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The Between

Created by The Gauntlet

The Between is a tabletop roleplaying game about monster-hunters in Victorian-era London. It's inspired by the TV show Penny Dreadful, British horror classics, and pulp media. Its rules are based on the award-winning Brindlewood Bay.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

January 2025 Update
about 1 year ago – Fri, Jan 31, 2025 at 06:02:22 PM

Hi everyone! Here are some quick updates on The Between (and a few associated things). First of all, as ever, we want to invite you to join us on the Gauntlet Discord server. Jason regularly shares previews of the work going on behind the scenes, and it's just a terrific place to connect with other people playing these games. 

Books

Work on The Between, Shadow Society, and Suns of Another World is proceeding nicely. Jason and the team have brought on a few extra writers to cut down on the amount of work needed to be done on the remaining drafts, as well as additional help for editorial. Getting the drafts ready is the most enjoyable part of the process, but also the most taxing. It's just a lot of heads down work in the writing and editing mines, and play-testing new parts of the game as much as we're able to. As of right now, we're still on track to hit our delivery goals; we'll let you know if anything changes on that front. 

Brindlewood Bay & Nephews in Peril Add-Ons

We're still missing some folks' shipping info for Brindlewood Bay and Nephews in Peril add-ons. These are being handled outside of the pledge manager and ready to ship, so please fill out the Google form ASAP. 

Pledge Manager and Preorders

The pledge manager (and preorder page) is a bit delayed because we're waiting on some info from our suppliers. We're doing some add-ons (to be revealed later), but we need to get precise prices and shipping details, and January is Chinese new year, which kind of slows things down over there. It should up pretty soon, though. 

The Darkened Threshold

Our Carved from Brindlewood podcast The Darkened Threshold is already back in the new year with 3 new episodes, including one that has a glimpse at what's coming in 2025 (including some information about The Between). If you haven't yet had a chance to check the show out, we highly recommend it. Alex and Jason are great talkers, and the show is super helpful for anyone getting into these games. It can be found wherever you get podcasts, or on our website.


New Website

Speaking of our website, it has recently gotten a major refresh. Check it out! 

We're going to leave you with some brand-new artwork. Below are The Explorer and The Factotum, as well as the painting of the Hargrave House music room. All of this artwork is WIP—the finals will be in the books. 



Thanks for your support!
-The Between team

December 2024 Update
about 1 year ago – Sat, Dec 21, 2024 at 03:28:19 PM

Hey everyone! We hope you're all having a lovely holiday season. Here are the project updates for December 2024.


Discord Server 

As always, we want to start by inviting you to join us on The Gauntlet Discord server. Jason has been sharing regular previews for this new edition of The Between. Come join us to check that stuff out and discuss! 


Brindlewood Bay & Nephews in Peril Add-ons

If you added on Brindlewood Bay and/or Nephews in Peril, we need your address, so please fill out the below Google Form if you haven't already done so. We'll then cross-reference with our list of add-on customers from BackerKit. US customers will have their books sent out as soon as we have your address. International customers will have their books in late January (we need to get supply to the international fulfiller) but please go ahead and fill out the form. Please note: you will still have to fill out your pledge manager survey for The Between whenever we send those out (some time in January). Here is the Google form.


Online game rewards

If you pledged at a level that gets you online game sessions from the game creators, be on the lookout for an email from us after the holidays.


The Between, Shadow Society, and Suns of Another World

Progress is moving along nicely on the books. We expect the draft of The Between to be complete and ready for layout by the end of the year. Shadow Society draft should be done by the end of January. We don't yet have an estimate on when the Suns draft will be ready for layout—it will depend on how development goes on Court of Wolves and Blood & Coal—but mid to late February is probably about right. 


The Nutcracker is coming! 

An exciting announcement for the holidays: The Nutcracker Threat will be added to Shadow Society! The Nutcracker sees Hargrave House on the trail of a serial killer who is emasculating ballet dancers and posing their bodies in grotesque tableaux around the city. You can pick up the original version of The Nutcracker for free on DTRPG.

As ever, thanks for your support. Happy holidays!

-The Between team

The train has finally pulled into the station!
over 1 year ago – Mon, Nov 04, 2024 at 09:50:46 AM

Hello! There's a lot of important information in this update, so please read through to the end. 

A BackerKit record, and all Achievements unlocked!

