Playing at the Hearth

Mutant Year Zero 2026 Q2 Session 3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 02:26:00 +0000

Session 3 of our Mutant Year Zero campaign takes the crew deeper into the Zone as they fight rot, scarce supplies, acid-drifting sky-jellies, and a minefield of ancient unexploded shells on the way to the water plant. By the time they arrive, they’re battered, low on resources, and expecting monsters.

Instead, a brutal ambush at the pipes leads to a shocking discovery: the so-called “zone ghouls” may just be frightened people. With pure water somewhere below and whispers echoing through the tunnels under the plant, the crew has to decide what kind of story they’re really in.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx1F3aL_t90 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Midnight of the Century: The Widening Gyre (3 of 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:18:00 +0000

Calling their Oroboro handler to make sure the local sheriff's department will be available for back-up, the investigators head to the lakeside cabin to find out if the killer is there. They see signs of the killer's mission and discover bloody handprints pointing at destruction and death...

Dive into the shadows of the '90s in this occult serial killer investigation TTRPG - Midnight of the Century is a mid-'90s pre-apocalyptic serial killer investigation TTRPG inspired by '90s movies and TV shows like Millennium, Silence of the Lambs, Twin Peaks, and Homicide: Life on the Street.

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yamMszLc1Y ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Between 2026 - Session 11 - The Better Necromancer

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 19:20:00 +0000

Hargrave House faces Sally No-Face at her public clinic. Dr. Swindrake's child sees the light of the world.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XibQf_6n-rk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apocalypse Keys Quarterly 2025 Session 22 - Sam

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:44:00 +0000

All the Bells on Earth, Part 1.
As Rhydian reels from the recent revelation, a reality shift takes part in Las Vegas. A new Omen Class Monster is being introduced.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udJ4b5Cuedg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Fearful Symmetries: Initiation 2 of 12

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 03:54:00 +0000

With Sybil missing, Ms Wyberg sends Owen, George and Jack to Lincolnshire in search of a ley line nexus. They begin to uncover the secrets of the Massingberd family, and some disturbing local legends.

Fearful Symmetries by Steve Dempsey is a campaign for Trail of Cthulhu. We're playing a pretty heavily house-ruled version.

This game was organised through the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. You can find out more at https://openhearthgaming.com/.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWLli2N6DPk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Girls of the Genziana Hotel (2 of 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:14:00 +0000

In the middle of the night, our chambermaids uncover a strange skeleton in the woods, visit a nun with supper (and a deal), and rifle the library in the bar for clues...all bring with them disquiet and unexpected revelations - all pointing towards the reason Marga's disappearance has been covered up!

The Girls of the Genziana Hotel are the chambermaids who serve what few guests sleep in the hotel's rooms. During the day, the girls will have to balance their work as maids and their efforts to further the investigation. During the night, the girls will brave the same dark hallways that swallowed their friend. They will deal with the strict head of staff, the entitled guests, the rest of the employees, and night's eerie nightmares, hoping to find those responsible for Marga's fate without suffering it themselves.

You might be into this game if you are into murder mysteries and gothic horror stories. As young women and maids, the girls are at the bottom of the patriarchal hierarchy of the hotel, but this game is about subverting that position by working together. So if you're into female rebellion, this is also for you.

The Girls of the Genziana Hotel is by Hendrik ten Napel and is available here https://napel.itch.io/the-girls-of-the-genziana-hotel

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O1rGY-Su0M ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Mutant Year Zero 2026 Q2 Session 2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 02:31:00 +0000

Session 2 of our Mutant Year Zero campaign starts with Assembly at the Highland Mall Ark: the group adds Defenses, launches another zone expedition for food and water, and scrambles to deal with Johnammed’s control of the water supply. Before leaving, Wilo learns a huge secret from Eriel—the elder believes she’s pregnant, apparently by someone from outside the Ark. Rasper talks Marlotte into letting Astrina join the expedition, Zippo builds a rot suit out of scrap, and Tavri checks in with Sixster, who wants first crack at any valuable finds.

Out in the Zone, the party heads west with Yassan and Astrina, finds an old police station, and discovers it’s home to a giant venomous spider. After a brutal fight, they kill it, patch up Donut and Wilo, and search the station. Their haul includes a compound bow, three arrows, and a strange piece of advanced scrap. They decide to bunker down there for the night, turning the station into a possible safehouse. Back at the Ark, though, things keep getting worse—the population drops by 3 at session end.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqm3yWhHy8Q ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Midnight of the Century: The Widening Gyre (2 of 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:35:00 +0000

From the Locan basement, the investigators have insights that lead them to seek out the next victim on the campus of the University of Washington. They lean on the Oroboro Group's resources to try to get ahead of the killer...

Dive into the shadows of the '90s in this occult serial killer investigation TTRPG - Midnight of the Century is a mid-'90s pre-apocalyptic serial killer investigation TTRPG inspired by '90s movies and TV shows like Millennium, Silence of the Lambs, Twin Peaks, and Homicide: Life on the Street.

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnP0dyzwlkw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eotenweard - The Old North (Session 02)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 20:39:00 +0000

SWS Jedi Hearts 02

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 17:28:00 +0000

The Gathering

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uswqahYu2U8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eotenweard The Old North (Session 01)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:31:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the first session in a series of Eotenweard (his own PbtA game in development of Dark Age heroes protecting the innocent from a Darkness growing across the Old North).
This session was organised as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/the_open_hearth/overview)
Arriving at the village of Rhunsbeck, something causes Octavia the Storyteller to recall a dream of feeling trapped; Deryn (or perhaps their 'Duality', Derwen) is assaulted by the coppery smell and taste of blood; Wulfstan the Hunter spots a murder of crows exploding from a tree; and Merryn, the Sword of God, is surprised by how well defended the village is, with its stockade and watch-tower. There's a greedy Lady served by a disloyal champion, a vicious priest of Woden, a naive grower and a dishonest outcast, then ... ale becomes blood ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSFGRcb-DN4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Fearful Symmetries: Initiation (1 of 12)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:55:00 +0000

In which we meet four unusual spiritualists on the cusp of initiation into mysteries they cannot yet imagine.

Fearful Symmetries by Steve Dempsey is a campaign for Trail of Cthulhu. We're playing a pretty heavily house-ruled version.

This game was organised through the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. You can find out more at https://openhearthgaming.com/.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGWF3oPU07g ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Girls of the Genziana Hotel (1 of 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:57:00 +0000

Four chambermaids make a pact together one night; to find out why their friend Marga has disappeared and who is behind it! While performing their everyday duties they investigate the goings-on, go out to the mysterious forests of Silent Falls which surround the hotel and wonder who their friend really was...

The Girls of the Genziana Hotel are the chambermaids who serve what few guests sleep in the hotel's rooms. During the day, the girls will have to balance their work as maids and their efforts to further the investigation. During the night, the girls will brave the same dark hallways that swallowed their friend. They will deal with the strict head of staff, the entitled guests, the rest of the employees, and night's eerie nightmares, hoping to find those responsible for Marga's fate without suffering it themselves.

You might be into this game if you are into murder mysteries and gothic horror stories. As young women and maids, the girls are at the bottom of the patriarchal hierarchy of the hotel, but this game is about subverting that position by working together. So if you're into female rebellion, this is also for you.

The Girls of the Genziana Hotel is by Hendrik ten Napel and is available here https://napel.itch.io/the-girls-of-the-genziana-hotel

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SprQQmFqUjI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Midnight of the Century: The Widening Gyre (1 of 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:35:00 +0000

Michelangelo DeAcosta a profiler and Nathalie Abad an occultist are with The Oroboro - a consultancy group who help out law enforcement with strange and devilishly difficult cases - they're called in to investigate a grisly murder in Seattle, the Maritime City on the brink...

Dive into the shadows of the '90s in this occult serial killer investigation TTRPG - Midnight of the Century is a mid-'90s pre-apocalyptic serial killer investigation TTRPG inspired by '90s movies and TV shows like Millennium, Silence of the Lambs, Twin Peaks, and Homicide: Life on the Street.

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31006HHI3ZU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Tempest: STA 2e S7

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:39:00 +0000

"Impact Preservation PT 1"
We return to the Tempest as the head out to deliver a scientific organization to an abandoned Federation listening post near the Romulan border. But both Moreno and Escarra butt heads with the science group's leader. On arrival at the planet, they pick up an anomaly, but focus on securing the site. This becomes more complicated when the initial transport down forces them into a dangerous hike through deadly environments. Then as things seem to be turning in the right direction, a dual ambush-- on planet and in orbit-- put everything in jeopardy.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbdTLFSSf6Q ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Mutant Year Zero 2026 Q2 - Session 1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 02:18:00 +0000

In our first session of Mutant Year Zero, we built the Ark as a ruined mall with hotel elements. The Elder and the Dawn Vault were placed in the old Spencer Gifts. Johammed claimed the lower level and the food court. Marlotte held the upper level. The Ark’s clean water came from a single fountain fed by a jury-rigged underground line, and the group set its starting stats at Food 2, Culture 2, Tech 5, Warfare 3, with a population of 205.

The player characters were Raspa the dog handler with Donut, Wilo the slave, Zippo the gearhead, and Tavri the stalker. After Assembly, the group started Hunting Party, Cropland, Temple, and a Zone Expedition to the tower. Then the group settled their PC relationships and buddy picks, which set up the main pairs for the session: Raspa and Wilo, and Tavri and Zippo.

The first major scene came when the crowd discovered that Johammed’s people were taking water from the fountain. Jonats and Johammed’s gang were holding everyone back while they filled cans and buckets. Raspa confronted Jonats with Wilo and Donut at his side and used Manipulate to make her withdraw, though she still took the water already collected. That left the Ark with only a small amount of water left in the fountain.

While that was happening, Tavri and Zippo investigated the water line through the maintenance shafts. Tavri used Sonar to navigate the darkness and confirmed that the problem was not inside the Ark. The clog was somewhere farther down the line, outside.

The session ended with project work. Raspa trained a small hunting group and Tavri and Yasan finished the Hunting Party project. The Ark’s food supply jumped from 2 to 9, and the first successful hunt brought back raccoons.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxSGnHzgf1Y ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Between 2026 - Session 10 - Dr. Swindrake takes an Interest

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 19:13:00 +0000

Dr. Swindrake takes an interest in Mx. Latimer's Health.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK2IhFUylmw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS Jedi Hearts 01

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:08:00 +0000

Character creation, a spar, and a vision

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3ogfNcsHLI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Cloud Empress Q1 2026 session 12 - Bodyhopper Hunt

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 01:53:00 +0000

Deep inside the giant, tensions finally break. Plans are made, alliances are tested, and the group is forced into a series of hard, irreversible choices. What starts as a focused objective quickly spirals into chaos—panic, pursuit, and desperate improvisation.

This session leans hard into everything the campaign has been building toward: unstable identities, dangerous magic, and the cost of pushing your luck just a little too far.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j_sV-AiY3A ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Grimwild - Gaelenvale (Session 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 21:41:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the first session of a short series of Grimwild (Oddity Press).
This session was organised as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/the_open_hearth/overview)

The tense face-off between the townsfolk and bandits is disturbed by the sudden appearance of Brother Odell; a Disciple of Darkness; two traders; and Lidi Juxon ... all of whom are dead! There's a horde of undead rising from the grave yards beyond the town, a vision that points the characters at the Temple of Korlita, and a strange presence over its altar. Sir Windemer leads the way, Valeria adopts her otherworldly form, and Merle bolsters their courage with song. Then, mist clouds and smokey blades; a flood of tar and thrashing tendrils; and finally, a sea of horrors and a contest of Wills ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ROQBcjq-uE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Between 2026 - Session 9 - The Double-Sided Watch

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 19:18:00 +0000

Mx. Latimer and Pike visit a free health clinic. Latimer looses face and Pike saves a maiden.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y-7ymRhGI8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Saleucami Session 12

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:32:00 +0000

the grand finale

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITV-5unDhJM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Swords of the Serpentine - Open Hearth Gaming - Session 3 - 2026-03-26

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 22:24:00 +0000

GM Mike Ferdinando runs Swords of the Serpentine, the GUMSHOE RPG of swords and sorcery. Players are: Adam, Eliot, Sean, and Vyrrk.

"Corpse Astray - Part Three"

The party uses the sewers and Undercity to sneak into the necromancer's townhouse for a final confrontation. But what they find is even more disturbing than what they'd imagined! The conclusion to this short series.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HN5ySA6Id8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Grimwild - Gaelenvale (Session 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 18:01:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the first session of a short series of Grimwild (Oddity Press).
This session was organised as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/the_open_hearth/overview)

In the aftermath of the shocking events of the last episode, Valeria and Sir Windemir comfort the innkeeper and discover a lead. Valeria seeks to exploit that through a vision from her Patron which she follows-up 'without engaging'. Meanwhile, the Paladin connects the deaths Lidi was responsible for and discovers another loose end. There's an intriguing tenement in a run-down part of town, written death magic, and Merle the Bard prompts a hue and cry. Then ... Bandits, Bardsongs, Disciples of Darkness, and Mayoral Candidates ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipOUYkoWLIc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Cluster: Chioma Okaye (Session 6)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:49:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the finale of a series of 'The Cluster', his own PbtA space opera game.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th....
The Crew worry that the damage the Razor took while responding to last session's distress signal will put them on the back foot as they aim to complete their current (mercenary) contract. In fact, they leverage the damage to convince the Exsol asteroid base that they are the resupply ship that's expected. There's successful impersonation, a challenging secure location, and it turns out Chioma Okaye may not have been kidnapped. Then, a fluid metal floor, strange phenomena, and ancient secrets ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyvKmng1E98 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Last Caravan: Snake River Ruin (Session 10)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:47:00 +0000

With the Elder Onagen becoming more like himself, the Caravan steers towards the northern Rockies, where it seems the alien mothership Nayana crash-landed. They struggle with supplies and fuel, coming perilously close to running on empty before meeting with an Answer expedition...

The Last Caravan is a cars and aliens tabletop role-playing game about a midwinter road trip in the wake of an alien invasion. Starting from the East Coast, you and your fellow travelers will navigate a shattered North America. You’ll explore landscapes transformed by xenoflora, search abandoned towns and crashed spaceships, discover the otherworldly technology called Harmonics, negotiate with newly-formed factions both human and alien, outrun hostile pursuers, and fight for the future of your world.

Your story is about normal people finding heroism under extraordinary pressures. It’s about relationships tested by a crisis, and rediscovering what matters when the world is ending.

Your people need you. Will you join the caravan?

The Last Caravan is by Ted Bushman and is available here https://tedbushman.itch.io/the-last-caravan-a-cars-and-aliens-roleplaying-game

***

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth #ForgedInTheDark

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_jAwWElo64 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Cloud Empress 2026 Q1 Session 11 - The Giant Awakens

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 02:43:00 +0000

Cloud Empress Session 11: The crew explores a dead giant used as a living machine—workers harvesting “sense poetry,” a captive freed, and a ritual gone horribly wrong. Oola tries to body-hop into the giant’s heart… and things spiral. Horns makes a desperate choice, the system breaks, and something new rises in his place.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0kF_3Og01I ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Between 2026 - Session 8 - Session 8 - As Forward Thinking as we are

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 20:21:00 +0000

Pike and Mx. Latimer visit the St. James's Street and find a ghost.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpd5L5IbdFY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS Saleucami Session 11

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 19:46:00 +0000

Cyclones, snipers and gang fights

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEB8gC0KQjQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Swords of the Serpentine - Open Hearth Gaming - Session 2 - 2026-03-19

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:04:00 +0000

GM Mike Ferdinando runs Swords of the Serpentine, the GUMSHOE RPG of swords and sorcery. Players are: Adam, Eliot, Sean, and Vyrrk.

"Corpse Astray - Part Two"

After learning about a dark plot involving the collection of human corpses, our heroes investigate strange goings-on in The Tangle... and find that a disinherited scion of a noble family is involved in necromancy!

This game was organized through Open Hearth Gaming: https://openhearthgaming.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GWqUwUsHKA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Last Caravan: Retail Therapy (Session 9)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:49:00 +0000

The caravaners find a bookshop where they can pick up some material to help fill in the gaps of Ree's education, there they meet an interesting figure from The Answer, but their thoughts that everything can't be this perfect are unhappily answered.

The Last Caravan is a cars and aliens tabletop role-playing game about a midwinter road trip in the wake of an alien invasion. Starting from the East Coast, you and your fellow travelers will navigate a shattered North America. You’ll explore landscapes transformed by xenoflora, search abandoned towns and crashed spaceships, discover the otherworldly technology called Harmonics, negotiate with newly-formed factions both human and alien, outrun hostile pursuers, and fight for the future of your world.

Your story is about normal people finding heroism under extraordinary pressures. It’s about relationships tested by a crisis, and rediscovering what matters when the world is ending.

Your people need you. Will you join the caravan?

The Last Caravan is by Ted Bushman and is available here https://tedbushman.itch.io/the-last-caravan-a-cars-and-aliens-roleplaying-game

***

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth #ForgedInTheDark

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oNzBRNwtQQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Cloud Empress 2026 Q1 Session 10 The Sleeping Giant

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 02:21:00 +0000

The crew ventures deeper into the thick wood in Session 10 of Cloud Empress. After a tense encounter with a wealthy hunting party, they uncover a strange reflecting pool that leads through the mysterious “slip”—a dangerous, disorienting pathway between places.

Naas follows the trail alone and finds Tooth the Clown alive, but getting back proves far from simple. When the group reunites, they discover something far more unsettling: a massive, ancient colossus embedded in the earth, surrounded by workers harvesting it for profit—at a terrible cost.

Bodies pile up, reality bends, and the question becomes clear: what exactly are they digging into… and should it be left alone?

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2Sovd59hqM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Stealing the Throne - Abel, Panda, Charles, and the South Wind

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:05:00 +0000

An actual play of Nick Bate's Stealing the Throne - Three Thieves steal an ancient, impossibly powerful mech. Not all of them survive.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TDmsOwtkJ4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS Saleucami Session 10

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 17:18:00 +0000

exploring Sarnac aftermath

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boY1FwEOWQ4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Swords of the Serpentine - Open Hearth Gaming - Session 1 - 20260311

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 17:34:00 +0000

GM Mike Ferdinando runs Swords of the Serpentine, the GUMSHOE RPG of swords and sorcery. Players are: Adam, Eliot, Sean, and Vyrrk.

This is the first play session of the series.

This game was organized through Open Hearth Gaming: https://openhearthgaming.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgaNg8ulqFI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Cluster: Distress Signal (Session 5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:52:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the next session in a series of 'The Cluster', his own PbtA space opera game.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/the_open_hearth/overview).
The Crew make good use of some lead time to find out as much as they can about the Mercenary Job they have accepted. However, they receive a distress signal from a different asteroid base. There's a careful approach, plans to seal an atmosphere leak, and the Crew divide their focus. Then ... a warning, a surprise, and all hell breaks loose ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvWufZKq4mk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Cloud Empress 2026 Q1 Session 9 - Sellswords

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 03:05:00 +0000

The group briefly regroups at the library with Cloud and Skull. Horns experiments with their new incorporeal abilities, while Ruse—the apprentice magician—begins forming a tentative friendship with Cloud. Meanwhile the party debates their next move: relocating the library to a safer location, exploring Rust Bucket for rumored artifacts, or heading north to resolve the mystery of Tooth the Clown, a job that still hangs over Naas.

While resting in Yanni’s Plaza, a band of sellswords arrives to investigate the ruins below. Initially the encounter is tense but peaceful. Naas speaks with the group’s leader, Truth, and shares information about the dangerous elevator and the ruins below. The sellswords begin exploring the underground complex to salvage machinery.

Everything unravels when Nagi secretly tries to poison the sellswords. The attempt fails, exposing the betrayal. Suspicion erupts, weapons are drawn, and the fragile peace collapses. The party negotiates a temporary truce but is forced to abandon the plaza. During the retreat, Skull and Cloud slip away into the city unnoticed.

Later, scavenging the nearby battlefield, the party discovers the corpse of Sleepy Renault, leader of the Cloudling expedition. Rook uses his strange organ-granted ability to crack open the corpse and consume the brain, gaining memories of the expedition’s downfall. The expedition had attempted to destroy the Imago breeding grounds and capture the missing Empress, but the assault turned into a massacre after Prince Bug arrived. Renault was ultimately murdered by his own squire.

Naas accidentally witnesses Rook’s grisly ability, leading to a tense confrontation. Rook explains that the organ allows him to absorb memories from the dead. The two reach an uneasy understanding and agree that the others should eventually know the truth.

While scavenging, Horns and Nagi bond over their unusual circumstances—Horns as a Wanderling discovering newfound freedom and Nagi as a body-hopper who barely remembers past lives.

Continuing north in search of Tooth the Clown, the party enters the Thickwood, an ancient forest filled with Imago and strange magic. There they encounter Dove, a brood-monk caretaker sheltering a group of elderly magicians who have succumbed to chalk addiction and magical decay. After sharing food and conversation, the party receives healing and rest.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHAKgAi5qTo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Grimwild - Gaelenvale (Session 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 19:17:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the first session of a short series of Grimwild (Oddity Press).
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/the_open_hearth/overview)
Merle the Balladeer decides to take sides in Gaelen's mayoral race and the heroes make an enemy. That same enemy's rhetoric wakes Valeria the following morning and Sir Windemir takes a different approach to the rising tensionsin the town. Meanwhile, Pherdo visits the Watch House just in time for an argument whihc turns into a negotiation. There's screaming, a horrific murder in broad daylight, and an assassin spotted. Then, Windemir and the victim, Valeria and Merle and the crowd, and Pherdo and the washing lines ... until, finally ... a revelation no one was expecting ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2tmwdzMvSA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Between 2026 - Session 7 - The Music Room

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 20:41:00 +0000

With the Limehouse Lurker vanquished, the hunters decide to stay home for the night and explore the music room.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuLTGuH0_sc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS Saleucami Session 9

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 21:24:00 +0000

Sith arrival and a confrontation that ends very badly.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6sNEMI3iN8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Cluster: The Gladius Survey (Session 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 21:29:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the next session in a series of 'The Cluster', his own PbtA space opera game.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/the_open_hearth/overview).
In the aftermath of the successful ambush Gort & Kyle check the bodies and discover a surprise survivor with useful intel. With the Clan shuttles heading back to their base it’s only a matter of time before retribution arrives, and there’ll be no benefit of surprise this time. A plan is settled on and a survivor returns a hero, prisoners are taken away, but medical attention becomes necessary. Meanwhile Clan leadership is distracted, a medbay experiences carnage, and slow death devised. Then, a survey completed, a shuttle ‘salvaged’ and an investment made in the Crew’s financial security …

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7uvsKZ9HPg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Cluster: The Gladius Survey (Session 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 18:07:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the next session in a series of 'The Cluster', his own PbtA space opera game.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/the_open_hearth/overview).
On their initial reconnaissance Gort & Serena find evidence of settlement on the edge of the nearest 'hot zone' where none of the locals would consider going. An initial approach generates a challenge from people who are not entriely like the locals. Then, a hostage who becomes a go-between, a surprise arrival and ... a 'kill-box' ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=146YkZ_80aE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Action Movie World - Rise of the Kaiju

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 17:40:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a one-shot of Action Movie World as part of the Open Hearth Gaming Community's MECHA MARCH.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/the_open_hearth/overview)
In this season's biggest blockbuster:
- Anya Brozyna IS Lena Kowalski the hard charging MMA champion turned geologist ...
- Kris Connery IS Jack Jarvis the suave agent with an unresolved relationship with Lena ...
- and Garrison Swift, in his first dramatic role, IS Aaron MacArthur who knows Lena from their time as bodyguards ...
Our Heroes are sent to Hearthstone City to investigate strange seismic data only to have a truck run them off a bridge on their way from the airport. Romantic sparks fly when Jack digs into the background of the truck with their City Hall Liaison and romantic sparks fly while Lena and Aaron's discussion of the data is interrupted when ninja storm City Hall! In one of the most remarkable action movies of recent decades earth tremors put a school bus in jeopardy, a mayoral candidate is confronted, and a hair-raising helicopter is necessary before the Kaiju is revealed and our Heroes pilot their prototype Mechs into battle!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBnPJh4CVS4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Last Caravan: A Horse of a Different Colour (Session 8)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 13:37:00 +0000

Finding some friendly faces to point them in the right direction (along with some alien domesticated animals) the Caravan arrive in The Rez, under the wings of a great Aernian Pod and speak with some leaders there about some big ideas.

The Last Caravan is a cars and aliens tabletop role-playing game about a midwinter road trip in the wake of an alien invasion. Starting from the East Coast, you and your fellow travelers will navigate a shattered North America. You’ll explore landscapes transformed by xenoflora, search abandoned towns and crashed spaceships, discover the otherworldly technology called Harmonics, negotiate with newly-formed factions both human and alien, outrun hostile pursuers, and fight for the future of your world.

Your story is about normal people finding heroism under extraordinary pressures. It’s about relationships tested by a crisis, and rediscovering what matters when the world is ending.

Your people need you. Will you join the caravan?

The Last Caravan is by Ted Bushman and is available here https://tedbushman.itch.io/the-last-caravan-a-cars-and-aliens-roleplaying-game

***

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth #ForgedInTheDark

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5StnWknmtIk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Grimwild - Gaelenvale (session 1)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 13:32:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the first session of a short series of Grimwild (Oddity Press).
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/the_open_hearth/overview)

We flashback to a time when Pherdo the Monk, Sir Windermir the Paladin & Valeria the Warlock rescued a kidnapped merchant from cultists. His recommendation is what has brought them to the town of Gaelen, a prosperous trading centre at the uncertain boundary between The Kingdom and the Grimwilds. While Windemir demonstrates his fine voice, Pherdo and Valeria find themselves in an altercation with a local stall holder ... then the town watch intervenes, there's a pendant of concerning provenance, and their late-arriving friend 'The Bard' ... who finds a fan!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OnU1QuhXzI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Cloud Empress Q1 2026 session 8 - The Cure

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 02:55:00 +0000

We start back at the breeding grounds, right as Prince Bug is lifting the battlefield into the air. Bodies, debris, everything is spiraling up toward him. The fear checks go poorly. Stormmy basically freezes and is lost in the chaos. Rook falls back and prepares to defend. Nagi makes their entrance by animating a corpse and, in true form, immediately tries to pick Rook’s pocket in the middle of all of this.

Horns reacts very differently. Instead of running, they’re captivated. Through the noise of Prince Bug’s song, Horns gets the sense that he isn’t just some rampaging force. He feels compelled, almost distressed, like he’s being driven to do something larger than himself.

When Horns starts drifting upward with the debris, Rook improvises a rescue line and manages to anchor them. Eventually Prince Bug drifts west, taking the worst of the battlefield with him.

Afterward, the surviving imago are in rough shape, sick and leaking blue ichor. Horns carefully collects some of that fluid from a dying one, planning to use it to help Neus.

Back at the library, Neus continues offering shelter to Cloud and Skull. Skull is tense and protective, especially when the rest of the party returns, but Neus keeps things from escalating.

They decide to attempt the ritual using the blue ichor and chalk magic to stabilize Neus’s organ. It’s dangerous, but there aren’t better options.

The spell miscasts.

In the middle of the process, Horns realizes the poison will spread and kill Neus unless someone absorbs it. So Horns pulls it into themself and gives up their own soul to complete the transformation.

Horns dies physically, but rises as a Wanderling.

The miscast tears open the slip, and ash starts falling sideways outside the library. Wanderlings begin appearing. They’re cold, desperate, and drawn to “ancient flame.” They start taking books from the shelves. As they take them, the books ignite. One by one, the ghosts burn through volumes before finally fading.

By the end, around fifty books are destroyed. The library smells like burned plastic. The librarian is understandably horrified, while Mama points out that, over time, she can reconstruct the lost knowledge.

Neus survives, but altered. From now on, he only takes damage when doubles are rolled. Horns is now a ghost magician who can pass through walls and ignore normal harm, but is vulnerable to magical forces and drawn toward slip energy.

With the expedition likely devastated and the library feeling less secure, the group relocates Cloud and Skull to the abandoned city-god complex under Rust Bucket. Rook destroys one of Vonnie’s proxy corpses and absorbs a flood of memories about what the place used to be: a maintained transit hub before the fall and Little Oregano’s descent into madness.

They clear out a filthy but defensible room and settle in for the night.

By the end of the session, Neus is stabilized but changed, Horns exists in a new and uncertain state, the library has suffered real loss, and Cloud and Skull are tentatively integrated into the group. Prince Bug remains out there, and Tooth the Clown is still an unresolved thread to the north.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL7ABUfsBKg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS Saleucami Session 8

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 19:31:00 +0000

Historical revelations and a culling.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYhgX1CaMUs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Last Caravan: Rezurrection (Session 7)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:35:00 +0000

Making their way across the vast expanses of the Dakotas, the newly enlarged Caravan make hunting for supplies their main task. The veterans get to know their new companions a little, while getting into scrapes and encountering new alien lifeforms.

The Last Caravan is a cars and aliens tabletop role-playing game about a midwinter road trip in the wake of an alien invasion. Starting from the East Coast, you and your fellow travelers will navigate a shattered North America. You’ll explore landscapes transformed by xenoflora, search abandoned towns and crashed spaceships, discover the otherworldly technology called Harmonics, negotiate with newly-formed factions both human and alien, outrun hostile pursuers, and fight for the future of your world.

Your story is about normal people finding heroism under extraordinary pressures. It’s about relationships tested by a crisis, and rediscovering what matters when the world is ending.

Your people need you. Will you join the caravan?

The Last Caravan is by Ted Bushman and is available here https://tedbushman.itch.io/the-last-caravan-a-cars-and-aliens-roleplaying-game

***

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth #ForgedInTheDark

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFaD3HO1DiU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Throne of Suns (Playtest): Session Three

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 04:51:00 +0000

A generational space epic ttrpg inspired by Dune, Foundation, Fading Suns, Coriolis, and more. Throne of Suns is an adaptation of Free from the Yoke/Legacy: Life Among the Ruins (UFO Press). In this playtest session experience our first Zoom In: looking more closely on the moves of two protagonists as they travel to a planet of heretics, both with very different agendas.

UFO Press: https://ufo-mina.itch.io/

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbVAbRmgMik ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Throne of Suns (Playtest): Session Two

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 04:49:00 +0000

A generational space epic ttrpg inspired by Dune, Foundation, Fading Suns, Coriolis, and more. Throne of Suns is an adaptation of Free from the Yoke/Legacy: Life Among the Ruins (UFO Press). In this playtest session we see the first moves by the various factions and how those play out in the lives of the protagonists.

UFO Press: https://ufo-mina.itch.io/

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K0eZifrwOI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Cloud Empress Q1 2026 session 7 - Slaughter at the Eastern Feeding Grounds

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 03:05:00 +0000

This week in Cloud Empress, Rook dueled Lord Flag for Horn, the group sought chalk fluid to save Neus, mangled and sickened soldiers littered the breeding grounds, the Imago prince whipped up a surreal battlefield, and Skull and Cloud sought refuge at the library with Neus.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzX6HkEMQ5M ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Alien Dark: World Still Falling 02

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:57:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the first of a two-shot of his own game. Alien Dark (available free from https://gallusgames.itch.io).
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/the_open_hearth/overview).
Evans is transforming into 'something else', Willis has been thrown across the diner, and Nyx has seen some of the froth on Evans' chin running 'into' her skin. Pvt. Quinn remains surprised when her round to Evans' centre of mass doesn't have the expected effect, while the LT observes from a discrete distance. That's when Mick separates Evans from Nyx, Willis begins to exhibit similar symptoms to Evans, and the LT calls for an orderly retreat before Sgt. Basket ('Basket Case' to the squad) puts a grenade through the diner's window. Evans survives and disappears into the blizzard while the squad gets the civvies into the colony sewer system. There, Nyx takes an ill-advised opportunity for a breather, there are questions about the chain of command, and plenty of grenades go down range! Then 'fungus' growing in the reactor's cooling system, a strange, slimy polymer on the walls, and marines who'd prefer to be dead. Finally, survival beckons in the form of the beanstalk ... but Nyx experiences a change, a black container begins to froth, and everything goes to shit ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8CtyNrND9k ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Between 2026 - Session 6 - Blood and Tea

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 20:42:00 +0000

Mr. Pike goes to the tailor and has a good cuppa tea. Dr. Swindrake takes a look at a superior craftperson's handywork. In the evening: an intimate moment.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZvUe5zFyqo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS AW 3rd - Saleucami Session 7

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 18:36:00 +0000

More Salon interactions and problems

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvoi_jlppAI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

For the Honor: Meeting Hand to Heart & Stand United (Session 6)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 17:31:00 +0000

-Meeting Hand to Heart: after Andromeda's rescue of Caravel...
-Stand United: as Selenetta brings an airship to relieve the Flickering Isle from a Legion armada!

It has been twelve years since the Legion came down from the stars and began to colonise Athera, and a new generation of princesses are beginning
to see the need for another Accord. The Legion has been attacking towns
again. The Kingdoms are sending out dance invitations. And the Tangled
Woods have been getting stranger and stranger.
You, the princesses and warriors of factions at odds, will fight, quarrel, and
flirt in your efforts to sway Athera in your favor.

For The Honor is an anthology game inspired by She-ra and the Princesses of Power. It's based on the Firebrands Framework by Vincent Baker and Meguey Baker. It's by Quinn Vega and is available here https://crtgirl.itch.io/for-the-honor

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth #Firebrands

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BHXWSywYdo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Cluster: A Debt Repaid? (Session 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:50:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the next session in a series of 'The Cluster', his own PbtA space opera game.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/the_open_hearth/overview).
Picking up from last session's cliffhanger, the Crew agree to disagree about the demand from the Guild of the Metal Flower rep. There's the threat of pursuit and fallout but also the offer of a job. Gort gets them there; Beckett gets them in; and Serena stimulates a distraction to get them out. Nothing goes entirely to plan, but they begin to pay off Gort's debts. Then Ring Space, manual labour, and a tricky job offer involving a planet wracked by endless war and the consequences of an ancient nuclear holocaust ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRP7BaVS1es ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Cloud Empress Q1 2026 session 6 - Oregano's Plaza

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 03:54:00 +0000

The group followed Vanni, a decaying proxy of the factory-god Oregano, into a buried complex beneath Rustbucket. At the entrance they encountered disposables—blank, obedient humanoids tending storage boxes filled with Oregano’s preserved organs. The disposables treated the components as sacred cargo and followed simple rituals, easily misled by confident authority and routine.

To descend, the party entered Little Oregano, a strange, living elevator that spoke, listened, and reacted emotionally to them. It carried them down into the depths of the complex, where they finally met Oregano itself—an ancient biomechanical intelligence that asked them to help it die by removing the organs sustaining it.

Returning above, the group distracted the disposables and retrieved the organs from storage. Mama, Rook, and Neus chose to implant them, while Stormy refused.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-3NsKEwz7E ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Alien Dark: World Still Falling

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 20:22:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the first of a two-shot of his own game. Alien Dark (available free from https://gallusgames.itch.io).
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/the_open_hearth/overview).
Lieutenant Knack leads their marine squad back to base when the threat of a UPP attack prompts an evacuation order. Pvt. Nyx 'Cargo' Compton is all about the job until they get stuck babysitting the corporate rep travelling with the squad; Pvt Zeera Quinn is itching for action and 'Mick', the squad's Medic, is more concerned with what might go wrong.
There's a broken down civilian truck and a medical emergency; an ambush and a rocket propelled grenade; and a pair of marines in need of help. Then, the squad takes shelter in an abandoned gas station, tensions surface, and an argument between friends reveals that a rat bite has turned bad ... really bad ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGCRlfuZ8r0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS AW 3rd - Saleucami Session 6

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 21:08:00 +0000

Temple Surrounded!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ofpIFEukjw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

For the Honor: Search and Rescue & Talking it Over (Session 5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:56:00 +0000

-Search & Rescue: Sprout, a Warrior of the Wilds has captured Caravel after the Captain claimed the mountain forest for the Legion. Andromeda rescues him.
-Talking it Over: as Selenetta visits Sprout to talk to Caravel.

It has been twelve years since the Legion came down from the stars and began to colonise Athera, and a new generation of princesses are beginning
to see the need for another Accord. The Legion has been attacking towns
again. The Kingdoms are sending out dance invitations. And the Tangled
Woods have been getting stranger and stranger.
You, the princesses and warriors of factions at odds, will fight, quarrel, and
flirt in your efforts to sway Athera in your favor.

For The Honor is an anthology game inspired by She-ra and the Princesses of Power. It's based on the Firebrands Framework by Vincent Baker and Meguey Baker. It's by Quinn Vega and is available here https://crtgirl.itch.io/for-the-honor

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth #Firebrands

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r_7p7M0vNA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Last Caravan: The Crossing (Session 6)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 20:09:00 +0000

Arriving at a small compound on the shores of Lake Superior, the Caravan meet The Crossers, a small group helping others to cross the lake. Here they help out with some medical needs, woodcutting and such before they spy an enormous alien life-form in the distance (and it spies back...)

The Last Caravan is a cars and aliens tabletop role-playing game about a midwinter road trip in the wake of an alien invasion. Starting from the East Coast, you and your fellow travelers will navigate a shattered North America. You’ll explore landscapes transformed by xenoflora, search abandoned towns and crashed spaceships, discover the otherworldly technology called Harmonics, negotiate with newly-formed factions both human and alien, outrun hostile pursuers, and fight for the future of your world.

Your story is about normal people finding heroism under extraordinary pressures. It’s about relationships tested by a crisis, and rediscovering what matters when the world is ending.

Your people need you. Will you join the caravan?

The Last Caravan is by Ted Bushman and is available here https://tedbushman.itch.io/the-last-caravan-a-cars-and-aliens-roleplaying-game

***

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth #ForgedInTheDark

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJryLRFrQ2o ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Cluster: The Recovery Job (Session 1)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:18:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the first full session a series of 'The Cluster', his own PbtA space opera game.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/the_open_hearth/overview).
Serena makes a low-G leap to help the others reach the breach in the missing mining ship; Gort is first in and discovers that the mainframe has been trashed by the impact that caused the breach; Jade agrees to head up to the bridge in search of the MGF1N device they are supposed to recover; and Keil is keen to head 'down-ship' in search of survivors. There's the result of sloppy protocols during an explosive decompression; no sign of the device; evidence that what the miners were looking for is hazardous; and a temporary comms snafu. Then, valuable salvage, signs of violence, and a surprise welcome from an over-matched survivor ... before ... a leaky container threatens contamination ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoa7cdCnH-o ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Last Caravan: The Crossing (Session 6)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 19:13:00 +0000

Cloud Empress Q1 2026 session 5 The Torturers' Archive

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 03:15:00 +0000

The group remained at Jal’s ruined library outside Rustbucket and discussed what establishing a long-term base there might require: scouting, hunting, water access, and fortifications. A courier named Creepy Gro arrived to trade chalk, a spyglass, and a dart pipe in exchange for salvaged thopter parts and plasteel. Gro showed interest in the archive’s books, but Jal shut that down immediately, while Momma joked about eventual tourism once the library was restored.

That night, Neus spotted three distant figures dancing in the wastes who abruptly stopped and walked straight toward the library. Momma confronted one and found it to be a translucent wanderling with a glowing face, asking to take something ancient or “slippery” from the archive. Jal identified them as Slip pests and refused to let them take books. Momma instead offered mechanical scrap from Rustbucket, which the wanderlings accepted before fading away.

Days later, Stormy detected Imago circling the area. The group secured their chalk and waited while the insects buzzed the library for hours before leaving south, some visibly injured.

The following morning, five exhausted cloudling soldiers arrived seeking shelter. Their leader, Papa Lance, admitted they were deserters and spoke of attacks by humans wearing Imago-like armor. When a patrol under Captain Sapphire approached, the party hid the deserters in nearby brush. Sapphire searched the library, threatened Jal, and suggested turning the building into an expedition outpost. Neus deflected suspicion over a deserter’s coat found among traded goods, and Momma misdirected soldiers in the field until Sapphire withdrew.

Afterward, the group disguised the deserters as lowland farmers and sent them south toward safer villages.

With repairs finished, Jal celebrated reopening sections of the archive and floated future plans involving scavenging robot facilities and investigating the massive elevator cables in Rustbucket. The party returned to the city ruins, following servitor machines hauling rendered corpses to a giant platform connected to the clouds by four cables. Eight modified robots guarded the site, and the group avoided a fight, watching as the elevator ascended loaded with meat and returned empty.

Moving deeper into Rustbucket, they reached a plasteel bridge spanning a chasm near an acid lake, guarded by aging automated turrets. A trader named Lumi crossed safely and bartered for plasteel, marbles, and a broken gold watch, trading a hard-shell tent, books, provisions, and a chalk-powered “sense recorder.” Lumi also reported a missing farmling called Tooth the Clown who had been searching the woods with chalk for a magical pool.

Camping near the bridge, Momma climbed a turret and dismantled part of its mechanism, salvaging firing components and a medium chalk core and handing it to Stormy.

The session ended with the group resting beside the acid lake, preparing to push further into Rustbucket.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsrfKwjshpU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Alien Dark: Falling World (Sesssion 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 13:50:00 +0000

AAlun R facilitates the final session of a two-shot of his own game. Alien Dark (available free from https://gallusgames.itch.io).
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/the_open_hearth/overview).
Wynne convinces the LT that what they found at the club means they have to get to whatever Borgia Industries are doing at Fort Nebraska before the UPP do. Tam Volk spots an ambush and Ray Mcer thwarts an attempt to take out the APC, while 'Doc' finds a Colonial Marshall and his Deputy in the rubble. There a successful infiltration and a swift descent to Sub-Level 3, a chest-burster and a spray of acid costs them their Synth, and signs of what happened to the marine garrison. Then, a fixation on finding the secrets, dubious fire control, and self-sacrifice to save some squad-mates ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBMUF6YZgDI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Between 2026 - Session 5 - A Society of Small Men

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 20:59:00 +0000

William the Limehouse Lurker comes for a visit to Hargrave House and Mx Latimer visits an underground party. Also: Pigs.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rL0a0400W8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS AW 3rd - Saleucami Session 5

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 19:50:00 +0000

Vise grippping tighter

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G7qa7uOQbs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Swords of the Serpentine - Open Hearth Gaming - Session 01 - 2026-02-05

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 21:26:00 +0000

GM Mike Ferdinando runs Swords of the Serpentine, the GUMSHOE game of swords and sorcery. Players are: Adam, Brandon, Eliot, and Vyrrk.

This is a Session Zero, where the players learn about the game and go through character creation.

Game organized through Open Hearth Gaming: https://openhearthgaming.com/

0:00 - Introductions
6:53 - CATS: Concept, Aim, Tone & Subject Matter
12:25 - Safety Discussion: Open Door, Lines & Veils, X-Card
25:59 - Setting Overview
40:55 - Rules Overview
1:03:40 - Character Concepts
1:11:20 - How Abilities Work
1:18:35 - How Sorcery Works
1:25:40 - How Combat Works
1:30:53 - Adjectives & Drives
1:32:45 - Factions & Allegiances
1:42:30 - Gear & Wealth
2:00:35 - Introducing the Characters
2:11:10 - Setup For First Session of Play

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n76-hlvyaU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Last Caravan: Winterlake (Session 5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 22:53:00 +0000

Leaving their friend Angie behind with the Remnants, the caravan continues, tracing their way across one lake before realising they need a guide across the next one. They meet one of the Crossers who promises them help, though with a price...

The Last Caravan is a cars and aliens tabletop role-playing game about a midwinter road trip in the wake of an alien invasion. Starting from the East Coast, you and your fellow travelers will navigate a shattered North America. You’ll explore landscapes transformed by xenoflora, search abandoned towns and crashed spaceships, discover the otherworldly technology called Harmonics, negotiate with newly-formed factions both human and alien, outrun hostile pursuers, and fight for the future of your world.

