New $7 Patron Spots Available November 30th!

Hello! When we kicked off our Patreon a little over a year ago, we made 50 spots available at the $7 level. These 50 spots give the folks holding them one week of RSVP priority for new Gauntlet Hangouts events.  

Effectively, this put Gauntlet Hangouts games behind a paywall, which, admittedly, was something we were initially nervous about doing. A few people in our community strongly opposed it under a theory, I suppose, that everything should just be free, and that the principal community organizers should shoulder the entire financial burden of running the Gauntlet. Some of those people even chose to disassociate themselves from the Gauntlet entirely. 

Wherever those folks are, I hope their gaming is even a fraction as good as what we are currently getting on Gauntlet Hangouts. 

Gauntlet Hangouts games nearly always make. And the people who sign up for those games take them seriously. We have a culture of respect and mutual admiration at our game tables that is quite distinct. We do not suffer from the scattershot flakiness that affects much larger platforms like Roll20, nor do we have to cope with the toxicity that permeates many meatspace gaming communities. A major reason for our success is that people tend to take things more seriously when they have to pay for them. 

The original plan was to limit the $7 tier to 50 spots through calendar year 2017. We have decided to move that timetable up by one month for several reasons:

1. The calendar is much bigger than when we first conceived of this idea. In fact, the number of available games on a month-to-month basis has more than doubled. Limiting the RSVP priorities to 50 people was based on a much smaller slate of available games to join. 

2. Gauntlet Con 2017 was a huge success, and many people are asking how they can game with us on a more regular basis. Moving up the timetable for new $7 slots helps us capture some of that excitement from Gauntlet Con. 

3. Starting in January and February, we have a number of brand-new folks running games on our calendar. Opening up the $7 spots a little early will give those games a chance to fill faster. 

So, with all that said, there will be 100 new $7 Patreon spots available on November 30th. We will maintain that level until July 1st, 2018, at which point we will make more spots available (provided the number of calendar offerings has substantially grown by then).  

This is a really exciting time to be involved with Gauntlet Hangouts. I can’t wait to share it with more people! 

Jason