First of all, we managed to set an overtime record on BackerKit! The community came together, and over the course of 48 hours after the campaign "ended," raised an additional $48K and unlocked the four remaining Achievements. Our backer train was over 1300 people by the end! 

Confirm your card has been charged

Cards are being charged as we speak. Check to confirm your pledge went through. We've heard some folks' banks have flagged the charge, so just make sure yours wasn't one of them. You still have time to fix your payment method if you need to. 

Shipping and pledge manager

The next part of the process is opening the pledge manager and collecting shipping fees. We expect that to be sometime in December; we'll let you know when it's live.

You don't have to wait for us to play The Between!

All of the material for the previous edition of the game is Pay What You Want on DriveThruRPG! Please go download it (and only pay $0). Here are some links:
It's also a good opportunity to make sure your BackerKit email and DriveThruRPG email are the same. We deliver all digital rewards via DTRPG, and so it makes everyone's life easier when those emails match. While you're there, check out our other games, including Public Access and The Silt Verses Roleplaying Game!

Brindlewood Bay & Nephews in Peril Add-ons

Some of you purchased Brindlewood Bay and/or Nephews in Peril as add-ons. For international backers, those add-ons will be sent in January, after we launch the pledge manager and get a good sense of how many we need to send to our international fulfiller. For U.S. backers, we're working with BackerKit to figure out the most efficient way of collecting your address now, before the pledge manager opens, so we can get your books sent right away. It will take a few days to sort that out, so just stand by until you hear from us again (probably via email). 

Ain't Slayed Nobody listening party!

The crew over at Aint's Slayed Nobobdy is doing a listening party for Episodes 12 & 13 of their excellent The Between actual play. The listening party is November 5th at 3 PM Eastern. Join us on the Ain't Slayed Discord server! If you need to catch up on this actual play, you can find it wherever you get podcasts; just search Ain't Slayed Nobody.

Future Updates

Hereafter, updates will be monthly, or whenever we have timely information we need you to know about. 

Join The Gauntlet Discord server!

As always, we want to invite you to join us in The Gauntlet! It's a fun space, full of people who love indie TTRPGs. 

Once again, thanks so much for your support. Now the real fun begins! 

-The Between team

The Between backer train is STILL running!
over 1 year ago – Sat, Nov 02, 2024 at 01:19:50 PM

We are less than $3K away from unlocking our final stretch goal!

We have kept the backer train going for nearly 40 hours. This is officially the longest overtime period for any BackerKit project, having passed Caverns of Thracia and Brandon Sanderson's game. And we may hold this record for quite some time, haha.

Listen: 2 days ago, we thought we were leaving 4 stretch goals on the table, but because of the community's persistence, we are within striking distance of unlocking the last one. This is an incredible outcome.

Help us get over the line in any way you can!

And join us on The Gauntlet Discord server! It's going to be pretty exciting in there if we can finish this thing up! 

We'll see you on the other side (for real this time)! 

-The Between team

The Between has one stretch goal left!
over 1 year ago – Fri, Nov 01, 2024 at 05:12:27 PM

Beyond all hope, beyond all reason, we have managed to keep the backer train going and unlock all the stretch goals except for the last one: Blood & Coal. We need to hit $285K to unlock it. That will be a tough climb, but we can do it. We've raised over $23K in overtime, so we can definitely raise $18K more. 

Obviously, we need your help, especially if you have yet to back. Here are some ways to get involved on this wild train ride:
  • Keep spreading the word. People are excited about this bizarre, unprecedented thing that's going on right now with this campaign. People will want to help out just because the situation is so unusual, and because we're a small team with a lot of heart. 
  • If you can afford to get a higher pledge tier, please do. We've worked it out with the dice manufacturer so we can offer a limited number of extra Hargrave House pledge spots, available now. 
  • Join us on The Gauntlet Discord server. The energy is terrific right now (if a little loopy, haha). You can help us keep an eye on the backer train, or just offer words of excitement and encouragement.

I'll remind you that this is one of the best deals going in TTRPGs right now. Here's everything you're getting (not including Blood & Coal, which will just add to these numbers):
  • Core Rules
  • 34 Playbooks 
  • 57 Threats 
  • 9 Masterminds 
  • 50 Unscenes 
  • Hargrave House expansion
  • Shrouded London Locations 
  • Creator's Kit

We might be here for a while; we're going to stick it out as long as we can. With your help, we can get this last stretch goal done.

Thanks!
-The Between team