction-card pools and future revisions.
• Playtest Targets and Metrics — data to collect and evaluation thresholds.
• Leader Design Bible — current Leader art and character direction.
• Lore Development Notes — incremental setting development.
• Digital Roadmap — future canonical engine and interface direction.
• v0.7 Parking Lot — deferred modules and post-v0.6 concepts.
• Game Design Glossary — general design vocabulary.

Archive

Archive contains completed audits, superseded working rules, migration records, and historical development directions. Archived documents preserve rationale and provenance but never override current canonical sources.

Documentation rule

A document should remain active only when it has a distinct continuing purpose. Completed audits and superseded snapshots should move to Archive/; current rules should not be duplicated into new development documents.