Your story is about normal people finding heroism under extraordinary pressures. It’s about relationships tested by a crisis, and rediscovering what matters when the world is ending.

Your people need you. Will you join the caravan?

The Last Caravan is by Ted Bushman and is available here https://tedbushman.itch.io/the-last-caravan-a-cars-and-aliens-roleplaying-game

***

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth #ForgedInTheDark

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhP2U2Oufc4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Cluster: The Recovery Job (session 0)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates session zero of a series of 'The Cluster', his own PbtA space opera game.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/the_open_hearth/overview).
We create our Cluster, it's Societies, signficant Factions, Crew and their Ship. Then we play to find out what happens when Serena Travers (haunted by what she did for the Authoritarian Directorate); Gort (formed by endless war on the Harsh world of Gladius and pursued by the Neural Sisterhood); Jade Meadows (disillusioned by the 'Cosmic Duty' of her Sequestered society and caste out ); and Keil Beckett (running from his guilt over the death of a colleague while he was making money on the side) leave the HUB for the Geshan system to recover a device from an overdue ship for the RGA. There's the disorientation of Ring Space, the crippled mining ship and an attempt to board ... which doesn't go perfectly ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxfw7yy4gio ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

For the Honor: Crossing Paths & Meeting Blade to Stave (Session 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 13:49:00 +0000

The stakes rise as:

-Crossing Paths, as Andromeda and Portia reacquaint themselves on a voyage, ruminating on past attempts to bring the Flickering Isles into the Rebellion.
-Meeting Blade to Stave, as Selenetta blocks Caravel's entrance to the lair of the Dark Sorcereress!

It has been twelve years since the Legion came down from the stars and began to colonise Athera, and a new generation of princesses are beginning
to see the need for another Accord. The Legion has been attacking towns
again. The Kingdoms are sending out dance invitations. And the Tangled
Woods have been getting stranger and stranger.
You, the princesses and warriors of factions at odds, will fight, quarrel, and
flirt in your efforts to sway Athera in your favor.

For The Honor is an anthology game inspired by She-ra and the Princesses of Power. It's based on the Firebrands Framework by Vincent Baker and Meguey Baker. It's by Quinn Vega and is available here https://crtgirl.itch.io/for-the-honor

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth #Firebrands

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NdKz6SAH6Q ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Alien Dark: Falling World

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:48:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the first of a two-shot of his own game. Alien Dark (available free from https://gallusgames.itch.io).
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/the_open_hearth/overview).As a marine squad ferries a Weyland-Yutani Rep around the oil fields of Ariarcus they receive an emergency recall message from HQ. A UPP fleet places the colony at risk and they are ordered to cut short their mission and return for immediate evac. With an inexperienced and insecure commanding officer the Company's Rep, Wynne, offers confident advice, but things get complicated when UPP dropships start landing troops and an orbital bombardment ensues. The LT seeks fresh orders but blizzard conditions restrict comms. Then 'Doc' Reina hears the thump of dance music and heads off to investigate. Assault marine Ray Mercer shadows him while Pvt Volk calls it in. Mr Wynne offers to chekc it out. There's screaming club goers, rumours that 'he ate her!' and the disorientation of flashing lights and thumping bass. Then, blood and two bodies, slime and a pulsing sac, a decision to 'light it up' and a grenade ... then it leaps ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti39ZZgavZs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Between 2026 - Session 4 - Day Phase, Night Moves

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 21:11:00 +0000

While Madam Doctor Swindrake spends the day at Hargrave House's new library, Mr. Pike goes to the Limehouse Lurker's Lair. There he has some near-death experiences that reward all of us with new insight into his past. Meanwhile, Mx. Latimer consorts with Fanny and the Man in the Sun Mask and is invited to a secret party at Catherine's. All in a day's work.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WgVT02Rp8A ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS AW 3rd - Saleucami Session 4

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 19:24:00 +0000

A shootout at the salon

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jCd-AtRx4w ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apocalypse Keys Quarterly 2025 Session 21 - Revelations! (The First Door Part 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 12:52:00 +0000

...in which the monsters descend into the depths of Base 0001 and uncover disturbing secrets about DIVISION and one another.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBjj5RuKwTM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Cold City: Berlin (One-Shot)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 14:23:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a one-shot of Cold City 2nd Edition (Malcolm Craig, Handiwork Game).
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgaming.com).
With a new, largely unknown, colleague the Agents begin their mission at Cafe Boheme, where we, the audience, know they aren't getting the full story from their contact. However, based on what they *are *told they aim to shadow a Stazi operation that will lead them to their quarry. Then, there's third party interference, a frightened guide and death in the tunnels beneath the ruins of Anhalter Bahnhof ... before different agendas begin to manifest ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8gxb2J9h6k ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Cloud Empress Q1 2026 session 4 - Rustbucket

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 07:01:00 +0000

The party entered the ruined city of Rustbucket and found ancient systems still grinding along long after their builders were gone. Mechanical figures hunted animals, rendered bodies into wax and candles, and fed towering light pylons that once illuminated the streets. Birds in the ruins warned of nearby dangers: a toxic lake where nothing survived, underground complexes called “the god’s tunnels,” enormous cables hauling the dead into the clouds, and massive shelled creatures roaming the region.

In the city’s outskirts, the group encountered a rival scavenger crew—armed, tense, and clearly hunting the same salvage. Outside the ruins proper they met Jal, a chalk-using magician trying to restore a shattered plastic-book library. Jal offered knowledge, magical training, shelter, and a chance to build a long-term base if the group would help rebuild and defend the archive.

Alongside the exploration, personal threads surfaced. Moss voiced her growing distrust of the expeditions, Neus raised concerns about a missing farmling, and Momma’s forbidden genealogy book remained a dangerous secret. By the end of the session, the group debated their next move: press deeper into Rustbucket, investigate disappearances, commit to restoring the library, or steer clear of expedition forces entirely.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVbtMS9O1m8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Between 2026 - Session 3 - The Dapper Boy (Limehouse Lurker, Sally No-Face)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 20:47:00 +0000

Mr. Pike goes to Whitechapel to investigate Mrs. Yarbrough's apartment. Mx Latimer meets the Dapper Boy and Madam Doctor Swindrake helps the sick and the poor (and the small).

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y_D4qrg0Vw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS AW 3rd - Saleucami Session 3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 20:09:00 +0000

A showdown over a box and a revelation of another box.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYXQc1vJwLo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apocalypse Keys Session 20 - Disturbing Pop Songs (The First Door Part 1)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 12:27:00 +0000

The Monsters travel to [redacted] to help Alecto's old friend Gorimel protecting the first (!) door.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgvHPTj_sjI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

For the Honor: Mincing Words & Taking the Dance Floor (Session 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 21:37:00 +0000

The streams begin to cross, as:

-Mincing Words, Selenetta's trades barbs with the undercover Captain Caravel as he listens to her play music
-Taking the Dance Floor, as Andromeda surprises Caravel with a request to dance and her direct manner, as he wonders where the spy he is meant to meet is...

It has been twelve years since the Legion came down from the stars and began to colonise Athera, and a new generation of princesses are beginning
to see the need for another Accord. The Legion has been attacking towns
again. The Kingdoms are sending out dance invitations. And the Tangled
Woods have been getting stranger and stranger.
You, the princesses and warriors of factions at odds, will fight, quarrel, and
flirt in your efforts to sway Athera in your favor.

For The Honor is an anthology game inspired by She-ra and the Princesses of Power. It's based on the Firebrands Framework by Vincent Baker and Meguey Baker. It's by Quinn Vega and is available here https://crtgirl.itch.io/for-the-honor

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFSo0k2y7As ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Wayfaring Strange (2 of 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 22:03:00 +0000

Dahlia and Cloud investigate the mystic car alarm going off, confronting someone who desperately wants something in their car.
Back in the bar, they delve deeper into the lighthouse keeper's past and his future. But eventually the gig wraps up on a triumphant note, the only discordance coming with the mysterious Steiner who offers something too enticing to reject outright...

****

Wayfaring Strange is a diceless tabletop roleplaying game about hidden highways, folk magic, urban legends, and the concept of liminality in America. The characters who populate the world of Wayfaring Strange have fallen between the cracks of society, often unseen because the rest of the world chooses to ignore their existence. These Wayfarers have formed transient communities that depend on one another for survival.

America is ripe with untold power; like a river or stream, there are places where it pools and directions that it flows. People have been tapping into these channels of power for centuries, and eventually someone thought to map US highway routes on top of them. Wayfarers using the Hidden Highways can bend distance and time, build Waystations that possess protective or healing properties, or use their Wayfaring abilities to track, hide or elude pursuit.

In Wayfaring Strange, you play one of these Wayfarers; traveling the Hidden Highways and coming in contact with the Strange, the magical and the otherworldly. If you're a fan of American Gods, Alice Isn't Dead, or Gravity Falls, then Wayfaring Strange might be the game for you....

Wayfaring is by Joie Martin and is available here https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/504013/wayfaring-strange

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmmGC1kEoYc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Cloud Empress Q1 2026 session 3 - Fort Snek

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 02:56:00 +0000

The group woke near the Wall low on supplies and were soon joined by Moss, a courier recently pushed out of Acorn Village by cloudling pressure. Tears reunited with Momma after surviving the Bean Barge wreck, and Moss was folded into the group’s eastward plan: reach salvage, avoid expeditions, stay alive.

They chose to pass through Fort Snek, a cloudling-held gate in the Wall crowded with displaced farmers and couriers barred entry by exhausted soldiers. Lord Rook attempted to leverage mourning etiquette and authority to gain passage. After an initial failure, he succeeded, though only after being summoned to meet the fort’s commander.

Inside the fort, discipline was visibly decaying. Soldiers dueled listlessly, morale was low, and sickness was widespread. Rook met Commander Pepon the Crestless, a scholar-officer overseeing the fort. Pepon proudly described blue pills he had developed—alchemical treatments meant to poison soldiers’ bones so Imago would avoid eating them. He dismissed concerns about side effects and presented the pills as a breakthrough, gifting Rook a box and asking him to spread word of his success.

Stormy, with Moss’s help, examined the soldiers and quickly determined the sickness was systemic. The medic confirmed Pepon’s claims without confidence. Pepon himself was healthy. The soldiers were not. Stormy suspected the pills were the cause and later swallowed one herself to confirm it.

Tears and Momma tried to lift spirits with music outside the fort, but the soldiers were hollow and uninterested. A confrontation between Rook and a resentful soldier nearly turned violent. The group decided to leave immediately.

Traveling south along the river, they encountered a grass fire trapping three arguing sellswords. Momma swam the river without hesitation, and with Stormy’s help sedated and dragged the non-swimmer to safety. No reward was asked or offered.

That night, the group talked around the fire. Moss spoke openly about her distrust of the expeditions. The early arrival of the Century Brood was discussed, possibly tied to the disappearance of the Cloud Empress. Silver challenged Rook’s restraint and honor; Rook maintained that discretion and survival mattered more than righteous violence. Rook also made contact with sellswords who spoke of ancient devices capable of manipulating emotions on a massive scale.

By morning, Stormy felt the effects of the pill—fatigue, weakness, a heavy dullness. Snow fell, travel worsened, and Momma and Tears suffered from the cold before the group found shelter in an abandoned farmhouse to rest and recover.

Pressing northeast into the Weeds, the party avoided observation balloons and moved through old battlefields. Stormy and Moss scouted ahead and witnessed a cloudling camp being overrun not by Imago, but by human-sized figures wearing chitin armor and wielding chitin weapons, bleeding from the mouth and howling as they slaughtered soldiers. They withdrew without intervening. Moments later, full-grown Imago descended on the site.

Finally, the group found their goal: a wrecked cloudling tank torn open by Imago. They salvaged plastile and usable parts, confirming the chalk engine had been eaten. They camped beside the wreck.

Morning broke clear and blue. The group now carried proof the expedition was poisoning its own soldiers, valuable salvage, and knowledge of something new and monstrous moving through the Weeds. They packed up and prepared to move on.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8TRQNE62Ew ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Between 2026 - Session 2 - Breakfast With Mother

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 20:25:00 +0000

As we finish our first Night Phase, Ms Swindrake meets the Lurker. Mr. Pike gets into a scuffle and they all meet up at breakfast and compare notes

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3NHPfdrLxQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS AW 3rd - Saleucami Session 2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 21:00:00 +0000

a courier arrives and a salon happens

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-w5IEkgqPU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

For the Honor (Session 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 21:38:00 +0000

We meet another character: Andromeda of the Kingdoms.

-Crossing Paths, as Andromeda receives Selenetta's embassy
-Giving Chase, as Caravel evades Portia and Nerika aboard the Sky Ship-Mangrove

It has been twelve years since the Legion came down from the stars and began to colonise Athera, and a new generation of princesses are beginning
to see the need for another Accord. The Legion has been attacking towns
again. The Kingdoms are sending out dance invitations. And the Tangled
Woods have been getting stranger and stranger.
You, the princesses and warriors of factions at odds, will fight, quarrel, and
flirt in your efforts to sway Athera in your favor.

For The Honor is an anthology game inspired by She-ra and the Princesses of Power. It's based on the Firebrands Framework by Vincent Baker and Meguey Baker. It's by Quinn Vega and is available here https://crtgirl.itch.io/for-the-honor

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bvt5zzJI1A ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Throne of Suns (Playtest): Session One

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 05:13:00 +0000

A generational space epic ttrpg inspired by Dune, Foundation, Fading Suns, Coriolis, and more. Throne of Suns is an adaptation of Free from the Yoke/Legacy: Life Among the Ruins (UFO Press). In this playtest session establish the minor factions, create our empertrix, define her history, create protagonist characters, select the imperial project, and begin our four PCs on stage at the Imperial Senatorial Assembly.

UFO Press: https://ufo-mina.itch.io/

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMuBsc2ZrCA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight: Syllabus of Secrets S2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:28:00 +0000

After a long holiday break, we finally get back to playing. We recap where we're at and play out the last of the downtime scenes. Then our students head out to confront the entity which has been drawing in their peer, Eugene. But shorthanded, they must face something they've only partially begun to understand...

This is part of a playtest for a new Series Playset for Girl by Moonlight, in which protagonists have been drafted into a school of magic which is trying to change, manipulate, and even destroy them. It is inspired by The Scholomance, The Magicians, Vita Nova, Harrow the Ninth, Babel, Revolutionary Girl Utena, and more. This session includes our series and character creation.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFiQMi7JEAg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Wayfaring Strange (1 of 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:11:00 +0000

Join the coven as they reach Silent Falls:
Dahlia Grace the Apostle, who just wants this gig at the Dripping Dagger to go without a hitch.
Cloud Redwood the Talismonger, who recognises the town even if they have no real memory of it.
Rowan South the Wayfarer & Routeworker, who follows in her parents' footsteps.

****

Wayfaring Strange is a diceless tabletop roleplaying game about hidden highways, folk magic, urban legends, and the concept of liminality in America. The characters who populate the world of Wayfaring Strange have fallen between the cracks of society, often unseen because the rest of the world chooses to ignore their existence. These Wayfarers have formed transient communities that depend on one another for survival.

America is ripe with untold power; like a river or stream, there are places where it pools and directions that it flows. People have been tapping into these channels of power for centuries, and eventually someone thought to map US highway routes on top of them. Wayfarers using the Hidden Highways can bend distance and time, build Waystations that possess protective or healing properties, or use their Wayfaring abilities to track, hide or elude pursuit.

In Wayfaring Strange, you play one of these Wayfarers; traveling the Hidden Highways and coming in contact with the Strange, the magical and the otherworldly. If you're a fan of American Gods, Alice Isn't Dead, or Gravity Falls, then Wayfaring Strange might be the game for you....

Wayfaring is by Joie Martin.

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2GXYtNCMs4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Cloud Empress Q1 2026 session 2 - Tack Town

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 03:29:00 +0000

Survivors of the Bean Barge regroup in Tack Town, tending wounds, burying the captain, and laying false trails. A cloudling murderer joins the party. On the road east, spore-keeper bullies force a retreat. The group aids deserters, skirts danger, and camps beneath the Wall.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io19PwNR4l0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Between 2026 - Session 1 - Between a Cop and a Sharp Place

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 20:43:00 +0000

We're exploring our first night phase with Dr. Swindrake exploring the Limehouse School, Mr. Pike going out for a drink and Mx Latimer having a leisurely stroll that leads to a quite exquisite private club.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o03FIx4Tpjc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS AW 3rd - Saleucami Session 1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 19:55:00 +0000

a new apartment building and a shooting in a marketplace

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghfKI02Spjc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apocalypse Keys Session 18 - Reexamining the Evidence (The Manananggal Murders Part 6)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 12:51:00 +0000

In the thrilling finale of the Manananggal Murders, the crew visits InstaVids tower to confront Tomoe. Awful consequences are mitigated by other awful consequences until Virtus strikes a deal. Also: Community efforts and the last thoughts of a dying woman.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozt1sNkyfzE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

For the Honor (Session 1)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 22:32:00 +0000

We introduce our characters:
Captain Caravel of the Legion, Portia of the Kingdoms, Nerika of the Wilds
& Selenetta of the Rebellion.

-Discover Something New, as Nerika discovers an ancient ship crashed in the Mire
-Venture Forth, as Nerika leads Caravel & Portia to the wreck

It has been twelve years since the Legion came down from the stars and began to colonise Athera, and a new generation of princesses are beginning
to see the need for another Accord. The Legion has been attacking towns
again. The Kingdoms are sending out dance invitations. And the Tangled
Woods have been getting stranger and stranger.
You, the princesses and warriors of factions at odds, will fight, quarrel, and
flirt in your efforts to sway Athera in your favor.

For The Honor is an anthology game inspired by She-ra and the Princesses of Power. It's based on the Firebrands Framework by Vincent Baker and Meguey Baker. It's by Quinn Vega and is available here https://crtgirl.itch.io/for-the-honor

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxplprcDgwE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Throne of Suns (Playtest): Session Zero

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 16:56:00 +0000

A generational space epic ttrpg inspired by Dune, Foundation, Fading Suns, Coriolis, and more. This is the Session Zero for our playtest. Throne of Suns is an adaptation of Free from the Yoke/Legacy: Life Among the Ruins (UFO Press). In this session we get through setting building, creating the star map, faction building, and interrelations. Next time we'll finalize details on the Emperor, set up Faction Protagonists, and get to actually playing.

UFO Press: https://ufo-mina.itch.io/

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVcCQptVSb8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Cloud Empress Q1 2026 session 1 Last Voyage of the Bean Barge

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 03:16:00 +0000

Session 1: We boarded the Bean Barge from Delta City bound for Tack Town as rumors spread of the Cloud Empress and an early Imago brood. The swarm hit mid-descent. Violence, escape pods, and hard choices followed. The barge crashed. Some survived. Many didn’t.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4LvtkEreRU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Between 2026 - Session 0 - Violently Discarded Milk and Sweets

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 20:13:00 +0000

The first scene of the full run of the Between, where Pike, the Factotum, Elinor the Mother and the Udeniable explore an opium den to find their first clues towards the mystery of the Limehouse Lurker.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_ryHK0o5Ik ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS AW 3rd - Saleucami Session 0

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 18:01:00 +0000

It's our session zero where players finalize their characters and we work out their history together.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uwXYla2hw4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apocalypse Keys Session 18 - Reexamining the Evidence (The Manananggal Murders Part 6)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 12:57:00 +0000

Returning from the holiday break, the players struggle to remember their theory. Luckily, the theory was wrong anyway, so they come up with a new one.
Rhydian dreams of Lady Baptiste (again) and Alecto dispenses justice (almost).

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N7JqOsbkL8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Cold City: Berlin (Session 0)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 13:37:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates Session Zero for next time's one-shot of Cold City 2nd Edition (Malcolm Craig, Handiwork Game).
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgaming.com).
We create a Noir Berlin where nothing is free and everything has a price; where violence is never far away and 'innocence' negotiable; where double lives and dark pasts leave 'the truth' unclear. It is a Berlin of Cabaret Bars, U-Bahn Stations, Industrial Wastelands ravaged by war, Waterways and Bridges. The agents' priority is to hunt surviving Nazis and what they created but they face opposition from the intelligence services of the nations ostensibly cooperating in that very hunt.
We meet Josephine Martine, the compromised French spy, Katya Turgenev and NKVD Officer haunted by her exposure to 'border science', Jack Babb, the cockney Flight Sergeant resentful of what happened when the rest of his squadron 'disappeared', and American surgeon, Dr O'Rourke, traumatized by his experiences in the Spanish Civil War but determined to find out why certain evidence was excised from Nuremberg Trial statements.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fazf5rFGJ7Y ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Lordsworn: Temple & The Sunless Ones & Epilogue (Session 5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:12:00 +0000

Temple: Wulfrid the Veteran, Jor'ilt the Spellblade and Kai the Lieutenant arrive at the frontier of Trufast, but the gateway Temple there has been cruelly desecrated and their old comrades slain and defiled.

The Sunless Ones: Trina the Water Dancer, Charlotte the Knight and Sovan the Creed Guard see Trufast finally, but greeting them is a parade of The Sunless Ones whom they faced in the cataclysmic battle, bearing trophies of the slain Gods and forcing the locals to bow down to them.

Epilogue: the remaining members of the Company see the future that awaits them and look to the healing that must take place...

You rode to war at the call of your God, swore yourself to Their divinity as the drums of war beat from every corner of the Pantheon. Standing beside your divinity, Their purpose so clear and noble, you felt immortal. Beside your fellow Lordsworns, you felt your victory a certainty, battle but a trivial formality.
Now They lay dead before you, Their Godblood flowing into the dirt. Already the world lurches in distress, twisting at the loss of a God, one of many to die this day. Your Captain, too, lies broken, entrusting the survivors of your Company to the you. Of the thousands who rode out, you are all that remains of your Company.Your God is dead. You only have each other now.

LORDSWORN is a GMless TTRPG for 1-4 players of tragic, fragile stories of desperate survival and comradery at the end of the world. it is by Marren MacAdam and is available here https://marrensmusings.itch.io/lordsworn

00:00:00 Introductions
00:02:20 Temple
00:31:55 The Sunless Ones
00:56:10 Epilogue

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/
#actualplay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

You rode to war at the call of your God, swore yourself to Their divinity as the drums of war beat from every corner of the Pantheon. Standing beside your divinity, Their purpose so clear and noble, you felt immortal. Beside your fellow Lordsworns, you felt your victory a certainty, battle but a trivial formality.
Now They lay dead before you, Their Godblood flowing into the dirt. Already the world lurches in distress, twisting at the loss of a God, one of many to die this day. Your Captain, too, lies broken, entrusting the survivors of your Company to the you. Of the thousands who rode out, you are all that remains of your Company.Your God is dead. You only have each other now.

LORDSWORN is a GMless TTRPG for 1-4 players of tragic, fragile stories of desperate survival and comradery at the end of the world. it is by Marren MacAdam and is available here https://marrensmusings.itch.io/lordsworn

00:00:00 Introductions
00:02:20 Temple
00:50:10 The Sunless Ones
01:04:00 Epilogue

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/
#actualplay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zm1rwbSgBc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hometown Holiday, a story game one-shot with Open Hearth Gaming

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Will romance be found amid movie sets, Christmas market cookies, pub food, and herpetology?
Find out in this playthrough this holiday season, where characters compete in a holiday-movie tropefest for the affection of a love interest!

Hometown Holiday by Nick Tourville is a tabletop roleplaying story game about holiday romance in a small town, TV-movie style. https://kidnick.itch.io/hometown-holiday
This game was played with Open Hearth Gaming Community members and follows Open Hearth's Code of Conduct https://openhearthgaming.com/code-of-conduct

Alex Sharpington - Sabine
Henry Whitlock - Rod
Lucky the Cat - Puckett
The Director - Madelancholy

Dice rolls shown were done on Witch Dice, a cute online dice roller https://witchdice.com/
Opening credits done by Madelancholy, using video clip and song from Artlist.io ("Turtle Doves" by Jeremy Chontow)

Recorded on December 19, 2025

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIUE-RkfMSg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

NorthPoleLand (Trophy Dark) with Open Hearth Gaming

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Content warnings: General horrors of Christmas, themes and descriptions of self-harm behavior, body horror, intra-elf slavery, harm to animals: reindeer.

Ho ho...Oh No! Santa's been kidnapped, and the trail leads to the crass commercialized theme park NorthPoleLand, long abandoned. Will our Specialist Elves find him and Make Christmas Magical? Or will tradition be broken and the holidays never be the same?

NorthPoleLand is a Rooted in Trophy incursion by Ember and Ash. You can find it here: https://byemberandash.itch.io/northpoleland
Trophy Dark is a tabletop roleplaying game of dark forests and doomed treasure-hunters by Jesse Ross. https://trophyrpg.com/
This game was played with members of the Open Hearth Gaming Community, with understanding of the Open Hearth Community Code of Conduct. https://openhearthgaming.com/code-of-conduct

Holly - Gwen
Pepper - Kim
Gimbel - Sabine
Keeper - Madelancholy

Recorded December 16, 2025

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_LtgjntigY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands session 44

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 13:11:00 +0000

This final week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands, the heroes spent months in the Black City (but only hours outside), rejoined the Rebuilder's body, soul, and spirit, silenced the Death-Facing Passage, settled old debts, found a flying egg, faced the void, and eventually settled in the House at the End of Time.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHxqCM4LVJ0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Lordsworn: Ruined & The Hungering One (Session 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 09:19:00 +0000

Ruined: Xoti the Medic, Charlotte the Knight and Kai the Lieutenant are lost in a ruined city, the likes of which will swallow them into the mists of time if they do not find a way through soon. But all their ghosts have caught up with them, and that is their ruin...

The Hungering One: Trina the Water Dancer, Hestia the Chef and Sovan the Creed Guard huddle around a roaring fire, refugees tell them of something out in the woods that is consuming their kind whole. And then the screaming starts!

You rode to war at the call of your God, swore yourself to Their divinity as the drums of war beat from every corner of the Pantheon. Standing beside your divinity, Their purpose so clear and noble, you felt immortal. Beside your fellow Lordsworns, you felt your victory a certainty, battle but a trivial formality.
Now They lay dead before you, Their Godblood flowing into the dirt. Already the world lurches in distress, twisting at the loss of a God, one of many to die this day. Your Captain, too, lies broken, entrusting the survivors of your Company to the you. Of the thousands who rode out, you are all that remains of your Company.Your God is dead. You only have each other now.

LORDSWORN is a GMless TTRPG for 1-4 players of tragic, fragile stories of desperate survival and comradery at the end of the world. it is by Marren MacAdam and is available here https://marrensmusings.itch.io/lordsworn

00:00:00 Introductions
00:02:00 Ruined
00:50:10 The Hungering One

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/
#actualplay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecJe0ErXiw8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Adventures 2e: Kintsugi S8 Season 3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 14:47:00 +0000

"Matters of Family Pt 2" Sevari digs deeper into the ship and finds herself trapped. Jures meets up with Th'Vileq and then find themselves in a confrontation with the crew. Ward and Divelle, meanwhile, deal with issues from the wedding. But eventually all three groups must coordinate to stop the fallout from a psychically activate alien device and a hold full of unstable Gluon Torpedoes.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxxbp12smCk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS Swoop Gangs Ashmorai 09

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 20:05:00 +0000

The Big Rumble and epilogues

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo7aOaRCtwE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eotenweard: The Looming Dark (Session 6)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 15:40:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the finale of a series of Eotenweard (his own PbtA game in development of Dark Age Heroes protecting the innocent from a Darkness growing across the Old North).
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
In the finale of our series, the apparent absence of the entire population of the pagan marsh village of Cefnwahl presents the Heroes with a mystery that requires a different approach! There's an oppressive atmosphere, distant pipe music, and very strange animal behaviour. Then, the Stinking Bog stinks, a crow offers a warning, and a 'snake' offers more. Soon the Heroes head into the Bog in pursuit of the haunting music but are misled; they risk the stench and try again; and find more than music. Then, pipes are revealed, a musician wakes, and a nemesis is revealed ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MThBg_ThTVc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Daggerheart: Extracurricular Activities (Part 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Part two of a Daggerheart one-shot: Extracurricular Activities

After investigating the library, the students head into the nearby Town to try and get to the bottom of the mystery.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_iI2g8O0UY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Daggerheart: Extracurricular Activities (Part 1)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:54:00 +0000

Part one of a Daggerheart one-shot: Extracurricular Activities

Four students of an adventuring academy begin to explore a mystery in the library on their day off.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddqkOO_6wTU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Lordsworn: A Quiet Drink & Desecration (Session 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 20:03:00 +0000

A Quiet Drink: Trina the Water Dancer, Jor'ilt the Spellblade and Dandaeus the Engineer stop by in a quiet in for a relaxing drink by the fire, but a foppish noble demands they escort him home (a not-inconsiderable detour)

Desecration: Wulfrid the Veteran, Jor'ilt the Spellblade and Dandaeus the Engineer have gone off the beaten track to gather water for their company, when they see a column of bedraggled pilgrims walking towards them - holding aloft five large reliquaries, with terrible trophies from the Cataclysm in them!

You rode to war at the call of your God, swore yourself to Their divinity as the drums of war beat from every corner of the Pantheon. Standing beside your divinity, Their purpose so clear and noble, you felt immortal. Beside your fellow Lordsworns, you felt your victory a certainty, battle but a trivial formality.Now They lay dead before you, Their Godblood flowing into the dirt. Already the world lurches in distress, twisting at the loss of a God, one of many to die this day. Your Captain, too, lies broken, entrusting the survivors of your Company to the you. Of the thousands who rode out, you are all that remains of your Company.Your God is dead. You only have each other now.LORDSWORN is a GMless TTRPG for 1-4 players of tragic, fragile stories of desperate survival and comradery at the end of the world. it is by Marren MacAdam and is available here https://marrensmusings.itch.io/lordsworn00:00:00 Introductions00:01:30 Keeping the Ember Alive00:56:00 Oaths SwornFind me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donoghFind the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IFF5Kw--tQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands session 43

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 06:01:00 +0000

This week in Ultraviolet Grasslands, the heroes chatted with residents of the House at the End of Time, Alba Negra left her crystal body for a new bean-grown form, folks downed their Final Drink, struck deals with the Chaos of Possibility, and exited the Black City, for now.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltLcW3VSWsQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Adventures 2e: Kintsugi S7 Season 3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 02:28:00 +0000

"Matters of Family Pt 1" Divelle worries about attending her brother's wedding on Risa, but a change of schedule pushes her into a new and dangerous mission, searching for a smuggled weapon aboard a galactic space cruise. While Vate and Divelle navigate the latter's family, Sevari and Jures go undercover bringing them into a collision with echoes of Bajor's history.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeapMLiN4Zw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Rapscallion: Sea of Falling Stars (S11)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 01:32:00 +0000

Cass and Nonius enter into the ship breakers cave, while the Captain and Vern go to speak with another of the 7 Pirate Lords. The pirate presses the Captain on his goals and forces him to confront his ambitions. Meanwhile Cass comes face to face with a demonic entity, forcing the Navigator to call on the powers of the pursuing ocean. A fight, a tidal wave, and Cass' death follows...

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T5GSjKRUaQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Swoop Gangs Ashmorai 08

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 22:01:00 +0000

Stealing a deck scanner from an Imp dumping ground

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdq5djlByzs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apocalypse Keys Quarterly Session 17 - The Monsters are Wrong (The Manananggal Murders Part 6)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 12:46:00 +0000

The monsters spend the session theorizing, only to find out they are wrong.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl4BLsfzc1A ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eotenweard: the Looming Dark (Session 5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 13:01:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a session in a series of Eotenweard (his own PbtA game in development of Dark Age Heroes protecting the innocent from a Darkness growing across the Old North).
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...).
The Heroes think they have solved the problem of Oselsted but it turns out they got it wrong! Cenred was holding the problem all along, Ceri makes a grab and runs, and Branwen finds Calla a help rather than the expected hindrance. There's a chase, a chicken pays the price of failure, and so does the village, before dogs fail to help, patter succeeds, and death is whispered ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGMr5e2moT4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Lordsworn: Keeping the Ember Alive & Oaths Sworn (Session 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 19:50:00 +0000

Keeping the Ember Alive: Xoti the Scarred Medic, Hestia the warm-Hearted Cook & Kai the Freshly-Promoted Lieutenant find another band of Lordsworn (of Lotyx the Eternal) recovering their dead and going through their funeral rites. What follows would be harrowing enough with their grief, but the shades of the long-departed gather around the pyre also...

Oaths Sworn: Wulfrid the Grizzled Veteran, Charlotte the Noble Knight and Sovan the Creed Guard advance to find a gallant knight holding a bridge against all-comers. The rearguard of his own retreating company Emont Legaarde is the childhood friend of Charlotte, but will they realise before their blades clash in anger?

You rode to war at the call of your God, swore yourself to Their divinity as the drums of war beat from every corner of the Pantheon. Standing beside your divinity, Their purpose so clear and noble, you felt immortal. Beside your fellow Lordsworns, you felt your victory a certainty, battle but a trivial formality.

Now They lay dead before you, Their Godblood flowing into the dirt. Already the world lurches in distress, twisting at the loss of a God, one of many to die this day. Your Captain, too, lies broken, entrusting the survivors of your Company to the you. Of the thousands who rode out, you are all that remains of your Company.

Your God is dead. You only have each other now.

LORDSWORN is a GMless TTRPG for 1-4 players of tragic, fragile stories of desperate survival and comradery at the end of the world. it is by Marren MacAdam and is available here
https://marrensmusings.itch.io/lordsworn

00:00:00 Introductions
00:01:30 Keeping the Ember Alive
00:56:00 Oaths Sworn

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35qIl33icXQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands session 42

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 05:56:00 +0000

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands: inside the living Black City, Skelly met Possibility, Phaedred debated reality with the city’s mind, and Alba Negra entered a wounded cosmic obelisk that whispered the city was the trap. Next: the house by the wine-dark sea.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJZnZ5EnSH4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Swoop Gangs Ashmorai 07

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 19:29:00 +0000

Crash takes the Ashpath and emerges a new person

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itlrjy_BWU0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apocalypse Keys Quarterly Session 16 - The Tower (The Manananggal Murders Part 5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 12:37:00 +0000

Virtus and Rhydian have an action packed afternoon of exploring their powers and shaking the foundations of the community.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCUPNx7VPZE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eotenweard: the Looming Dark (Session 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:57:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a session in a series of Eotenweard (his own PbtA game in development of Dark Age heroes protecting the innocent from a Darkness growing across the Old North).
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...) ...
Having alienated Lady Linfriga's champion, her hospitality is so meager that the Heroes forgo it. Instead, Cenred and Gwylog visit the village's captives while Ceri and Branwen approach the Hall's top table by *very *different routes. Cenred deploys his trademark patter while Gwylog finally snaps and imposes his will on the captives' lying leader. Meanwhile, as conversation in the Hall gets interesting ... the screaming begins as fragments of an ill-used spirit are vomited onto the ground. Then, the fragments coalesce, chaos ensues, escape routes are sought and a cockrel leads the way to a treacherous ruin consecrated to ... what?

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMXeP_eIj8U ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Lordsworn (Session 1)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 22:31:00 +0000

We meet the ragged company after cataclysmic battle. They have lost their God: Mavos, the Mighty, Goddess of Might, Warfare, Wisdom, and Fire.
They have lost their Captain, the stern Kyon, who lived and died by his motto "Through Hardship we Ascend".
But who amongst their meagre numbers will return to Trufast, will the rumblings of Mt Helphi and the quiet words of the blind Prophets guide them home, or have they gone quiet now too...

You rode to war at the call of your God, swore yourself to Their divinity as the drums of war beat from every corner of the Pantheon. Standing beside your divinity, Their purpose so clear and noble, you felt immortal. Beside your fellow Lordsworns, you felt your victory a certainty, battle but a trivial formality.

Now They lay dead before you, Their Godblood flowing into the dirt. Already the world lurches in distress, twisting at the loss of a God, one of many to die this day. Your Captain, too, lies broken, entrusting the survivors of your Company to the you. Of the thousands who rode out, you are all that remains of your Company.

Your God is dead. You only have each other now.

LORDSWORN is a GMless TTRPG for 1-4 players of tragic, fragile stories of desperate survival and comradery at the end of the world. it is by Marren MacAdam and is available here
https://marrensmusings.itch.io/lordsworn

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRVMiHsVucE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands session 41

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 03:23:00 +0000

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands: the caravan entered the Black City through toxic dust. Alba Negra gained perfect welcome at the cost of self, Phaedred refused immortality, and Spatula became a real bean-person. The city whispered—it was always real, and everything else is not.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKZ8pcGO-PY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Nahual Durango Session 04

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:24:00 +0000

Nahual is a tabletop role-playing game about brujos nahuales, humans of mestizo and indigenous ancestry that have the power to shapeshift into an animal form. These nahuales hunt angels to make a living, running a changarro (a business) together to sell the products they make from the bodies of the angels they have killed. These are stories about underdogs, struggling to find their place in a Mexican world of fantastical and overwhelming forces.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvgR9mDjuwg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Swoop Gangs Ashmorai 06

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 19:45:00 +0000

Cantina and a big sabacc game

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djw1r3Z2LYE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apocalypse Keys Quarterly Session 15 - The Writing on the Wall (The Manananggal Murders Part 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 12:39:00 +0000

The Monsters investigate the case of the murdered Manananggal and discover a plot to gentrify Manila. Also, infernal ruins written in mold, hiding surprises.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6Rgx3fUevc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Necronautilus Nov 28 2025

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 02:42:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhXrciVRq3U ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Stewpot: Wear and Tear, Romancing a Stranger & In the Rhythm of Things (5 of 5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 07:09:00 +0000

Melkor romances a stranger who seems more than a little taken with his quiet composure and his compositions.

For the entire group; time passes. Rough edges are sanded down. Before they know it, life in town has become like breathing.

***

The adventurer’s life is tough. It’s time to call it quits. For years you stumbled through hostile lands, living off stale rations, and struggling to get a few hours’ sleep. Now it’s time to hang up your weapons, sell off your armor, and settle down. If only it were that easy…

Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern by Takuma Okada is a collection of cozy mini-games that tell the story of a tavern run by former adventurers. Gather your dice, pick up a deck of cards, set aside a shiny coin, and get ready for a new set of challenges. Only this time… your adventures start behind the bar.

Stewpot is divided into a series of slice-of-life scenes, with a different set of simple rules and prompts helping adjudicate each scene. You might be scrambling to cook something edible with random ingredients, bartending for troubled souls, calming down a tavern brawl, going shopping for all the things a tavern needs, and more! Work to upgrade your tavern’s cuisine, atmosphere, and service. In the process, you might just learn a little bit about yourself – and your fellow party members.

Stewpot is by Takuma Okada and is available here
https://evilhat.itch.io/stewpot

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMMpD1Mb_p4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Last Caravan: The Remnants (Session 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 14:38:00 +0000

Following a fierce combat with the Warsinger, the Caravan continue on their mission to rescue the captives, but a difficult encounter proves that trusting people in this new world is the most difficult thing...

The Last Caravan is a cars and aliens tabletop role-playing game about a midwinter road trip in the wake of an alien invasion. Starting from the East Coast, you and your fellow travelers will navigate a shattered North America. You’ll explore landscapes transformed by xenoflora, search abandoned towns and crashed spaceships, discover the otherworldly technology called Harmonics, negotiate with newly-formed factions both human and alien, outrun hostile pursuers, and fight for the future of your world.

Your story is about normal people finding heroism under extraordinary pressures. It’s about relationships tested by a crisis, and rediscovering what matters when the world is ending.

Your people need you. Will you join the caravan?

The Last Caravan is by Ted Bushman and is available here https://tedbushman.itch.io/the-last-caravan-a-cars-and-aliens-roleplaying-game

***

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUvum9MvV1c ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Writers' Room: Supernatural Dark Academia S3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 20:46:00 +0000

We conclude this run of Writers' Room with a dramatic finale! Death! Destruction! And finally... the show gets a title!?

Here is a sheet with the final results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E91tPV_wZNvfju8Jn4VI7BPvl7a90ui8R6UTI4y9HGE/edit?usp=sharing

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcclao8eKps ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands session 40

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 03:21:00 +0000

Reached the Black City in dead winter; foraged, traded, dodged metal-eating parasites. Albenegra got a fossilized soul; Skelly recovered pre-death memories; Fedrid’s offering was ignored. Watched the Stones ritual—wizard scored a null object. Observer’s prophecy: “Dragon blood will restore the necromancer’s love.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB8KpJ_GC7o ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Nahual Durango Session 03

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 01:15:00 +0000

Nahual is a tabletop role-playing game about brujos nahuales, humans of mestizo and indigenous ancestry that have the power to shapeshift into an animal form. These nahuales hunt angels to make a living, running a changarro (a business) together to sell the products they make from the bodies of the angels they have killed. These are stories about underdogs, struggling to find their place in a Mexican world of fantastical and overwhelming forces.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akLckkSla-c ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apocalypse Keys Quarterly Session 14 - Samantha Reyes (The Manananggal Murders Part 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 13:24:00 +0000

The Monster start their investigation in earnest and find out that there is, in fact, a lot that is wrong with this house.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpTVyjVivsE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eotenweard: the Looming Dark (Session 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 11:42:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a session in a series of Eotenweard (his own PbtA game in development of Dark Age heroes protecting the innocent from a Darkness growing across the Old North).
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...) ...
Black Cenred continues to be selective with the truth as the Heroes travel to an overgrown fenland in search of 'a Power'. Ceri dances across the reed beds, Gwylog sacrifices to the Old Gods - and gets more then he had expected, Branwen soothes a savage beast, and then Cenred precipitates its death. Then, Branwen suppresses her annoyance, Gwylog reserves his Gift so Cenred binds up his own wounds, but Ceri offers him a gift of her own ...
Finally, there's Oselsted ... where all is not well ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNDTPgTIJeU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands session 39

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 03:40:00 +0000

Through the Dark Light Passage, met a machine-man seeking a soul; found a huge one but saved it for after winter. Into the Forest of Meat—gross but forageable. Found Betty the hot-rod autogolem; drag race chaos. Looted 15k coins. Cured plague. Reached the Black City.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsM6ngYt6ec ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Nahual Durango Session 02

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 01:29:00 +0000

Nahual is a tabletop role-playing game about brujos nahuales, humans of mestizo and indigenous ancestry that have the power to shapeshift into an animal form. These nahuales hunt angels to make a living, running a changarro (a business) together to sell the products they make from the bodies of the angels they have killed. These are stories about underdogs, struggling to find their place in a Mexican world of fantastical and overwhelming forces.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeqETTY-Otc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Adventures 2e: Kintsugi S6 Season 3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:45:00 +0000

"Tellarite Tangles Pt 2" Litaal continues to try to bring together the two sides aboard the stalled Tellarite evacuation ship. But when two Jem'Hadar ships drop out of warp, the Kintsugi desperately moves to draw them off-- utilizing every trick they can muster. Captain Vate and his crew push their vessel to the limits in a battle which tests everyone as systems go awry and gambits fail...

