by Tom Shanabarger
I have been wanting to cover the Resources in-depth for a long time, and with an impending rules change on the horizon, I figured it was a perfect time to take a break from our normal Hidden Gems content and do just that. Given that the Gauntlet was the original resource I figured it was the obvious starting point. One thing that is very different from the Gauntlet and the other Resources is that the original rules for it are printed on the card as there was nothing on them in the rule book at the time. The big drawback to it is that in the original Resource rules you couldn't run any special objects if you were running the Gauntlet. Even though the rules have changed for all the other resources this one has not. While I would like to see it changed like they did for vehicles and team bases despite their rules being on the card, currently it is what it is. That said you still have access to possessor style equipment like the entities as they are not special objects but rather equipment characters. Also stuff that is generated from outside the game or just in general after force construction is still allowed.
