The Gauntlet is a hand-management, puzzle-driven, fantasy-themed card game played with a standard deck of cards. In this game, an Adventurer must endure twenty trials devised by a cunning Trialmaster. Each trial is defeated by playing a pair of action cards that meet varying conditions. Along the way, allies and villains emerge to alter the course of each challenge. Will the Adventurer conquer the Gauntlet, or collapse from exhaustion and yield to the Trialmaster?
Information
Players: 1 or 2
Ages: 8+
Playing time: 10 minutes
Components: A standard deck of cards (52 cards + 2 jokers) or the custom artwork deck below.
Current version: 3.0
Files updated: October 13, 2025
Play Modes
There are two solitaire modes available:
you can play as the adventurer
or as the trialmaster.
There is also a two-player asymmetric competitive mode,
where one player is the adventurer and the other is the trialmaster.