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSVBXptGR34 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Swoop Gangs Ashmorai 05

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 20:22:00 +0000

Prison Break!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B20Xzc3zGg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apocalypse Keys Quarterly Session 13 - Cosmic Justice (The Manananggal Murders Part 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 13:42:00 +0000

A new monster joins the squad. An old acquaintance resurfaces.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arBl9O31mpQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Knights of the House of Mars Open Hearth 11:25

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 02:59:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8T6-KkI1fw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eotenweard The Looming Dark Session 2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 13:57:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the first session in a series of Eotenweard (his own PbtA game in development of Dark Age heroes protecting the innocent from a Darkness growing across the Old North).
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...) ...
We discover just how intrusive Branwen is, how Ceri's Sight reveals a clue, how Gwylog seeks to confirm it, and how Cenred convinces Moddred that he must be courageous if the King is to acknowledge him as heir to Gundholm. There's scree slopes and bare rocks with shadows that generate a disconcerting atmosphere. Then, a blocked tunnel, gnawed human bones, and a shambling 'giant'. An increasingly incomprehensible Ceri surprises a foe, Branwen reveals her true form and Whispers, Cenred brings the house down, and Gwylog banishes the Fae behind the Darkness before showing mercy when brothers are recognized ... All that before an encounter on the road prompts a detour to be taken in pursuit of a Fae's Favour ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ahd8-VJhho ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Rapscallion: Sea of Falling Stars (S10)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 22:56:00 +0000

Nonius and Vern try to pry secrets from the ghost-blade duelist Robles, while Cass tries to find a way into the ship wreckers area. The captain encounters and old adversary and comes to an accord. Vern gets a cat, the Captain wrestles with his new leadership style, Cass makes a bargain, and Nonius has an unsatisfying attempt to remove a curse.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPDGL-Ttm5E ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Stewpot: A Fleeting Moment, & Festival Day (4 of 6)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:34:00 +0000

Maeve recalls a forgotten memory, tied to how Azure came to be her companion.

The town has a few festival days a year, and they’re some of the busiest for A Fair Wind. The Proprieters prepare, despite a lack of sufficient supplies, competition with a neighbouring establishment and impromptu competitions and dances!

***

The adventurer’s life is tough. It’s time to call it quits. For years you stumbled through hostile lands, living off stale rations, and struggling to get a few hours’ sleep. Now it’s time to hang up your weapons, sell off your armor, and settle down. If only it were that easy…

Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern by Takuma Okada is a collection of cozy mini-games that tell the story of a tavern run by former adventurers. Gather your dice, pick up a deck of cards, set aside a shiny coin, and get ready for a new set of challenges. Only this time… your adventures start behind the bar.

Stewpot is divided into a series of slice-of-life scenes, with a different set of simple rules and prompts helping adjudicate each scene. You might be scrambling to cook something edible with random ingredients, bartending for troubled souls, calming down a tavern brawl, going shopping for all the things a tavern needs, and more! Work to upgrade your tavern’s cuisine, atmosphere, and service. In the process, you might just learn a little bit about yourself – and your fellow party members.

Stewpot is by Takuma Okada and is available here
https://evilhat.itch.io/stewpot

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGPXQH4_0HU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Writers' Room: Supernatural Dark Academia S2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:45:00 +0000

We create the second season of this dark academia tv series. Death! Resurrection! A controversial season finale!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHMMEgXs7Iw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight: Syllabus of Secrets S1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 14:17:00 +0000

Our protagonists begin their second year with a lecture about the nature of self-identity, magic, and secrets. They also wrestle with their text books. They learn of the next semester event, a dangerous flora-based scavenger hunt. We move into the obligation and downtime phase, in which they begin to look into the forces affecting one of Damien's close friends.

Next session Dec 2nd.

This is part of a playtest for a new Series Playset for Girl by Moonlight, in which protagonists have been drafted into a school of magic which is trying to change, manipulate, and even destroy them. It is inspired by The Scholomance, The Magicians, Vita Nova, Harrow the Ninth, Babel, Revolutionary Girl Utena, and more. This session includes our series and character creation.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPy46gzJhDY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Last Caravan: The Eerie (Session 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 17:29:00 +0000

The Caravan ventures into The Eerie, where the strange radio silence is broken by Roxanne's (their new alien songbird) twittering. Warily, they begin to follow the deciphered coordinates but bump into something overlooking the spot...

The Last Caravan is a cars and aliens tabletop role-playing game about a midwinter road trip in the wake of an alien invasion. Starting from the East Coast, you and your fellow travelers will navigate a shattered North America. You’ll explore landscapes transformed by xenoflora, search abandoned towns and crashed spaceships, discover the otherworldly technology called Harmonics, negotiate with newly-formed factions both human and alien, outrun hostile pursuers, and fight for the future of your world.

Your story is about normal people finding heroism under extraordinary pressures. It’s about relationships tested by a crisis, and rediscovering what matters when the world is ending.

Your people need you. Will you join the caravan?

The Last Caravan is by Ted Bushman and is available here https://tedbushman.itch.io/the-last-caravan-a-cars-and-aliens-roleplaying-game

***

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avtlKmFaumE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands session 38

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 03:11:00 +0000

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands, the caravan crossed the Ivory Plain, dodged a raccoon-pig stampede, escaped proto-hunters with poetry, and dined with cannibals. Skelly practiced necromancy, Modon got a makeup tutorial, and we entered the Dark Light Passage.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo7NiIxFcXM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Nahual Durango Session 01

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 02:45:00 +0000

Nahual is a tabletop role-playing game about brujos nahuales, humans of mestizo and indigenous ancestry that have the power to shapeshift into an animal form. These nahuales hunt angels to make a living, running a changarro (a business) together to sell the products they make from the bodies of the angels they have killed. These are stories about underdogs, struggling to find their place in a Mexican world of fantastical and overwhelming forces.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjnPGefh5QQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Adventures 2e: Kintsugi S5 Season 3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:32:00 +0000

"Tellarite Tangles Pt 1" Litaal reflects on his time on the Kintsugi drawing to a close. As the ship runs drills and works on weapon system upgrades, he dispenses some last bits of advice. But a suddenly cut off distress call from a Tellarite colony sends the Kintsugi on a sudden rescue mission and a clash with a Cardassian Galor-class cruiser.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGZs-k4FKyk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Swoop Gangs Ashmorai 04

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 18:47:00 +0000

The Green Krayts go on a run and run into a Calanthe-shaped wall.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJh7pcPMhYI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apocalypse Keys Quarterly Session 12 - The Manananggal Murders Part 1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000

A New Mystery starts. Virtus and Rhydian depart to Manila.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHn9dPLF3rg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Writers' Room: Supernatural Dark Academia

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 17:51:00 +0000

We set the scene for our four season dark academia series, including a cast of inquisitive students with secrets and tragedies in their past, ghosts, an underground maze city and more!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1ukLmKUc4w ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Rapscallion: Sea of Falling Stars (S9)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 13:58:00 +0000

The crew arrives in Horizon, the city of the Pirate Lords. They begin to explore, with Nonius choosing to make up for a slight his captain in an unorthodox way. Cass meets the Groom of another ship, Vern learns something of local cults, and the Captain invests in future projects. Later Nonius and Vern witness Robles, a duelist with a ghost blade. Finally the Captain meets with one of his former Pirate Lord colleagues, who tentative agrees to aid with his plan of vengeance and restoration of his position.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=811ev2fTCDo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eotenweard: The Looming Dark (Session 1)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 11:08:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the first session in a series of Eotenweard (his own PbtA game in development of Dark Age heroes protecting the innocent from a Darkness growing across the Old North).
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...) ...
We meet Ceri, the playful, rhyming Loon who has constructed a warm pastoral history from the fragments of memory that are all that remain to her; Black Cenred, a man hung for a crime he was manipulated into, but somehow saved by Woden the Allfather in the shape of an owl; Gwylog the Celtic Mystic convinced that the Old Gods of Britain want him to join the other Heroes rather than follow his mentor; and Branwen, the Spirit of a monk denied their afterlife, whose mortal seeming echoes the robes they wore in life, several generations ago.
They arrive at Gundholm just as an exhausted rider brings a message that is not welcomed by the Lady Barnotha's 'heir' Moddred. The atmosphere in the village is strangely cold and oppressive and only the Hawthorn blooms this Summer ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SDt6swl_Y0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Stewpot: Wear and Tear, & Shields and Skillets (3 of 7)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 21:05:00 +0000

Enchantments are volatile things, especially when they sit unused for long periods of time. You have to let go of your old equipment before it’s too late.
The proprietors of A Fair Wind recall their adventuring days while decommissioning some old artefacts...

***

The adventurer’s life is tough. It’s time to call it quits. For years you stumbled through hostile lands, living off stale rations, and struggling to get a few hours’ sleep. Now it’s time to hang up your weapons, sell off your armor, and settle down. If only it were that easy…

Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern by Takuma Okada is a collection of cozy mini-games that tell the story of a tavern run by former adventurers. Gather your dice, pick up a deck of cards, set aside a shiny coin, and get ready for a new set of challenges. Only this time… your adventures start behind the bar.

Stewpot is divided into a series of slice-of-life scenes, with a different set of simple rules and prompts helping adjudicate each scene. You might be scrambling to cook something edible with random ingredients, bartending for troubled souls, calming down a tavern brawl, going shopping for all the things a tavern needs, and more! Work to upgrade your tavern’s cuisine, atmosphere, and service. In the process, you might just learn a little bit about yourself – and your fellow party members.

Stewpot is by Takuma Okada and is available here
https://evilhat.itch.io/stewpot

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9WUih73lGU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight: Syllabus of Secrets

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 14:55:00 +0000

This is part of a playtest for a new Series Playset for Girl by Moonlight, in which protagonists have been drafted into a school of magic which is trying to change, manipulate, and even destroy them. It is inspired by The Scholomance, The Magicians, Vita Nova, Harrow the Ninth, Babel, Revolutionary Girl Utena, and more. This session includes our series and character creation.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUdcbEd4BvY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands session 37

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 03:19:00 +0000

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands, Adoron consulted with the Satraps at the Spectrum Palace, Phaedred got fired from Oenerics Unlimited, Skelly learned to raise the dead, and Modon accidentally created Spatula, a sentient bean-filled satrap suit. Also: lots of profit!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-Q6iB0wzqY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Adventures 2e: Kintsugi S4 Season 3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:57:00 +0000

"Plague of Arias Pt 2"
Commander Divelle returns to the Kintsugi, only to walk into the outbreak of an unknown plague. Together with Dr Pergral, they work to protect the crew and understand the connection to the Arias Plague. Meanwhile Litaal tracks down some logistical anomalies which ends up with him at disruptor point. Captain Vate tracks back to uncover the real reason behind Hephaestus Station's need for his ship's computers and discovers the secret behind a dangerous sentience.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp6PakYLa8g ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Nahual Durango Session 00

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:37:00 +0000

Nahual is a tabletop role-playing game about brujos nahuales, humans of mestizo and indigenous ancestry that have the power to shapeshift into an animal form. These nahuales hunt angels to make a living, running a changarro (a business) together to sell the products they make from the bodies of the angels they have killed. These are stories about underdogs, struggling to find their place in a Mexican world of fantastical and overwhelming forces.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfq-07fFyDU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Swoop Gangs Ashmorai 03

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 18:22:00 +0000

Party at Ultraviolet and Imp blockades.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b3pgIbxQ_s ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Playtest: Dramatis Personae

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 21:51:00 +0000

This is a playtest session for a new game that may or may not happen.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oCsOOxykX8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Rapscallion: Sea of Falling Stars (S8)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 11:41:00 +0000

The crew head out, following the Captain's map to the location of a previously buried hoard. But when the arrive, they discover evidence of an interloper, deliberately marooned here on the island. And then they hear the ticking...

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M-DNmQ3O3k ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Tempest: STA 2e S6

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 12:40:00 +0000

"Rise & Fall PT 2"
When Moreno's attempt to disable the sphere fails, they turn to bypassing the visual hallucinations caused by the syndrome. T'Venn works out some new approaches to the problem, allowing the crew to operate. Meanwhile on the planet, Captain Escarra and the badly injured Commander Ch'Villiq manage to make it to the Thulsan temple/bunker, where more of the past is revealed...

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK4m78b2wII ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Adventures 2e: Kintsugi S3 Season 3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 23:29:00 +0000

"Plague of Arias Pt 1"
Captain Vate returns to the Kingsugi, bringing with him a new Chief Medical Officer. It also brings a meeting of the Captain with Engineer Suvari and his old friend? Litaal. Assigned to assist Hephaestus Medical Station, with the development of a new series EMH, the situation is complicated by the arrival of heavily injured Cardassian prisoners of war.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B91_mwMgINA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Swoop Gangs Ashmorai 02

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 18:40:00 +0000

Imp raid and aftermath.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gfNcf_Nfek ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apocalypse Keys Quarterly Session 11 - A Day at the Field Office (interlude)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 12:33:00 +0000

The monsters have a day at the field office. Talking to superiors, doing paperwork, visiting the petting zoo and, of course, chatting with colleagues. Also: It's Lady Baptiste's last day on the job.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLq-No2aj2I ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Last Caravan: Lake Champlain (Session 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 20:28:00 +0000

The Caravan's mission to distract the oncoming aliens so the Fisherman Militia can rescue a nearby town has gone a little too well - they have attracted quite a lot of attention!
Afterwards, they head westwards again, this time towards Lake Champlain, which they hope to cross after picking up some winter coats in Burlington.

The Last Caravan is a cars and aliens tabletop role-playing game about a midwinter road trip in the wake of an alien invasion. Starting from the East Coast, you and your fellow travelers will navigate a shattered North America. You’ll explore landscapes transformed by xenoflora, search abandoned towns and crashed spaceships, discover the otherworldly technology called Harmonics, negotiate with newly-formed factions both human and alien, outrun hostile pursuers, and fight for the future of your world.

Your story is about normal people finding heroism under extraordinary pressures. It’s about relationships tested by a crisis, and rediscovering what matters when the world is ending.

Your people need you. Will you join the caravan?

The Last Caravan is by Ted Bushman and is available here https://tedbushman.itch.io/the-last-caravan-a-cars-and-aliens-roleplaying-game

***

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSM_H1sTodM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Stewpot: Shelter from the Storm (2 of 7)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 17:31:00 +0000

Early one morning, you feel it. A familiar ache in your bones. Something is coming.
The proprietors of A Fair Wind brace for a flood's impact, rallying their defences and help the town prepare...

***

The adventurer’s life is tough. It’s time to call it quits. For years you stumbled through hostile lands, living off stale rations, and struggling to get a few hours’ sleep. Now it’s time to hang up your weapons, sell off your armor, and settle down. If only it were that easy…

Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern by Takuma Okada is a collection of cozy mini-games that tell the story of a tavern run by former adventurers. Gather your dice, pick up a deck of cards, set aside a shiny coin, and get ready for a new set of challenges. Only this time… your adventures start behind the bar.

Stewpot is divided into a series of slice-of-life scenes, with a different set of simple rules and prompts helping adjudicate each scene. You might be scrambling to cook something edible with random ingredients, bartending for troubled souls, calming down a tavern brawl, going shopping for all the things a tavern needs, and more! Work to upgrade your tavern’s cuisine, atmosphere, and service. In the process, you might just learn a little bit about yourself – and your fellow party members.

Stewpot is by Takuma Okada and is available here
https://evilhat.itch.io/stewpot

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc_rbPhRlBk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands session 36

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 02:30:00 +0000

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands, the caravan freed a wizard from the Refracting Trees, looted a sunken bunker, and gleaned powers a grove of screaming wizards. Modon taught beans to think, and consultations with the Spectrum Satraps at their palace commenced.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acjPw2WgFyc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Adventures 2e: Kintsugi S2 Season 3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 12:56:00 +0000

"Testing Protocols Pt 2"
Facing the imminent arrival of the Dominion Strike Ship, Ward maneuvers the Kintsugi into the ion storm at the planet's pole, buying them time. The ground team splits, with Litaal leading a group in pursuit of the missing scientist. But that team has already been heavily affected by the planet's vibrational influence and their hunt threatens to turn deadly, made all the more dangerous when an activated power source on the planet threatens to tip off the Jem'Hadar vessel to everyone's presence...

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3ILynLoSMo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Swoop Gangs Ashmorai 01

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 00:46:00 +0000

The Emerald Krayts try to steal a package from their rivals... and it doesn't go too well.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGeKdmLMcKo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apocalypse Keys Quarterly Session 10 - Kick the Baby (Weep Your Hands Clean Pt. 5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 20:54:00 +0000

The monsters confront the harbinger - a eye-fetus from the dreamworld. And - being the monsters that they are, proceed to kick it.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNanSaabs_8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Stewpot (session 1)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 19:58:00 +0000

A Fair Wind opens with its new staff of recently retired adventurers:
Ogrim Stormbane, the ex-Fighter (now Lookout)
Melkor the Gray, the ex-Bard (now Crafter)
Lucia, the ex-Swashbuckler (now Chef)
Meave, the ex-Ranger (now Hunter)
We discover a little more about them, and how they have begun to settle in and find their feet in these new lives, and then an old friend visits them and they have a chance to show off the tavern and the town itself.

***

The adventurer’s life is tough. It’s time to call it quits. For years you stumbled through hostile lands, living off stale rations, and struggling to get a few hours’ sleep. Now it’s time to hang up your weapons, sell off your armor, and settle down. If only it were that easy…

Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern by Takuma Okada is a collection of cozy mini-games that tell the story of a tavern run by former adventurers. Gather your dice, pick up a deck of cards, set aside a shiny coin, and get ready for a new set of challenges. Only this time… your adventures start behind the bar.

Stewpot is divided into a series of slice-of-life scenes, with a different set of simple rules and prompts helping adjudicate each scene. You might be scrambling to cook something edible with random ingredients, bartending for troubled souls, calming down a tavern brawl, going shopping for all the things a tavern needs, and more! Work to upgrade your tavern’s cuisine, atmosphere, and service. In the process, you might just learn a little bit about yourself – and your fellow party members.

Stewpot is by Takuma Okada and is available here
https://evilhat.itch.io/stewpot

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYJXOg8Qxbk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Last Caravan: Fog Coast (Session 1)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 20:36:00 +0000

The Caravan leaves Portland in the midst of fresh alien activity, fleeing westwards. First stop, a tyre dealership to upgrade to make better work of the snow and off-road route ahead of them...

The Last Caravan is a cars and aliens tabletop role-playing game about a midwinter road trip in the wake of an alien invasion. Starting from the East Coast, you and your fellow travelers will navigate a shattered North America. You’ll explore landscapes transformed by xenoflora, search abandoned towns and crashed spaceships, discover the otherworldly technology called Harmonics, negotiate with newly-formed factions both human and alien, outrun hostile pursuers, and fight for the future of your world.

Your story is about normal people finding heroism under extraordinary pressures. It’s about relationships tested by a crisis, and rediscovering what matters when the world is ending.

Your people need you. Will you join the caravan?

The Last Caravan is by Ted Bushman and is available here https://tedbushman.itch.io/the-last-caravan-a-cars-and-aliens-roleplaying-game

***

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLuKdKLNMmw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Adventures 2e: Kintsugi S1 Season 3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 16:08:00 +0000

"Testing Protocols Pt 1"
The Kintsugi docks at Starbase 14, as more bad news from the Dominion War continues to come in. Acting Captain Ward meets with Starfleet Command and receives news of a new observer assigned to the ship, Commander Litaal, now with the office of the Inspector General. The Kintsugi is dispatched when a secret Federation weapons development facility drops out of contact. They reach the planet to discover strange atmospheric phenomena. An expedition to the surface goes badly, and soon the arrival of a Dominion vessel raises the stakes.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hjd1PDzIWk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands session 35

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 02:19:00 +0000

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands: the caravan left the Rose Towers with new bodies, bright loot, and stranger plans. Skelly raced the necro-wagon and climbed coral spires for glowing orbs; a hundred lake-folk hunters rose singing from the water but were fooled by dust and moonlight. At Red Bear, Adoron shed their old flesh and built anew while the crew bartered orbs, cured a dragon’s sneeze, and gave Madame Red Star her first true body in ages — walking, radiant, and half reborn.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn4kV54qVmQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS: M.A.C.E. Corps 02

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 01:36:00 +0000

M.A.C.E. - Mission Adaptive Combat Ensemble

A S.H.I.E.L.D. special ops team built from the best of the best from around the world. These soldiers will be deployed against supervillain and alien threats, and to rise to the occasion, they will have limited access to superpowers to fight the good fight!

Utilizing the Harvest protocol, M.A.C.E. team members will have limited access to a variety of metahuman abilities. However, the stress of these powers will take a toll on their bodies and minds. It's all in a day's work for our heroes!

-----------------------------------

TLDR: Play GI Joe-styled regular-human soldiers from around the world who are recruited to go ham on supervillains and aliens using powers that will eventually kill them.

"It's better to burn out than FADE AWAY!"

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t-Xiv27K7E ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Writers' Room: RePats

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 17:38:00 +0000

In this session of Writers' Room Indiana Jones meets Leverate as we create an anti-colonialist action adventure show about repatriating stolen artifacts.

Here's the sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pQftPFwh9hCgRPC_wI5LcOpELZji7YBO4R1GbhKe3N8/edit?usp=sharing

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8mnjLT6wR4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS Swoop Gangs Ashmorai 00

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 19:29:00 +0000

Session Zero - world and character creation for our Swoop Gangs series!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFQBEDaWDqU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apocalypse Keys Quarterly Session 9 - The Microwave (Weep Your Hands Clean Pt. 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 11:16:00 +0000

A bad dream and a heart-to-heart.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlt4VXr-zdM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

No Fear, a Trophy Dark one-shot for Shared Hearth 2025

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 15:15:00 +0000

If you can find the remains of the Godwin expedition on the tallest mountain and return his body to his family with proof, then they'll make you wealthier than you can possibly imagine… but while the money's a powerful motivation, it's not the only reason you made the arduous journey to base camp, ready to go up into the white.
Please be aware that this game verges into horror, with mentions of shifting reality, altitude, climbing in severe conditions, threat of avalanche and hypoxia inherent to this incursion.

No Fear is part of the Dark Tidings Anthology by Speak the Sky, Designed for Trophy Dark https://speakthesky.itch.io/dark-tidings
Trophy Dark by Jesse Ross is a tabletop roleplaying game about doomed treasure-seekers entering haunted spaces in the world. https://trophyrpg.com/
This game was played during the Shared Hearth Open Gaming Weekend, with members of the Open Hearth Gaming Community. Safety tools were available, as well as playing under the Open Hearth Community Code of Conduct. https://tinyurl.com/2tdfhy75

Thunderbird “Bird” - Space
Reece - Steph
Charleston - Danny
The Keeper - Madelancholy

Recorded October 4, 2025

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Wj92N5kyk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Tempest: STA 2e S5

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 17:33:00 +0000

"Rise & Fall PT 1"
Captain Escarra is sent to the Thulsa System to conclude a treaty for dilithium mining rights. Commander Moreno is left in charge of the Tempest which suddenly comes under attack when a mysterious alien sphere appears in orbit and begins manipulating the planet's weather and tectonics. Lt Commander T'Venn is forced to deal with an increasingly strange malady caused by the sphere. Meanwhile, cut off and injured, the Federation and Thulsan delegation must seek out shelter from a blizzard, led by Commander Ch'Villiq, now nearly blinded.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n13YqDr1wE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Mythomorphosis: Shared Hearth

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 17:22:00 +0000

Part of our community's Shared Hearth Open Gaming Convention. We play a one-shot of Gordie Murphy's Mythomorphosis, a game which "explore(s) the relationship between a society’s history and one of its dominant cultural stories, creating and changing a myth over the course of generations." We look at the creation myth for a coastal settlement in a low-fantasy setting.

You can see a copy of the Google Sheet we used to play including the four generations of play and set up: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HQwCasnDiSS9MBcFQF9Ak57rXcCyse-jEdDwMHO_qp0/edit?usp=sharing

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zig1PxUP_fI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Rapscallion: Sea of Falling Stars (S7)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 13:01:00 +0000

The crew continues their leave at Kosret Landing, meeting new folks and deepening relations with others. The Witches' maneuvers ashore make everyone nervous. But they opt to continue on-- heading inland to meet a scholar who may be able to point them to the next step on their journey of revenge.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoX9kn6fLQs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Lovely Somnolent, a Trophy Dark one-shot for Shared Hearth 2025

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 16:15:00 +0000

The offer is simple: break the curse, awaken the princess, gain a kingdom. Are you worthy enough to brave the briar-choked castle and its dangers to succeed? Or will you fall to the curse and join the rest forever trapped on its grounds?

The Lovely Somnolent is a Rooted in Trophy incursion written by Mads Turley. An one-shot version is available here: https://madelancholy.itch.io/
Trophy Dark by Jesse Ross is a tabletop roleplaying game about doomed treasure-seekers entering haunted spaces in the world. https://trophyrpg.com/
This game was played during the Shared Hearth Open Gaming Weekend, with members of the Open Hearth Gaming Community. Safety tools were available, as well as playing under the Open Hearth Community Code of Conduct. https://tinyurl.com/2tdfhy75

Rasei, the Sellsword/Reformed Thug - Michelle
Kel, the Oracle/Escaped Cultist - Becky
Nima, the Herbalist/Unmasked Faeborn - Cat
Sibil, the Demonologist/Disgraced Courtesan - Fumi
The Keeper - Madelancholy

Recorded October 3, 2025

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iF4WuxsbUY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Last Caravan (Session 0)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 15:54:00 +0000

The Last Caravan is a cars and aliens tabletop role-playing game about a midwinter road trip in the wake of an alien invasion. Starting from the East Coast, you and your fellow travelers will navigate a shattered North America. You’ll explore landscapes transformed by xenoflora, search abandoned towns and crashed spaceships, discover the otherworldly technology called Harmonics, negotiate with newly-formed factions both human and alien, outrun hostile pursuers, and fight for the future of your world.

Your story is about normal people finding heroism under extraordinary pressures. It’s about relationships tested by a crisis, and rediscovering what matters when the world is ending.

Your people need you. Will you join the caravan?

The Last Caravan is by Ted Bushman and is available here https://tedbushman.itch.io/the-last-caravan-a-cars-and-aliens-roleplaying-game

***

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pwg7d23kTI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Rapscallion: Sea of Falling Stars (S6)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 22:02:00 +0000

The assault on the Iron Aegis begins. As the Captain pushes Cass to interdict the forces ashore, he leads a party to board the enemy vessel and wreak bloody havoc. Meanwhile Nonius climbs aboard quietly in an effort to find the Oracle's face before being discovered-- but he has brought along unwanted assistance...

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u92M4_AukpE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Adventures 2e: Eschaton Station S8

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 21:57:00 +0000

"Old Friends"
The team prepares to head to the megastructure and enter the rupture into fluidic space, but tensions still remain. They dive in to find the lost crew, but face a dangerous foe and a lost relic of another age.

Shared Hearth Open Gaming Weekend https://openhearthgaming.com/shared-hearth (Oct 2 to Oct 5 2025)

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DCn6M7P25g ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Tempest: STA 2e S4

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 15:50:00 +0000

"Hunters of Old PT 2"
The crew of the Tempest discover that some kind of creature has destroyed the transport and may be heading towards more populated space. They follow the trail to a now-destroyed monitoring station where they're set upon by another also pursing their quarry. Now the ship must decide how they will handle this mission, as former officers begin to push their own agenda.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2a12h96iAg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Tempest: STA 2e S3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 15:46:00 +0000

"Hunters of Old PT 1"
The Tempest is tasked with taking three veterans of the Federation-Klingon War to an anniversary ceremony. All three served on the Tempest and all have tangled histories with present members of the crew. But when the ship is diverted to look into a missing cargo transport, the situation becomes more complicated and old grudges rear their head.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBvjTicQS_8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands session 34

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 02:34:00 +0000

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands, the caravan met the astral lizard-inhabited shell of the Rebuilder, commissioned a new one from the ancient autofac below, and forged a new body for Adoron before returning to Red Bear.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t__PNK0SlzQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

A Throne of Hollow Feathers, a Trophy Gold one-shot for Shared Hearth 2025

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 17:30:00 +0000

The King of Otwan demands the retrieval of his daughter from a failed sacrifice ritual - the adventurers are tasked with this mission, and if they find treasure along the way and possibly earn the princess's hand in this rescue, so be it...
This game was played for the Shared Hearth online gaming event https://openhearthgaming.com/shared-hearth and follows the Open Hearth Community Code of Conduct. https://openhearthgaming.com/code-of-conduct

A Throne of Hollow Feathers by Amanda Mullins is a one-shot incursion written for Appendix N Jam using Trophy Gold rules. https://iamatrex.itch.io/a-throne-of-hollow-feathers
Trophy Gold is a roleplaying game about a group of obsessive treasure-hunters entering the haunted and forgotten places of the world, seeking great riches in a desperate bid to stay alive. https://trophyrpg.com

Ifori, the Lamb/Impeached Official - Tea-amat
Elisio, the Poet/Escaped Cultist - Sabine
Laro, the Naturalist/Errant Knight - Dom
The Keeper - Madelancholy

Recorded on October 3, 2025

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYI710_5OHA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Toffet Station

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 09:27:00 +0000

Mercury Orbit, 2188

An underfunded and overworked research team aboard the United Mining and Development observation and research facility. Stretched to their limits, so close to a breakthrough they can taste it. A single terrible mishap precipitates the end of the crew, the station, and their precious research. Some may survive, but not without great sacrifice. As Toffet Station breaks apart, the rest find only ruin, delirium, and the burning cold of the void.

In the end, was it all worth it?

***

Toffet Station is a storytelling game about the inevitable descent of a United Mining and Development observation and research facility orbiting Mercury in 2188, and the regrettably unavoidable fates of its research team. A terrible mishap will mean the end of the crew, the station, and their work.

The project is overtasked and underfunded, stretched to the limits of safety and reason, and so close to a breakthrough they can taste it. Toffet station is a dark, lyrical science fiction game set in the not-too-distant future about people pushing themselves too far.

Toffet Station runs on the Desperation Engine by Bully Pulpit Games.
It is by Marc Majcher and is available here
https://majcher.itch.io/toffet-station

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth #SharedHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMUzChMnM6E ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Batman: The Final Rogue - Shared Hearth - 2025-10-05

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 18:37:00 +0000

Mike Ferdinando facilitates the GM-less story-game "Batman: The Final Rogue" for Blake and Tea. A dozen villains from Gotham City's "rogues gallery" assemble on the night of the Gotham Museum Gala to pull off the crime of the century! But Batman puts a stop to it and captures all but one: The Final Rogue!

Our villains: Black Mask, Captain Cold, Catwoman, Harley Quinn, Inque, Kite Man, Man-Bat, The Penguin, Poison Ivy, Rat Catcher, The Riddler, and The Weather Wizard

This game is a drift of the classic story-game "The Final Girl" by Brett Gillian.

0:00 - Introductions
6:28 - CATS and safety discussion
21:51 - Rules Overview
36:09 - Character Creation
42:33 - Scene 1 (Introduction) - Penguin's Lair
52:58 - Scene 2 (Introduction) - The Riddler's Helicopter
58:58 - Scene 3 (Introduction) - Fake Security Van
1:05:05 - Scene 4 (First Blood) - The Gala Ballroom
1:15:01 - Scene 5 (Standard) - Statuary Hall
1:33:56 - Scene 7 (Standard) - Hall of Minerals
1:43:40 - Scene 8 (standard) - Hall of Automobiles
1:53:16 - Scene 9 (Standard) - Portrait Gallery
2:06:03 - Scene 10 (Standard) - Special Exhibit of Rare Books
2:15:12 - Scene 11 (Standard) - Loading Dock
2:21:27 - Scene 12 (Endgame) - Batmobile Chase!
2:28:55 - Scene 13 - Epliogue
2:31:00 - Stars & Wishes

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlSJmkEYQA4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

R'lyehwatch: Yacht Shock - Shared Hearth - 2025-10-04

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 19:22:00 +0000

GM Mike Ferdinando runs a one-shot of R'lyehwatch for Dominik, Guy, Peter, and Steph for Open Hearth Gaming's Shared Hearth annual online convention. Four professional lifeguards head out to the scene of a fire aboard fading yacht rock star Eric Zahn's pleasure-boat... only to find that Zahn is up to something very fishy!

0:00 - Introductions
9:48 - CATS and Safety
23:45 - Rules Overview & Character Creation
34:08 - Character Introduction
39:35 - Scene 1: Just Another Day at the Beach
1:01:17 - Scene 2: Boating Accident!
1:32:44 - Scene 3: Permission To Board—Denied!
2:03:32 - Scene 4: Non-Euclidean Dance Floor
2:23:51 - Scene 5: Ritual Sacrifice For Dummies
2:52:25 - Scene 6: Escape From New Yacht
3:08:10 - Stars & Wishes

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCMnz0fzzgI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Trophy Dark: Isle of Water and Blood - Shared Hearth - 2025-10-03

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 17:31:00 +0000

GM Mike Ferdinando runs a one-shot of Trophy Dark: Isle of Water and Blood for Elizabeth, Jeremiah, Mint, and Neal. In 1902, a group of dilettante occultists assemble on a tiny rocky island off the coast of New Hampshire to perform an arcane ritual they only think they understand.

0:00 - Introductions
9:12 - CATS & Safety Discussion
26:10 - Rules Overview
41:20 - Character Creation
52:37 - Character Introduction
1:08:52 - Ring 1: Portsmouth Harbor
1:30:28 - Ring 2: The Storm
2:10:24 - Ring 3: Smuttynose Island & the Mid-Ocean House
2:24:57 - Ring 4: The Ritual
3:02:04 - Ring 5: Kulshedra Ascendant
3:30:55 - Debrief: Stars & Wishes

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC2oQnSOmo4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Alien Dark 2E - SHARED HEARTH Oct 2025

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 10:30:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a one-shot of the 2nd Edition of his own game, Alien Dark (https://gallusgames.itch.io/alien-dark).
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community's 'Shared Hearth' weekend (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Lieutenant Cain, Corporal 'Murph' Murphy, PFC Gibson and the rest of their marine squad race back to base accompanied by Esther Skye, a Borgia Industries Rep. There's a UPP attack group in orbit and a general evacuation is in progress. When they are drawn into a fire-fight they also find evidence of 'something else'. Initially that 'something' costs them their APC and their Squad Synthetic but when they get back to their base 'something' is on the loose. There's evidence of horrific violence, difficult choices, and a possible route off planet ... before damaged containment tanks and competing objectives surface and it all goes to shit ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56bJxh23JAs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Shared Hearth 2025 - Lovecraftesque - We Serve and Protect

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 18:09:00 +0000

It's Chicago, 1968. A protester at the DNC is thrown into a police jail cell. It gets worse from there.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol6PucxhsM4

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Cluster - SHARED HEARTH Oct 2025

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 11:10:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a one-shot of 'The Cluster', his own PbtA space opera game.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community's (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) Shared Hearth open online convention weekend using our online Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...) ...
We meet Hawthorne, still cleaving to his homeworld's utopian ideals, but with his slightly dodgy history; Mel, a charismatic mercenary who originated in a star system of rocks with dangerously eccentric orbits that have driven her society into over-crowded bunkers; Dr Banner, born into a society that keeps its distance from the rest of the Cluster, who left when his natural talent led to a request he couldn't agree to; and Cage, the ship's Engineeer, brought up in an orbital around one of several uninhabitable 'demon worlds'.
As they seek to fulfil a salvage contract Hawthorne's risk analysis proves 'unreliable' until he takes the ultimate risk and pulls it off, supported by Mel's no nonsense approach to a bunch of pirates. Meanwhile, Dr Banner's endless curiosity often puts him in difficulties until he spots the shortest route to their objective; and Cage is, often literally, the Crew's anchor ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eac2536GKYE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Shared Hearth 2025 Zombie Cinema

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 03:01:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eXmYLFOsuA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apocalypse Keys - The First Door (Shared Hearth 2025, Thursday)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 18:23:00 +0000

Apocalypse Keys as played at the Shared Hearth 2025 (Thursday, 2 Oct. 2025)

Four DIVISION agents try to find and close the First Door and find their personal hell.
It's a bit Hellboy, it's a bit Stalker.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYrj36ZsPM4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - The Haunted Roadside Diner

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 20:07:00 +0000

Ava the sceptic and Quincey the true believer drive into Silent Falls; one returning home to disprove the nonsense and the other going to a place they've never been to find proof.
A sign near a field of corn is what they seek but they will be changed by what they find there...

*****

Everyone's heard at least one piece of urban folklore - the sharp bend in the road, the things that hide in the endless cornfields, the haunted bridges, the phantom hitchhikers.

The Haunted Roadside Diner is about when the urban legend becomes horribly and uncomfortably adjacent. When the audience of a good old spooky story realises that what was propping up the entertainment value is the cheery reassurance that it won't happen to them.

It is a GM-less TTRPG for 2-5 players in which you play a group of urban legend enthusiasts driving along a desolate stretch of highway in search of some supernatural excitement or uncanny anomaly.

Will it ends in a cautionary tale about hubris? A vignette about humanity's brush with the unknowable? It is up to you.

The Haunted Roadside Diner is by Yanahn and is available here https://yanahn.itch.io/the-haunted-roadside-diner

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAtllZyKfMA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands session 33

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 02:48:00 +0000

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands: the caravan crossed the Skybridge with a ghostly tollkeeper, dodged temporal tomb domes, felled a dire beaver, reached the Rose Towers, and watched their six-day cycle—until a scarlet four-armed giant awoke and asked Adoron, “Why are you here?”

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H08swFhx4OM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Rapscallion 11

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 16:59:00 +0000

The Imperial Navy has been hot on your trail for weeks. The Pirate Kings of the Free Worlds want your head after you pulled off a heist that... ahem, relieved them of a sizable amount of treasure. You know you should feel worried, but all you see - looking out of the viewscreen of your starship - is the wonders of deep space. You can’t imagine feeling freer.

Your crew might be a strange group—and you can’t say that you trust them completely—but at a moment’s notice, they’re ready to fly through dangerous House territories or scale a Tapani noble’s castle walls. Pirates, through and through. Each of them is ready for anything.

And you’ve got secrets of your own! Perhaps you are an escaped noble, fleeing from the burden of responsibilities. Or maybe a mechanical construct, given life by a cruel master. Either way, it’s fair to say that the night-black void orb you acquired at the last port may have an effect on your health.

No matter. There are adventures to be had and treasure to plunder. Fly on, me ‘earties! Yo ho!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFg6SbSMctg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apocalypse Keys Quarterly Session 7 - Pigs are Creatures too (Weep Your Hands Clean Pt. 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 12:27:00 +0000

Lady Baptiste and Virtus work a crime scene while Rhydion unleashes her powers to help the downtrodden. Also: Movie magic!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIaJ_cMvDuw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apocalypse Keys Quarterly Session 8- The Girl With the Polaroid (Weep Your Hands Clean Pt. 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 11:47:00 +0000

This week, Lady Baptiste learns about her ultimate destiny. Rhydion learns about their past. Virtus learns about his weakness. All of them learn about a young girl who is missing the most precious thing.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKw_wEqnMvw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Two Summers (11 of 11)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 18:06:00 +0000

Having recovered Jeremiah from the Oak tree in the woods, it's time for all to take stock and look to the future...

*****

Two Summers is a game of sunny adventures and light drama across two timelines by Côme Martin. We'll be using the supplement Other Summers - which means that our adventures will have less sunshine (as befits Silent Falls).

In this game, players take the role of characters living an adventure during two different time periods, freely alternating between adolescence and adulthood. These are light adventures, meaning people can get scared and suffer from sentimental pitfalls but any violent or socially heavy situations should be avoided if possible. Finally, this is a game with no supernatural elements, so as to better appreciate the hidden treasures of mundane summers!

You'll like this game if you enjoy light drama, sunny adventures and good-hearted nostalgia! Its diceless system is deliberately very simple: you can explain it in a few minutes and its summary fits on a single page, so as to better put a greater emphasis on storytelling and roleplaying.

Two Summers is by Côme Martin and is available here https://comemartin.itch.io/two-summers

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRu3zCJ5cUI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands session 32

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 02:22:00 +0000

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands: Adoron gained a new body, the caravan crossed the Ferry Graves and claimed a wicker auto wagon, Skelly marked it as his hallmark, Phaedred mastered Ectoplasmic Entanglement, and in the Gall Grass they communed with its vast hive-mind.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO487im10A0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Rapscallion 10

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 18:24:00 +0000

The Imperial Navy has been hot on your trail for weeks. The Pirate Kings of the Free Worlds want your head after you pulled off a heist that... ahem, relieved them of a sizable amount of treasure. You know you should feel worried, but all you see - looking out of the viewscreen of your starship - is the wonders of deep space. You can’t imagine feeling freer.

Your crew might be a strange group—and you can’t say that you trust them completely—but at a moment’s notice, they’re ready to fly through dangerous House territories or scale a Tapani noble’s castle walls. Pirates, through and through. Each of them is ready for anything.

And you’ve got secrets of your own! Perhaps you are an escaped noble, fleeing from the burden of responsibilities. Or maybe a mechanical construct, given life by a cruel master. Either way, it’s fair to say that the night-black void orb you acquired at the last port may have an effect on your health.

No matter. There are adventures to be had and treasure to plunder. Fly on, me ‘earties! Yo ho!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaPYZN--dps ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Two Summers (10 of 11)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 19:31:00 +0000

Remy finally gets around to deliver that secretive package to Jenny Monteiro, but once again the Laundromat delivers in the mystery stakes and Kira bites off more than she can chew upstairs...Terry returns to the Diner to hear the long-feared news from Aunt Monica.

Back to the present, all of the friends search the State Park for the missing Jeremiah, returning to the strange grove they had their mushroom-fuelled trip in!

*****

Two Summers is a game of sunny adventures and light drama across two timelines by Côme Martin. We'll be using the supplement Other Summers - which means that our adventures will have less sunshine (as befits Silent Falls).

In this game, players take the role of characters living an adventure during two different time periods, freely alternating between adolescence and adulthood. These are light adventures, meaning people can get scared and suffer from sentimental pitfalls but any violent or socially heavy situations should be avoided if possible. Finally, this is a game with no supernatural elements, so as to better appreciate the hidden treasures of mundane summers!

You'll like this game if you enjoy light drama, sunny adventures and good-hearted nostalgia! Its diceless system is deliberately very simple: you can explain it in a few minutes and its summary fits on a single page, so as to better put a greater emphasis on storytelling and roleplaying.

Two Summers is by Côme Martin and is available here https://comemartin.itch.io/two-summers

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKPxfUr8HUc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands session 31

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 02:28:00 +0000

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands, the caravan seated Adoron's personality crystal into their new maintenance body, explored some alternate Moon River crossings, fought off some feral fetishes on the way to the Glass Bridge, and started sniffing around Red Bear Village.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdOtynU7eWE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Rapscallion 09

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 17:36:00 +0000

The Imperial Navy has been hot on your trail for weeks. The Pirate Kings of the Free Worlds want your head after you pulled off a heist that... ahem, relieved them of a sizable amount of treasure. You know you should feel worried, but all you see - looking out of the viewscreen of your starship - is the wonders of deep space. You can’t imagine feeling freer.

Your crew might be a strange group—and you can’t say that you trust them completely—but at a moment’s notice, they’re ready to fly through dangerous House territories or scale a Tapani noble’s castle walls. Pirates, through and through. Each of them is ready for anything.

And you’ve got secrets of your own! Perhaps you are an escaped noble, fleeing from the burden of responsibilities. Or maybe a mechanical construct, given life by a cruel master. Either way, it’s fair to say that the night-black void orb you acquired at the last port may have an effect on your health.

No matter. There are adventures to be had and treasure to plunder. Fly on, me ‘earties! Yo ho!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajN_PeHB6Yg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Rapscallion: Sea of Falling Stars (S5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 21:18:00 +0000

The Star Seeker begins its hunt for the Iron Aegis, aided by a former member of her crew. We see something of the journey-- tensions, alliances, interactions, and dressing downs. Along the way they spot a wonder, but opt for discretion when they get a look at the web-cover ruins risen from the waves. They finally reach their target, Captain Susanto's vessel, which lies at anchor at a small island...

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fFA1GG4zrw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Tempest: STA 2e S2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 12:19:00 +0000

"Hearts of Stone"
Our XO is introduced and heads down to Rikyu to try to gather information from the governor and their staff, while the Chief Medical Officer works triage on those injured by the beast's attack. Meanwhile our Captain gets his hands dirty in engineering, until the science team uncovers details on the monsters from Star Fleet records. The situation becomes more dire as the crew press forward with their investigations, and betrayals lead to deadly encounters.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4MlxRmyASA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Two Summers (9 of 11)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 18:02:00 +0000

Back in their teenage years, Remy and Terry look for the missing stash to deliver to Jenny. Jeremiah sees a strange figure looking at him at baseball practice, but she disappears when Julian Monteiro arrives; and another curveball is thrown when Jeremiah's friends are invited to a dinner at the mansion where untold dangers await them...

*****

Two Summers is a game of sunny adventures and light drama across two timelines by Côme Martin. We'll be using the supplement Other Summers - which means that our adventures will have less sunshine (as befits Silent Falls).

In this game, players take the role of characters living an adventure during two different time periods, freely alternating between adolescence and adulthood. These are light adventures, meaning people can get scared and suffer from sentimental pitfalls but any violent or socially heavy situations should be avoided if possible. Finally, this is a game with no supernatural elements, so as to better appreciate the hidden treasures of mundane summers!

You'll like this game if you enjoy light drama, sunny adventures and good-hearted nostalgia! Its diceless system is deliberately very simple: you can explain it in a few minutes and its summary fits on a single page, so as to better put a greater emphasis on storytelling and roleplaying.

Two Summers is by Côme Martin and is available here https://comemartin.itch.io/two-summers

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iv-J9HKWTQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands session 30

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 02:28:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zwx2iO3GBc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Adventures 2e: Eschaton Station S7

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 01:32:00 +0000

"Old Friends"
Kyl is confronted by the arrival of a fellow Trill, Syzree Nen, one of the oldest symbiotes in existence. But Nen calls in an old promise in order to gain sanctuary, putting him at odds with Security Chief Scilla. Meanwhile Gop has a strange encounter with the ISC Ambassador. With Nen on the run, Kyl is contacted by Bontali who has her own agenda regarding the fugitive. But that is all put on hold as an anomaly appears at the alien Megastructure...

Shared Hearth Open Gaming Weekend https://openhearthgaming.com/shared-hearth (Oct 2 to Oct 5 2025)

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT2tPPoJRFo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS MACE Corps 01

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 01:10:00 +0000

M.A.C.E. - Mission Adaptive Combat Ensemble

A S.H.I.E.L.D. special ops team built from the best of the best from around the world. These soldiers will be deployed against supervillain and alien threats, and to rise to the occasion, they will have limited access to superpowers to fight the good fight!

Utilizing the Harvest protocol, M.A.C.E. team members will have limited access to a variety of metahuman abilities. However, the stress of these powers will take a toll on their bodies and minds. It's all in a day's work for our heroes!

-----------------------------------

TLDR: Play GI Joe-styled regular-human soldiers from around the world who are recruited to go ham on supervillains and aliens using powers that will eventually kill them.

"It's better to burn out than FADE AWAY!"

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Tby9ao3-Ow ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Rapscallion 08

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 19:19:00 +0000

The Imperial Navy has been hot on your trail for weeks. The Pirate Kings of the Free Worlds want your head after you pulled off a heist that... ahem, relieved them of a sizable amount of treasure. You know you should feel worried, but all you see - looking out of the viewscreen of your starship - is the wonders of deep space. You can’t imagine feeling freer.

Your crew might be a strange group—and you can’t say that you trust them completely—but at a moment’s notice, they’re ready to fly through dangerous House territories or scale a Tapani noble’s castle walls. Pirates, through and through. Each of them is ready for anything.

And you’ve got secrets of your own! Perhaps you are an escaped noble, fleeing from the burden of responsibilities. Or maybe a mechanical construct, given life by a cruel master. Either way, it’s fair to say that the night-black void orb you acquired at the last port may have an effect on your health.

No matter. There are adventures to be had and treasure to plunder. Fly on, me ‘earties! Yo ho!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4iLhWHDAMk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apocalypse Keys Quarterly Session 6 - Hotel Cinco, Albuquerque, NM (Weep Your Hands Clean Pt. 1)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 12:57:00 +0000

Lady Baptiste takes a rest after a very taxing transatlantic flight. Rhydian meets with an old friend and they visit a swanky bar, meet new faces and cause some drama.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4HR_oJSwJo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Two Summers (8 of 11)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 17:09:00 +0000

As adults, Kira & Terry meet up to check out the recording studio that Jeremiah has told them he's thinking of buying - there they find some signs that everything is not what they seem.
Meanwhile Jeremiah calls in on Lorraine Briarwood, to have a difficult conversation that's been put off for too long.

*****

Two Summers is a game of sunny adventures and light drama across two timelines by Côme Martin. We'll be using the supplement Other Summers - which means that our adventures will have less sunshine (as befits Silent Falls).

In this game, players take the role of characters living an adventure during two different time periods, freely alternating between adolescence and adulthood. These are light adventures, meaning people can get scared and suffer from sentimental pitfalls but any violent or socially heavy situations should be avoided if possible. Finally, this is a game with no supernatural elements, so as to better appreciate the hidden treasures of mundane summers!

You'll like this game if you enjoy light drama, sunny adventures and good-hearted nostalgia! Its diceless system is deliberately very simple: you can explain it in a few minutes and its summary fits on a single page, so as to better put a greater emphasis on storytelling and roleplaying.

Two Summers is by Côme Martin and is available here https://comemartin.itch.io/two-summers

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXhCgw2LFCo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Tempest: STA 2e S1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 14:11:00 +0000

"Hearts of Stone"
We do the session zero for the crew of the USS Tempest, a Constitution-class starship operating in the late TOS era. A distress call from a Saurian colony brings the vessel into conflict with a foe of colossal proportions. Can they figure out a solution which maintains Star Fleet's orders and preserves lives?

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jjYqmGn23g ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands Session 29

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 02:05:00 +0000

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands, the caravan picked up a new member—a fresh skeleton/necromancer with some heat on their tail, fast traveled back to the new Restful Pines outpost, and started making plans for their next leg of spring travel.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlP30RKaml0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Rapscallion 07

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 19:02:00 +0000

The Imperial Navy has been hot on your trail for weeks. The Pirate Kings of the Free Worlds want your head after you pulled off a heist that... ahem, relieved them of a sizable amount of treasure. You know you should feel worried, but all you see - looking out of the viewscreen of your starship - is the wonders of deep space. You can’t imagine feeling freer.

Your crew might be a strange group—and you can’t say that you trust them completely—but at a moment’s notice, they’re ready to fly through dangerous House territories or scale a Tapani noble’s castle walls. Pirates, through and through. Each of them is ready for anything.

And you’ve got secrets of your own! Perhaps you are an escaped noble, fleeing from the burden of responsibilities. Or maybe a mechanical construct, given life by a cruel master. Either way, it’s fair to say that the night-black void orb you acquired at the last port may have an effect on your health.

No matter. There are adventures to be had and treasure to plunder. Fly on, me ‘earties! Yo ho!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6292DQldBo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apocalypse Keys Quarterly Session 5 - Torn Apart (Til We Have Faces, Pt. 5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 15:01:00 +0000

Learn how to run and play Apocalypse Keys.

In this episode, Lady Baptiste and Rhydian face Father Morata. Lord Oberyn and the Hound have to deal with sudden life-altering changes and the good Father comes apart under the light of two moons.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTQDDVTmaMw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

A Modern Prometheus

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 06:18:00 +0000

The Scientist Dr. Zotak and her Creation lock eyes aboard Deep Space 19.
Dr. Zotak does not know what carnage, what chaos it might unleash on the quadrant - she fears it for that.
Her creation did not want to be this, and was not made with their consent - it hates her for it.

*****

A Modern Prometheus is a gothic horror roleplaying game for 2 players based on the Mobile Frame Zero: Firebrands framework by D. Vincent Baker and Meguey Baker (Lumpley Games).

Players take on the role of a scientist dabbling with dark forces at the edge of the natural sciences, and the creation that they bring to life as a consequence. Together, you and your partner will discover through play who is human, and who is monstrous.

A Modern Prometheus is by Mitch Salmon and is available here https://mqsalmon.itch.io/prometheus

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqGdn35EHTY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Rapscallion: Sea of Falling Stars (S4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 04:26:00 +0000

The ship arrives at the Harpy mining island and makes a discovery about its supernatural origins. While the Captain and Cass go to negotiate with the Harpy leader for an enslaved contact, Nonius and Vern are sent out to recon the area. But their own instincts and vices lead them into trouble, bringing the fury of the Harpy garrison down on them and forcing a rescue by an unlikely ally.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y65zAlJA-jQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands Session 28

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 02:59:00 +0000

This week in Ultraviolet Grasslands, the caravan passed some winter months in the Last Serai doing research with the Satraps, learning to fight and kiss, incorporating a fallen comrade's bones into a new outpost, wheeling and dealing, and figuring out what to do with new revelations about Adoron's previous life and their current crystalline state.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id02OQfTpYc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Adventures 2e: Eschaton Station S6

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 22:48:00 +0000

"Visitations"
Kyl returns from the megastructure to find big changes aboard the station. As our Security Chief proctors an exam, the protagonists begin to notice a rising tide of anomalies. They race against time to solve the mystery before it engulfs all of Eschaton.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKr6v80Z-ZY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Rapscallion 06

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 20:38:00 +0000

The Imperial Navy has been hot on your trail for weeks. The Pirate Kings of the Free Worlds want your head after you pulled off a heist that... ahem, relieved them of a sizable amount of treasure. You know you should feel worried, but all you see - looking out of the viewscreen of your starship - is the wonders of deep space. You can’t imagine feeling freer.

Your crew might be a strange group—and you can’t say that you trust them completely—but at a moment’s notice, they’re ready to fly through dangerous House territories or scale a Tapani noble’s castle walls. Pirates, through and through. Each of them is ready for anything.

And you’ve got secrets of your own! Perhaps you are an escaped noble, fleeing from the burden of responsibilities. Or maybe a mechanical construct, given life by a cruel master. Either way, it’s fair to say that the night-black void orb you acquired at the last port may have an effect on your health.

No matter. There are adventures to be had and treasure to plunder. Fly on, me ‘earties! Yo ho!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTCeBcGQ-4Q ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Rapscallion: Sea of Falling Stars (S3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 18:02:00 +0000

Before leaving port to pursue their quarry, the crew splits up to track down leads and recruit assistance. The Captain meets and old comrade and rescues them from a dangerous situation. But Cole find a source, vampiric and dangerous, who offers them a lead. After a rough introduction, the ship sets sail for a Harpy mining colony, but a chance rescue on the high seas leads to a major opportunity.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gizjXiRORIQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Rapscallion 05

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 17:49:00 +0000

The Imperial Navy has been hot on your trail for weeks. The Pirate Kings of the Free Worlds want your head after you pulled off a heist that... ahem, relieved them of a sizable amount of treasure. You know you should feel worried, but all you see - looking out of the viewscreen of your starship - is the wonders of deep space. You can’t imagine feeling freer.

Your crew might be a strange group—and you can’t say that you trust them completely—but at a moment’s notice, they’re ready to fly through dangerous House territories or scale a Tapani noble’s castle walls. Pirates, through and through. Each of them is ready for anything.

And you’ve got secrets of your own! Perhaps you are an escaped noble, fleeing from the burden of responsibilities. Or maybe a mechanical construct, given life by a cruel master. Either way, it’s fair to say that the night-black void orb you acquired at the last port may have an effect on your health.

No matter. There are adventures to be had and treasure to plunder. Fly on, me ‘earties! Yo ho!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTQKLbHkhbo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Session 4 - Father Morata (Til We Have Faces, Pt. 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 12:30:00 +0000

Lady Baptiste and Rhydian have a heart-to-heart at the bar and go to the university to break into Father Morata's office where they come to surprising conclusions.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2xYMEvAfGo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands session 27

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 02:39:00 +0000

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands, the caravan took out a sizable loan from the Butcher Bank to expand their operations, began the trek back to the Last Serai before winter sets in, and Adoron channeled the Rebuilder to disintegrate a band of necromancer highwaymen... and themselves!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkHHa4oYI_I ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Adventures 2e: Eschaton Station S5

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 23:26:00 +0000

"Visitations"
Gop greets a fellow Ferengi with a business proposition. Asha deals with an exile's feelings. Scilla has to deal with questions of family. As they interact with one another and the personnel of the station, in the background a disturbing threat begins to emerge...

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEXvBiuEZxQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Dungeon World 2 one shot 20250809

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 21:58:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp8DFWZiLj4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apocalypse Keys Quarterly Session 3 - Lord Oberyn (Til We Have Faces, Pt. 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 13:07:00 +0000

Learn how to run Apocalypse Keys.
Join our Community at: https://openhearthgaming.com/

In this episode, Lady Baptiste and Rhydian fight Dormach, the Hound and encounter her (and Rhydian's?) master Oberyn, Lord of the Fey, a himbo with splendorous stage presence. Also: Lady Baptiste starts a bar fight and buys shady seeds.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X6HOCb3wRw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Broken

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 10:36:00 +0000

Casey & Fran are witches in an established coven and as they joined and gained experience they fell in love. This is the story of how their relationship ended...

Broken is a tabletop roleplaying game of tragic romance for two players about broken objects and broken hearts. Create two characters in a relationship and over the course of ten scenes, you will explore the ways in which the things you loved about each other crack until everything about your relationship is broken--including the ten real-life, physical objects you will break over the game's ten scenes.

In Broken, the relationship will always end. Although the tragic conclusion is inevitable, there is endless potential for healing and self-discovery along the way.

Broken is an emotionally deep game that explores themes of memory, identity, and loss. Broken is also full of empathy-building, hope, and healing. Broken is a game that recreates the raw, visceral experience of going through a break-up along with the catharsis of smashing objects, all while telling a beautiful story along the way.

Broken is by Ben Wallis and is available here https://thatgamerpriest.itch.io/broken

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XscMibxWHo4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

GONCHAROV (1973)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 06:32:00 +0000

Naples. Winter of 1972. A stranger has arrived, shrouded in rumors and cigarette smoke. A Russian. An assassin. An enigma. He carries a broken pocket watch and a reliable Soviet-make hand pistol. A lost love, not his wife, weighs heavy in his memory like concrete tied to a sinking corpse. His name is Goncharov and he brings with him upheaval like the city has never seen.

Winter. Naples. 1972. The stage for the greatest mafia movie ever made.

This is a GM-less rpg for 3-7 players written to emulate the 1973 mafia film Goncharov (which may or may not exist.)

This game uses the Firebrands system (credit to Meguey Baker & D. Vincent Baker) to set up 13 evocative mini-games which can be played in any order to create your own perfect collection of powerful, tragic mafia film scenes.

Goncharov is by shoulderfins and is available here https://shoulderfins.itch.io/goncharov-the-rpg

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUSqP2NtsZk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Rapscallion 04

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 17:38:00 +0000

The Imperial Navy has been hot on your trail for weeks. The Pirate Kings of the Free Worlds want your head after you pulled off a heist that... ahem, relieved them of a sizable amount of treasure. You know you should feel worried, but all you see - looking out of the viewscreen of your starship - is the wonders of deep space. You can’t imagine feeling freer.

Your crew might be a strange group—and you can’t say that you trust them completely—but at a moment’s notice, they’re ready to fly through dangerous House territories or scale a Tapani noble’s castle walls. Pirates, through and through. Each of them is ready for anything.

And you’ve got secrets of your own! Perhaps you are an escaped noble, fleeing from the burden of responsibilities. Or maybe a mechanical construct, given life by a cruel master. Either way, it’s fair to say that the night-black void orb you acquired at the last port may have an effect on your health.

No matter. There are adventures to be had and treasure to plunder. Fly on, me ‘earties! Yo ho!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfVZGpSpe_Y ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Rapscallion: Sea of Falling Stars (S2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 03:46:00 +0000

The ship arrives at Kosret Landing, crossroads of the ocean. The Captain spends from his treasure to give his crew more recreation time. Vern looks to find out more about the whirlpool. Cass tries to figure out how to gift The Pearl to his beloved. Nonius speaks with his lover, Death. Captain Humayun works to enjoy himself and recover his reputation. Then they catch wind of a quest involving the Oracle's missing face...

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAkraI6k0s0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands session 26

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 02:37:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6-dGsxnSOc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Adventures 2e: Eschaton Station S4

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 13:14:00 +0000

"Pressures"
The station gets some new personnel, including a transfer from the Kintsugi. Bontali meets with the Lyran ambassador, while Kyl works to shuffle around the scientific assignments. Gob's work on the roundabout leads to another watery incident. The protagonists begin to follow up that mystery from different directions-- leading to the discovery of a dangerous contraband.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeF3_syUoAc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Rapscallion 03

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 18:28:00 +0000

The Imperial Navy has been hot on your trail for weeks. The Pirate Kings of the Free Worlds want your head after you pulled off a heist that... ahem, relieved them of a sizable amount of treasure. You know you should feel worried, but all you see - looking out of the viewscreen of your starship - is the wonders of deep space. You can’t imagine feeling freer.

Your crew might be a strange group—and you can’t say that you trust them completely—but at a moment’s notice, they’re ready to fly through dangerous House territories or scale a Tapani noble’s castle walls. Pirates, through and through. Each of them is ready for anything.

And you’ve got secrets of your own! Perhaps you are an escaped noble, fleeing from the burden of responsibilities. Or maybe a mechanical construct, given life by a cruel master. Either way, it’s fair to say that the night-black void orb you acquired at the last port may have an effect on your health.

No matter. There are adventures to be had and treasure to plunder. Fly on, me ‘earties! Yo ho!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9m1bCRVSsE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apocalypse Keys Quarterly Session 2 - Misty Summer Shower (Until We Have Faces Pt. 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 10:03:00 +0000

Learn how to run Apocalypse Keys.
Join our Community at: https://openhearthgaming.com/

In this episode, Lady Baptiste goes to the library, reads a figure of authority to filth and has shower talk with a Returner.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH1yuPpQq-0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Action Movie World 05 - Cosmic Crisis

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 05:08:00 +0000

Part five of a series of Action Movie World.

In the final of Cosmic Crisis: Four Against the Void, the group escapes and tries to put together a device that will seal away the Zha-kul forever. They need two things: a rare trilithium conduit which they believe they can find on board the Zha-Kul flagship, and a companion from Professor Rand's past who can be found in the devastation left by previous Zha-Kul attack. A wretched hive of scum and villainy called Threnody.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearth...

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rekFANxH4DA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Scions v5 (4/4): The Kyros War

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 16:13:00 +0000

The fourth session of a four session campaign of the Scions, as part of the Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/).

The Scions is a hack of the Paragon System developed by Kieron Gillen, allows you to basically do your own Horus Hersey at home.

Music track: LOUD by Aylex
Source: https://freetouse.com/music
Music for Videos (Free Download)

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhVpATdmAC8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Rapscallion: Sea of Falling Stars (S1)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 04:06:00 +0000

Following on from last time's session zero, we handle map-building for the first part of the session. Then we visit our ship at sea, having staved off the attack from a Dire Gull. But as they recover they find themselves in a mysterious fog bank, leading to a chilly encounter...

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inA7wxy2MYY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Bump in the Dark: How the Light Gets in (13 of 13)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 20:56:00 +0000

Victor has an unpleasant revelation from his grandfather, with Enoch looking on and suddenly feeling very vulnerable.
Having faced down the protestors at the library, Jemma unleashed something that opens Elias' eyes to the real supernatural force in town.

But the Pact hatch a plan to solve this curse that's unveiling itself, before it claims more lives...

*****

Thrilling, gritty, and utterly human, Bump in the Dark is a tabletop roleplaying game about a group of people who’ve dedicated their lives to hunting and dealing with monsters. There are gruesome attacks, tense investigations, nasty cryptids, nefarious factions, powerful demons, action-packed showdowns, and regular folk caught in the middle.

Bump in the Dark is a Forged in the Dark game by Jex Thomas and is available here
https://jexjthomas.itch.io/bump-in-the-dark

How the Light Gets In is a hunt for Bump in the Dark, also by Jex Thomas and it's is available here
https://jexjthomas.itch.io/how-the-light-gets-in

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI_ufXtNuYU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands session 25

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 02:41:00 +0000

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands, our caravan made its way back to the Behemoth Shell, evading dark riders, witnessing the circle of life near Fallen Umber, learning more about the demiurges, and receiving strange "gifts" from the Spectrum Satraps...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iwXNFrKDF4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Adventures 2e: Eschaton Station S3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 22:37:00 +0000

"Pressures"
We see how the crew copes with the changes brought on by the opening of the Tantalus Object. Scilla investigates the reasons behind the Klingon fanatic incident. Kyl welcomes aboard the alien found on the megastructure. Gop navigates her way through the Engineering department. And Bontali draws on her contacts to find solutions for problems plaguing the the station. But one of those solutions brings new complications with it, leading to the discovery of a strange drowning in space...

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SuQZ8JCaiU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Rapscallion 02

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 18:02:00 +0000

The Imperial Navy has been hot on your trail for weeks. The Pirate Kings of the Free Worlds want your head after you pulled off a heist that... ahem, relieved them of a sizable amount of treasure. You know you should feel worried, but all you see - looking out of the viewscreen of your starship - is the wonders of deep space. You can’t imagine feeling freer.

Your crew might be a strange group—and you can’t say that you trust them completely—but at a moment’s notice, they’re ready to fly through dangerous House territories or scale a Tapani noble’s castle walls. Pirates, through and through. Each of them is ready for anything.

And you’ve got secrets of your own! Perhaps you are an escaped noble, fleeing from the burden of responsibilities. Or maybe a mechanical construct, given life by a cruel master. Either way, it’s fair to say that the night-black void orb you acquired at the last port may have an effect on your health.

No matter. There are adventures to be had and treasure to plunder. Fly on, me ‘earties! Yo ho!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtp-rT3eKd0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Scions v5 (3/4): Throwing Souls Away Willy-Nilly

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 12:57:00 +0000

The second session of a four session campaign of the Scions, as part of the Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/).

The Scions is a hack of the Paragon System developed by Kieron Gillen, allows you to basically do your own Horus Hersey at home.

Music track: LOUD by Aylex
Source: https://freetouse.com/music
Music for Videos (Free Download)

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07ZuN_Hvpk4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apocalypse Keys Quarterly 2025 Session 1 - Till We Have Faces Pt. 1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 12:19:00 +0000

Learn how to run Apocalypse Keys.
Join our Community at: https://openhearthgaming.com/In this episode, our monsters investigate supernatural deaths at Santa Renata Seminary, where people are mysteriously transforming into flower petals. Nia battles monstrous dreams tied to her cursed sword, Rhydian explores painful empathy and primal power, and Lady Baptiste communes with Death to uncover false eyes in a communion basin. A phone call, cursed holy water, and a missing student lost in Barcelona’s ancient catacombs lead the team into a puzzling mystery as the doomsday clock begins to tick.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a65FLznfCM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apocalypse Keys Quarterly 2025 Session 0 - Horrid Paperwork

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 11:31:00 +0000

Learn how to run Apocalypse Keys.
Join our Community at: https://openhearthgaming.com/
Session 0: Safety, Character Creation, Ballroom Scene

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrAhctBJMuc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Action Movie World 04: Vital Organs and Cosmic Crisis

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 07:20:00 +0000

Part four of a series of Action Movie World.

We conclude our fighting tournament film (Vital Organs: Four Against the Storm) with a showdown between our heroes and Athena Ingram, who finally allows her mysterious student to get involved.

Then we begin our final film: Cosmic Crisis: Four Against the Void.

The terrifying Zha-kul arrive at a space station just as the people responsible for bringing them into Stellar Alliance space stumble onto a way to send them back. As the station falls, they escape with an alien defector, and a bartender with a very large gun.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearth...

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiXYeK5Qdmw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Rapscallion: Sea of Falling Stars (Session Zero)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 15:48:00 +0000

We do some set-up, palette defining, faction picking, character creation, and-- of course-- shipbuilding for this new PbtA game of fantasy pirates.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUsnelMcsHo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Bump in the Dark: How the Light Gets in (12 of 13)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 19:15:00 +0000

The Pact circle around past the open cast mine to find a disused entrance that might tell them what's going on; and there they make a strange discovery that could crack this case wide open!
Afterwards, Fitzroy spurs an uncomfortable moment of recollection for Victor that might shed light on his connection with Enoch Briarwood

*****

Thrilling, gritty, and utterly human, Bump in the Dark is a tabletop roleplaying game about a group of people who’ve dedicated their lives to hunting and dealing with monsters. There are gruesome attacks, tense investigations, nasty cryptids, nefarious factions, powerful demons, action-packed showdowns, and regular folk caught in the middle.

Bump in the Dark is a Forged in the Dark game by Jex Thomas and is available here
https://jexjthomas.itch.io/bump-in-the-dark

How the Light Gets In is a hunt for Bump in the Dark, also by Jex Thomas and it's is available here
https://jexjthomas.itch.io/how-the-light-gets-in

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPZvghlpGR8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands session 24

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 02:20:00 +0000

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands, the caravan finished their business at the Last Serai, Newt was mugged in an alley, Modon listened to the woeful tales of an ex-hero, Phaedred tried on a dangerous ultrahelmet, and we met some familiar faces on the road to the Waystone Graveyard.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grv9GitU3EM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Adventures 2e: Eschaton Station S2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 23:40:00 +0000

"Arrival at Eschaton"
The new crew settles into their new roles and learn more about the station, including the chain of command. Lt. Kyl anticipates the first excursion to the Tantalus Object, while Lt. Commander Scilla welcomes the newly arriving ISC emissary. Administrator Miral finally allows a team to board the megastructure, where the begin to touch on the many mysteries of its construction.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3OvHDK54oY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Rapscallion 01

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 18:31:00 +0000

The Imperial Navy has been hot on your trail for weeks. The Pirate Kings of the Free Worlds want your head after you pulled off a heist that... ahem, relieved them of a sizable amount of treasure. You know you should feel worried, but all you see - looking out of the viewscreen of your starship - is the wonders of deep space. You can’t imagine feeling freer.

Your crew might be a strange group—and you can’t say that you trust them completely—but at a moment’s notice, they’re ready to fly through dangerous House territories or scale a Tapani noble’s castle walls. Pirates, through and through. Each of them is ready for anything.

And you’ve got secrets of your own! Perhaps you are an escaped noble, fleeing from the burden of responsibilities. Or maybe a mechanical construct, given life by a cruel master. Either way, it’s fair to say that the night-black void orb you acquired at the last port may have an effect on your health.

No matter. There are adventures to be had and treasure to plunder. Fly on, me ‘earties! Yo ho!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgPz_Ggv6YQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Scions v5 (2/4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:57:00 +0000

The second session of a four session campaign of the Scions, as part of the Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/).

The Scions is a hack of the Paragon System developed by Kieron Gillen, allows you to basically do your own Horus Hersey at home.

Music track: LOUD by Aylex
Source: https://freetouse.com/music
Music for Videos (Free Download)

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW9Qf_jQPS8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Action Movie World 03: Vital Organs, part 1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 05:54:00 +0000

Part three of a series of Action Movie World.

We begin our fighting tournament film - Vital Organs: Four Against the Storm!

Athena "Thunderbolt" Ingram, the self-styled Queen of San Francisco, is back after a 7 year absence. With a cadre of military bodyguards, and a mysterious figure by her side, she sets up a tournament pitting the best the city has to offer against each other.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearth...

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvQG7sSzgNM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sunken Hearts: The Deepening Gulf Session 20 (Finale)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:23:00 +0000

Everything comes to a head at Mr Suit's Superbowl party. All of the Taken are assembled and the group looks to locate and unmask The Widow Mackton and the Hand who has been suborned by an Immortal. But an expected guest brings along an unexpected guest leading to a battle against a Taker which leaves two Courts without a leader...

This is a modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, The Magicians, DIE, isekai, and more.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our podcast channel: https://aroundthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/
Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/
Follow us on https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens
For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97EFpd4tGlo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Adventures 2e: Eschaton Station S1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:03:00 +0000

"Arrival at Eschaton"
We arrive at Starbase 66, Eschaton Station, a once backwater locale now made a center of attention due to the appearance of an orbiting alien megastructure. We work through session zero character and setting building, before we meet our protagonists. Our security and science officer walk us through the station, and then we see two new arrivals and their perspective. The session ends with a fanatical Klingon and a sudden change in The Tantalus Object aka Eschaton Anomaly 23.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9sJrhH5sJI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Bump in the Dark: How the Light Gets in (11 of 13)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 19:59:00 +0000

Two new members of the Pact are introduced: Victor Monteiro the Defector and Elias Faust the Raven. The Pact's connection with Giles brings them news of something 'demonic' in the old Caloma Mines...

*****

Thrilling, gritty, and utterly human, Bump in the Dark is a tabletop roleplaying game about a group of people who’ve dedicated their lives to hunting and dealing with monsters. There are gruesome attacks, tense investigations, nasty cryptids, nefarious factions, powerful demons, action-packed showdowns, and regular folk caught in the middle.

Bump in the Dark is a Forged in the Dark game by Jex Thomas and is available here
https://jexjthomas.itch.io/bump-in-the-dark

How the Light Gets In is a hunt for Bump in the Dark, also by Jex Thomas and it's is available here
https://jexjthomas.itch.io/how-the-light-gets-in

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs4OnMTNqvQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Scions v5 (1/4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 14:14:00 +0000

The opening session of a 4 session campaign of the Scions, as part of the Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/).

The Scions is a hack of the Paragon System developed by Kieron Gillen, allows you to create your own version of the Imperium of Man and its Primarchs, and then proceed to burn it all down from your hubris. It's a Horus Heresy'em-up.

Music track: LOUD by Aylex
Source: https://freetouse.com/music
Music for Videos (Free Download)

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1gpN1F5tFM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grassland session 23

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 02:30:00 +0000

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands, the caravan hauled ass back east to take care of some business with the Porcelain Princes at the Last Serai. Newt dug into their Ultra contract, Phaedred sold some phantom goods,Adoron dove into the Dullways, and Modan got a massive hangover.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFsYsO2b_68 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Oh Captain, My Captain!

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 16:01:00 +0000

Oh Captain, My Captain is a quick-play RPG about leadership.

In this session we follow the Captain of our Cheerleading team on a quest to prove what we're capable of, and we discover what who they are, and who we are along the way.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearth...

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6j-H4RKs30 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Action Movie World 02: Orb of Sorcery, part 2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 02:24:00 +0000

Part two of a series of Action Movie World.

We complete the story of Orb of Sorcery: Four Against Destiny. Then set up the next film. Vital Organs: Four Against the Storm!

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearth...

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvMjXMDUaAY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Action Movie World 01: Orb of Sorcery, part 1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 13:28:00 +0000

Part one of a series of Action Movie World.

In this session we create four actors, and pick a genre for our first film (Barbarian).

We then play through a few scenes from the film Orb of Sorcery: Four Against Destiny!

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearth...

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0TRfQRdLHY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sunken Hearts: The Deepening Gulf Session 19

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 13:24:00 +0000

Our penultimate session for this arc. With the discovery that Puck is not who he claimed to be, the group corner him to get answers. In doing so they learn more about the lost Taken, not-Puck's actual state, and the Widow Mackton's plans. With this in mind they turn to their last preparations for the Super Bowl party and the dangers which may or may not arise.

This is a modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, The Magicians, DIE, isekai, and more.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our podcast channel: https://aroundthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/
Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/
Follow us on https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens
For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVQ9gNuMfko ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Laundromat

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 18:10:00 +0000

In between all the drama, Kira and Jeremiah are bringing very different loads of laundry to be washed, but there they encounter Jenny Monteiro (incognito) and it seems that the respite they seek isn't available. The laundromat tokens come with free drama!

*****

Got some folks who can't make it to game, but the rest of your group still wants to play something? Go do laundry!

Laundromat's meant to run between sessions of an ongoing modern campaign, using the characters and setting from the main game to scaffold chaos.

Uses a simple d8 system
Full of lists for generating excursions
Uncover dire secrets
Avoid explaining why your clothes are covered in soot and ectoplasm
Meet a friendly dog!

Laundromat is by Thriftomancer and is available here https://thriftomancer.itch.io/laundromat

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vQ5m3tcBKY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Writers' Room: This City Never Sleeps

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 06:25:00 +0000

Ben and Aaron join me for a game of Writers' Room where we create an urban fantasy tv show about intrigue, murder, and magic.

You can see the end result here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U-OPevLTREtFSkuaQyeI4IaePqbUWb9DuZNNCPt8ZZQ/edit?usp=sharing

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMXe-cZ5fw0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands session 22

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 02:56:00 +0000

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands, our heroes utterly wrecked a giant centipede face-thief, met a new party member—Newt, narco-general polymind—joined up some friends and wrangled a train of fresh ba-zombies to sell back at the Serai, and threw literally the best party the Behemoth Shell has ever seen.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDPkt-YYb6U ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS: Capes in the Dark 03

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 02:46:00 +0000

Capes in the Dark is a game about super-powers and the effect they have on a community of people. In this game, you’ll play as a team of “capes” (people with super powers) trying to navigate the ever-shifting network of alliances and expectations that tie together your friends, families, comrades, and enemies. You’ll make dangerous bargains and get out by the skin of your teeth, fight for what you believe and get hurt in the process, bond with your teammates and compete with insidious rivals, and see heroes become villains and villains become heroes.

-----------------------------------

This game is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe! Don't worry if you haven't watched anything more than the Avengers movies and maybe a few others, we're using the MCU as our backdrop to tell a story together.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEWxbX4hP9Y ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Adventures 2e: Kintsugi S12 Season 2 Finale

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 23:28:00 +0000

"Exile"
Having rescued the prisoners from a Cardassian prisoner transport, the crew now begin the task of escaping from behind enemy lines. But the situation is complicated by the presence of a Bajoran Orb and the secrets it holds, including an ancient adversary who has troubled the Federation before...

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM-9unAl6L4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: HyperspaceD6 - Tapani 10

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 19:49:00 +0000

Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your team are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers, and daring pilots. This is a place of glamour and deception, where every handshake hides a dagger and every smile could spell betrayal.

As members of a small cell of New Republic operatives, you will take on missions to hasten the downfall of the Imperial Remnant in the Tapani sector, traveling between worlds where you're needed most. With Imperial patrols on high alert, noble houses pulling strings for political gain, and backroom deals driving every decision, each mission comes with risk and the promise of rewards and freedom for the downtrodden - if you can pull it off.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a70paD7IiO8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Writers' Room: The Town at the End of the Road

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 21:35:00 +0000

Join me, Dominik, Kaya, and Agatha as we create a small town mystery show.

The end result can be viewed here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aqLRXjFClc5O_lcZzbSIDK40ssp_lp5GFgUuPZWXxZc/edit?usp=sharing

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PpWsZO_q6c ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Two Summers (7 of 7)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:28:00 +0000

The teens finally talk about what Remy had been holding for Jenny, and that encounter with the Mud Witch in the library not enough excitement for her Kira sneaks into the Monteiro mansion...
Terry also helps out at a gig, with encouragement and some help from the others.

*****

Two Summers is a game of sunny adventures and light drama across two timelines by Côme Martin. We'll be using the supplement Other Summers - which means that our adventures will have less sunshine (as befits Silent Falls).

In this game, players take the role of characters living an adventure during two different time periods, freely alternating between adolescence and adulthood. These are light adventures, meaning people can get scared and suffer from sentimental pitfalls but any violent or socially heavy situations should be avoided if possible. Finally, this is a game with no supernatural elements, so as to better appreciate the hidden treasures of mundane summers!

You'll like this game if you enjoy light drama, sunny adventures and good-hearted nostalgia! Its diceless system is deliberately very simple: you can explain it in a few minutes and its summary fits on a single page, so as to better put a greater emphasis on storytelling and roleplaying.

Two Summers is by Côme Martin and is available here https://comemartin.itch.io/two-summers

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZFMHyStdN8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands session 21

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 06:08:00 +0000

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands, Otokar scared some foes with his mighty roar, Adoron made a real connection with the Rebuilder and got a couple of mighty quests, and Modon and Phaedred murdered a whole bunch of cannibal hamsters that'd been butchering zombies for snacks.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMeHZVvT8aM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Adventures 2e: Kintsugi S11

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 03:50:00 +0000

"Exile"
The Kintsugi is dispatched to take up the mission of an ambushed Federation ship, heading into Cardassian-controlled space to capture a a damaged prisoner transport. But the presence of an old adversary complicates matters. But things will only get more entangled when the Maquis, refugee Cardassian Officials, and Bajoran relic enter the picture.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G38S9wRLHuI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS: Capes in the Dark 02

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 22 Jun 2025 22:25:00 +0000

Capes in the Dark is a game about super-powers and the effect they have on a community of people. In this game, you’ll play as a team of “capes” (people with super powers) trying to navigate the ever-shifting network of alliances and expectations that tie together your friends, families, comrades, and enemies. You’ll make dangerous bargains and get out by the skin of your teeth, fight for what you believe and get hurt in the process, bond with your teammates and compete with insidious rivals, and see heroes become villains and villains become heroes.

-----------------------------------

This game is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe! Don't worry if you haven't watched anything more than the Avengers movies and maybe a few others, we're using the MCU as our backdrop to tell a story together.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7LoKLEiDIw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: HyperspaceD6 - Tapani 09

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 19:50:00 +0000

Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your team are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers, and daring pilots. This is a place of glamour and deception, where every handshake hides a dagger and every smile could spell betrayal.

As members of a small cell of New Republic operatives, you will take on missions to hasten the downfall of the Imperial Remnant in the Tapani sector, traveling between worlds where you're needed most. With Imperial patrols on high alert, noble houses pulling strings for political gain, and backroom deals driving every decision, each mission comes with risk and the promise of rewards and freedom for the downtrodden - if you can pull it off.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmS20-f7PtE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Rapscallion: the Archipelago (Session 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 08:22:00 +0000

Silent Falls - Two Summers (6 of 7)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 19:29:00 +0000

The teens plan to sneak into the locked basement room in the library, but there they see a terrifying ritual occur that has long-term reprecussions for them all.
As adults we see another secret unlocked, this time from a hidden 8mm projector; and they finally sit down to talk about what they must do, and the things they've been hiding from each other for years...

*****

Two Summers is a game of sunny adventures and light drama across two timelines by Côme Martin. We'll be using the supplement Other Summers - which means that our adventures will have less sunshine (as befits Silent Falls).

In this game, players take the role of characters living an adventure during two different time periods, freely alternating between adolescence and adulthood. These are light adventures, meaning people can get scared and suffer from sentimental pitfalls but any violent or socially heavy situations should be avoided if possible. Finally, this is a game with no supernatural elements, so as to better appreciate the hidden treasures of mundane summers!

You'll like this game if you enjoy light drama, sunny adventures and good-hearted nostalgia! Its diceless system is deliberately very simple: you can explain it in a few minutes and its summary fits on a single page, so as to better put a greater emphasis on storytelling and roleplaying.

Two Summers is by Côme Martin and is available here https://comemartin.itch.io/two-summers

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CArWt4XAMj0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Mythomorphosis: Firstruin

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 23:36:00 +0000

A one-shot of Gordie Murphy's Mythomorphosis, a game which "explore(s) the relationship between a society’s history and one of its dominant cultural stories, creating and changing a myth over the course of generations." We look at the founding myth of a frontier settlement built on ancient ruins in a world of dead gods.

You can see a copy of the Google Sheet we used to play including the four generations of play and set up: https://bit.ly/AORMythomorphosis

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vynHlxch0PQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands session 20

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 03:13:00 +0000

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands, the caravan repelled an unexpected giant armadillo attack, got powers and skills from bushy bikers and vampire herbalists, and returned to the biomancer ruins to confront the cannibal hamsters and an old ka-ba maintenance body.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep6UACe8F0g ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Adventures 2e: Kintsugi S10

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 13:31:00 +0000

"Voyage of the Space Dogs"
While returning from a Federation dress event, Ward and her team are ripped out of warp and dragged onto a damaged, ancient vessel. Aboard they meet the crew of this generation ship, who tell them their tale of knowledge lost over centuries and their need for help. But all is not as it seems...

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2e8Urko8rM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS: Capes in the Dark 01

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 15 Jun 2025 23:08:00 +0000

Capes in the Dark is a game about super-powers and the effect they have on a community of people. In this game, you’ll play as a team of “capes” (people with super powers) trying to navigate the ever-shifting network of alliances and expectations that tie together your friends, families, comrades, and enemies. You’ll make dangerous bargains and get out by the skin of your teeth, fight for what you believe and get hurt in the process, bond with your teammates and compete with insidious rivals, and see heroes become villains and villains become heroes.

-----------------------------------

This game is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe! Don't worry if you haven't watched anything more than the Avengers movies and maybe a few others, we're using the MCU as our backdrop to tell a story together.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE_a0ydmBMU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: HyperspaceD6 - Tapani 08

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 14 Jun 2025 19:34:00 +0000

Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your team are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers, and daring pilots. This is a place of glamour and deception, where every handshake hides a dagger and every smile could spell betrayal.

As members of a small cell of New Republic operatives, you will take on missions to hasten the downfall of the Imperial Remnant in the Tapani sector, traveling between worlds where you're needed most. With Imperial patrols on high alert, noble houses pulling strings for political gain, and backroom deals driving every decision, each mission comes with risk and the promise of rewards and freedom for the downtrodden - if you can pull it off.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHXLgy0nIKA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Rapscallion: The Archipelago - Session 2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 10:29:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the second session of a short series of Rapscallion from Whistler and Magpie Games.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...) ...Arriving at Scaravia, the pirate haven of the Archipelago, the Crew begin a well-earned shore leave: there's a tavern and a brawl, a friendly game of cards, and a young woman prepared to trade information for a favour, while we discover what one of the crew is hiding under their coat. Then, one of the crew is left hanging, another demonstrates his rashness (and care), and a third risks Unleashing their Power, while the fourth battles to supress their fascination with the relationship between man and octopus. Finally... buckles are swashed, peg-legs are stolen, a matronly lady gets carried away, before ... 'mother dearest arrives to help' ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyR3nFQOl7s ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sunken Hearts: The Deepening Gulf Session 18

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 04:11:00 +0000

The group finalizes preparations for the big party-- but mysteries remain and things have been left unsaid. Marrow works to keep his stability while Lily angles to uncover more about what's happening. Mr Suit readies himself for his big performance. But it is Aldo inquiry at an ice cream shop with Lily and Marrow that changes everything...

This is a modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, The Magicians, DIE, isekai, and more.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our podcast channel: https://aroundthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/
Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/
Follow us on https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens
For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgM4-s3kL5Q ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Microscope Chronicle

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:16:00 +0000

A one-shot of Ben Robbins' Microscope Chronicle, a variation on Microscope which follows the story of something: a society, a city, an object, across time. This version is currently in playtest. Our story traces the course of a dangerous infernal drum from ancient times to the modern day.

You can see a copy of the Google Sheet we used to play including full history. https://bit.ly/45jXRYu

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc3NN-8sfY8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands session 19

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 03:16:00 +0000

In this week's Ultraviolet Grasslands, we go shopping at the Behemoth Shell, spent a lot of time studying, Phaedred traded a piece of his mind for a cool new glove, and we learn more truth about Adoron and the Rebuilder. It's a LOT.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DQHau12ULc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: HyperspaceD6 - Tapani 07

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 19:48:00 +0000

Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your team are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers, and daring pilots. This is a place of glamour and deception, where every handshake hides a dagger and every smile could spell betrayal.

As members of a small cell of New Republic operatives, you will take on missions to hasten the downfall of the Imperial Remnant in the Tapani sector, traveling between worlds where you're needed most. With Imperial patrols on high alert, noble houses pulling strings for political gain, and backroom deals driving every decision, each mission comes with risk and the promise of rewards and freedom for the downtrodden - if you can pull it off.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzeBb8GWYQc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Rapscallion: The Archipelago - Session 1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a session of Rapscallion from Whistler and Magpie Games.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...) ...
We meet the key members of the crew of a ramshackle paddle boat, The Goose: Gloria Song, is a Mountebank haunted by the spirit of her mad siren mother; Calum Brae, the Matelot, blessed by (or cursed with?) a tattoo applied by the siren's of 'The Eye Below'; Einar the Seatalker, the Goose's Navigator, with whom the sea is infatuated and after whom it sends a perpetual storm; and Ishmael, the ship's not entirely dead (but equally, not entirely alive) Chirurgeon. The crew were in dire need when The Goose surfaced and saved them when they were marooned near Hell's Gate. When she surfaced they found a mysterious chest they cannot ... yet ... open; but they know a man who can ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbnzfIhaEvE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Two Summers (5 of 9)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 17:39:00 +0000

Kira's master plan to introduce her friends to her secret stash of 'shrooms in the deep dark woods goes ahead.
Twenty years later, that dinner party takes place (guess what's on the menu!) and quite a few awkward conversations have to occur before they can get to discussing how to save the library...

*****

Two Summers is a game of sunny adventures and light drama across two timelines by Côme Martin. We'll be using the supplement Other Summers - which means that our adventures will have less sunshine (as befits Silent Falls).

In this game, players take the role of characters living an adventure during two different time periods, freely alternating between adolescence and adulthood. These are light adventures, meaning people can get scared and suffer from sentimental pitfalls but any violent or socially heavy situations should be avoided if possible. Finally, this is a game with no supernatural elements, so as to better appreciate the hidden treasures of mundane summers!

You'll like this game if you enjoy light drama, sunny adventures and good-hearted nostalgia! Its diceless system is deliberately very simple: you can explain it in a few minutes and its summary fits on a single page, so as to better put a greater emphasis on storytelling and roleplaying.

Two Summers is by Côme Martin and is available here https://comemartin.itch.io/two-summers

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JHn09g9jlE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Union

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 23:34:00 +0000

A one-shot of Ben Robbins' Union, a game of family and ancestry. This takes the mechanics of Microscope to explore a single family line. We look at those who led up to our hero and how they tore down the gates to hell in order to destroy the great houses of magic.

You can see a copy of the Google Sheet we used to play including the family tree we created. https://bit.ly/AoRUnion

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di5_F_WzKMc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands, session 18

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 18:22:00 +0000

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands, our caravan made a base camp in the Lurid Pines, had tea with the eloquent mole rats, failed to open negotiations with some nasty tinker gerbils and got heat-rayed, and took a peek at the grim hamsters' domain, finding a foul pit of (presumably) docile ka-zombies.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-VMr4zEcgA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Adventures 2e: Kintsugi S9

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 22:42:00 +0000

"Search & Rescue"
Captain Vate orders the Kintsugi closer to the stellar body to begin the rescue efforts on the Stockton. With sensors, communications, and transporters unavailable, the crew must ferry by shuttle to the ship, hoping to affect repairs before it crashes into the sun.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5OkT-TNKoI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: HyperspaceD6 - Tapani 06

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 31 May 2025 17:46:00 +0000

Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your team are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers, and daring pilots. This is a place of glamour and deception, where every handshake hides a dagger and every smile could spell betrayal.

As members of a small cell of New Republic operatives, you will take on missions to hasten the downfall of the Imperial Remnant in the Tapani sector, traveling between worlds where you're needed most. With Imperial patrols on high alert, noble houses pulling strings for political gain, and backroom deals driving every decision, each mission comes with risk and the promise of rewards and freedom for the downtrodden - if you can pull it off.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj0gE0z7FCY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sunken Hearts: The Deepening Gulf Session 17

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 29 May 2025 19:10:00 +0000

Preparation for Mr Suit's party continues, even as the group investigates who among the Hands of the Courts is suborned and which among the Dukes is a fake. Aldo and Lily discovered the awful truth about Count Zero and then recruit a goblin to aid them in hunting down doppelgangers. Mr Suit speaks with two of the immortals. Marrow deals with his sinking and tries to get an audience with his Duke, leading to a tense stand of with the Hand of Lanterns, Bayman.

This is a modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, The Magicians, DIE, isekai, and more.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our podcast channel: https://aroundthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/
Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/
Follow us on https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens
For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waE-mEGK-Ic ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Two Summers (4 of 9)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 28 May 2025 18:35:00 +0000

See two sides of the same ship/wreck as Jeremiah and Terry date as teens but bump into each other as awkward exes in the present day. But of course Kira invites them both to dinner at her place! She has her own marriage to save...
Find out what goes on in the Monteiro house, as Jeremiah goes down to the wine cellar!

*****

Two Summers is a game of sunny adventures and light drama across two timelines by Côme Martin. We'll be using the supplement Other Summers - which means that our adventures will have less sunshine (as befits Silent Falls).

In this game, players take the role of characters living an adventure during two different time periods, freely alternating between adolescence and adulthood. These are light adventures, meaning people can get scared and suffer from sentimental pitfalls but any violent or socially heavy situations should be avoided if possible. Finally, this is a game with no supernatural elements, so as to better appreciate the hidden treasures of mundane summers!

You'll like this game if you enjoy light drama, sunny adventures and good-hearted nostalgia! Its diceless system is deliberately very simple: you can explain it in a few minutes and its summary fits on a single page, so as to better put a greater emphasis on storytelling and roleplaying.

Two Summers is by Côme Martin and is available here https://comemartin.itch.io/two-summers

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKAgwy5oh5k ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands episode 17

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 27 May 2025 02:35:00 +0000

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands, our caravan takes a little break at the Behemoth shell to recover a bit, negotiate with some sentient fungus carpets after a wolf attack, and have a lovely tea party with an eloquent naked mole rat hive mind in a ruined biomancer's lab.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTqQUWy74Rs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Adventures 2e: Kintsugi S8

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 25 May 2025 23:23:00 +0000

"Search & Rescue"
In the face of ongoing Dominion gains, the Kintsugi is tasked with a series of readiness drills. Captain Vate finally makes a decision about his first officer, and not a moment too soon. When the ship picks up a distress call, they rush to a scene of devastation and a battle against a pair of enemy ships.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIsOm6VmZdA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: HyperspaceD6 - Tapani 05

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 24 May 2025 16:26:00 +0000

Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your team are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers, and daring pilots. This is a place of glamour and deception, where every handshake hides a dagger and every smile could spell betrayal.

As members of a small cell of New Republic operatives, you will take on missions to hasten the downfall of the Imperial Remnant in the Tapani sector, traveling between worlds where you're needed most. With Imperial patrols on high alert, noble houses pulling strings for political gain, and backroom deals driving every decision, each mission comes with risk and the promise of rewards and freedom for the downtrodden - if you can pull it off.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf3kSP517_c ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Writers' Room - Star Trek

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 24 May 2025 11:04:00 +0000

I join up with Gabe, Jim, and Gerwin to create a new live action Star Trek show.

Here is the resulting document: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QF8wFqqvwiuTHfjwprDnF7TsEhIR-HvBME_QEUkBe7k/edit?usp=sharing

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=941Vv14G-3A ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sunken Hearts: The Deepening Gulf Session 16

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 22 May 2025 04:52:00 +0000

Heartfelt talks between the protagonists as they try to decide next steps. That leads them back to the Island and the House in the Undertow. There they confront what seems to be the Blood Creature which hunted Mr. Suit, but there's more to its identity than what they expected. That dealt with the return to the last locked room in the house and prepare to brute force open it...

This is a modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, The Magicians, DIE, isekai, and more.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our podcast channel: https://aroundthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/
Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/
Follow us on https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens
For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtprBov-wWA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Writers' Room: The Flight of the Kosmo

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 21 May 2025 20:08:00 +0000

A play test session of my game Writers' Room, inspired by Microscope.

In this session we create a teen military scifi series inspired by Battlestar Galactica and RoboTech.

Here's the resulting series overview: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lRIXBSceJSP8oM5OeqZB5Es4f2XgzaobDo4TGsU0DM4/edit?usp=sharing

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgleQgIwVpI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Two Summers (3 of 9)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 21 May 2025 19:14:00 +0000

Two Summers is a game of sunny adventures and light drama across two timelines by Côme Martin. We'll be using the supplement Other Summers - which means that our adventures will have less sunshine (as befits Silent Falls).

In this game, players take the role of characters living an adventure during two different time periods, freely alternating between adolescence and adulthood. These are light adventures, meaning people can get scared and suffer from sentimental pitfalls but any violent or socially heavy situations should be avoided if possible. Finally, this is a game with no supernatural elements, so as to better appreciate the hidden treasures of mundane summers!

You'll like this game if you enjoy light drama, sunny adventures and good-hearted nostalgia! Its diceless system is deliberately very simple: you can explain it in a few minutes and its summary fits on a single page, so as to better put a greater emphasis on storytelling and roleplaying.

Two Summers is by Côme Martin and is available here https://comemartin.itch.io/two-summers

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZdh1q2ka74 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sunken Hearts: The Deepening Gulf Session 15

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 21 May 2025 17:07:00 +0000

Having left the island, the group reconvenes to talk about next steps. As they recover and consider the costs for what they have gained, we see flashbacks into the lives of several of them. Marrow searches for information and confronts his own ongoing Sinking. Meanwhile, Superbowl Sunday looms...

This is a modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, The Magicians, DIE, isekai, and more.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our podcast channel: https://aroundthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/
Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/
Follow us on https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens
For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qgj2w_7ocI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Adventures 2e: Kintsugi S7: Lower Decks

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 18 May 2025 22:28:00 +0000

"The Galadriel Incident: Lower Decks"
With much of the command staff off answering questions about the events at Epsilon Umbra III, our chief medical officer takes the captain's seat...a little unwillingly. We get a chance to meet some of our ship's ensigns as they participate in the rescue of a Klingon ship. Then they're drafted into a search mission with a strange non-Federation envoy with a hidden agenda.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym70eKiv7vE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Our Haunt Actual Play (Open Hearth Gaming Community) 4/4

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 18 May 2025 18:59:00 +0000

A bittersweet finale. With the assistance of The Witch, both Autumn and Mirage discover their own ways of moving on.

This is the final session of our game of Our Haunt by Rae Nedjadi. For more on Our Haunt, visit https://temporalhiccup.itch.io/our-haunt

This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. To find out more about the Open Hearth gaming community, check out openhearthgaming.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O39yZNpkhS8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS HyperspaceD6 - Tapani 04

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 17 May 2025 20:04:00 +0000

Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your team are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers, and daring pilots. This is a place of glamour and deception, where every handshake hides a dagger and every smile could spell betrayal.

As members of a small cell of New Republic operatives, you will take on missions to hasten the downfall of the Imperial Remnant in the Tapani sector, traveling between worlds where you're needed most. With Imperial patrols on high alert, noble houses pulling strings for political gain, and backroom deals driving every decision, each mission comes with risk and the promise of rewards and freedom for the downtrodden - if you can pull it off.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYPxJCa7kb8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Writers' Room: Shadowrun

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 16 May 2025 08:47:00 +0000

We create the outline of a tv show based on Shadowrun.

Here's the end result: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DR9JOYuSfak7079zD0a6tsS2bctnNYxZsmhLL0ya_B0/edit?usp=sharing

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0803-1rohP8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Two Summers (2 of 9)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 14 May 2025 19:32:00 +0000

Two Summers is a game of sunny adventures and light drama across two timelines by Côme Martin. We'll be using the supplement Other Summers - which means that our adventures will have less sunshine (as befits Silent Falls).

In this game, players take the role of characters living an adventure during two different time periods, freely alternating between adolescence and adulthood. These are light adventures, meaning people can get scared and suffer from sentimental pitfalls but any violent or socially heavy situations should be avoided if possible. Finally, this is a game with no supernatural elements, so as to better appreciate the hidden treasures of mundane summers!

You'll like this game if you enjoy light drama, sunny adventures and good-hearted nostalgia! Its diceless system is deliberately very simple: you can explain it in a few minutes and its summary fits on a single page, so as to better put a greater emphasis on storytelling and roleplaying.

Two Summers is by Côme Martin and is available here https://comemartin.itch.io/two-summers

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqRPx_-kaTQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands episode 16

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 13 May 2025 03:03:00 +0000

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands, Epate brings news (and a sack of cash for Modon) from the Last Serai of a polybody-cat wedding, dreams of Long, Long ago Behemoths, Adoron opens their third eye, and Ottokar shamefully transforms into a *shudder* human due to lunar proximity.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKyeh-aW7aA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Adventures 2e: Kintsugi S6

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 11 May 2025 23:38:00 +0000

"Right Hand of Darkness"
Ward is taunted by Reagani Vost as sabotage on the Kintsugi prevents the ship from contacting the away team or beaming them up. Meanwhile on planet, the team evades the Lattice Empress's forces and tries to reach the House of Candles and the Farseers. But the situation becomes more dire with the arrival of a pair of Dominion vessels and a betrayal on the ground.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtDUyLW4Lgs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Our Haunt Actual Play (Open Hearth Gaming Community) 3/4

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 11 May 2025 19:21:00 +0000

Autumn experiences a vivid realization of how she died, losing her doll eyes and restoring her old eyes in the process. Mirage uncovers the truth of their birth and how they came to the Snow Queen, and The Witch disrupts a centuries-old ritual in defiance of an old Hag's Eye.

This is the third of four sessions of Our Haunt by Rae Nedjadi. For more on Our Haunt, visit https://temporalhiccup.itch.io/our-haunt

This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. To find out more about the Open Hearth gaming community, check out openhearthgaming.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y63fcif3uiA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS HyperspaceD6 - Tapani 03

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 10 May 2025 17:37:00 +0000

Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your team are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers, and daring pilots. This is a place of glamour and deception, where every handshake hides a dagger and every smile could spell betrayal.

As members of a small cell of New Republic operatives, you will take on missions to hasten the downfall of the Imperial Remnant in the Tapani sector, traveling between worlds where you're needed most. With Imperial patrols on high alert, noble houses pulling strings for political gain, and backroom deals driving every decision, each mission comes with risk and the promise of rewards and freedom for the downtrodden - if you can pull it off.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0FrX7jR5Cw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Writers' Room - X Men: After Xavier

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 09 May 2025 20:10:00 +0000

A playtest of my Microscope Hack Writers' Room, featuring Rod and Marc. We hash out the plot and casting of a season of a hypothetical live action X-Men tv series.

Here's a link to the results, including images of the cast: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sShHri7GeOvl0f8jaw3DbDyLcLvFXAAl_t-_rn0GQu8/edit?usp=sharing

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlNkd9vToCg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Two Summers (1 of 9)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 07 May 2025 20:08:00 +0000

Two Summers is a game of sunny adventures and light drama across two timelines by Côme Martin. We'll be using the supplement Other Summers - which means that our adventures will have less sunshine (as befits Silent Falls).

In this game, players take the role of characters living an adventure during two different time periods, freely alternating between adolescence and adulthood. These are light adventures, meaning people can get scared and suffer from sentimental pitfalls but any violent or socially heavy situations should be avoided if possible. Finally, this is a game with no supernatural elements, so as to better appreciate the hidden treasures of mundane summers!

You'll like this game if you enjoy light drama, sunny adventures and good-hearted nostalgia! Its diceless system is deliberately very simple: you can explain it in a few minutes and its summary fits on a single page, so as to better put a greater emphasis on storytelling and roleplaying.

Two Summers is by Côme Martin and is available here https://comemartin.itch.io/two-summers

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkUp460ZTa8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands episode 15

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 06 May 2025 02:50:00 +0000

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands, our caravan briefly rested at the Behemoth Shell before mounting an expedition up another ossified giant into a floating park full of poison gas and tasty fruit.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2-xXJDYeig ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Wars Saturday: Special Edition - Protect the Child

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 05 May 2025 15:16:00 +0000

This game is part of this year's 'May the 4th be with You' Mini-Con' with the Open Hearth.

The child Grogu is lost on Tatooine, and it seems like everyone wants to get their hands on them. A small group protects the child, tries to earn their trust and understand their goals.

Protect the Child is a Forged in the Dark game about monsters caring for a young human, a human who contains strange and mystical powers that make them a valuable asset in any monster crew. The setting and factions present in this game are flexible: you might be aliens in a far-flung future galaxy, fantasy monsters from rival kingdoms, or even everyday wild animals that fear human society.

Protect the Child is by Mint Rabbit and is available here
https://mint-rabbit.itch.io/protect-the-child-playtest

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boyc6HMvEP0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Wars Mini-Con - Against the Sith Conspiracy

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 04 May 2025 12:23:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a one-shot of his own game, Against the Dark Conspiracy, hacked for play in the Star Wars Universe.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community's 2025 Star Wars Mini-Con (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
More than 30 years after the Battle of Yavin a cold war between the ruling New Republic and the First Order intensifies. Fearing the Order's intentions Leia Organa has founded the Resistance to act outside Republic restrictions. It is she who has tasked a team comprising the Wookie Special Forces veteran, Kitporin, the Zabrak Counter-Intelligence officer, Kooth Aan, and Lad Reman, the Rodian Tech, to thwart a First Order plot to find her brother, Luke. Their initial lead takes them to a Hutt wedding party on Coruscant's level 1313. When it devolves into chaos they identify several potential Sith or their sympathisers. Only when they bait a hook do they discover the net of lies set to catch them ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y562YTuD-BU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Microscope: Star Wars Next Trilogy Writers' Room

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 03 May 2025 18:52:00 +0000

It's December of 2012 and The Mouse now has the rights to Star Wars. All over the world, groups are rushing to create pitches for what the next trilogy will look like. We use Microscope to create a "What If?" history, going from the end of Return of the Jedi to the first of a new set of films. Not a definite history, but one of many possibilities.

See the end result document here: https://bit.ly/3EScY0g

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDafbmdatHI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Jedi Hearts

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 03 May 2025 17:16:00 +0000

The Jedi Academy isn’t some gleaming tower of wisdom - it's a few lowly stone buildings swallowed by the forest. The canopy above hums with life, shadows shifting as sunlight fights its way through. Master Skywalker walks among you students like a man carrying something heavier than a lightsaber, and Master Katarn teaches like he’s been through hell and doesn’t want us to follow. But you’re here, finally, and you can feel the Force thrumming beneath your skin, whispering that maybe - just maybe - you belong.

And then there’s that Grogu kid. Small, green, and impossibly weird, wobbling through the undergrowth like the forest itself tolerates his presence. The older students don’t know what to make of him, calling him “Baby Yoda” like he isn’t already more in tune with the Force than half of us. You watched him lift a stone without effort while yours trembled and fell. He looked at you, ears twitching like he knew something you didn’t. Maybe he does. Maybe he sees the Jedi you could become, even when you can’t.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCQg50Zlwxg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Squadron: Fate TTRPG

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 03 May 2025 00:33:00 +0000

A special session for Open Hearth's Star Wars minicon using Clark Valentine's Tachyon Squadron. We meet our squadron of Rebel pilots, pulled in different directions. After an initial skirmish, we see their day-to-day lives briefly before an Imperial attack forces them into a dogfight where they're outnumbered and faced with ghosts of their past.

Game Keeper here: https://bit.ly/42P0VIU

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10iRI50sxw0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS Clone Troopers Game

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 02 May 2025 21:22:00 +0000

Take the role of Clone Troopers caught in a war that has overtaken the entire Galaxy. Discover who you and your fellow Clone Troopers were and who you might become in the stressful throes of conflict.

This game, part of the Star Wars Minicon, is set during the Clone Wars.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue_9WNFjnHo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sunken Hearts: The Deepening Gulf Session 14

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 02 May 2025 02:05:00 +0000

Mr. Suit reunites with the group and we learn more about the nature of the goblins. Together again, the foursome makes their way through the house, discovering two very different spaces carved out by the sinister missing Sunken, as well as a door which refuses to yield to them...

This is a modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, The Magicians, DIE, isekai, and more.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our podcast channel: https://aroundthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/
Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/
Follow us on https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens
For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCGKvdcy5RQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Come on In (4 of 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:37:00 +0000

Content Warning: vampirism, gore.

This is a prequel to a series of Alice is Missing & Monsterhearts 2 & taking place during the 80s in between subsequent series of A Town Called Malice & Bump in the Dark.

COME ON IN is a role-playing game about a grisly murder case that rocks the small coastal Louisiana town of Bon Soleil and unravels a conspiracy that cuts into the depths of the night.

Two homicide detectives of the Louisiana State Police Department experience certain events supernatural in nature while in pursuit of the killer.
They eventually become aware of an evil force behind the scenes connected to these events; A vampire manipulating the citizens of Bon Soleil and slowly sapping their life forces drop by drop.

Come On In is by Wes Franks and is available here https://carrioncomfort.itch.io/come-on-in

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7A91Aquh4c ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sundered Isles: Test Drive Session 0

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 23:49:00 +0000

We undertake the setting building and character creation process from Sundered Isles, the Starforged remix which takes the game into the age of cannon and sail. We establish truths, create factions, sketch characters, set up the ship, and finally do some map-building at the end. While world-building is play, there's no actual character play here, just trying out Session 0.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZbJXulheW8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Adventures 2e: Kintsugi S4

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 23:40:00 +0000

"The Trials of Damocles"
The crew recovers and checks over the results of the first leg of the race as well as the impact of the Experimental Impulse Drive module. After a somewhat tense reception with the captains of the other vessels, the second leg of the race begins. But things escalate quickly, beginning with a freak radiation burst knocking out controls on the Lyran vessel and rising as a hyper-vegetation incident threatens the Kintsugi itself.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXParLgP2kI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands episode 14

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 05:39:00 +0000

In the Ultraviolet Grasslands this week, the caravan spent a month at the Stele of the Pierced Blossom: Phaedred translating ancient poetry and trading with time-slipped ghosts, Modan training with a bear, and Adoron getting mind blasted and ba-synced with The Rebuilder. Totally fine.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdJU0v4gT-o ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Our Haunt Actual Play (Open Hearth Gaming Community) 2/6

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 23:24:00 +0000

Introducing a new ghost, Mirage! During this session, Mirage and The Witch encounter conflict in the basement, a drifter with the ability to perceive the supernatural appears, Autumn loses her arm, and a haunted painting offers terrible revelations.

This is the second of six sessions of Our Haunt by Rae Nedjadi. For more on Our Haunt, visit https://temporalhiccup.itch.io/our-haunt

This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. To find out more about the Open Hearth gaming community, check out openhearthgaming.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TSr0S86kcw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS HyperspaceD6 - Tapani 02

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 17:36:00 +0000

Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your team are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers, and daring pilots. This is a place of glamour and deception, where every handshake hides a dagger and every smile could spell betrayal.

As members of a small cell of New Republic operatives, you will take on missions to hasten the downfall of the Imperial Remnant in the Tapani sector, traveling between worlds where you're needed most. With Imperial patrols on high alert, noble houses pulling strings for political gain, and backroom deals driving every decision, each mission comes with risk and the promise of rewards and freedom for the downtrodden - if you can pull it off.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofw2zLF7a9A ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Come on In (3 of 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 20:09:00 +0000

Content Warning: aftermath of a bloody massacre.

This is a prequel to a series of Alice is Missing & Monsterhearts 2 & taking place during the 80s in between subsequent series of A Town Called Malice & Bump in the Dark.

COME ON IN is a role-playing game about a grisly murder case that rocks the small coastal Louisiana town of Bon Soleil and unravels a conspiracy that cuts into the depths of the night.

Two homicide detectives of the Louisiana State Police Department experience certain events supernatural in nature while in pursuit of the killer.
They eventually become aware of an evil force behind the scenes connected to these events; A vampire manipulating the citizens of Bon Soleil and slowly sapping their life forces drop by drop.

Come On In is by Wes Franks and is available here https://carrioncomfort.itch.io/come-on-in

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeaC6edNNcQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Our Haunt Actual Play (Open Hearth Gaming Community) 1/6

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 04:43:00 +0000

Character and setting creation followed by a quick opening scene in our six-session run of Rae Nedjadi's Belonging Outside Belonging game "Our Haunt." We are introduced to our four ghosts, a Betrayed ghost called "The Witch," a haunted doll named Autumn, a Faceless ghost named Elle, and a ghost returned from heaven (or something like it) named Sienna.

This is the first of six sessions of Our Haunt by Rae Nedjadi. For more on Our Haunt, visit https://temporalhiccup.itch.io/our-haunt

This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. To find out more about the Open Hearth gaming community, check out openhearthgaming.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6hDRP7rPo8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands session 13

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 02:50:00 +0000

In the Ultraviolet Grasslands this week, Triumph Ventures gets back on the road, opening a totally safe dull-way portal at Waystone, finding a thousand lost soles at the Mausoleum of Wire, and inviting the wise bear Ottokar to join the caravan. Onward to Fallen Umber!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8GTlHgaSRE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Adventures 2e: Kintsugi S3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 00:18:00 +0000

"The Trials of Damocles"
En route to deliver a shipment of rare botanical samples to a conference at Babel, the Kintsugi is retasked to assist in an experiment/demonstration involving a radical new impulse drive modification.

However on arrival the crew discovers fighting vessels from there alien worlds in a stand-off, plans for a space race, and an eccentric but brilliant Gorn scientist.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jicrHIaedEo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: HyperspaceD6 - Tapani 01

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 17:57:00 +0000

Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your team are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers, and daring pilots. This is a place of glamour and deception, where every handshake hides a dagger and every smile could spell betrayal.

As members of a small cell of New Republic operatives, you will take on missions to hasten the downfall of the Imperial Remnant in the Tapani sector, traveling between worlds where you're needed most. With Imperial patrols on high alert, noble houses pulling strings for political gain, and backroom deals driving every decision, each mission comes with risk and the promise of rewards and freedom for the downtrodden - if you can pull it off.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgkYSncpXl0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Come on In (2 of 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 19:37:00 +0000

This is a prequel to a series of Alice is Missing & Monsterhearts 2 & taking place during the 80s in between subsequent series of A Town Called Malice & Bump in the Dark.

COME ON IN is a role-playing game about a grisly murder case that rocks the small coastal Louisiana town of Bon Soleil and unravels a conspiracy that cuts into the depths of the night.

Two homicide detectives of the Louisiana State Police Department experience certain events supernatural in nature while in pursuit of the killer.
They eventually become aware of an evil force behind the scenes connected to these events; A vampire manipulating the citizens of Bon Soleil and slowly sapping their life forces drop by drop.

Come On In is by Wes Franks and is available here https://carrioncomfort.itch.io/come-on-in

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3V0UQm55IY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviole Grasslands session 12

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 03:11:00 +0000

In the Ultraviolet Grasslands this week, our caravan finishes out the winter in the Last Serai, get visits from the Butcher Bank and Oenerics Unlimited, settles some debts, listens to some rumors, and gets ready to set back out on the trail come spring...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YafHON1qfJc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Adventures 2e: Kintsugi S2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 23:44:00 +0000

The away team rushes to uncover the truth behind the plague affecting a pre-contact world: is the Federation research team to blame for the outbreak? Meanwhile the Kintsugi tries to evade the Jem'Hadar ship, leading Captain Vate to a radical move...

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xAGSPqfnoI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Come on In (1 of 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 16:42:00 +0000

Content Warning: vampirism, ritual murder, gore

This is a prequel to a series of Alice is Missing & Monsterhearts 2 & taking place during the 80s in between subsequent series of A Town Called Malice & Bump in the Dark.

COME ON IN is a role-playing game about a grisly murder case that rocks the small coastal Louisiana town of Bon Soleil and unravels a conspiracy that cuts into the depths of the night.

Two homicide detectives of the Louisiana State Police Department experience certain events supernatural in nature while in pursuit of the killer.
They eventually become aware of an evil force behind the scenes connected to these events; A vampire manipulating the citizens of Bon Soleil and slowly sapping their life forces drop by drop.

Come On In is by Wes Franks and is available here https://carrioncomfort.itch.io/come-on-in

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7FOQCemoto ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands session 11

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 02:48:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po5XxLKasv8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek Adventures 2e: Kintsugi S1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 03:24:00 +0000

We begin a new quarterly series exploring the voyages of the Challenger-Class USS Kintsugi. In this new season we see characters new and old as the Federation enters into war with the Dominion. Finishing up a search and rescue mission, the Kintsugi is called to check on a lost scientist on a pre-warp world. But the situation is made complicated by the arrival of a Jem'Hadar attack ship.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg9lmsazNs8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Ultraviolet Grasslands session 10

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 04:17:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2S-gdCHKmw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Urban Shadows: Piper at the gates of dawn 6

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 03:35:00 +0000

Regis and Vicente share an intimate moment, while Cathy and Maximus break into Cleopatra's lair.

For more about the Open Hearth, check out https://openhearthgaming.com/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQbnmhux-NA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Stellar Conflict - Tapani 10

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 17:57:00 +0000

Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your crew are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers, and daring pilots. This is a place of glamour and deception, where every handshake hides a dagger and every smile could spell betrayal.

As crew members on a modest but dependable transport ship, you’re tasked with keeping your wits about you while navigating these treacherous waters. With Imperial patrols on high alert, noble houses pulling strings for political gain, and backroom deals driving every decision, each job comes with risk and the promise of credits - if you can pull it off.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxkcOFeXrRA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Cluster: Session 7 - The Steel Moon

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:43:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the finale of a series of 'The Cluster' his own game in development.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...) ...
The crew of the Fortitude travel to the Ancient Artefact that Dr Rillisk knows as the 'Steel Moon'. They use a cover provided by McPatrick's contact in the Horizon to dock and set off in search of the computer core where they hope to find the evidence to burn down a dangerous faction within RGA Intelligence. There's a violent encounter, a wierd journey 'down' into the Artefact, and a break in. Then Rillisk's earlier refusal of an unexpected offer communicated by unexpected means has a consequence and a fighting extraction before a final 'Whisper' ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUpNnfd56oc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Blades in the Dark: Urban Renewals S5

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 15:16:00 +0000

The group goes after the College of Architects which two goals, leading them to split into two parallel missions. Despite unexpected challenges their preparations and bribes to the dice gods pay off, but the final result is a volatile and explosive mixing of dreams, desires, and vengeance.

We used the City Builder Toolkit https://bit.ly/4goY0eZ
and the Faction Builder Toolkit https://bit.ly/42ywRD4 to build the setting.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPOsIBdK5tA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Blades in the Dark: Urban Renewals S4

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 15:14:00 +0000

Lee returns and learns about the fallout from the last mission. The group gets an offer which they won't refuse since it connects up to their desires, questions, and goals. But how much of a trap is this?

We used the City Builder Toolkit https://bit.ly/4goY0eZ
and the Faction Builder Toolkit https://bit.ly/42ywRD4 to build the setting.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMFM1OSX_i0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Urban Shadows: Piper at the gates of dawn (s7)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 23:52:00 +0000

In this penultimate (?) session, Cathy confronts her murderer and the characters come together with an ambitious plan to defeat their most powerful adversary.

For more about the Open Hearth, check out https://openhearthgaming.com/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTgC5Q1JTcQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Stellar Conflict - Tapani 09

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 19:28:00 +0000

Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your crew are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers, and daring pilots. This is a place of glamour and deception, where every handshake hides a dagger and every smile could spell betrayal.

As crew members on a modest but dependable transport ship, you’re tasked with keeping your wits about you while navigating these treacherous waters. With Imperial patrols on high alert, noble houses pulling strings for political gain, and backroom deals driving every decision, each job comes with risk and the promise of credits - if you can pull it off.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpL1-TJw9bM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In This World: Ecological Crisis/Supers

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 23:59:00 +0000

A one-shot of Ben Robbins' In This World, a GMless storygame of world building and seeing alternate possibilities. We collaboratively build two sets of worlds around distinct topics: Ecological Disasters and Superheroes

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj8xnOrD1oQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Ultraviolet Grasslands session 9

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 03:21:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5zrHuy7UXE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Stellar Conflict - Tapani 08 pt 1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 18:43:00 +0000

Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your crew are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers, and daring pilots. This is a place of glamour and deception, where every handshake hides a dagger and every smile could spell betrayal.

As crew members on a modest but dependable transport ship, you’re tasked with keeping your wits about you while navigating these treacherous waters. With Imperial patrols on high alert, noble houses pulling strings for political gain, and backroom deals driving every decision, each job comes with risk and the promise of credits - if you can pull it off.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbw_fQSXbEo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Stellar Conflict - Tapani 08 pt 2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 18:40:00 +0000

Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your crew are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers, and daring pilots. This is a place of glamour and deception, where every handshake hides a dagger and every smile could spell betrayal.

As crew members on a modest but dependable transport ship, you’re tasked with keeping your wits about you while navigating these treacherous waters. With Imperial patrols on high alert, noble houses pulling strings for political gain, and backroom deals driving every decision, each job comes with risk and the promise of credits - if you can pull it off.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMaeciaEUEM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sunken Hearts: The Deepening Gulf Session 13

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 17:31:00 +0000

The group heads to the island to deal with the threat of the ritually created Homeland. But Mr Suit vanishes, leading to him confronting an old and a new threat in Tinfoil Venice. Meanwhile the remaining three explore the Mirrored House and find the secrets of a looping jungle.

This is a modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, The Magicians, DIE, isekai, and more. Hearts of Yokai is a placeholder title for this forthcoming game.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our podcast channel: https://aroundthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/
Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/
Follow us on https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens
For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6b74CFWzS4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apocalypse Keys: Cinefantastique S6 (Finale)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 17:29:00 +0000

The team pulls together the keys and clues they have, leading to the revelation of an ancient evil hiding in someone they trusted.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mC3BDIhhZE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ultraviolet Grasslands session 8

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 04:44:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VRrjohv1Ck ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The David Web

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 09 Mar 2025 13:58:00 +0000

The David Web is a storytelling game for an unknown number of pursuers inspired by the structure and cinematography of the Jason Bourne movies.

In The David Web, the players are all anonymous pursuers who follow David around as he tries to discover his identity. Sometimes a player will turn out to be an asset of a hostile and resourceful agency, sometimes a player will just be a camera observing David without obstructing him. David doesn't remember why powerful people want him dead, but he knows that they do and he has the skills to maneuver through the web he finds himself in.

Together you and your friends will create the narrative of a chase movie by taking turns to describe what David is doing, how he uncovers details about his own past, and why he is being pursued. None of these details are created in advance, so you and your friends will make them up as you go, following along from the scenes and descriptions you each add to the overall story.

Eventually both David and the players will discover who he is. Crash zoom into The David Web and get chasing!

The David Web is by Hamish Cameron and is available here https://ardensludere.itch.io/davidweb

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9KjVSKtD1A ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Community Radio: WESP "We Feel Your Pain"

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 21:21:00 +0000

Your town has deep secrets, terrifying monsters, unspeakable evils, a clandestine city council making strange decrees...and a public radio station!

In Community Radio, a group of 3 - 10 people gather to improvise scenes that show what life is like in this town, with accompanying public radio broadcasts. It's a game of dark humor and fast thinking that can entertain for 1-2 hours. All you need is a copy of the game, some index cards and two dice to start.

If you like Welcome to Nightvale, this is the game for you!
Community Radio is by Quinn Murphy and you can find it here https://thoughtcrimegames.itch.io/community-radio

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iKKr3rrUTs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS Stellar Conflict - Tapani 07

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 19:32:00 +0000

Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your crew are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers, and daring pilots. This is a place of glamour and deception, where every handshake hides a dagger and every smile could spell betrayal.

As crew members on a modest but dependable transport ship, you’re tasked with keeping your wits about you while navigating these treacherous waters. With Imperial patrols on high alert, noble houses pulling strings for political gain, and backroom deals driving every decision, each job comes with risk and the promise of credits - if you can pull it off.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX7SLhv1Xh4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Urban Shadows: Piper at the gates of dawn (s5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 08:32:00 +0000

Vicente's enemies catch him in a vulnerable spot, while Regis's desire for protection against the fey force him to turn to an unlikely ally: his ex wife.

Note we were having pretty bad connection problems this session, I haven't watched the video back but suspect the audio is gonna be rough.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O-hlLmuesU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Urban Shadows: Piper at the gates of dawn (4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 08:11:00 +0000

Cathy visits her widower; Regis has a bad dream; Vincente scouts his former mentor; Maximus finally has a lead on the fey drug ring.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akca3WzwSmY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Follow: Dragon

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 03:03:00 +0000

A one-shot of Ben Robbins Follow, "a game about working together or falling apart." In this GMless storygame, we follow a quest and the challenges it faces. In this case dragon slaying...in space...sort of...

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElCB9w_rPGY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Ultraviolet Grasslands session 7

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:26:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKWcBvnVphw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS Anti Heroes 01

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 02 Mar 2025 23:23:00 +0000

Anti-Heroes is a game about super-powered people trying to make their way in the world. Anti-Heroes uses the Forged in the Dark system introduced in John Harper's Blades in the Dark RPG. It is a fiction-first rule set that encourages players to "play to see what happens." In Anti-Heroes, the rules are stripped down to the core for simplicity and flexibility.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNc5ifSsTSc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Vaesen - Bavaria - III

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 02 Mar 2025 02:43:00 +0000

Vaesen - Bavaria - III
Tabletop Roleplaying Game by Free League
Set in Bavaria, 1836

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfol9p4GQBM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Stellar Conflict - Tapani 06

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 19:46:00 +0000

Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your crew are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers, and daring pilots. This is a place of glamour and deception, where every handshake hides a dagger and every smile could spell betrayal.

As crew members on a modest but dependable transport ship, you’re tasked with keeping your wits about you while navigating these treacherous waters. With Imperial patrols on high alert, noble houses pulling strings for political gain, and backroom deals driving every decision, each job comes with risk and the promise of credits - if you can pull it off.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B08JGeYBPM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Ultraviolet Grasslands session 6

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 03:10:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgdk6fIKm8Y ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Blades in the Dark: Urban Renewals S3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 00:35:00 +0000

After reviewing their options, the group digs deeper into the details of a job involving an extraction from "The Beast" a neighborhood built inside a giant dead monster. The area has been locked down by the Drylanders, searching for a particular Bayou Biohacker. The team goes in and easily makes it to the target, but no job can ever really be simple...

We used the City Builder Toolkit https://bit.ly/4goY0eZ
and the Faction Builder Toolkit https://bit.ly/42ywRD4 to build the setting.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI2Z_4aGVEU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Vaesen - Bavaria II

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 09:43:00 +0000

Vaesen - Bavaria II
Tabletop Roleplaying Game - Horror/Fantasy/Investigation RPG
Set in Bavaria, 1836

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og3lluywMys ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Stellar Conflict - Tapani 05

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 21:04:00 +0000

Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your crew are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers, and daring pilots. This is a place of glamour and deception, where every handshake hides a dagger and every smile could spell betrayal.

As crew members on a modest but dependable transport ship, you’re tasked with keeping your wits about you while navigating these treacherous waters. With Imperial patrols on high alert, noble houses pulling strings for political gain, and backroom deals driving every decision, each job comes with risk and the promise of credits - if you can pull it off.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iH_VZxy1Gs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sunken Hearts: The Deepening Gulf Session 12

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 05:50:00 +0000

The group meets with an Immortal on the run who reveals that the Taken were not the only supernatural group in Mobile to receive a ominous oracle at New Year's. Later they consider the details they've learned and decide to investigate the island again, but not before each one handles some investigations and personal business.

This is a modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, The Magicians, DIE, isekai, and more. Hearts of Yokai is a placeholder title for this forthcoming game.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our podcast channel: https://aroundthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/
Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/
Follow us on https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens
For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wThk-W3FcI4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apocalypse Keys: Cinefantastique S5

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:20:00 +0000

The team begins to pull together the keys they have looking deeper into the history of the seminary and the people there. The archives reveal some secrets, but others are consumed. But a picture begins to emerge...

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TefG-crRYa0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Ultraviolet Grasslands session 5

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 02:55:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u07gm7b8iN4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Fall of Home

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 21:53:00 +0000

Home is gone. The ruins and your memories remain.

The Fall of Home is a diceless, GMless collaborative storytelling game for 2-5 players, about the place you used to call home, leaving it behind, and returning.

It’s also a game about people, and how folks from a place can experience that place in wildly different ways. By picking through the ruins, together we will tell the story of Home, and why we ultimately left.

The Fall of Home is by Jo Winter and is available here https://winterymute.itch.io/the-fall-of-home

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk7UCgNW808 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Blades in the Dark: Urban Renewals S2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 19:44:00 +0000

We see downtime in the aftermath of our first heist. Heat is lost and gained again. Overindulgence is the name of the game. Lee tries to right the ship and finds his own way to go off script. Svetlana suffers magical fallout, but it wasn't their fault. Remy bargains with the crews cadre. Cogito uncovers details of the past which have major ramifications and create delicious problems.

We used the City Builder Toolkit https://bit.ly/4goY0eZ
and the Faction Builder Toolkit https://bit.ly/42ywRD4 to build the setting.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsk_9mpN7Hs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Ultraviolet Grasslands session 4

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 05:36:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL_GsuIDG6U ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Blades in the Dark: Urban Renewals S1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 23:03:00 +0000

We establish the finishing touches on our crew-- their goals, reputation, special abilities, and lair. Then we drop them into their first score- a simple job involving lifting a box of seeds & vegetative materials from the Drylander occupational forces and delivering them to the Bayou Biohackers. But, of course, nothing is quite that easy...

We used the City Builder Toolkit https://bit.ly/4goY0eZ
and the Faction Builder Toolkit https://bit.ly/42ywRD4 to build the setting.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp8QS7PpUug ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Cluster: Session 6 - New Horizons

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 20:58:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates another session of 'The Cluster', his game-in-development bringing together aspects of Uncharted Worlds (by Sean Gomes), Starforged (by Shawn Tomkin), Rust Hulks (by Sam Sorensen), and Diaspora (by Murray, Marshall, Dyke & Kerr)....
This session was organised as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...). Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...).
Believing they will need the help of the fixers and smugglers of The Horizon, the Fortitude makes the transit to the Iron Wreath system. There, Chris McPatrick finds his Horizon contact ... who is not happy. Dr Rillisk's naive sincere approaches mends some bridges, but they find themselves in the difficult situation of having to substantiate the lie McPatrick told.
There's a tense meeting which sees one of the crew being threatened with the death of another, all the cards being laid on the table, and agreement to an impossible job. Then, a long lost deep space habitat, unfamiliar tech, and success of a kind but empty coffers ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnpB0URocnM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Vaesen - Bavaria - I

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 22:45:00 +0000

Vaesen - Bavaria
Tabletop Roleplaying Game by Free League
Set in Bavaria, 1836

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myDfgmIUDfQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Stellar Conflict - Tapani 04

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 20:12:00 +0000

Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your crew are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers, and daring pilots. This is a place of glamour and deception, where every handshake hides a dagger and every smile could spell betrayal.

As crew members on a modest but dependable transport ship, you’re tasked with keeping your wits about you while navigating these treacherous waters. With Imperial patrols on high alert, noble houses pulling strings for political gain, and backroom deals driving every decision, each job comes with risk and the promise of credits - if you can pull it off.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN6vWSWeVm0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apocalypse Keys: Cinefantastique S4

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 18:02:00 +0000

The team regroups and deals with some of the fallout from the start of the investigation. Then they split into two pairs, interviewing some of the Returners. The learn some of the secrets of the realms those otherworldly figures took them to. But this path leads to painful revelations, another murder, and a sudden change in the world around them...

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQEnEDL_-Ms ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sword Opera S2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 05:22:00 +0000

The second of two sessions trying out Sword Opera, a ttrpg of action, melodrama, swords, and romance. It's a new adaptation of Forged in the Dark to cover a variety of genres. The Kickstarter runs through Feb 11, 2025. You can check that out here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mythicgazetteer/sword-opera/

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmjbbSUVfFk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sunken Hearts: The Deepening Gulf Session 11

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:12:00 +0000

Recovering from the island attack, the group discusses their options, settling finally on revealing the dream-bullet killer to the master of the Goblin Market. Then they head in separate directions to handle personal business leading to harvesting, sinking secrets, cheese balls, and a dark football party bargain. Then they meet together again to talk about next steps.

This is a modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, The Magicians, DIE, isekai, and more. Hearts of Yokai is a placeholder title for this forthcoming game.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our podcast channel: https://aroundthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/
Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/
Follow us on https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens
For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHibLboovBU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek: Wolf's Shadow Season 1: Pilot (3 of 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:15:00 +0000

An audio-only TTRPG actual play of Star Trek Adventures. This first pilot episode is split into three smaller parts.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw9cPakwn3w ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek: Wolf's Shadow Season 1: Pilot (2 of 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:38:00 +0000

An audio-only TTRPG actual play of Star Trek Adventures. This first pilot episode is split into three smaller parts.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnInWZwjZvk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek: Wolf's Shadow Season 1: Pilot (1 of 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 05:33:00 +0000

An audio-only actual play of Star Trek Adventures. This first pilot episode is split into three smaller parts.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joEAwFX3-aA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Urban Shadows: Piper at the gates of dawn (3 of 11)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 11:02:00 +0000

Maximus, Vicente, Regis and Cathy all work together to overcome the demon haunting the art warehouse, discovering unexpected connections between their enemies.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5alrRl2AaKw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Blades in the Dark: Urban Renewals Session Zero

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:16:00 +0000

We do the set up and character creation session for a new series of Blades in the Dark. But we create our own setting. We begin with the geography, environment, and threats. Then we talk about magic & technology. Finally we create factions and decide on unusual locations. Next talk about a vision for our crew and then build characters and connections.

We use the City Builder Toolkit https://bit.ly/4goY0eZ
and the Faction Builder Toolkit https://bit.ly/42ywRD4

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blADCfS9SGY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Cluster: Session 5 - New Tortuga

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 21:01:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates another session of 'The Cluster', his hack-that-might-be-a-game bringing together aspects of Uncharted Worlds (by Sean Gomes), Starforged (by Shawn Tomkin), Rust Hulks (by Sam Sorensen), and Diaspora (by Murray, Marshall, Dyke & Kerr)....
This session was organised as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...). Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...).
Only two of the original Crew make it into the Splendiferous System in search of leads connecting the Snaggs to a dark conspiracy involving RGA Intelligence. They recruit Chris McPatrick, a member of a private investigation agency out of the Iron Wreath. He's been on Snagg for a while working undercover for the fixers and smugglers of New Horizon. While McPatrick uses local contacts Nestor 'Greeny' Green catches up with Red, an old creche-mate. Meanwhile, Dr Rillisk discovers that The Maintenance Guild really *does* want her back. Several plans come together at 'The Goldfish Bowl', where a bar fight, a moon pool, and some breathing apparatus work together seamlessly. Then ... a submarine and snaggsharks!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxMSVf0erQg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Stellar Conflict - Tapani 03

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 01 Feb 2025 18:09:00 +0000

Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your crew are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers, and daring pilots. This is a place of glamour and deception, where every handshake hides a dagger and every smile could spell betrayal.

As crew members on a modest but dependable transport ship, you’re tasked with keeping your wits about you while navigating these treacherous waters. With Imperial patrols on high alert, noble houses pulling strings for political gain, and backroom deals driving every decision, each job comes with risk and the promise of credits - if you can pull it off.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf8lVEcBJtE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sword Opera S1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 04:38:00 +0000

The first of two sessions trying out Sword Opera, a ttrpg of action, melodrama, swords, and romance. It's a new adaptation of Forged in the Dark to cover a variety of genres. The Kickstarter runs through Feb 11, 2025. You can check that out here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mythicgazetteer/sword-opera/

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNs7478Gj2Y ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Bump in the Dark: Interlude (10 of 10)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:44:00 +0000

This is an interlude session of our series of Bump in the Dark, prequel to a series of Alice is Missing & Monsterhearts 2 & sequel to the subsequent series of A Town Called Malice.

Thrilling, gritty, and utterly human, Bump in the Dark is a tabletop roleplaying game about a group of people who’ve dedicated their lives to hunting and dealing with monsters. There are gruesome attacks, tense investigations, nasty cryptids, nefarious factions, powerful demons, action-packed showdowns, and regular folk caught in the middle.

Bump in the Dark is a Forged in the Dark game by Jex Thomas and is available here
https://jexjthomas.itch.io/bump-in-the-dark

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85khGK7JhgQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Ultraviolet Grasslands session 3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 03:28:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zYL7cIcRiU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apocalypse Keys: Cinefantastique S3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 04:04:00 +0000

We see some of the debrief and fallout from the team's previous mission, and meet the newest operative. Then the group is dispatched to Barcelona to look into a series of mysterious floral deaths at a seminary which houses a facility for Returners, people stolen away by monsters but who managed to escape back to this world.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3sYwkvP-sg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Urban Shadows: Piper at the gates of dawn (2 of 11)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 19:51:00 +0000

Cathy sets out to investigate Cleopatra's lair. Maximus and special guest star Vicente agree to help each other out, but both find their promises more challenging than they expected.

This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. For more see https://openhearthgaming.com/ or join our discord at https://discord.gg/xRjXYXQq.

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearth...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYIESju2RFU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Stellar Conflict - Tapani 02

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 18:31:00 +0000

Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your crew are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers, and daring pilots. This is a place of glamour and deception, where every handshake hides a dagger and every smile could spell betrayal.

As crew members on a modest but dependable transport ship, you’re tasked with keeping your wits about you while navigating these treacherous waters. With Imperial patrols on high alert, noble houses pulling strings for political gain, and backroom deals driving every decision, each job comes with risk and the promise of credits - if you can pull it off.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6q0WytOPzg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Lavender Hack - Solo Character, Culture & Town Creation

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 19:46:00 +0000

I use the Lavender Hack to create a four-person adventuring party along with the town they're operating out of.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0SjeOPkB68 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Lavender Hack - Character, Culture, and Town Creation

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 06:00:00 +0000

We go through character creation, culture creation, and town creation for the Lavender Hack.

If you want to view the final results, the character keeper (sans rules support) is available here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17RGb6Y_qUkgm7fx4WxlmBwKe5RGExrcJd5TjrEHCBxQ/edit?usp=sharing

(Note that the CK we were using was in the early stages of development, which clearly shows.)

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhUH09DnjzQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Bump in the Dark: Final Checkout (9 of 10)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:49:00 +0000

This is part of a new series, prequel to a series of Alice is Missing & Monsterhearts 2 & sequel to the subsequent series of A Town Called Malice. The Pact make a Final Checkout,

Thrilling, gritty, and utterly human, Bump in the Dark is a tabletop roleplaying game about a group of people who’ve dedicated their lives to hunting and dealing with monsters. There are gruesome attacks, tense investigations, nasty cryptids, nefarious factions, powerful demons, action-packed showdowns, and regular folk caught in the middle.

Bump in the Dark is a Forged in the Dark game by Jex Thomas and is available here
https://jexjthomas.itch.io/bump-in-the-dark

Final Checkout is a hunt for Bump in the Dark by Sarah Bolling and is available here
https://bloody-gorgeous.itch.io/final-checkout

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojwHjLK5b20 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apocalypse Keys: Cinefantastique S2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 18:13:00 +0000

Our team from The Department of Control proceed into the strange factory facility, finding evidence of their having previously been there. In the bowels of the place they find a lab, meet a damaged on-site staffer, and get the first hints of the object of power, leading to revelations about their lost operative.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChKOLEj8dpU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Ultraviolet Grasslands session 2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 05:18:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHU7Lp9jDV4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Urban Shadows: Piper at the gates of dawn (S1)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 23:28:00 +0000

It's London in the late 60s and a new world is being born—but there are old powers who'll do anything to maintain their control. In this session we meet the recently deceased Cathy, worried about her widower's new relationship with a vampire assassin; Maximus the Younger, agent of a fractious wizard council on the trail of a faerie drug ring; and Regis, who just doesn't want to deal with any of this shit anymore until an attack shows an old enemy isn't done with him yet.

This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. For more see https://openhearthgaming.com/ or join our discord at https://discord.gg/GprSm6e3.

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearth...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuAn4M2vquY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Stellar Conflict - Tapani 01

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 20:23:00 +0000

Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your crew are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers, and daring pilots. This is a place of glamour and deception, where every handshake hides a dagger and every smile could spell betrayal.

As crew members on a modest but dependable transport ship, you’re tasked with keeping your wits about you while navigating these treacherous waters. With Imperial patrols on high alert, noble houses pulling strings for political gain, and backroom deals driving every decision, each job comes with risk and the promise of credits - if you can pull it off.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZd9WHURiyA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sunken Hearts: The Deepening Gulf Session 10

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 15:50:00 +0000

The protagonists split into two groups. Lily and Marrow head off to check the graveyard where the dream bullet assassin fired from. They meet ghosts, talk to a new witch faction, and get hints of Immortal involvement. On the other side Aldo and Mr. Suit go to check on an island associated with the missing Taken cadre and run into some chaos. Well, actually a lot of chaos.

This is a modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, The Magicians, DIE, isekai, and more. Hearts of Yokai is a placeholder title for this forthcoming game.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our podcast channel: https://aroundthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/
Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/
Follow us on https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens
For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnWmhGzTC3s ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Bump in the Dark: Final Checkout (8 of 10)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 21:49:00 +0000

This is part of a new series, prequel to a series of Alice is Missing & Monsterhearts 2 & sequel to the subsequent series of A Town Called Malice. The Pact make a Final Checkout,

Thrilling, gritty, and utterly human, Bump in the Dark is a tabletop roleplaying game about a group of people who’ve dedicated their lives to hunting and dealing with monsters. There are gruesome attacks, tense investigations, nasty cryptids, nefarious factions, powerful demons, action-packed showdowns, and regular folk caught in the middle.

Bump in the Dark is a Forged in the Dark game by Jex Thomas and is available here
https://jexjthomas.itch.io/bump-in-the-dark

Final Checkout is a hunt for Bump in the Dark by Sarah Bolling and is available here
https://bloody-gorgeous.itch.io/final-checkout

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y0AFGOe1DI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - The Voice in the Woods

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 07:41:00 +0000

Content Warning: fake memories, bodily infestation, maggots.

This is a one-shot, prequel to a series of Alice is Missing & Monsterhearts 2 & taking place in between subsequent series of A Town Called Malice & Bump in the Dark.

A group of friends has decided to spend a night in the woods, camping.
They gathered around the campfire to talk about their dreams and goals. However, the chatter is interrupted by a noise from the bushes immersed in the darkness behind them.
Then, all the friends are gone, and the only one remaining is called by a feeble voice from the woods, asking them to face their fears.

You are the Protagonist: the forest has chosen you, calling your name. You must go into the darkness, only equipped with a few items, and face your fears. What awaits you is a rite of passage, a journey from which you will return changed.

The Voice in the Woods is by Matteo Sciutteri and is available here https://matteosciutteri.itch.io/the-voice-in-the-wood

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ-QizbC-dw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sunken Hearts (aka Hearts of Yokai) Session 9

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 05:37:00 +0000

The group follows up on details from the Goblin Market Murder, and also pursues their own agendas. Marrow briefs the Hand of his Court, while Mr. Suit makes a play for a new responsibility in his. Aldo learns more about the Immortals and Lily tracks down an outsider Sunken who knows more about the murder than he lets on.

This is a modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, The Magicians, DIE, isekai, and more. Hearts of Yokai is a placeholder title for this forthcoming game.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.comThis is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/
Follow us on https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravensFor more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aOk4pwg72w ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Wickedness (3 of 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 22:41:00 +0000

Wickedness is a peculiar tabletop game written for exactly three players and one tarot deck, with no dice and no GM. Together, you'll form a coven between three mystical archetypes (the innocent and gentle Pure Heart, the volatile, revelrous Wild Spirit, and the uptight, scholarly Old Soul) and try to keep your world of magic and mystery in balance with the mundane world, in spite of its ignorance, poverty and violence.

Wickedness is by M Veselak and is available here
https://nightling-bug.itch.io/wickedness

We are using the Urban Fantasy playset by Caro Asersion.
https://seaexcursion.itch.io/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzbz_7mlTWg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Ultraviolet Grasslands session 1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 10:29:00 +0000

We gather our heroes in the Violet City:
- Sirena, the vampire bio-barista
- Yilis "O" Orloko, the narco-engineer holy diver
- Chaz, the timelost leisure maximizer
- Phaedred Outani, the Emerald City advertising engineer

After some carousing, catnip drug drips, and market research, we're ready to set of for the Steppe of the Lime Nomads with our gorilla accountant and sentient donkey!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7jbU9OQOqk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

A Warning to the Curious: Raith-by-Spilsby

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 11:53:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a one-shot of 'A Warning to the Curious' (from Scott at Trollish Delver Games).
This session was organised as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...). Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...).
It's January 1901 and Professors Ward, Hussey & Barrow are joined by their colleague Dr Aldthorpe for a New Year break prior to the start of the Lent Term. Raith-by-Spilsby has much to recommend it to their scholarly interests as archaeologist, theologian, art historian and mediaevalist, respectively, with its monastic ruins and a castle re-modelled in the Regency style. There's academic tensions, howling at dusk, and a mortified landlady. Then an archaeological find, whispers, and a 'friend' from the Boer War before ... a sorcerous ritual and the taxidermied remains of 'Blessed by God Francis' ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q-Bkv8wXNk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apocalypse Keys: Cinefantastique S1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 04 Jan 2025 20:14:00 +0000

A new series of Apocalypse Keys, featuring The Department of Control from the Doomsday Delights supplement. This features our session zero character creation and DIVISION framework building. We then flash to the prologue for our first mission...or is it?

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5INxcTuWHP8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Fiasco - Poppleton Mall

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 15:54:00 +0000

We play the Poppleton Mall playset using the classic rules.

Fiasco is a game where you engineer and play out stupid, disastrous situations, usually at the intersection of greed, fear, and lust. It’s like making your own Coen brothers movie, in about the same amount of time it’d take to watch one.

Tell cinematic tales of small time capers gone disastrously wrong – inspired by films like Blood Simple, Fargo, The Way of the Gun, Burn After Reading, and A Simple Plan. You play ordinary people with powerful ambition and poor impulse control.

Fiasco is by Jason Morningstar and is available here https://bullypulpitgames.com/products/fiasco

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJXV7ggQjns ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Heart the City Beneath 2024 4 of 4

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 28 Dec 2024 06:19:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqalckPO2qg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Solstice

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:42:00 +0000

Solstice is a folk horror role-playing game about small town mentality, shame and burning someone alive to bring back the sun.
Set in rural Scotland at the tail end of the 1990s. Everyone plays young adults. Compelled by social expectation, they compete to be The Chosen of the Solstice, assigned to burn to death inside a giant wicker man.

Solstice is by Tanya Floaker and is available here https://floaker.itch.io/solstice

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pv1ugAYsRI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Cluster: Session 4 - The Forsaken

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:47:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a 2nd session of 'The Cluster', his hack-that-might-be-a-game bringing together aspects of Uncharted Worlds (by Sean Gomes), Starforged (by Shawn Tomkin), Rust Hulks (by Sam Sorensen), and Diaspora (by Murray, Marshall, Dyke & Kerr)....
This session was organised as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...). Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...).
The Crew land among the high peaks that keep the Forsaken 'safe' above the dense jungles, fungal infections and spore storms that leave the rest of the planet largely uninhabitable. Deacon Gallant is surprised by missionaries and Nestor isn't sure why they'd want to hunt down a stranger, while Jax and Rillisk con Captain Golvan into giving them access to the Whisper's logs. There's spare parts collected and a short interdiction by the Ring Gate Authority, while Gallant's a crisis of faith is painfully resolved (or is it) and a salvage op turns into the rescue ... that may provide the segue-way to Season 2 ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA8z4JPnDYw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Swoop Gangs Niamos 10

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 19:23:00 +0000

Our crew plays Nomad Outlaw Swoop Bikers, the absolute Best of the Worst.
* Committing crime, helping their local community, and handing out some good old-fashioned street justice.
* Working under the Heat's radar and going toe to toe with their Rival Gang.
* Operating a business with the gang to cover for their illicit activities
* Being cool, and when cool won't cut it, being Bad Ass.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LCUkxniDBI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Kingdom 2e: Far Station Eschaton S2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000

The second of a two-part series of Kingdom 2e by Ben Robbins, with a frame influenced by Deep Space Nine and Babylon Five. In this session we split deal with the fallout from the first Crossroad and explore a second one. New forces threaten Far Station Eschaton when a new alien people emerge from the wormhole and offer an alliance. Will the station take up this opportunity? What costs must be paid?

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0BUfcgWsjE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Heart the City Beneath 2024 3 of 4

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 05:20:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IYvwEWjWmU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Cluster - Session 3: a Whisper in the Void

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:57:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a 2nd session of 'The Cluster', his hack-that-might-be-a-game bringing together aspects of Uncharted Worlds (by Sean Gomes), Starforged (by Shawn Tomkin), Rust Hulks (by Sam Sorensen), and Diaspora (by Murray, Marshall, Dyke & Kerr)....
This session was organised as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...). Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...).
Though Jax stays off-screen the reunited crew depart on a potentially lucrative job through the Ring Gate to the Void system. There's the claustophobia and discomfort of travel between Gates and some shore leave before there's a Whisper to follow. Then, a distress call, PDCs at short range, and a high G pursuit that turns into a missile duel ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDvXptp7JHc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Community Radio: WAYS "You'll Find Yours, Just Wait"

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 19:20:00 +0000

We play a one-shot of Quinn Murphy's Community Radio. Your town has deep secrets, terrifying monsters, unspeakable evils, a clandestine city council making strange decrees...and a public radio station!

In Community Radio, a group of 3 - 10 people gather to improvise scenes that show what life is like in this town, with accompanying public radio broadcasts. It's a game of dark humor and fast thinking that can entertain for 1-2 hours.

If you like Welcome to Nightvale, this is the game for you!

Find that here: https://thoughtcrimegames.itch.io/community-radio

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXOezFg256M ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Kingdom 2e: Far Station Eschaton S1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 19:19:00 +0000

The first of a two-part series of Kingdom 2e by Ben Robbins, with a frame influenced by Deep Space Nine and Babylon Five. In this session we split between set up and playing out our first Crossroad. Far Station Eschaton has experienced a boom with the opening of a new wormhole leading to a sector of space shrouded in legend. But this has led to new pressures of population, a nearby civil war, and the influence of a Confederation that is a shadow of its former self.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epRCBXOjxY0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Swoop Gangs Niamos 09

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 19:13:00 +0000

Our crew plays Nomad Outlaw Swoop Bikers, the absolute Best of the Worst.
* Committing crime, helping their local community, and handing out some good old-fashioned street justice.
* Working under the Heat's radar and going toe to toe with their Rival Gang.
* Operating a business with the gang to cover for their illicit activities
* Being cool, and when cool won't cut it, being Bad Ass.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDFHw8lVIHY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Heart the City Beneath 2024 2 of 4

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 03:58:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNccgLhQhXo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Yokai: The Deepening Gulf (Session Eight)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 15:44:00 +0000

The group reluctantly agrees to investigate the murder of the Goblin boss who was set to half a duel with one of their associates. This leads them to the Goblin Market, and some lessons about the structure of the Goblin families. They investigate the murder scene, get shot by a dream bullet, and discover connections to the missing cadre they've been hunting for...

This is a modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, The Magicians, DIE, isekai, and more. Hearts of Yokai is a placeholder title for this forthcoming game.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.comThis is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/
Follow us on https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravensFor more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU1_D05n5E8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Wickedness (2 of 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 21:50:00 +0000

Wickedness is a peculiar tabletop game written for exactly three players and one tarot deck, with no dice and no GM. Together, you'll form a coven between three mystical archetypes (the innocent and gentle Pure Heart, the volatile, revelrous Wild Spirit, and the uptight, scholarly Old Soul) and try to keep your world of magic and mystery in balance with the mundane world, in spite of its ignorance, poverty and violence.

Wickedness is by M Veselak and is available here
https://nightling-bug.itch.io/wickedness

We are using the Urban Fantasy playset by Caro Asersion.
https://seaexcursion.itch.io/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M3A5kCpNbI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Kingdom 2e: Fall of the Overlord S2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 21:03:00 +0000

The second of a two-part series of Kingdom 2e by Ben Robbins. In this session we play out a second crossroad. Our characters explore the fate of a fantasy city, newly liberated from a force of evil by heroic factions. But now comes the hard part of rebuilding, reconciling, and finding hope.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvJXJHSRi0A ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Cluster - Session 2: a Budding Mystery

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 19:56:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a 2nd session of 'The Cluster', his hack-that-might-be-a-game bringing together aspects of Uncharted Worlds (by Sean Gomes), Starforged (by Shawn Tomkin), Rust Hulks (by Sam Sorensen), and Diaspora (by Murray, Marshall, Dyke & Kerr)....
This session was organised as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...). Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...).
When Deacon Gallant goes missing there's a difficult meeting with an unconcerned Dean for which Dr Marion Rillisk comes down from orbit to join Jax & Nestor. Dissatisfied with the Dean's response the team split up to look for Gallant. There's a cigarette break that turns into a knife fight (or maybe just practice); an attack (that might have been an assassination attempt); and an explosion that threatens potential evidence. Then, a suspect presents herself but the involvement of a potent Faction causes everyone to take a deep breath before the team gets back together ... and gets a potentially very valuable job!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw1WoLE4n6s ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Cluster - Session 1: a Routine Cargo Run

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 19:53:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a session of 'The Cluster', his hack that brings together aspects of Uncharted Worlds (by Sean Gomes), Starforged (by Shawn Tomkin), Rust Hulks (by Sam Sorensen), and Diaspora (by Murray, Marshall, Dyke & Kerr)....
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...). Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...).
We meet Gallant, a Deacon of Galiel's Aid & Order, an authoritarian government to whom he betrayed his parents. He is accompanied by Nestor Green, bought out of 'The Creche' of the barely survivable world of Snagg by a mercenary company, before going AWOL, and Jax Merrin, former dodgy investigator among the asteroids of Iron Wreath, who made a choice that led to his partner being pushed out of an airlock ...
A routine cargo run to the Galiel colony of 'Budding Two' turns complicated when there are missiles, a hot reception, and a a misunderstanding calmed down. Then, disturbing clues of criminal invovlement, smuggling and heresy ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1bZUzJ7tns ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Swoop Gangs Niamos 08

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 07 Dec 2024 20:43:00 +0000

Our crew plays Nomad Outlaw Swoop Bikers, the absolute Best of the Worst.
* Committing crime, helping their local community, and handing out some good old-fashioned street justice.
* Working under the Heat's radar and going toe to toe with their Rival Gang.
* Operating a business with the gang to cover for their illicit activities
* Being cool, and when cool won't cut it, being Bad Ass.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcNZOv5SxLk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Wickedness (1 of 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 15:14:00 +0000

Wickedness is a peculiar tabletop game written for exactly three players and one tarot deck, with no dice and no GM. Together, you'll form a coven between three mystical archetypes (the innocent and gentle Pure Heart, the volatile, revelrous Wild Spirit, and the uptight, scholarly Old Soul) and try to keep your world of magic and mystery in balance with the mundane world, in spite of its ignorance, poverty and violence.

Wickedness is by M Veselak and is available here
https://nightling-bug.itch.io/wickedness

We are using the Urban Fantasy playset by Caro Asersion.
https://seaexcursion.itch.io/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FW-1Q3u6gk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Yokai: The Deepening Gulf (Session Seven)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 13:12:00 +0000

There's fallout from the party and we see our protagonists interact with each other and members of the Taken community. A 'family' dinner reveals more about everyone. Then the group follows up on events at the Junkyard, leading to a meeting with one of The Five. And finally the day of the duel comes...but one of the parties doesn't arrive...

This is a modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, The Magicians, DIE, isekai, and more. Hearts of Yokai is a placeholder title for this forthcoming game.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.comThis is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/
Follow us on https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravensFor more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sa3S1bFYE8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Kingdom 2e: Fall of the Overlord S1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 20:24:00 +0000

The first of a two-part series of Kingdom 2e by Ben Robbins. In this session we split between set up and playing out our first Crossroad. Our characters explore the fate of a fantasy city, newly liberated from a force of evil by heroic factions. But now comes the hard part of rebuilding, reconciling, and finding hope.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_vAUzHnen4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Heart the City Beneath 2024 1 of 4

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 03:13:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3PWHPtOcvo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eclipse Phase S1 Ep3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 16:10:00 +0000

This is episode three of session one, it is a TTRPG played currently in early beta. It is played as part of the Open Hearth gaming community.

The group navigated through a chaotic situation at Dr. Morbius's residence in the city of Noctis. They discussed various scenarios involving a synth, a skinned body, and a telepresence robot, as well as making decisions about the game's progression and exploring the situation. The team also discussed strategies for dealing with a robot attack, the identity of Dr. Klatu, and the connection between the killer robot and the warehouse.
They finally discover what is behind the Titan Quarantine Zone (TQZ) disturbance, but are still left without the knowledge of their true selves or what has happened in the missing six months they cannot remember.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UJFf9bRb5g ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight: Lumina Season Two Ep3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 23:38:00 +0000

... ... ...

Search for "Open Hearth Gaming" to learn more about the community.

Girl by Moonlight is a TTRPG designed by Andrew Gillis and published by Evil Hat. We are using the At the Brink of the Abyss series.

Please note, this is not an actual play production. This is a record of typical play for those looking to see an example for this game.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR-137HafxQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight: Lumina Season Two Ep4

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 23:38:00 +0000

... ... ...

Search for "Open Hearth Gaming" to learn more about the community.

Girl by Moonlight is a TTRPG designed by Andrew Gillis and published by Evil Hat. We are using the At the Brink of the Abyss series.

Please note, this is not an actual play production. This is a record of typical play for those looking to see an example for this game.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXLHV3q1szU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight: Lumina Season Two Ep9

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 23:38:00 +0000

... ... ...

Search for "Open Hearth Gaming" to learn more about the community.

Girl by Moonlight is a TTRPG designed by Andrew Gillis and published by Evil Hat. We are using the At the Brink of the Abyss series.

Please note, this is not an actual play production. This is a record of typical play for those looking to see an example for this game.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwsqmewyGVo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight: Lumina Season Two Ep5

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 23:38:00 +0000

... ... ...

Search for "Open Hearth Gaming" to learn more about the community.

Girl by Moonlight is a TTRPG designed by Andrew Gillis and published by Evil Hat. We are using the At the Brink of the Abyss series.

Please note, this is not an actual play production. This is a record of typical play for those looking to see an example for this game.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih2rICS4vNc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight: Lumina Season Two Ep6

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 23:38:00 +0000

... ... ...

Search for "Open Hearth Gaming" to learn more about the community.

Girl by Moonlight is a TTRPG designed by Andrew Gillis and published by Evil Hat. We are using the At the Brink of the Abyss series.

Please note, this is not an actual play production. This is a record of typical play for those looking to see an example for this game.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgDECmxSzOM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight: Lumina Season Two Ep7

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 23:38:00 +0000

... ... ...

Search for "Open Hearth Gaming" to learn more about the community.

Girl by Moonlight is a TTRPG designed by Andrew Gillis and published by Evil Hat. We are using the At the Brink of the Abyss series.

Please note, this is not an actual play production. This is a record of typical play for those looking to see an example for this game.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYQ4pP4AFjE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight: Lumina Season Two Ep8

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 23:38:00 +0000

... ... ...

Search for "Open Hearth Gaming" to learn more about the community.

Girl by Moonlight is a TTRPG designed by Andrew Gillis and published by Evil Hat. We are using the At the Brink of the Abyss series.

Please note, this is not an actual play production. This is a record of typical play for those looking to see an example for this game.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDtCB6m91JU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl By Moonlight: Lumina Season Two Ep1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 23:37:00 +0000

This first episode is the first half of session zero. Unfortunately, the second episode was not recorded and so the second half of session zero is floating somewhere in the Abyss.

Note: Girl by Moonlight suggests play begins in "season two" of the magical girl series played out. There is no actual "season one," it exists only in reference.

... ... ...

Search for "Open Hearth Gaming" to learn more about the community.

Girl by Moonlight is a TTRPG designed by Andrew Gillis and published by Evil Hat. We are using the At the Brink of the Abyss series.

Please note, this is not an actual play production. This is a record of typical play for those looking to see an example for this game.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8DaALvE9yw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight: Lumina Season Three Ep8

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 23:26:00 +0000

Session 8 of Girl by Moonlight with a group of wonderful players from the Open Hearth.

Our magical girls enter the end game. Will they be able to foil the plans of the Abyss?

... ... ...

Search for "Open Hearth Gaming" to learn more about the community.

Girl by Moonlight is a TTRPG designed by Andrew Gillis and published by Evil Hat. We are using the At the Brink of the Abyss series.

Please note, this is not an actual play production. This is a record of typical play for those looking to see an example for this game.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CIDm8zJnq8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eclipse Phase DECAY system - group view session 2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This is a TTRPG played currently in early beta. It is played as part of the Open Hearth gaming community

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O8j1rZfrhs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Wars Saturdays: Outblastered - Episode 3 - Showdown on Mustafar

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 22:03:00 +0000

Our intrepid heroes face the many dangers of Mustafar to recover the ancient Sith artifact! Will they succeed? Will they survive? Will the dice roller be helpful or mildly annoying? Find out!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB2n17bzSKQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Swoop Gangs Niamos 07

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 18:51:00 +0000

Our crew plays Nomad Outlaw Swoop Bikers, the absolute Best of the Worst.
* Committing crime, helping their local community, and handing out some good old-fashioned street justice.
* Working under the Heat's radar and going toe to toe with their Rival Gang.
* Operating a business with the gang to cover for their illicit activities
* Being cool, and when cool won't cut it, being Bad Ass.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_3uKeuXm9Q ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Wars Saturdays: Outblastered - Episode 2 - Betrayal of the Crimson Dawn

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 20:47:00 +0000

Three heroes on the run are joined by a Jedi working with the Crimson Dawn, and together they take on a dangerous mission.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c-rsC0wSNg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Swoop Gangs Niamos 06

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 09 Nov 2024 18:44:00 +0000

Our crew plays Nomad Outlaw Swoop Bikers, the absolute Best of the Worst.
* Committing crime, helping their local community, and handing out some good old-fashioned street justice.
* Working under the Heat's radar and going toe to toe with their Rival Gang.
* Operating a business with the gang to cover for their illicit activities
* Being cool, and when cool won't cut it, being Bad Ass.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wqX0px-eRo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Wars Saturdays: Outgunned, Episode 1 - Escape from Corellia

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 08:17:00 +0000

This is the first session of our short run of Outgunned set in Star Wars.

We're using Outgunned Adventure as the core but with modified roles, tropes, and feats.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2zVZVzDPJE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Swoop Gangs Niamos 05

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 02 Nov 2024 17:30:00 +0000

Our crew plays Nomad Outlaw Swoop Bikers, the absolute Best of the Worst.
* Committing crime, helping their local community, and handing out some good old-fashioned street justice.
* Working under the Heat's radar and going toe to toe with their Rival Gang.
* Operating a business with the gang to cover for their illicit activities
* Being cool, and when cool won't cut it, being Bad Ass.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwTKq2c7J9Q ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Monster of the Week - Pine Lake - Episode 7

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 09:49:00 +0000

Our monster hunters find out what's going on with Gary and the Air Force.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC3avm0d6ho ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Swoop Gangs Niamos 04

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 17:48:00 +0000

Our crew plays Nomad Outlaw Swoop Bikers, the absolute Best of the Worst.
* Committing crime, helping their local community, and handing out some good old-fashioned street justice.
* Working under the Heat's radar and going toe to toe with their Rival Gang.
* Operating a business with the gang to cover for their illicit activities
* Being cool, and when cool won't cut it, being Bad Ass.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKAcyFAzLik ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Murder of Mr. Crow

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 14:41:00 +0000

A game in which a group of friends will create a murder scenario together. Everyone takes turn playing the Detective, who has already figured out who murdered Mr. Crow in an apartment building.

This parlour LARP-style game is by Rickard Elimää and is avaiable here
https://www.urverkspel.com/vara-spel/oevriga-projekt/category/15-ovriga-projekt

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otcVOE0yNlI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Yokai: The Deepening Gulf (Session Five)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 12:52:00 +0000

The characters arrive at a location associated with the lost crew they've been hunting for. But strange magics suggest a trap and when they make contact with someone inside the abandoned junkyard, they discover a darker and more dangerous truth.

This is a modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, The Magicians, DIE, isekai, and more. Hearts of Yokai is a placeholder title for this forthcoming game. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASfUhr2-sYs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Blades in the Dark: Dreaming Cities (Session 7)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 03:58:00 +0000

Our protagonists expand their reach. Then then group gathers to consider what task to take on next-- but a discovery about their target forces them to shift the direction of their mission.

You can find an expanded, print & play version of the City Builder and Faction Builder Toolkits we used for this campaign here: https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearth...

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJPzuBcOOKQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Monster of the Week - Pine Lake Episode 6

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 20:37:00 +0000

Our intrepid monster hunters encounter a new mystery. Who is Gary? Where did he come from? And why hasn't he watched Enter the Dragon?

It seems I had some video issues with a framerate of about one per second that I didn't show for me during the session. Sorry about that!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_nKj27H__g ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Swoop Gangs Niamos 03

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 18:58:00 +0000

Our crew plays Nomad Outlaw Swoop Bikers, the absolute Best of the Worst.
* Committing crime, helping their local community, and handing out some good old-fashioned street justice.
* Working under the Heat's radar and going toe to toe with their Rival Gang.
* Operating a business with the gang to cover for their illicit activities
* Being cool, and when cool won't cut it, being Bad Ass.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgfnMFgBVX8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eotenweard - The Twisting Path (Session 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 14:01:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the fianl session in a (sadly curtailed) series of Eotenweard (his own PbtA game in development of Dark Age heroes protecting the innocent from a Darkness growing across the Old North).
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...) ...
Solinus, the Reformed, joins the other Heroes as they approach the Mercian village of Linbeck. There's a bitter Heir and his sister the dishonest Champion but it is the village's young Loon who needs help to escape angry water horses making the estuary unsafe. Then ... the elements perverted, an unholy island in the middle of the the estuary, and conspirators confronted when a sinister cover-up is discovered ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmLFYa9vWjk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Monster of the Week - Pine Lake - Episode 5

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 13 Oct 2024 19:26:00 +0000

Audio issues!

We go through the four year time skip.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVjfOgHUBEY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Swoop Gangs Niamos 02

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 19:36:00 +0000

Our crew plays Nomad Outlaw Swoop Bikers, the absolute Best of the Worst.
* Committing crime, helping their local community, and handing out some good old-fashioned street justice.
* Working under the Heat's radar and going toe to toe with their Rival Gang.
* Operating a business with the gang to cover for their illicit activities
* Being cool, and when cool won't cut it, being Bad Ass.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU9K2X_D3II ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eotenweard - The Twisting Path (Session 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:01:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the first session in a series of Eotenweard (his own PbtA game in development of Dark Age heroes protecting the innocent from a Darkness growing across the Old North).
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...) ...
Emerging from the 'Devil's Crevice' the Heroes work out how a scorched bone marked with arcane symbols, the stink of Hell, the statue they found at the church, and the pestilence that puts the villagers at risk, are connected. There's a confrontation at the threshold of Dincynog's Hall, a demon revealed and a demon (apparently) dispatched. Then, dead man walking while Pagan and Christian values come onto conflict, before the Heroes depart and Sister Sal has an opportunity to take a step back towards Glory ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mA2OslFuCg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Yokai: The Deepening Gulf (Session Four)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 12:18:00 +0000

The group continues to dig deeper into the nature of the missing crew and everything they discover makes them seem less savory. Aldo finds some goblins and digs treasures out of a water-logged basement. Marrow gets roped into a duel. Lily is involved in more party planning and a related food-based crime. Mr. Suit dives into the Undertow and finds the remains of Tinfoil Venice.

This is a modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, The Magicians, DIE, isekai, and more. Hearts of Yokai is a placeholder title for this forthcoming game. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFAdlUjBnqo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Blades in the Dark: Dreaming Cities (Session 6)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 23:51:00 +0000

The group tracks down the mages and The Master. They hit the streets and their network of contacts to approach this murderous score with a better plan. At the target estate they split into pairs, leaning into their respective strengths-- and facing differing challenges.

You can find an expanded, print & play version of the City Builder and Faction Builder Toolkits we used for this campaign here: https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearth...

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKbOeP20gGc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Blades in the Dark: Dreaming Cities (Session 5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 23:44:00 +0000

The group recovers from the events of the failed score. They regroup with their friends and connections, looking to gain more information on their new targets. Then their patron, Hundredth Peal, appears to offer them a bounty on the twin street mages and their dangerous Words.

You can find an expanded, print & play version of the City Builder and Faction Builder Toolkits we used for this campaign here: https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearth...

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr7SZgF_fHg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Swoop Gangs Niamos 01

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 05 Oct 2024 19:23:00 +0000

Our crew plays Nomad Outlaw Swoop Bikers, the absolute Best of the Worst.
* Committing crime, helping their local community, and handing out some good old-fashioned street justice.
* Working under the Heat's radar and going toe to toe with their Rival Gang.
* Operating a business with the gang to cover for their illicit activities
* Being cool, and when cool won't cut it, being Bad Ass.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcwFhwGD8MM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eotenweard: The Twisting Path (Session 1)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 14:24:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the first session in a series of Eotenweard (his own PbtA game in development of Dark Age heroes protecting the innocent from a Darkness growing across the Old North).
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...) ...
We meet Arianwen, the Loon, with few and confusing memories of the time before God told here she was to be a Saint; Qellen, the Celtic Mystic, who broke with her sisters when they 'turned to easier heresies'; and Sister Sal, the Christian nun who is, in truth, a Demon hoping to find a way to God's forgiveness, despite her manipulative nature.
There's the village of Dincynog with its secretive Lady and a lustful Priest, a (sickly) rider on a sickly horse, and fear of spreading pestilence. Then, the cowardly herder admits enough to encourage the Heroes to descend into the brimstone stink of 'The Devil's Crevice', where there's heat and lots of shadows with ... something ... hiding in them ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AafH9GDqDAM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight: Lumina Season Three Ep7

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 00:37:00 +0000

Session 7 of Girl by Moonlight with a group of wonderful players from the Open Hearth.

We return to obligation and downtime phases after a relatively smooth mission rescuing captured members of the counterculture group loosely aligned with the magical girls and, unexpectedly, Marie. How will the magical girls handle the pressures of a fracturing Neo Jupiter and their places within it? Will they discover a weakness in their adversary's plan, or will the Patterns continue to shatter and break?

... ... ...

Search for "Open Hearth Gaming" to learn more about the community.

Girl by Moonlight is a TTRPG designed by Andrew Gillis and published by Evil Hat. We are using the At the Brink of the Abyss series.

Please note, this is not an actual play production. This is a record of typical play for those looking to see an example for this game.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gVgpOU0qpk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight: Lumina Season Three Ep6

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 00:31:00 +0000

Session 6 of Girl by Moonlight with a group of wonderful players from the Open Hearth.

We jump briefly back in time to check on Violet before our magical girls venture into the desert to save "processed" members of the counterculture and determine the nature of the Abyss' interest so far from Neo Jupiter.

... ... ...

Search for "Open Hearth Gaming" to learn more about the community.

Girl by Moonlight is a TTRPG designed by Andrew Gillis and published by Evil Hat. We are using the At the Brink of the Abyss series.

Please note, this is not an actual play production. This is a record of typical play for those looking to see an example for this game.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rYy0Qh9_zg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight: Lumina Season Three Ep5

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 23:15:00 +0000

Session 5 of Girl by Moonlight with a group of wonderful players from the Open Hearth.

We return to the Obligation and Downtime Phases to see how our magical girls recover from recent harrowing events and how they prepare for what is to come. Will our magical girls escape the shadow of eclipse and step back into starlight, or will they linger on the precipice overlooking the Abyss?

... ... ...

Search for "Open Hearth Gaming" to learn more about the community.

Girl by Moonlight is a TTRPG designed by Andrew Gillis and published by Evil Hat. We are using the At the Brink of the Abyss series.

Please note, this is not an actual play production. This is a record of typical play for those looking to see an example for this game.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlgYkeFt5So ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: AWBO Jakku 11

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 19:02:00 +0000

It used to be better, of course, it did. In the golden age of the High Republic, when there was enough to eat and enough hope, when people could lift their eyes and see beyond the horizon, beyond the day. Children were born happy and grew up rich.

Now that’s not what we’ve got. Now we’ve got Jakku.

A harsh desert world, Jakku is a lawless place that’s home to thieves, outlaws, and refugees. During the final years of the Galactic Civil War, Jakku was the site of a secret Imperial research base and served as a jumping-off point for warships heading into the Unknown Regions. The Empire made a last stand above the frontier planet, leading to a pitched battle between rebel and Imperial fleets. Jakku’s sandy wastes are now littered with gigantic wrecks, and newly created townships are full of desperate scavengers who head into the desert searching for parts that can be salvaged and sold.

And you, who are you? This is what we’ve got, yes. What are you going to make of it?

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E04kJV4TeLI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Blades in the Dark: Dreaming Cities (Session 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 04:48:00 +0000

The group digs further into the question of the murders and the bodysnatching of the victims. They trace the thieves from the prison morgue, but are confronted with a fairly secure location and a divided group of protagonists. That split reduces their strength, forcing them to both battle through the building and blow an entryway from the roof. The fates do not favor them, with multiple traumas inflicted on the PCs and an unsuccessful score.

As mentioned in the video, you can find an expanded, print & play version of the City Builder and Faction Builder Toolkits https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBnXdjUSxMo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Western Crime - Score

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 14:39:00 +0000

Recreate the thrill of modern day crime, where crews plan and execute big-time heists. But the best laid plans rarely work out the way you'd like. Work together to pull off the job before the heat gets too high, and you or your friends end up behind bars. Ready to make some money?

Score is an ENnie nominated rules-lite tabletop RPG designed for fast paced and high energy crime. It's by Spencer Campbell and is available here
https://gilarpgs.itch.io/score

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENRf3pX8kQo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: AWBO Jakku 10

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 21 Sep 2024 18:00:00 +0000

It used to be better, of course, it did. In the golden age of the High Republic, when there was enough to eat and enough hope, when people could lift their eyes and see beyond the horizon, beyond the day. Children were born happy and grew up rich.

Now that’s not what we’ve got. Now we’ve got Jakku.

A harsh desert world, Jakku is a lawless place that’s home to thieves, outlaws, and refugees. During the final years of the Galactic Civil War, Jakku was the site of a secret Imperial research base and served as a jumping-off point for warships heading into the Unknown Regions. The Empire made a last stand above the frontier planet, leading to a pitched battle between rebel and Imperial fleets. Jakku’s sandy wastes are now littered with gigantic wrecks, and newly created townships are full of desperate scavengers who head into the desert searching for parts that can be salvaged and sold.

And you, who are you? This is what we’ve got, yes. What are you going to make of it?

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6TCN91HgtM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Yokai: The Deepening Gulf (Session Three)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 13:49:00 +0000

Though their new assignment looms in their mind, our protagonists deal with their own daily lives first. A discussion about the course of their investigation has Lydia set the agenda and then immediately discard it. They begin to learn more about this other missing group of Taken, with hints at some sinister doings. Mr. Suit tries to get information, but ends up confronting his own past.

This is a modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, The Magicians, DIE, isekai, and more. Hearts of Yokai is a placeholder title for this forthcoming game. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.co

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiPhUlqcFzg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SHARED HEARTH: Alien Dark (2E) - Falling World 02

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 17:45:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a one-shot (whihc might become a more-shot) of the 2nd Edition of his own game, Alien Dark (https://gallusgames.itch.io/alien-dark).
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Lt Hardacre delivers her squad to the Spaceport where a Sergeant is uncertain what to do. There's a medical frigate ready to launch; several hundred frightened colonists; and a flight of UPP MiGs. Facing a UPP invasion, a xenomorph threat, and one remaining way off-planet, choices are narrow ... then it's all about an elevator shaft down to the base of the colony beanstalk, hardening slime and lots of resin ... and an act of self-sacrifice to contain the threat ... for now, at least ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PSj3oojrQo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS AWBO Jakku 09

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 14 Sep 2024 19:09:00 +0000

It used to be better, of course, it did. In the golden age of the High Republic, when there was enough to eat and enough hope, when people could lift their eyes and see beyond the horizon, beyond the day. Children were born happy and grew up rich.

Now that’s not what we’ve got. Now we’ve got Jakku.

A harsh desert world, Jakku is a lawless place that’s home to thieves, outlaws, and refugees. During the final years of the Galactic Civil War, Jakku was the site of a secret Imperial research base and served as a jumping-off point for warships heading into the Unknown Regions. The Empire made a last stand above the frontier planet, leading to a pitched battle between rebel and Imperial fleets. Jakku’s sandy wastes are now littered with gigantic wrecks, and newly created townships are full of desperate scavengers who head into the desert searching for parts that can be salvaged and sold.

And you, who are you? This is what we’ve got, yes. What are you going to make of it?

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKm6sEd-0mg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Yokai: The Deepening Gulf (Session Two)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 02:35:00 +0000

The crew talk in the aftermath of the dark prophecy at the New Year's Eve party. They're curious but know that folks have been told not to discuss it. We get some insights into how each of our protagonists live and how they serve their Court. Eventually the four are called in and given a new task, the hunt for another Crew of their kind lost during Hurricane Danny a year and a half ago.

This is a modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, The Magicians, DIE, isekai, and more. Hearts of Yokai is a placeholder title for this forthcoming game. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TEUhDdFBJY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Blades in the Dark: Dreaming Cities (Session 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 15:06:00 +0000

Our protagonists encounter a Ziggaraut Mage who offers them their support. Electra Nesbit gets a work promotion. Stitch tries to help out, but is warned about pushback from Territorial Tinkers. Huntress puts off a reporter inquiring about her involvement with the monopolists. Then each begin to run down leads on various issues, with the tangled threads connected to a series of murders and Stitch's origin.

You can see a prototype version of the "Build Your Own Duskvol" mechanics here: https://www.ageofravensgames.com/blog/make-your-own-city-in-the-dark

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-zYP76g0n0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Monster of the Week Pine Lake 4

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 07:33:00 +0000

The investigators confront the thing from beyond the doorway.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzIUPhDIzK4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Uncharted Stars - The Cluster (Session 5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 18:12:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the 5th and final session of a series of 'Uncharted Stars', his hack that brings together aspects of Uncharted Worlds (by Sean Gomes), Starforged (by Shawn Tomkin), and Rust Hulks (by Sam Sorensen) ...
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...) ...
The rest of the crew are relieved when Jort agrees to risk leaving Engineering and a cunning plan comes together ... and kinda works ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkxeuDxAL5U ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Uncharted Stars - The Cluster (Session 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 18:04:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the 4th session of a series of 'Uncharted Stars', his hack that brings together aspects of Uncharted Worlds (by Sean Gomes), Starforged (by Shawn Tomkin), and Rust Hulks (by Sam Sorensen) ...
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...) ...
The battered Chimera arrives at its destination with Paxt in isolation while Jort has locked himself in Engineering as a precaution against infection. Pleasant contacts an IBD Rep who might have access to sophisticated diagnostic tools while Bryz looks for some low profile work to keep the ship flying. Then there's a Fiennes Logistics ship ... and ... both corporate and class complications that leave them hoping Jort will agree to unseal the Engineering Section ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM-QcmNez5E ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SHARED HEARTH: Alien Dark (2E) - Falling World

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 15:06:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a one-shot (whihc might become a more-shot) of the 2nd Edition of his own game, Alien Dark (https://gallusgames.itch.io/alien-dark).
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Lt Hardacre and a scratch Colonial Marine squad, including Privates Costa and Nathan and medic Specialist Sgt. Alegre, are tasked to retrieve 4 AWOL marines before they can defect to the UPP with classified intelligence. There's an obnoxious NCO, an inexperienced ComTech Marine and a civilian Consultant representing the colony's sponsoring corporation. Then, a nightclub visit leads to an acidic exchange, and an oil refinery proves explosive, before the Squad is recalled to their base because the 'other AWOLs have surrendered themselves' ... which worries the Lieutenant enough for her to ignore her duty and order the squad to the Spaceport, instead! We may find out what happened to them next time on ... Alien Dark - Falling World ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0H5DaNB0RQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Lovely Somnolent, a Rooted in Trophy one-shot for Shared Hearth

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 08 Sep 2024 21:58:00 +0000

The offer is simple: break the curse, awaken the princess, gain a kingdom. Are you worthy enough to brave the briar-choked castle and its dangers to succeed? Or will you fall to the curse and join the rest forever trapped on its grounds?

The Lovely Somnolent is a Rooted in Trophy incursion written by Mads Turley. An ashcan one-shot version will soon be available on itch.io.
Trophy Dark by Jesse Ross is a tabletop roleplaying game about doomed treasure-seekers entering haunted spaces in the world. https://trophyrpg.com/
This game was played during the Shared Hearth Open Gaming Weekend, with members of the Open Hearth Gaming Community. Safety tools were available, as well as playing under the Open Hearth Community Code of Conduct. https://tinyurl.com/2tdfhy75

The Lancer, Fion (Betrothed) - Sabine V
The Poet, Teodan (Page) - Will S
The Blacksmith, Vero (Bodyguard) - Casey T
The Keeper - Madelancholy

Recorded September 8, 2024

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB27SK0heL8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Against the Monster, a one-shot for Shared Hearth

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 08 Sep 2024 20:51:00 +0000

It was supposed to be a simple bounty taken on the waystation, but the team did not realize the extent of the connection - or conflict - their group would be involved in, in this hunt turned heist in far-flung space.

Against the Monster by Plotbunny Games is a story game about a monster hunt, the good of the monster, and the monstrosity of the hunters. https://plotbunnygames.itch.io/against-the-monster
This game was played during the Shared Hearth Open Gaming Weekend, with members of the Open Hearth Gaming Community. Safety tools were available, as well as playing under the Open Hearth Community Code of Conduct. https://tinyurl.com/2tdfhy75

Tactical - Marc M
Marketing - Will S
Mercenary - Jonn
Scientist - Rod S
Security/Facilitator- Mads

Recorded September 7, 2024

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP6N5sZtzRg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

One Particular Harbor - Shared Hearth 2024-09-07

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 19:11:00 +0000

The native Merfolk, bands of Pirates, and the Queen's Navy are vying for control of the Isles of Carcatou in a fantasy Age of Sail setting.

Mike Ferdinando facilitates the Firebrands Framework game One Particular Harbor with Andrea and Jolene. Follow the adventures of Dominique Alais, first mate of the Navy ship Intrepid; Captain Angela "Sea Vixen" Black of the pirate ship Flying Fox; and the Merfolk agent Zane in a series of adventures, exploits, and intimate moments.

0:00 - Introductions
2:47 - Safety Discussion: CATS, Lines & Veils, X-Card
15:37 - Game Overview
18:37 - Character Creation
32:35 - Factions Overview
38:59 - Play begins!
41:10 - Minigame: Solitaire
50:10 - Minigame: A Salvage Mission
1:11:34 - Minigame: A Conversation Over Food
1:27:30 - OOC discussion about the game
1:30:00 - Minigame : Pursuit
1:44:35 - Minigame: A Battle At Sea
1:59:27 - Minigame: A Nighttime Swim
2:15:10 - Minigame: A Dance
2:24:36 - Epilogues
2:48:18 - Concluding thoughts

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZTQdgOFex0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Hunted: Shared Hearth 2024

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 01:00:00 +0000

A complete session of The Hunted, ."..a folk horror storytelling game for 3-5 players that blends together mechanics from Forged In The Dark, Powered By The Apocalypse, and Belonging Outside Belonging games to create a lean chimera of a game unlike anything you have ever played."

"Players take on the role of a group of friends on an expedition who become cut off from civilisation as they are hunted by an unknown entity. As the game continues the players will tell their own stories about the thing hunting them, building up a unique legend that feeds directly back into the narrative. The more stories you tell the more your characters succeed and the longer they survive - but with each story the Hunter grows stronger and becomes more of a threat."

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3sQFWU6K4o ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Yokai: The Deepening Gulf (Session One)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 14:08:00 +0000

December 31st 1998, Mobile, Alabama- we meet our protagonists as they gather for a grand New Year's Celebration for the four courts: Lanterns, Suns, Broken Shackles, and Mirrors. We see their paths cross and entanglements get messy right away. But when the hour turns midnight, a prophecy is given and all of Yokai society learns they have only one year left.

This is a modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, The Magicians, DIE, isekai, and more. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eclnG-AY27k ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: AWBO Jakku 08

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 18:57:00 +0000

It used to be better, of course, it did. In the golden age of the High Republic, when there was enough to eat and enough hope, when people could lift their eyes and see beyond the horizon, beyond the day. Children were born happy and grew up rich.

Now that’s not what we’ve got. Now we’ve got Jakku.

A harsh desert world, Jakku is a lawless place that’s home to thieves, outlaws, and refugees. During the final years of the Galactic Civil War, Jakku was the site of a secret Imperial research base and served as a jumping-off point for warships heading into the Unknown Regions. The Empire made a last stand above the frontier planet, leading to a pitched battle between rebel and Imperial fleets. Jakku’s sandy wastes are now littered with gigantic wrecks, and newly created townships are full of desperate scavengers who head into the desert searching for parts that can be salvaged and sold.

And you, who are you? This is what we’ve got, yes. What are you going to make of it?

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbN2WGERbyY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight: Lumina Season Three Ep4

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 15:03:00 +0000

Session 4 of Girl by Moonlight with a group of wonderful players from the Open Hearth.

We last left our magical girls defying servants of the Abyss over three separate battlefields: an abandoned part of Neo Jupiter, an exotic wildlife preserve in the heart of the city, and a mysterious desert elsewhere. Will our magical girls rescue their friends before the Harbinger Court completes their hunt, or will hope slip through their grasp?

... ... ...

Search for "Open Hearth Gaming" to learn more about the community.

Girl by Moonlight is a TTRPG designed by Andrew Gillis and published by Evil Hat. We are using the At the Brink of the Abyss series.

Please note, this is not an actual play production. This is a record of typical play for those looking to see an example for this game.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N3bLVsko0s ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Monster of the Week - Pine Lake - Episode 3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 17:31:00 +0000

We meet the Sheriff, Pat's parents, and the big bad.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2coT0s2LOs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Blades in the Dark: Dreaming Cities (Session 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 22:46:00 +0000

We see some of the fallout from the previous score. We also get some insight into the lives of our protagonists. Then they begin to look into several issues impacting their area, trying to figure out how to carry out their revolutionary agenda. They end up folding two score into one, leading to a big, loud, mess despite it going off successfully. Then they deal with the heat...

You can see a prototype version of the "Build Your Own Duskvol" mechanics here: https://www.ageofravensgames.com/blog/make-your-own-city-in-the-dark

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
@openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PSxycqGSm8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: AWBO Jakku 07

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 18:46:00 +0000

It used to be better, of course, it did. In the golden age of the High Republic, when there was enough to eat and enough hope, when people could lift their eyes and see beyond the horizon, beyond the day. Children were born happy and grew up rich.

Now that’s not what we’ve got. Now we’ve got Jakku.

A harsh desert world, Jakku is a lawless place that’s home to thieves, outlaws, and refugees. During the final years of the Galactic Civil War, Jakku was the site of a secret Imperial research base and served as a jumping-off point for warships heading into the Unknown Regions. The Empire made a last stand above the frontier planet, leading to a pitched battle between rebel and Imperial fleets. Jakku’s sandy wastes are now littered with gigantic wrecks, and newly created townships are full of desperate scavengers who head into the desert searching for parts that can be salvaged and sold.

And you, who are you? This is what we’ve got, yes. What are you going to make of it?

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44Oh6lFwWhg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight: Lumina Season Three Ep3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 12:26:00 +0000

Session 3 of Girl by Moonlight with a group of wonderful players from the Open Hearth.

We wrap up our first Obligation and Downtime Phases of Season 3 with the return of the group's Guardian. New found details emerge that funnel the magical girls into an "unclaimed" part of Neo Jupiter. As they arrive, the team is greeted by chaos and panic.

... ... ...

Search for "Open Hearth Gaming" to learn more about the community.

Girl by Moonlight is a TTRPG designed by Andrew Gillis and published by Evil Hat. We are using the At the Brink of the Abyss series.

Please note, this is not an actual play production. This is a record of typical play for those looking to see an example for this game.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5VN9xYHUEU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Yokai: The Deepening Gulf (Session Zero)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:53:00 +0000

We work through city and character creation creation in the session zero for this modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, The Magicians, DIE, isekai, and more. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dxxXwa8Y5U ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Monster of the Week - Pine Lake - Episode 2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 13:54:00 +0000

Our monster hunting teenagers pair up to investigate the morgue and the location of Brooke's murder.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjVhkwH0DlI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS AWBO Jakku 06

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 17 Aug 2024 18:34:00 +0000

It used to be better, of course, it did. In the golden age of the High Republic, when there was enough to eat and enough hope, when people could lift their eyes and see beyond the horizon, beyond the day. Children were born happy and grew up rich.

Now that’s not what we’ve got. Now we’ve got Jakku.

A harsh desert world, Jakku is a lawless place that’s home to thieves, outlaws, and refugees. During the final years of the Galactic Civil War, Jakku was the site of a secret Imperial research base and served as a jumping-off point for warships heading into the Unknown Regions. The Empire made a last stand above the frontier planet, leading to a pitched battle between rebel and Imperial fleets. Jakku’s sandy wastes are now littered with gigantic wrecks, and newly created townships are full of desperate scavengers who head into the desert searching for parts that can be salvaged and sold.

And you, who are you? This is what we’ve got, yes. What are you going to make of it?

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAtYeoDo01I ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight: Lumina Season Three Ep1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 17 Aug 2024 15:09:00 +0000

Session 1 of Girl by Moonlight with a group of wonderful players from the Open Hearth.

We run through a second "Session 0" and discuss events from Season Two.

... ... ...

Search for "Open Hearth Gaming" to learn more about the community.

Girl by Moonlight is a TTRPG designed by Andrew Gillis and published by Evil Hat. We are using the At the Brink of the Abyss series.

Please note, this is not an actual play production. This is a record of typical play for those looking to see an example for this game.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDBYYUGsYyU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight: Lumina Season Three Ep2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 17 Aug 2024 15:09:00 +0000

Session 2 of Girl by Moonlight with a group of wonderful players from the Open Hearth.

We play through our first Obligation and Downtime Phases of Season 3 with the group's Harmony, Outsider, and Unlikely Hero. Mundane obligations wear heavily on our magical girls as they struggle to catch up to the machinations of the Abyss.

... ... ...

Search for "Open Hearth Gaming" to learn more about the community.

Girl by Moonlight is a TTRPG designed by Andrew Gillis and published by Evil Hat. We are using the At the Brink of the Abyss series.

Please note, this is not an actual play production. This is a record of typical play for those looking to see an example for this game.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lAh3-jKzYo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Monster of the Week - Pine Lake - Episode 1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 11:36:00 +0000

A brief introduction to the setting and the characters followed by the beginning of the first mystery.

Four teenagers find out that another student at their school has been gruesomely killed and start to delve into the events.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDdc24GqLF4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Numberless Secrets: Legend of Bad Valley Ep 5 (Finale)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 04:46:00 +0000

Our protagonists regroup to gathering their strength. They make one last round of meeting with important figures in Bad Valley before discussing the clues gathered and how they fit into the facets of the mystery-- leading to the unmasking of the killer and a revelation of many of Bad Valley's secrets!

You can pick up Hearts of Wulin and the Numberless Secrets supplement here: https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlUJfnUow9k ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Numberless Secrets: Legend of Bad Valley Ep 4

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 03:25:00 +0000

Our protagonists begin with their examination of seemingly another corpse of their supposed murder victim. They then dig deeper into the depths of the tunnels under Bad Valley. In a locked chamber they must overcome a deadly trap to uncover the hidden secrets. They return to the surface and talk to many of the suspects-- slowly beginning to gain a sense of the truth lying behind these murders.

You can pick up Hearts of Wulin and the Numberless Secrets supplement here: https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsjFMHXtLec ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Blades in the Dark: Dreaming Cities (Session 1)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 03:23:00 +0000

The first play session of our new quarterly series of Blades in the Dark, set in a city the players build in our session zero. We begin with a reintroduction of the PCs (since that got cut off last time). We then do a little work establishing the revolutionary crew. After a look at the daily lives of our protagonists, we move them quickly into a mission. They have to rescue an escaped strike-leader from the hands of a rival gang. There's an explosion.

You can see a prototype version of the "Build Your Own Duskvol" mechanics here: https://www.ageofravensgames.com/blog/make-your-own-city-in-the-dark

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXG4d-NJOqQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Blades in the Dark: Dreaming Cities (Session 0)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 03:14:00 +0000

Session zero for a new quarterly campaign of Blades in the Dark. We begin with set up and safety. Then, using an alternate toolset we build the world, our city, and the factions in play. In the end we create an island city, with a variety of weird happenings. We move to character creation, relationships, and how they first met, at which point I forget to restart the recording and so that's cut off. Characters are reintroduced at the start of the next session.

You can see a prototype version of the "Build Your Own Duskvol" mechanics here: https://www.ageofravensgames.com/blog/make-your-own-city-in-the-dark

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gf1zhu5Kg8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: AWBO Jakku 05

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 17:48:00 +0000

It used to be better, of course, it did. In the golden age of the High Republic, when there was enough to eat and enough hope, when people could lift their eyes and see beyond the horizon, beyond the day. Children were born happy and grew up rich.

Now that’s not what we’ve got. Now we’ve got Jakku.

A harsh desert world, Jakku is a lawless place that’s home to thieves, outlaws, and refugees. During the final years of the Galactic Civil War, Jakku was the site of a secret Imperial research base and served as a jumping-off point for warships heading into the Unknown Regions. The Empire made a last stand above the frontier planet, leading to a pitched battle between rebel and Imperial fleets. Jakku’s sandy wastes are now littered with gigantic wrecks, and newly created townships are full of desperate scavengers who head into the desert searching for parts that can be salvaged and sold.

And you, who are you? This is what we’ve got, yes. What are you going to make of it?

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARoT2ku1rpw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Godkiller: Apotheosis (11 of 11)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 17:15:00 +0000

Wal descends into the well beneath the Wizard's Tower, where she finds poison from the Heaven's threatening to break the world. She faces a momentous decision that will shape her fate and the fate of the world itself...

****

GODKILLER: First Blood Edition is a holypunk PbtA (Powered by the Apocalypse) game for one player, the Godkiller, and one Game Master, the god of gods. Together, the two of you will weave a mythic, violent, and transformative tale about the only mortal in existence with the power to slay a god, rising against the challenges of the divine. Which gods will you kill to shape the realm — and which gods will you spare?

GODKILLER: First Blood is by Connie Chang and is available here
https://byconniechang.itch.io/godkiller-first-blood

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4IX9uuXKsQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: AWBO Jakku 04

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 20:09:00 +0000

It used to be better, of course, it did. In the golden age of the High Republic, when there was enough to eat and enough hope, when people could lift their eyes and see beyond the horizon, beyond the day. Children were born happy and grew up rich.

Now that’s not what we’ve got. Now we’ve got Jakku.

A harsh desert world, Jakku is a lawless place that’s home to thieves, outlaws, and refugees. During the final years of the Galactic Civil War, Jakku was the site of a secret Imperial research base and served as a jumping-off point for warships heading into the Unknown Regions. The Empire made a last stand above the frontier planet, leading to a pitched battle between rebel and Imperial fleets. Jakku’s sandy wastes are now littered with gigantic wrecks, and newly created townships are full of desperate scavengers who head into the desert searching for parts that can be salvaged and sold.

And you, who are you? This is what we’ve got, yes. What are you going to make of it?

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC_acKL9Gy0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Vow of the Knight-Aspirants Session 4-Finale

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 15:14:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fToGiTir1x4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight: Danger! Unexploded Spell (Session 6)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 23:16:00 +0000

Everyone in the group attempts to deal with Alina's eclipse, with mixed results. Once the existence of the magical homing device, built with smuggled in Imperial saboteur technology, is revealed, the group begins to consider their next steps-- with Serra Senna taking the lead. Alina meets the original "37" leading to a confrontation and revelation about the latter's time travel and foresight.

You can pick up the playset here: https://bit.ly/Girl_by_Moonlight_DUXS

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjJpOWZQZGg2cGt5WWExbHVTQzFZUXg0WXp6UXxBQ3Jtc0tsVHVOelpxSXA5ZENjYnBIeS1WQ3hKUG1GQ2ZGeXM5M3Z5OXBwRXFqSFVZWl9oS0dIejlIUkFVb2VIcHBIeEFyRGFQTjJrelB1TFNsVjk4RFh0ZDgwU3Jxcl9KcEEyY1lDX1ZoUUUzM21kY2YwNVM0MA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fplayingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com%2F&v=LXsysJ0aMDA

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCjmo2Ao_ac ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Numberless Secrets: Legend of Bad Valley Ep 3 (Part Two)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 23:06:00 +0000

We have the obligatory hot springs scene. The investigators dig deeper into the relationships between characters within the Valley. When our historian arrives with a disguised "historian" things get even more complicated. However they decide to delve into the underground beneath Bad Valley, leading to the discovery of a third murder victim who is apparently the first victim again. This is the second half of a slightly split session.

You can pick up Hearts of Wulin and the Numberless Secrets supplement here: https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjJpOWZQZGg2cGt5WWExbHVTQzFZUXg0WXp6UXxBQ3Jtc0tsVHVOelpxSXA5ZENjYnBIeS1WQ3hKUG1GQ2ZGeXM5M3Z5OXBwRXFqSFVZWl9oS0dIejlIUkFVb2VIcHBIeEFyRGFQTjJrelB1TFNsVjk4RFh0ZDgwU3Jxcl9KcEEyY1lDX1ZoUUUzM21kY2YwNVM0MA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fplayingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com%2F&v=LXsysJ0aMDA

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS5uiJkw608 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Numberless Secrets: Legend of Bad Valley Ep 3 (Part One)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 23:00:00 +0000

The investigators continue their work- encountering old friends and discovering secrets of the Valley. Note: this session got split into two parts due to some internet issues.

You can pick up Hearts of Wulin and the Numberless Secrets supplement here: https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjJpOWZQZGg2cGt5WWExbHVTQzFZUXg0WXp6UXxBQ3Jtc0tsVHVOelpxSXA5ZENjYnBIeS1WQ3hKUG1GQ2ZGeXM5M3Z5OXBwRXFqSFVZWl9oS0dIejlIUkFVb2VIcHBIeEFyRGFQTjJrelB1TFNsVjk4RFh0ZDgwU3Jxcl9KcEEyY1lDX1ZoUUUzM21kY2YwNVM0MA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fplayingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com%2F&v=LXsysJ0aMDA

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G-JwpQEG9w ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: AWBO Jakku 03

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 20 Jul 2024 18:44:00 +0000

It used to be better, of course, it did. In the golden age of the High Republic, when there was enough to eat and enough hope, when people could lift their eyes and see beyond the horizon, beyond the day. Children were born happy and grew up rich.

Now that’s not what we’ve got. Now we’ve got Jakku.

A harsh desert world, Jakku is a lawless place that’s home to thieves, outlaws, and refugees. During the final years of the Galactic Civil War, Jakku was the site of a secret Imperial research base and served as a jumping-off point for warships heading into the Unknown Regions. The Empire made a last stand above the frontier planet, leading to a pitched battle between rebel and Imperial fleets. Jakku’s sandy wastes are now littered with gigantic wrecks, and newly created townships are full of desperate scavengers who head into the desert searching for parts that can be salvaged and sold.

And you, who are you? This is what we’ve got, yes. What are you going to make of it?

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vqv0pmcnK0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Uncharted Stars - The Cluster (Session 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 09:15:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the 2nd session of a series of 'Uncharted Stars', his hack that brings together aspects of Uncharted Worlds (by Sean Gomes), Starforged (by Shawn Tomkin), and Rust Hulks (by Sam Sorensen) ...
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...) ...
Having brokered a 'surrender with benefits' with Pirate Captain Karst, the Chimera heads back in-system to the secret Jihun station. Their mission: use Karst's crew to help take the station; gut it for information on what the Jihun are up to; and leave Karst in possession. There's a careful plan; two successful breaches; body parts and gunfire. Then ... a high-G pursuit, viral test subjects, moral dilemmas ... and what may turn out to be Chekov's pen set ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO-FdNQTNWY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Godkiller: A Reckoning (10 of 11)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 21:18:00 +0000

Wal confronts Orphanmaker, summoned by the Order, and this reckoning will surely change everything. Meanwhile, Wal's contacts within the loyalists of the City push their coup forward!

****

GODKILLER: First Blood Edition is a holypunk PbtA (Powered by the Apocalypse) game for one player, the Godkiller, and one Game Master, the god of gods. Together, the two of you will weave a mythic, violent, and transformative tale about the only mortal in existence with the power to slay a god, rising against the challenges of the divine. Which gods will you kill to shape the realm — and which gods will you spare?

GODKILLER: First Blood is by Connie Chang and is available here
https://byconniechang.itch.io/godkiller-first-blood

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh9w8mtOKSY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight: Syllabus of Secrets (Session 1)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 15:49:00 +0000

We learn more about our protagonists and take on a mission in this first play session of a new playset for Girl by Moonlight. We see their dormitory and peek in on a class where an experiment has gone wrong. They're informed by the headmaster that their Order, Akhtar, is responsible for arranging an upcoming dance. But even while doing that and homework, they look into the strangeness with Malbrect, leading them to confront a student who has dredged up forbidden motion magics.

Our protagonists have been drafted into a school of magic which is trying to change, manipulate, and even destroy them. When they came of age, they found themselves whisked away to The School. They were thrown into a world of arcane knowledge, strange alliances, unresponsive staff, and dangerous facilities. Soon our protagonists noticed they could see things others could not: people with memories changed, deadly challenges others didn’t acknowledge, and vanishings which went unremarked and unremembered.

Now, as our protagonists enter into their second year, they’ve come to realize the school itself is a trap and a machine for some unknown purpose. They have determined to rescue those students targeted by the school and uncover the secrets of this place. But they must do this while keeping up their studies and avoiding the attention of the staff, teachers, and other entities.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjJpOWZQZGg2cGt5WWExbHVTQzFZUXg0WXp6UXxBQ3Jtc0tsVHVOelpxSXA5ZENjYnBIeS1WQ3hKUG1GQ2ZGeXM5M3Z5OXBwRXFqSFVZWl9oS0dIejlIUkFVb2VIcHBIeEFyRGFQTjJrelB1TFNsVjk4RFh0ZDgwU3Jxcl9KcEEyY1lDX1ZoUUUzM21kY2YwNVM0MA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fplayingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com%2F&v=LXsysJ0aMDA

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjqyMfQCr0M ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Vow of the Knight-Aspirants Session 3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 15:27:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WohdQl3qEbU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight: Danger! Unexploded Spell (Session 5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 02:36:00 +0000

The protagonists encounter not one but two unexploded spell bombs which have landed on a religious site. The situations complicated by a secondary defense magic which animates corpses in the crypt, endangering those who took shelter in the catacombs. While they deal with both bombs, the also discover evidence of a dark conspiracy. In the aftermath, the group works to put on a play to rally support form the locals.

You can pick up the playset here: https://bit.ly/Girl_by_Moonlight_DUXS

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjJpOWZQZGg2cGt5WWExbHVTQzFZUXg0WXp6UXxBQ3Jtc0tsVHVOelpxSXA5ZENjYnBIeS1WQ3hKUG1GQ2ZGeXM5M3Z5OXBwRXFqSFVZWl9oS0dIejlIUkFVb2VIcHBIeEFyRGFQTjJrelB1TFNsVjk4RFh0ZDgwU3Jxcl9KcEEyY1lDX1ZoUUUzM21kY2YwNVM0MA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fplayingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com%2F&v=LXsysJ0aMDA

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5d8BMalqLQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: AWBO Jakku 02

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 13 Jul 2024 18:29:00 +0000

It used to be better, of course, it did. In the golden age of the High Republic, when there was enough to eat and enough hope, when people could lift their eyes and see beyond the horizon, beyond the day. Children were born happy and grew up rich.

Now that’s not what we’ve got. Now we’ve got Jakku.

A harsh desert world, Jakku is a lawless place that’s home to thieves, outlaws, and refugees. During the final years of the Galactic Civil War, Jakku was the site of a secret Imperial research base and served as a jumping-off point for warships heading into the Unknown Regions. The Empire made a last stand above the frontier planet, leading to a pitched battle between rebel and Imperial fleets. Jakku’s sandy wastes are now littered with gigantic wrecks, and newly created townships are full of desperate scavengers who head into the desert searching for parts that can be salvaged and sold.

And you, who are you? This is what we’ve got, yes. What are you going to make of it?

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUx7QeliDwg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Uncharted Stars - The Cluster (Session 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 16:02:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the 2nd session of a series of 'Uncharted Stars', his hack that brings together aspects of Uncharted Worlds (by Sean Gomes), Starforged (by Shawn Tomkin), and Rust Hulks (by Sam Sorensen) ...
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...) ...
Jort reveals the contents of the sealed container the crew are smuggling from Xolia to the city-ship 'Zalea' in the Ceti Rho system. Quite why The True Path should want small arms to reach the Zalea is unclear, but money is money! Dr Bransom uses his false credentials to pull rank on arrival and the crew enjoy a sucessful shore leave after a rather fractious Ring Gate transit. Pleasant proposes a plan to Bryz, while he finds a couple of job opportunities. There's a suspicious deep space station running dark, a connection to the Jihun family, and a cunning plan to neutralise a Sword Brother ship ... then an offer the Brotherhood can't really refuse ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8sYViFI4vY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Vow of Knight-Aspirants Session 2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 03:40:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVH8DK7vBGo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Vow of the Knight-Aspirants Session 1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 03:15:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9HDmR1gqZ0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Godkiller: Sacrifice for Skyfall (9 of 12)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 15:37:00 +0000

In The City of Towers Wal pours through the Order's archives to find out more about the Orphanmaker, but behind their backs begins to gather support from the deposed Edmund's loyalists. All things point towards an imminent showdown!

****

GODKILLER: First Blood Edition is a holypunk PbtA (Powered by the Apocalypse) game for one player, the Godkiller, and one Game Master, the god of gods. Together, the two of you will weave a mythic, violent, and transformative tale about the only mortal in existence with the power to slay a god, rising against the challenges of the divine. Which gods will you kill to shape the realm — and which gods will you spare?

GODKILLER: First Blood is by Connie Chang and is available here
https://byconniechang.itch.io/godkiller-first-blood

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odfKq_iuC9w ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: AWBO Jakku 01

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 06 Jul 2024 19:32:00 +0000

It used to be better, of course, it did. In the golden age of the High Republic, when there was enough to eat and enough hope, when people could lift their eyes and see beyond the horizon, beyond the day. Children were born happy and grew up rich.

Now that’s not what we’ve got. Now we’ve got Jakku.

A harsh desert world, Jakku is a lawless place that’s home to thieves, outlaws, and refugees. During the final years of the Galactic Civil War, Jakku was the site of a secret Imperial research base and served as a jumping-off point for warships heading into the Unknown Regions. The Empire made a last stand above the frontier planet, leading to a pitched battle between rebel and Imperial fleets. Jakku’s sandy wastes are now littered with gigantic wrecks, and newly created townships are full of desperate scavengers who head into the desert searching for parts that can be salvaged and sold.

And you, who are you? This is what we’ve got, yes. What are you going to make of it?

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzxZ_x7IyvE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Uncharted Stars - The Cluster (Session 1)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 16:22:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a session of 'Uncharted Stars', his hack that brings together aspects of Uncharted Worlds (by Sean Gomes), Starforged (by Shawn Tomkin), and Rust Hulks (by Sam Sorensen) ...
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...) ...
We meet Dr Paxt Bransom a smuggler and heretic from the techno-priest oligarchs of the Ceti Rho system; Bryzantimus 'Bryz' Sho born into wealth and influence in the Cadence system, but infected by an empathy virus telling him to 'Kill the Rich!'; Jord, resistance leader from the slave pens of Cancri-9, guilty at leaving; and Pleasant Ghuzan, whistle-blower and advocate for under-dogs across the Cluster.
Emerging from the Ring Gate into the Xolia system they receive a frightened mayday from the local Hub Slipstream Authority refueling station. There's initial over-confidence, then a steadier hand, and a good plan, before ... power armour, bullets and an appeal to common sense save the day.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftwFWdJh0oA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Godkiller (8 of 12)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 16:58:00 +0000

Wal reaches the safety of The City of Towers to find a terrible pogrom against the Gods at the hands of the Wizard Masters of the city, but will she join or overthrow them?

****

GODKILLER: First Blood Edition is a holypunk PbtA (Powered by the Apocalypse) game for one player, the Godkiller, and one Game Master, the god of gods. Together, the two of you will weave a mythic, violent, and transformative tale about the only mortal in existence with the power to slay a god, rising against the challenges of the divine. Which gods will you kill to shape the realm — and which gods will you spare?

GODKILLER: First Blood is by Connie Chang and is available here
https://byconniechang.itch.io/godkiller-first-blood

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K84fKbfJBI8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight: Syllabus of Secrets (Session 0)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 13:26:00 +0000

We do world building, character creation, and safety in this first session of a new playset for Girl by Moonlight. Our protagonists have been drafted into a school of magic which is trying to change, manipulate, and even destroy them.

When they came of age, they found themselves whisked away to The School. They were thrown into a world of arcane knowledge, strange alliances, unresponsive staff, and dangerous facilities. Soon our protagonists noticed they could see things others could not: people with memories changed, deadly challenges others didn’t acknowledge, and vanishings which went unremarked and unremembered.

Now, as our protagonists enter into their second year, they’ve come to realize the school itself is a trap and a machine for some unknown purpose. They have determined to rescue those students targeted by the school and uncover the secrets of this place. But they must do this while keeping up their studies and avoiding the attention of the staff, teachers, and other entities.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjJpOWZQZGg2cGt5WWExbHVTQzFZUXg0WXp6UXxBQ3Jtc0tsVHVOelpxSXA5ZENjYnBIeS1WQ3hKUG1GQ2ZGeXM5M3Z5OXBwRXFqSFVZWl9oS0dIejlIUkFVb2VIcHBIeEFyRGFQTjJrelB1TFNsVjk4RFh0ZDgwU3Jxcl9KcEEyY1lDX1ZoUUUzM21kY2YwNVM0MA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fplayingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com%2F&v=LXsysJ0aMDA

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9-TXVu09Mk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight: Danger! Unexploded Spell (Session 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 18:40:00 +0000

Between sessions the protagonists meet their new instructor in the art of defusing unexploded spells. They then deal with some of the fallout from the last mission: both physical and mental. We see them work hard to understand one another and find a way to move forward. Individually they also work to expand their circle of contacts-- and beginning planning for a play in their bombed-out theater HQ.

You can pick up the playset here: https://bit.ly/Girl_by_Moonlight_DUXS

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjJpOWZQZGg2cGt5WWExbHVTQzFZUXg0WXp6UXxBQ3Jtc0tsVHVOelpxSXA5ZENjYnBIeS1WQ3hKUG1GQ2ZGeXM5M3Z5OXBwRXFqSFVZWl9oS0dIejlIUkFVb2VIcHBIeEFyRGFQTjJrelB1TFNsVjk4RFh0ZDgwU3Jxcl9KcEEyY1lDX1ZoUUUzM21kY2YwNVM0MA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fplayingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com%2F&v=LXsysJ0aMDA

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3uCCWTKA-w ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Numberless Secrets: Legend of Bad Valley Ep 2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 13:49:00 +0000

When the head of the Qaio family murdered, the heroes realize their investigation has triggered someone or maybe several someones. While Song Da "sneaks" away to consult with one of his Historian Bureau colleagues, Bao Shi studies the body and Lost Song Zhenai makes allies among the locals. Chao Lin follows Song and in turn sees that the historian has been followed-- by another member of the Jun family, poisoners the group has crossed paths with several times...

You can pick up Hearts of Wulin and the Numberless Secrets supplement here: https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjJpOWZQZGg2cGt5WWExbHVTQzFZUXg0WXp6UXxBQ3Jtc0tsVHVOelpxSXA5ZENjYnBIeS1WQ3hKUG1GQ2ZGeXM5M3Z5OXBwRXFqSFVZWl9oS0dIejlIUkFVb2VIcHBIeEFyRGFQTjJrelB1TFNsVjk4RFh0ZDgwU3Jxcl9KcEEyY1lDX1ZoUUUzM21kY2YwNVM0MA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fplayingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com%2F&v=LXsysJ0aMDA

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8aUx5hLjRw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight: Danger! Unexploded Spell (Session 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 11:09:00 +0000

Our protagonists continue their preparations and work of healing themselves after the events of the last mission. They learn a little more about the agenda of their distinguished visitor from last session. A week passes and a new raid fills the night sky. They're alerted to a desperate situation with a collapsed bridge, a large group of bystanders, and two different summoned monsters attacking.

You can pick up the playset here: https://bit.ly/Girl_by_Moonlight_DUXS

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjJpOWZQZGg2cGt5WWExbHVTQzFZUXg0WXp6UXxBQ3Jtc0tsVHVOelpxSXA5ZENjYnBIeS1WQ3hKUG1GQ2ZGeXM5M3Z5OXBwRXFqSFVZWl9oS0dIejlIUkFVb2VIcHBIeEFyRGFQTjJrelB1TFNsVjk4RFh0ZDgwU3Jxcl9KcEEyY1lDX1ZoUUUzM21kY2YwNVM0MA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fplayingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com%2F&v=LXsysJ0aMDA

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOw7CEa6T9Y ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Godkiller (7 of 12)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 10:08:00 +0000

Upon leaving The Cloister, Wal first visits the labyrinth, where she hopes to gain guidance from The Voice of the Cave - finding some dark relic there which affects her more than she feared, and begins a journey westwards

****

GODKILLER: First Blood Edition is a holypunk PbtA (Powered by the Apocalypse) game for one player, the Godkiller, and one Game Master, the god of gods. Together, the two of you will weave a mythic, violent, and transformative tale about the only mortal in existence with the power to slay a god, rising against the challenges of the divine. Which gods will you kill to shape the realm — and which gods will you spare?

GODKILLER: First Blood is by Connie Chang and is available here
https://byconniechang.itch.io/godkiller-first-blood

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dlD1cnKtEg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Numberless Secrets: Legend of Bad Valley Ep 1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:17:00 +0000

When Bao Shi is kidnapped, our heroes must venture into the den of villainy which is Bad Valley. But there they discover untold truths about these bandits and killers. The agree to aid in uncovering the truth behind the death of the valley's leader. But before they can act further, another murder happens, setting the stage for more violence and death.

You can pick up Hearts of Wulin and the Numberless Secrets supplement here: https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjJpOWZQZGg2cGt5WWExbHVTQzFZUXg0WXp6UXxBQ3Jtc0tsVHVOelpxSXA5ZENjYnBIeS1WQ3hKUG1GQ2ZGeXM5M3Z5OXBwRXFqSFVZWl9oS0dIejlIUkFVb2VIcHBIeEFyRGFQTjJrelB1TFNsVjk4RFh0ZDgwU3Jxcl9KcEEyY1lDX1ZoUUUzM21kY2YwNVM0MA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fplayingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com%2F&v=LXsysJ0aMDA

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qh6u7Qbr4A ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Godkiller (6 of 12)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 06:33:00 +0000

Wal travels with Dogtooth for a while, finding them an incorrigible companion, though forthcoming with secrets and insight she will no doubt find useful in her future encounters.
But a return to Newbridge sparks a confrontation that makes everything personal - a brutal divine attention that brings everything home!

****

GODKILLER: First Blood Edition is a holypunk PbtA (Powered by the Apocalypse) game for one player, the Godkiller, and one Game Master, the god of gods. Together, the two of you will weave a mythic, violent, and transformative tale about the only mortal in existence with the power to slay a god, rising against the challenges of the divine. Which gods will you kill to shape the realm — and which gods will you spare?

GODKILLER: First Blood is by Connie Chang and is available here
https://byconniechang.itch.io/godkiller-first-blood

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHK-vikAnfg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight: Danger! Unexploded Spell (Session 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 19:39:00 +0000

Out on patrol during a raid, our protagonists come upon a workshop overrun by both fire elementals and a cold snap freezing enchantment. They work to rescue people trapped atop the building and keep volatile materials from exploding. In the aftermath they discover the raid has damaged food supplies for the city, forcing more rationing and belt-tightening, even for them. But a sudden visitor arrives with gifts and clearly no hidden agendas...

You can pick up the playset here: https://bit.ly/Girl_by_Moonlight_DUXS

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjJpOWZQZGg2cGt5WWExbHVTQzFZUXg0WXp6UXxBQ3Jtc0tsVHVOelpxSXA5ZENjYnBIeS1WQ3hKUG1GQ2ZGeXM5M3Z5OXBwRXFqSFVZWl9oS0dIejlIUkFVb2VIcHBIeEFyRGFQTjJrelB1TFNsVjk4RFh0ZDgwU3Jxcl9KcEEyY1lDX1ZoUUUzM21kY2YwNVM0MA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fplayingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com%2F&v=LXsysJ0aMDA

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zte8n13IyDo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Swoop Gang (June 24) 01

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 18:26:00 +0000

Swoop gangs were outlaw organizations or groups of thugs that were known for their use of swoop bikes. Most members of swoop gangs were focused on riding swoops and participating in swoop races, though some were also known to partake in other criminal activities.

* Play Nomad Outlaw Swoop Bikers, the absolute Best of the Worst.
* Commit crime, help your local community, and hand out some good old-fashioned street justice.
* Work under the Heat's radar and go toe to toe with your Rival Gang.
* Operate a business with your gang as a cover for your illicit activities
* Be cool, and when cool won't cut it, be a Bad Ass.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBOY5M3Gx4Y ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Godkiller (5 of 12)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 19:45:00 +0000

Wal is a guest in Lord Basphamel's palace, but is she really free to leave - does she want to? What is this God hiding, and what will Wal do when she discovers it?

****

GODKILLER: First Blood Edition is a holypunk PbtA (Powered by the Apocalypse) game for one player, the Godkiller, and one Game Master, the god of gods. Together, the two of you will weave a mythic, violent, and transformative tale about the only mortal in existence with the power to slay a god, rising against the challenges of the divine. Which gods will you kill to shape the realm — and which gods will you spare?

GODKILLER: First Blood is by Connie Chang and is available here
https://byconniechang.itch.io/godkiller-first-blood

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGUusscMdyU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight: Danger! Unexploded Spell (Session 1)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 19:17:00 +0000

We begin with a little bit of series set up: figuring out our character's base and its surroundings. We then move into the first cycle of play: the first obligation phase followed by the first set of downtime actions. We get a sense of the pressures on our protagonists and their web of interactions.

You can pick up the playset here: https://bit.ly/Girl_by_Moonlight_DUXS

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjJpOWZQZGg2cGt5WWExbHVTQzFZUXg0WXp6UXxBQ3Jtc0tsVHVOelpxSXA5ZENjYnBIeS1WQ3hKUG1GQ2ZGeXM5M3Z5OXBwRXFqSFVZWl9oS0dIejlIUkFVb2VIcHBIeEFyRGFQTjJrelB1TFNsVjk4RFh0ZDgwU3Jxcl9KcEEyY1lDX1ZoUUUzM21kY2YwNVM0MA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fplayingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com%2F&v=LXsysJ0aMDA

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWb1l_DkWI4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Imperium Maledictum: Plausible Deniability (Session 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 03:54:00 +0000

The group returns to their patron and receives their rewards. They take some time to regroup following their endeavor. Then van Grunt assigns them a challenging mission: disrupt the archeological expedition of a rival, without killing them or revealing van Grunt's involvement. As an added wrinkle, they must recruit persons from the Leagues of Votann. But the situation on planet is more complicated than they thought with maybe Orks, a definite Psyker hunter, and rumors of weird killings.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky @openhearthrpg.bsky.social
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO6tP9oWpkU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Urban Shadows 2E: S8

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 03:49:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMt6WcOiQc8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Urban Shadows 2E: S7

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 03:47:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOo_giKe1bQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Urban Shadows 2E: S6

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 03:44:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDeV4UuJqY0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Urban Shadows 2E: S5

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 21:07:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDiJMFnr7Wo

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Urban Shadows 2E: S4

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 21:05:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMG27yQy8x0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight: Danger! Unexploded Spell (Session Zero)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 21:15:00 +0000

Session Zero- series setup and character creation for Girl by Moonlight using the Danger! Unexploded Spell series playset. it is a campaign of magical defenders and a city under siege. In DUXS drafted unacceptable mages protect their city from arcane air raids and bombings while trying to survive and create a community.

You can pick up the playset here: https://bit.ly/Girl_by_Moonlight_DUXS

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjJpOWZQZGg2cGt5WWExbHVTQzFZUXg0WXp6UXxBQ3Jtc0tsVHVOelpxSXA5ZENjYnBIeS1WQ3hKUG1GQ2ZGeXM5M3Z5OXBwRXFqSFVZWl9oS0dIejlIUkFVb2VIcHBIeEFyRGFQTjJrelB1TFNsVjk4RFh0ZDgwU3Jxcl9KcEEyY1lDX1ZoUUUzM21kY2YwNVM0MA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fplayingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com%2F&v=LXsysJ0aMDA

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-DgCXsqC3k ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl By Moonlight: Divine Engines Session 13

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 30 May 2024 04:28:00 +0000

The penultimate session and the final mission. The fate of the Bastion will be decided.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Check out our podcast channel at https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mZajDsiQ7s ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Imperium Maledictum: 3 Cycles from Retirement (Session 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 28 May 2024 21:28:00 +0000

The town of cultists finally pulls back the curtain, threatening to strap the Tech Priest into their sacrificial device. With Octus out tracking down heretics, the other three have to take on mobs, a leader, and a psyker mutant.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjJpOWZQZGg2cGt5WWExbHVTQzFZUXg0WXp6UXxBQ3Jtc0tsVHVOelpxSXA5ZENjYnBIeS1WQ3hKUG1GQ2ZGeXM5M3Z5OXBwRXFqSFVZWl9oS0dIejlIUkFVb2VIcHBIeEFyRGFQTjJrelB1TFNsVjk4RFh0ZDgwU3Jxcl9KcEEyY1lDX1ZoUUUzM21kY2YwNVM0MA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fplayingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com%2F&v=LXsysJ0aMDA

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VscR_F_Z0KM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Bump in the Dark: They That go Down to the Sea in Ships (7 of 7)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 28 May 2024 18:01:00 +0000

This is part of a new series, prequel to a series of Alice is Missing & Monsterhearts 2 & sequel to the subsequent series of A Town Called Malice. The Pact check out They That go Down to the Sea in Ships

Thrilling, gritty, and utterly human, Bump in the Dark is a tabletop roleplaying game about a group of people who’ve dedicated their lives to hunting and dealing with monsters. There are gruesome attacks, tense investigations, nasty cryptids, nefarious factions, powerful demons, action-packed showdowns, and regular folk caught in the middle.

Bump in the Dark is a Forged in the Dark game by Jex Thomas and is available here
https://jexjthomas.itch.io/bump-in-the-dark

They That go Down to the Sea in Ships is a hunt for Bump in the Dark by John M Deisinger and is available here
https://wentworthhornet.itch.io/they-that-go-down-to-the-sea-in-ships

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbnULAKNRME ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Three Mountains, One Heart S5 (Finale)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 28 May 2024 03:59:00 +0000

The group considers their next steps in dealing with Peerless Zhelan, as our Fox Spirit has a vision. Da Ming discovers a betrayal at the heart of his school while heartless lets loose not one but two dragons. It all leads to a deadly confrontation as the cultivator schools battle in the streets.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

You can pick up Hearts of Wulin on itch.io or DTRPG.
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/hearts-of-wulin

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=680jxvF14mU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Godkiller (4 of 12)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 27 May 2024 06:49:00 +0000

Newbridge is reeling from the revelations of Wal's actions, but when she wakes from her ordeal it seems that things are changing for the worse already in the town - will Wal cut and run again, or make a stand?

****

GODKILLER: First Blood Edition is a holypunk PbtA (Powered by the Apocalypse) game for one player, the Godkiller, and one Game Master, the god of gods. Together, the two of you will weave a mythic, violent, and transformative tale about the only mortal in existence with the power to slay a god, rising against the challenges of the divine. Which gods will you kill to shape the realm — and which gods will you spare?

GODKILLER: First Blood is by Connie Chang and is available here
https://byconniechang.itch.io/godkiller-first-blood

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khYPUwCGIv0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Fearful Symmetries: Arc Two S12 (Finale)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 26 May 2024 18:18:00 +0000

The magicians finally move to face Portmore. But they discover a darker secret at the heart of their enemy's estate-- a threat to Albion and England. To stop it, one of them will have to pay the ultimate price.

This is a session of an ongoing Trail of Cthulhu quarterly of Pelgrane Press's campaign framework, Fearful Symmetries-- a game of warring magicians, sinister folkways, and William Blake. Touchstones for this include The Devil Rides Out, Children of the Stones, The Owl Service, From Hell, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, and The Awakening

"The Secret War is coming to England. And you are the warriors."

This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. For more see openhearthgaming.com.

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky @openhearthrpg.bsky.social
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

For more on the Fearful Symmetries campaign, see https://pelgranepress.com/product/fearful-symmetries/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ2qVC0L3ZE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS Fellowship Finale

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 25 May 2024 20:54:00 +0000

Fellowship is a game for 3-6 players about going on an adventure, in the same vein as Lord of the Rings or Wakfu or Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. The system is loosely based on the Apocalypse Engine. In Rebellion is an expansion book for Fellowship.

The Empire is an alternative to the Overlord playbook. Rather than stop an evil overlord from destroying the world as we know it, the Empire has already conquered the world(s). They succeeded. The fellowship must work as a rebel alliance to overthrow the iron grip of the fascist Empire and destroy it from the inside out. They have sources of power that empower the entire Empire as long as they stay standing, and Leaders who inspire their soldiers and make them stronger. Both their power sources and leaders must be destroyed or defeated to make the Empire collapse.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thvLCcE3nrA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eotenweard: The Growing Dark (Session 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 23 May 2024 14:22:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a final session of 3 of Eotenweard (his own PbtA game in development) of Dark Age heroes protecting the innocent from a Darkness growing across the Old North.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...) ...
Their Fae companion mysteriously disappears as the other Heroes head up into the North Pennines. On the trail travellers warn them that a raiding pagan warband are heading into the lowlands. A crow is sent to warn their allies in Torhaven and call them to arms. Finding a good position at the edge of a forest the Heroes organise the folk of Torhaven, Winifred threatens the raiders' flank with conjured hoof beats, and Seren the Black preaches that 'God is with us'. Then Althea puts an arrow into the tribes' champion and leads the charge. There are signs that the power of the Fae is corrupting the tribes but many are sent to Woden's corpse hall before the raiders are routed back whence they came. Then, a tribal settlement, the untamed wild, and a sibling revealed ... before a Monolith, a call for unity, and a Flesh Demon confronted ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-hH2fmO9sA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Imperium Maledictum: Plausible Deniability (Session 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 22 May 2024 11:19:00 +0000

With one of the three targets located, the team questions the goon they captured, revealing the Fixer's plan to put them in harms way. Stymied when the try to find out answers at the prison, they call on their patron's influence to get info from the Administratum. This uncovers larger forces at play, leading them to a daring raid on an experimental Adeptus Mechanicius lab...

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky @openhearthrpg.bsky.social
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYdaoh67hR4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Imperium Maledictum: 3 Cycles from Retirement (Session 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 22 May 2024 03:58:00 +0000

The team deals with a group of cultists attacking their living quarters. In the aftermath, they follow them back to their nest in the woods, but they aren't the ones behind the Inquisitor's disappearance. They return to the town where a confrontation with the so-called witch reveals more about the situation.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjJpOWZQZGg2cGt5WWExbHVTQzFZUXg0WXp6UXxBQ3Jtc0tsVHVOelpxSXA5ZENjYnBIeS1WQ3hKUG1GQ2ZGeXM5M3Z5OXBwRXFqSFVZWl9oS0dIejlIUkFVb2VIcHBIeEFyRGFQTjJrelB1TFNsVjk4RFh0ZDgwU3Jxcl9KcEEyY1lDX1ZoUUUzM21kY2YwNVM0MA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fplayingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com%2F&v=LXsysJ0aMDA

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySLqUjBj5XU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Three Mountains, One Heart S4

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 21 May 2024 18:01:00 +0000

Caught before the Cultivator gathering, the Fox reveals things to the Celestial and then manages a cover story. Ming Da brings his brother to ask for Flickering Breath's assistance, with consequences. Peerless Zhelan appears and a fight ensues. A Fox is captured, escapes, and then a bloodied body appears. Some of the threats have been unmasked and now the heroes must decide who they will face...

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

You can pick up Hearts of Wulin on itch.io or DTRPG.
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/hearts-of-wulin

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOvmq5bDnfA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Bump in the Dark: They That go Down to the Sea in Ships (6 of 7)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 21 May 2024 16:56:00 +0000

This is part of a new series, prequel to a series of Alice is Missing & Monsterhearts 2 & sequel to the subsequent series of A Town Called Malice. The Pact check out They That go Down to the Sea in Ships

Thrilling, gritty, and utterly human, Bump in the Dark is a tabletop roleplaying game about a group of people who’ve dedicated their lives to hunting and dealing with monsters. There are gruesome attacks, tense investigations, nasty cryptids, nefarious factions, powerful demons, action-packed showdowns, and regular folk caught in the middle.

Bump in the Dark is a Forged in the Dark game by Jex Thomas and is available here
https://jexjthomas.itch.io/bump-in-the-dark

They That go Down to the Sea in Ships is a hunt for Bump in the Dark by John M Deisinger and is available here
https://wentworthhornet.itch.io/they-that-go-down-to-the-sea-in-ships

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrTeJMh6xaI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Godkiller (3 of 12)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 19 May 2024 21:36:00 +0000

GODKILLER: First Blood Edition is a holypunk PbtA (Powered by the Apocalypse) game for one player, the Godkiller, and one Game Master, the god of gods. Together, the two of you will weave a mythic, violent, and transformative tale about the only mortal in existence with the power to slay a god, rising against the challenges of the divine. Which gods will you kill to shape the realm — and which gods will you spare?

GODKILLER: First Blood is by Connie Chang and is available here
https://byconniechang.itch.io/godkiller-first-blood

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BlmAKlvTjs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Fearful Symmetries: Arc Two S11

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 19 May 2024 20:57:00 +0000

The magicians close a deal with an ancient. They search through the city and neutralize the strange fruit left by Portmore's men. In exchange, the Ghoul Lord lets them into the Labyrinth beneath Winchester. But more trials lie ahead in the travel, their own magical consciences, and the foes they face at the end. And then Merlin's Prophecy comes true and with it horrific devastation...

This is a session of an ongoing Trail of Cthulhu quarterly of Pelgrane Press's campaign framework, Fearful Symmetries-- a game of warring magicians, sinister folkways, and William Blake. Touchstones for this include The Devil Rides Out, Children of the Stones, The Owl Service, From Hell, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, and The Awakening

"The Secret War is coming to England. And you are the warriors."

This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. For more see openhearthgaming.com.

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky @openhearthrpg.bsky.social
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

For more on the Fearful Symmetries campaign, see https://pelgranepress.com/product/fearful-symmetries/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgHD29RIGUg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Fellowship 12

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 18 May 2024 20:10:00 +0000

Fellowship is a game for 3-6 players about going on an adventure, in the same vein as Lord of the Rings or Wakfu or Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. The system is loosely based on the Apocalypse Engine. In Rebellion is an expansion book for Fellowship.

The Empire is an alternative to the Overlord playbook. Rather than stop an evil overlord from destroying the world as we know it, the Empire has already conquered the world(s). They succeeded. The fellowship must work as a rebel alliance to overthrow the iron grip of the fascist Empire and destroy it from the inside out. They have sources of power that empower the entire Empire as long as they stay standing, and Leaders who inspire their soldiers and make them stronger. Both their power sources and leaders must be destroyed or defeated to make the Empire collapse.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpkHTkMV9ZU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Bump in the Dark: Interlude (5 of 7)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 16 May 2024 09:21:00 +0000

This is an interlude session of our series of Bump in the Dark, prequel to a series of Alice is Missing & Monsterhearts 2 & sequel to the subsequent series of A Town Called Malice.

Thrilling, gritty, and utterly human, Bump in the Dark is a tabletop roleplaying game about a group of people who’ve dedicated their lives to hunting and dealing with monsters. There are gruesome attacks, tense investigations, nasty cryptids, nefarious factions, powerful demons, action-packed showdowns, and regular folk caught in the middle.

Bump in the Dark is a Forged in the Dark game by Jex Thomas and is available here
https://jexjthomas.itch.io/bump-in-the-dark

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amK-Pxbx9uY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl By Moonlight: Divine Engines Session 12

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 16 May 2024 04:43:00 +0000

The group deals with the successful mission, but wonders what has happened to Team Arcturus. The learn of the events in this Sandahl's home dimension, where Radiant and their Engine Lyra killed everyone else. The Bishop reveals that Bastion cannot no long make warp jumps-- and now they must await the coming of the Leviathans. But things are happening behind the scenes-- and the pilots are told they cannot be told what is coming. Despite that, Sia pushes forward: leading to an explosion which destroys a chunk of the city they hope to protect.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Check out our podcast channel at https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCxrqOrrIDA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Fearful Symmetries: Arc Two S10

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 15 May 2024 04:34:00 +0000

The group heads south to Winchester to interfere with Portmore's plans. They meet with a strange figure who tells them of two kings in that city. The investigation leads them to Roman tunnels, an American Revival meeting, a local antiquarian and more. Also: Ghouls!

This is a session of an ongoing Trail of Cthulhu quarterly of Pelgrane Press's campaign framework, Fearful Symmetries-- a game of warring magicians, sinister folkways, and William Blake. Touchstones for this include The Devil Rides Out, Children of the Stones, The Owl Service, From Hell, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, and The Awakening

"The Secret War is coming to England. And you are the warriors."

This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. For more see openhearthgaming.com.

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky @openhearthrpg.bsky.social
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

For more on the Fearful Symmetries campaign, see https://pelgranepress.com/product/fearful-symmetries/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_IVJcPP0KM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Imperium Maledictum: Plausible Deniability (Session 1)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 15 May 2024 04:18:00 +0000

We bring our character together with their patron, who assigns them the task to hunting down a trio of former starship crewmembers from an impounded ship. This takes them to a Hive World where they find foes already there before them...

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky @openhearthrpg.bsky.social
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8FUwFHRCsY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Imperium Maledictum: 3 Cycles from Retirement (Session 1)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 14 May 2024 23:57:00 +0000

We get rolling on our short series of Imperium Maledictum, a ttrpg of WH40K rogues and agents. The group is tasked by their Patron to locate a wayward inquisitor on a remote Agri-Planet. But, of course, nothing is as it seems.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjJpOWZQZGg2cGt5WWExbHVTQzFZUXg0WXp6UXxBQ3Jtc0tsVHVOelpxSXA5ZENjYnBIeS1WQ3hKUG1GQ2ZGeXM5M3Z5OXBwRXFqSFVZWl9oS0dIejlIUkFVb2VIcHBIeEFyRGFQTjJrelB1TFNsVjk4RFh0ZDgwU3Jxcl9KcEEyY1lDX1ZoUUUzM21kY2YwNVM0MA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fplayingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com%2F&v=LXsysJ0aMDA

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTdLgrklwPo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Godkiller (2 of 12)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 13 May 2024 06:52:00 +0000

GODKILLER: First Blood Edition is a holypunk PbtA (Powered by the Apocalypse) game for one player, the Godkiller, and one Game Master, the god of gods. Together, the two of you will weave a mythic, violent, and transformative tale about the only mortal in existence with the power to slay a god, rising against the challenges of the divine. Which gods will you kill to shape the realm — and which gods will you spare?

GODKILLER: First Blood is by Connie Chang and is available here
https://byconniechang.itch.io/godkiller-first-blood

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3Q97eUUw6I ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Dragonbane (2) Smells like mean spirit

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 12 May 2024 01:11:00 +0000

Dragonbane (2) Smells like mean spirit

Fantasy tabletop Roleplaying Game

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tPVvyIyDJw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Fellowship 11

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 11 May 2024 18:51:00 +0000

Fellowship is a game for 3-6 players about going on an adventure, in the same vein as Lord of the Rings or Wakfu or Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. The system is loosely based on the Apocalypse Engine. In Rebellion is an expansion book for Fellowship.

The Empire is an alternative to the Overlord playbook. Rather than stop an evil overlord from destroying the world as we know it, the Empire has already conquered the world(s). They succeeded. The fellowship must work as a rebel alliance to overthrow the iron grip of the fascist Empire and destroy it from the inside out. They have sources of power that empower the entire Empire as long as they stay standing, and Leaders who inspire their soldiers and make them stronger. Both their power sources and leaders must be destroyed or defeated to make the Empire collapse.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUCUiBwvByg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eotenweard: The Growing Dark (Session 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 08 May 2024 21:56:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a 2nd 0f 4 sessions of Eotenweard (his own PbtA game in development) of Dark Age heroes protecting the innocent from a Darkness growing across the Old North.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...) ...
As morning breaks Seren the Black rises early to praise God while Althea seeks out the village's Priest of Woden who interrupted the previous night's meal. Meanwhile, Dawn goes to meet Tar, the sheep herder whose behaviour he found suspicious. After a disturbed night of dark dreams. Winifred looks for Althea in hopes of some solace, but instead Althea is assaulted by a manifestation of the Darkness that stalks the village. There's a sobbing maiden comforted, an overgrown Roman watch tower, and unquiet spirits from long ago. Then ... a dark warren infested by spiders, crow spirits, and a dangerous threat before a confrontation in the Hall ... and the betrayal of a frightened innocent ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu4YLt4WZws ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Imperium Maledictum: Plausible Deniability (Session 0)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 08 May 2024 12:59:00 +0000

We do set up, safety discussion, patron creation, and character creation for our short series of Imperium Maledictum, a ttrpg of WH40K rogues and agents.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La0PEDZImDk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Imperium Maledictum: 3 Cycles from Retirement (Session 0)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 07 May 2024 23:24:00 +0000

We do set up, safety discussion, patron creation, and character creation for our short series of Imperium Maledictum, a ttrpg of WH40K rogues and agents.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXsysJ0aMDA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - The Station

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 07 May 2024 18:05:00 +0000

The Station is a GMless worldbuilding game where players take turn answering prompts about a train, a station and the people. The Station explores how places shape people and people shape places in the vein of i'm sorry did you say street magic by Caro Asercion and The Quiet Year, by Avery Alder.
The Station is by Pidj Sorensen and is available here
https://pidj.itch.io/the-station

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iap52SEZe0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Three Mountains, One Heart S3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 07 May 2024 17:09:00 +0000

The heroes regroup to consider what they've learned, but also try to recover from the previous day and deal with their own personal business. Our Fox Spirit discovers more than he bargained for when he tries to extricate his sister. Misunderstandings occur and cosmic heartbreak is sung out. Heartless finally makes her way to the dragon, but she may be too late...

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

You can pick up Hearts of Wulin on itch.io or DTRPG.
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/hearts-of-wulin

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39iMgfMfQ84 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hit the Sith - Save the Galaxy (StarWars Saturday Mini-Con 2024)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 06 May 2024 12:16:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a session of Hit the Sith - Save the Galaxy, his hack of "Hit the Streets - Save the Block" (by Rich Rogers), a game of local supers protecting their neighbourhood.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community's Star Wars Saturday Mini-Con (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...) ...
We meet Garik, an Agent for the Rebel Alliance, leaving his analyst desk for his first field assignment; Urto Gha the Weequay Bounty Hunter who has joined the Rebellion after becoming sickened by Imperial offers to hunt Jedi; Katakat Ekop, the Nautolon Tech (and pilot) whose family crossed the Empire one time too many; and Veth Oddriss, the a naive Young Twi'lek with an as yet unfocussed connection to the Force. They evade a TIE fighter patrol as they seek to stop the assassination of Gam Zagno, the Ugnaught labour organiser who can help them thwart an Imperial plot. There's an angry overseer, a canteen riot, and a Dug with a blaster ... then, an ancient battleground where Jedi and Sith clashed, remnants of ancient technology overgrown by jungle, a shot at Grand Moff Tarkin ... and a last minute double cross ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jo13cEMoro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Godkiller (1 of 12)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 05 May 2024 21:34:00 +0000

GODKILLER: First Blood Edition is a holypunk PbtA (Powered by the Apocalypse) game for one player, the Godkiller, and one Game Master, the god of gods. Together, the two of you will weave a mythic, violent, and transformative tale about the only mortal in existence with the power to slay a god, rising against the challenges of the divine. Which gods will you kill to shape the realm — and which gods will you spare?

GODKILLER: First Blood is by Connie Chang and is available here
https://byconniechang.itch.io/godkiller-first-blood

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvvCBjngr2Q ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Wars Saturdays: Special Edition - Butterflies & Hurricanes

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 05 May 2024 11:59:00 +0000

This game is part of this year's 'May the 4th be with You' Mini-Con' with the Open Hearth

Butterflies and Hurricanes is a sci-fi rpg about nostalgia, broken promises, uncertain futures, and goodbyes. Inspired by the works of Makoto Shinkai, it aims to deliver an emotional and cathartic experience.

You and your friends will play as a group of school friends in a near-future sci-fi world. All of you have just graduated, and you're each getting ready to move on to the next stage of your life. The tensions of the 2nd Cold War pull you all in different directions: leaving the country for a prestigious university, being chosen by the military for a special program, getting a research job off world, etc. In all of these cases you are likely never going to see each other again, and many of you may die. Knowing this, you carry out your tense final Summer together, reliving memories, having your last good days, and one by one saying goodbye. As each of you leaves, you make a promise to your friends— one you don't know you'll be able to keep.

Butterflies & Hurricanes is by Johanna Gaudet and is available here
https://johannagaudet.itch.io/butterflies-and-hurricanes

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6NZtDQF_Tw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Dragonbane - Forest Trek

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 05 May 2024 01:35:00 +0000

Dragonbane - Forest Trek

Fantasy TTRPG by Free League

Sound and Music by Syrinscape

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUUwDcgdtQ0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Before the Sith: Part One

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 04 May 2024 23:20:00 +0000

A Star Wars Saturday long game which reskins Before the Storm (from Pelgrane's Seven Wonders Collection). This is the first part of the double-length session.

In this storygame heroes face a final showdown with a deadly foe. On the eve of the battle we flash back to how they got here, explore old relationships, and deal with unresolved tensions. Through play we will find out if they can emerge victorious and who will survive the coming battle.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Check out our podcast channel at https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW0nM-6wR3s ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Before the Sith: Part Three

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 04 May 2024 23:18:00 +0000

A Star Wars Saturday long game which reskins Before the Storm (from Pelgrane's Seven Wonders Collection). This is the last part of the double-length session. We pick up from the break in the last video, finishing up the questions and moving to the final battle.

In this storygame heroes face a final showdown with a deadly foe. On the eve of the battle we flash back to how they got here, explore old relationships, and deal with unresolved tensions. Through play we will find out if they can emerge victorious and who will survive the coming battle.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Check out our podcast channel at https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WlCupeeOlA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Before the Sith: Part Two

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 04 May 2024 23:15:00 +0000

A Star Wars Saturday long game which reskins Before the Storm (from Pelgrane's Seven Wonders Collection). This is the second part of the double-length session. *NOTE: THE CONNECTION CUT OUT, SO IT STOPS ABRUPTLY. WE PICK UP IN PART THREE*

In this storygame heroes face a final showdown with a deadly foe. On the eve of the battle we flash back to how they got here, explore old relationships, and deal with unresolved tensions. Through play we will find out if they can emerge victorious and who will survive the coming battle.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Check out our podcast channel at https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDsEi26OQ5w ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Murder in the Jedi Temple

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 03 May 2024 03:27:00 +0000

A one-shot murder mystery for our Star Wars Minicon. The Jedi Temple on Devoc is a place for the lost, fallen, and broken. There the Jedi Council dispatc those who have come too close to the dark side, who have had their faith broken, or struggle to maintain contact with the Force. You are one of the Jedi sent there to recover, but the serenity of this place is about to be broken by a murder. Can you and your fellow recovering Jedi find the killer before they strike again?

Inspired by and reskinned from Rosewood Abbey, a Carved by Brindlewood ttrpg of Medieval Murder in the vein of The Name of the Rose and Cadfael.
You can find that here: https://rolistespod.itch.io/rosewood-abbey

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Check out our podcast channel at https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KauIMXoPDPk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eotenweard: The Growing Dark (Session 1)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 02 May 2024 12:47:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a session of Eotenweard (his own PbtA game in development of Dark Age heroes protecting the innocent from a Darkness growing across the Old North).
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...) ...
We meet Althea the Saxon Hunter, Winifred the Celtic Mystic, Seren. called 'The Black', a Christian Sword of God, and 'Dawn', a Fae wrapped in a mortal seeming. Despite their differences of culture and belief, or even mortality, they have been brought together by their Gods and Supernatural Patrons as Eotenweard ... Heroes given Gifts with which to defend the innocent and defeat the Darkness that grows across the Old North.
Their footsteps have been guided to the village of Torhaven, in Saxon Bernicia, which shows signs of slow decline and death.
There's crows mobbing a falcon and conspicuous spider webs ... then, hospitality, an unexpected interruption, and signs of 'poison' that lead them to a dream made real ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jToM7S6eWXw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl By Moonlight: Divine Engines Session 11

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 02 May 2024 04:39:00 +0000

Our protagonists undertake an escort mission with little preparation or intelligence. They desperately fight a trio of Leviathans, but even once they've delivered their charges to the location, they must still battle their way back...which leads to strange events.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Check out our podcast channel at https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1cE84VCZe8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Urban Shadows 2E: S3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 02 May 2024 03:56:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQHhMV28sg8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight - On a Sea of Stars (5 of 5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 18:35:00 +0000

A game about the tragic struggles and defiant triumphs of a group of magical girls resisting an oppressive society. Girl by Moonlight explores the heartbreak of denying who you really are, and the transcendent power of relationships and community.

Mecha pilots struggle on a Sea of Stars against extinction at the hands of the Leviathans.

Girl by Moonlight is a Forged in the Dark ttrpg by Andrew Gillis and is available here
https://evilhat.itch.io/girl-by-moonlight

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ2GcB0KBrY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Three Mountains, One Heart S2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 04:32:00 +0000

Our heroes encounter friends, allies, and strangers as the arrive at the convocation for the three Cultivation Societies. But there are hidden dangers here, including a brother/sister duo involved with monster hunters, a fox spirit sibling, and a dragon in human form with a stolen heart.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

You can pick up Hearts of Wulin on itch.io or DTRPG.
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/hearts-of-wulin

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUVb97BudZA

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Fearful Symmetries: Arc Two S9

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 23:36:00 +0000

The group returns to Oxford following events at Mathers Hall and the dedicated of the Dunwich font. But they have to contend with fallout from those events, leading to Dr. Whitewood finding himself involuntarily committed. The others meet with various allies and maybe allies as they prepare to deal with Portmore and his fascists. Richard invokes the power of dreaming to aid the doctor in his convalescence, before Whitewood makes a break for it...

This is a session of an ongoing Trail of Cthulhu quarterly of Pelgrane Press's campaign framework, Fearful Symmetries-- a game of warring magicians, sinister folkways, and William Blake. Touchstones for this include The Devil Rides Out, Children of the Stones, The Owl Service, From Hell, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, and The Awakening

"The Secret War is coming to England. And you are the warriors."

This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. For more see openhearthgaming.com.

Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

For more on the Fearful Symmetries campaign, see https://pelgranepress.com/product/fearful-symmetries/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQmSzB2wZIQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Stars in the Dark 08

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 22:42:00 +0000

Set during the beginning of the New Republic era, Anders starts a new story with a new crew using new rules.

Throwing the Black Sun off our trail

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtWl0kROotg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Fellowship 10

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 20:14:00 +0000

Fellowship is a game for 3-6 players about going on an adventure, in the same vein as Lord of the Rings or Wakfu or Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. The system is loosely based on the Apocalypse Engine. In Rebellion is an expansion book for Fellowship.

The Empire is an alternative to the Overlord playbook. Rather than stop an evil overlord from destroying the world as we know it, the Empire has already conquered the world(s). They succeeded. The fellowship must work as a rebel alliance to overthrow the iron grip of the fascist Empire and destroy it from the inside out. They have sources of power that empower the entire Empire as long as they stay standing, and Leaders who inspire their soldiers and make them stronger. Both their power sources and leaders must be destroyed or defeated to make the Empire collapse.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXxm6ijHZaA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl By Moonlight: Divine Engines Session 10

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 04:47:00 +0000

We begin the second half of this Girl by Moonlight series.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Check out our podcast channel at https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBU8BfNR06o ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Three Mountains, One Heart S1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 13:16:00 +0000

Start of a new short, fantastic series for Hearts of Wulin, leaning more into elements of xianxia, cultivation, and mythic destiny. We do character creation for the first half and then meet our four heroes on the road as they travel to a convocation of the sects from the three holy mountains.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

You can pick up Hearts of Wulin on itch.io or DTRPG.
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/hearts-of-wulin

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgsYzKzLOeg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Urban Shadows 2E: S2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 12:22:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=formp5_llfA

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Urban Shadows 2E: Guest Stars Creation

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 12:21:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1szaaEdZ2ZY

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Urban Shadows 2E: S1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 12:20:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WUogn0h9X4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight - On a Sea of Stars (4 of 5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 21:28:00 +0000

A game about the tragic struggles and defiant triumphs of a group of magical girls resisting an oppressive society. Girl by Moonlight explores the heartbreak of denying who you really are, and the transcendent power of relationships and community.

Mecha pilots struggle on a Sea of Stars against extinction at the hands of the Leviathans.

Girl by Moonlight is a Forged in the Dark ttrpg by Andrew Gillis and is available here
https://evilhat.itch.io/girl-by-moonlight

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7XxlpOxZHU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Fellowship 09

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 20 Apr 2024 20:48:00 +0000

As mentioned during the session - Star Wars: May the 4th Be With You mini-con link
https://app.playabl.io/events/14/overview

Fellowship is a game for 3-6 players about going on an adventure, in the same vein as Lord of the Rings or Wakfu or Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. The system is loosely based on the Apocalypse Engine. In Rebellion is an expansion book for Fellowship.

The Empire is an alternative to the Overlord playbook. Rather than stop an evil overlord from destroying the world as we know it, the Empire has already conquered the world(s). They succeeded. The fellowship must work as a rebel alliance to overthrow the iron grip of the fascist Empire and destroy it from the inside out. They have sources of power that empower the entire Empire as long as they stay standing, and Leaders who inspire their soldiers and make them stronger. Both their power sources and leaders must be destroyed or defeated to make the Empire collapse.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UeR3idzMBE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight - On a Sea of Stars (3 of 5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 22:06:00 +0000

A game about the tragic struggles and defiant triumphs of a group of magical girls resisting an oppressive society. Girl by Moonlight explores the heartbreak of denying who you really are, and the transcendent power of relationships and community.

Mecha pilots struggle on a Sea of Stars against extinction at the hands of the Leviathans.

Girl by Moonlight is a Forged in the Dark ttrpg by Andrew Gillis and is available here
https://evilhat.itch.io/girl-by-moonlight

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysQw1dnz5K8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Mecha Hack: Q'ku Riposte – S09pt2 (actual play)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 04:18:00 +0000

Due to a recording problem this session is uploaded in two parts

Today on Hora de Roleo we play The Mecha Hack! A game about the pilots of House Selina fighting to get Aurelia, their planet, back from the terrible Ares Collective.

The strike team sets off to attack the Collective main facility and the Kaiju weaponization program. If they succeed the collective presence in the quadrant will be all but obliterated. It's just a matter of destroying the most secure building on the planet.

Español

Hoy en Hora de Roleo, otra partida en inglés, jugamos The Mecha Hack! Un juego sobre los pilotos de la noble Casa Selina peleando por recuperar Aurelia, su planeta, de las garras del terrible Colectivo Ares.

El equipo se dirige a destruir el complejo principal del Colectivo y el programa de armamentización Kaiju. De tener éxito el Colectivo habrá sido expulsado del cuadrante para todos los propósitos. Solo es cuestión de atacar el edificio más seguro de todo el planeta.

---

Les Pilotes son: Sherri, Lowell, Marc y Matthew
Narrado y producido por: Anya
Hora de roleo es parte de https://darkade.quest

---

Puedes contribuir directamente a Hora de Roleo en https://www.paypal.me/darkade

Si quieres jugar una sesión narrada por Anya puedes encontrarla en https://startplaying.games/gm/darkade

---

The Mecha Hack es una publicación de Absolute Tabletop https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/242856/The-Mecha-Hack?affiliate_id=435266

Las imágenes de fondo son tomadas de la librería espacial de imágenes de la Nasa y de Alla Kamzova, guille pozzi y Johannes Plenio en Unsplash. Los marcos son inspirados por cajas de modelos de Gundam y creadas por Anya

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6i1Y_0ZYWA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Mecha Hack: Q'ku Riposte – S10 [Epilogue] (actual play)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 04:18:00 +0000

Today on Hora de Roleo we play The Mecha Hack! A game about the pilots of House Selina fighting to get Aurelia, their planet, back from the terrible Ares Collective.

A week has passed since the strike team took The Collective kaiju weaponization program facility. Selim has recovered and needs to answer to Prince Selina. Meanwhile the vipers set off to find their allies. Everyone stands to decide the future of Aurelia.

Español

Hoy en Hora de Roleo, otra partida en inglés, jugamos The Mecha Hack! Un juego sobre los pilotos de la noble Casa Selina peleando por recuperar Aurelia, su planeta, de las garras del terrible Colectivo Ares.

Ha pasado una semana desde que el equipo tomó el laboratorio del Colectivo para convertir los kaiju en armas. Selim se ha recuperado y debe reportar a la Principe Selina. Mientras tanto las vipers están en busca de sus aliades. Todes esperan a decidir el futuro de Aurelia.

---

Les Pilotes son: Sherri, Lowell, Marc y Matthew
Narrado y producido por: Anya
Hora de roleo es parte de https://darkade.quest

---

Puedes contribuir directamente a Hora de Roleo en https://www.paypal.me/darkade

Si quieres jugar una sesión narrada por Anya puedes encontrarla en https://startplaying.games/gm/darkade

---

The Mecha Hack es una publicación de Absolute Tabletop https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/242856/The-Mecha-Hack?affiliate_id=435266

Las imágenes de fondo son tomadas de la librería espacial de imágenes de la Nasa y de Alla Kamzova, guille pozzi y Johannes Plenio en Unsplash. Los marcos son inspirados por cajas de modelos de Gundam y creadas por Anya

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZWcWnx0ecc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Mecha Hack: Q'ku Riposte – S09pt1 (actual play)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 04:18:00 +0000

Due to a recording problem this session is uploaded in two parts

Today on Hora de Roleo we play The Mecha Hack! A game about the pilots of House Selina fighting to get Aurelia, their planet, back from the terrible Ares Collective.

The strike team sets off to attack the Collective main facility and the Kaiju weaponization program. If they succeed the collective presence in the quadrant will be all but obliterated. It's just a matter of destroying the most secure building on the planet.

Español

Hoy en Hora de Roleo, otra partida en inglés, jugamos The Mecha Hack! Un juego sobre los pilotos de la noble Casa Selina peleando por recuperar Aurelia, su planeta, de las garras del terrible Colectivo Ares.

El equipo se dirige a destruir el complejo principal del Colectivo y el programa de armamentización Kaiju. De tener éxito el Colectivo habrá sido expulsado del cuadrante para todos los propósitos. Solo es cuestión de atacar el edificio más seguro de todo el planeta.

---

Les Pilotes son: Sherri, Lowell, Marc y Matthew
Narrado y producido por: Anya
Hora de roleo es parte de https://darkade.quest

---

Puedes contribuir directamente a Hora de Roleo en https://www.paypal.me/darkade

Si quieres jugar una sesión narrada por Anya puedes encontrarla en https://startplaying.games/gm/darkade

---

The Mecha Hack es una publicación de Absolute Tabletop https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/242856/The-Mecha-Hack?affiliate_id=435266

Las imágenes de fondo son tomadas de la librería espacial de imágenes de la Nasa y de Alla Kamzova, guille pozzi y Johannes Plenio en Unsplash. Los marcos son inspirados por cajas de modelos de Gundam y creadas por Anya

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pvIyW_Y6y8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Stars in the Dark 07

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 14 Apr 2024 21:32:00 +0000

Set during the beginning of the New Republic era, Anders starts a new story with a new crew using new rules.

Downtime session

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qleJFEl7L_E ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Fearful Symmetries: Arc Two S8

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 14 Apr 2024 18:48:00 +0000

With the death of one of Lady Verity's entourage, Dr. Whitewood goes into full sleuth mode. Richard and other others look further into the magical and supernatural happenings. Isabella deals with the artifacts in Jaeger's safe. But the situation grow more complicated and meta, leading to the center of a maze, the telling of a story, and the temptation of a king.

This is a session of an ongoing Trail of Cthulhu quarterly of Pelgrane Press's campaign framework, Fearful Symmetries-- a game of warring magicians, sinister folkways, and William Blake. Touchstones for this include The Devil Rides Out, Children of the Stones, The Owl Service, From Hell, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, and The Awakening

"The Secret War is coming to England. And you are the warriors."

This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. For more see openhearthgaming.com.

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

For more on the Fearful Symmetries campaign, see https://pelgranepress.com/product/fearful-symmetries/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NegQYYRqW3w ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Fellowship 08

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 21:01:00 +0000

Fellowship is a game for 3-6 players about going on an adventure, in the same vein as Lord of the Rings or Wakfu or Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. The system is loosely based on the Apocalypse Engine. In Rebellion is an expansion book for Fellowship.

The Empire is an alternative to the Overlord playbook. Rather than stop an evil overlord from destroying the world as we know it, the Empire has already conquered the world(s). They succeeded. The fellowship must work as a rebel alliance to overthrow the iron grip of the fascist Empire and destroy it from the inside out. They have sources of power that empower the entire Empire as long as they stay standing, and Leaders who inspire their soldiers and make them stronger. Both their power sources and leaders must be destroyed or defeated to make the Empire collapse.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZbtutHYtzE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Urban Shadows: Session 0

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 02:45:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CD3ZNVnsRs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Announcement - Game Session Audio is Coming!

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:34:39 +0000

This is a heads-up to Playing at the Hearth subscribers! Starting April 26th, 2024, two weeks from the release of this episode, we're going to start loading the backlog of recorded game session audio onto this feed. If you don't want to see the backlog rolling in, you may want to unsubscribe until the dust settles. After the backlog is loaded, we'll resume posting game session audio as it comes in, more or less daily.

If you unsubscribe to dodge the backlog notifications or if you're not interested in the game session audio, head over to the new podcast Around the Hearth (https://aroundthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/), which has the episodes posted here so for and will contain our future non-AP podcast content, including notification when this feed has gone back to normal.

For more general information about Open Hearth, please visit https://openhearthgaming.com/.

Thanks, everyone, and happy gaming!

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Godbound: Sundered Cycles S33: Finale

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 14:52:00 +0000

The final session of the campaign.

This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3CctIdIHLQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight - On a Sea of Stars (2 of 5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 21:13:00 +0000

A game about the tragic struggles and defiant triumphs of a group of magical girls resisting an oppressive society. Girl by Moonlight explores the heartbreak of denying who you really are, and the transcendent power of relationships and community.

Mecha pilots struggle on a Sea of Stars against extinction at the hands of the Leviathans.

Girl by Moonlight is a Forged in the Dark ttrpg by Andrew Gillis and is available here
https://evilhat.itch.io/girl-by-moonlight

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIg2pQUcCvY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Dreams and Machines: Red King's Slumbers S2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 04:59:00 +0000

In the wake of their battle against the Thralls, our heroes discover an ancient cache containing a potentially dangerous technology, but decide to bring them along. They reach New Mossgrove and find out that recent attacks have changed the balance of power within the town...

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qoSEPxFfnk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Fearful Symmetries: Arc Two S7

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 22:09:00 +0000

The morning of the shoot at Mathers Hall opens with a missing guest that few comment on. Paired up with fellow guests, the magicians learn more about their personalities and agendas. Richard skips the hunt, instead learning more about the origin of the mysterious Pascale Dumont. The investigation continues, with the good Doctor turning the tables on their host by admitting in private to the murder of Lord Bradbury. But then Lord Portmore's associate vanishes and there's an attempt on Verity Dyce's life which goes awry.

This is a session of an ongoing Trail of Cthulhu quarterly of Pelgrane Press's campaign framework, Fearful Symmetries-- a game of warring magicians, sinister folkways, and William Blake. Touchstones for this include The Devil Rides Out, Children of the Stones, The Owl Service, From Hell, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, and The Awakening

"The Secret War is coming to England. And you are the warriors."

This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. For more see openhearthgaming.com.

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

For more on the Fearful Symmetries campaign, see https://pelgranepress.com/product/fearful-symmetries/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch_40GeX5M4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS Stars in the Dark 06

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 21:51:00 +0000

Set during the beginning of the New Republic era, Anders starts a new story with a new crew using new rules.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h2ZlnxOM1w ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Damn the Man, Save the Music!

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 06 Apr 2024 20:38:00 +0000

Fight the Man. Save your store. Keep the music playing.

In Damn the Man, you’ll juggle the responsibilities of a day that will determine the future of your record store, all while trying to accomplish a big personal goal. Can you confess your love to your crush and find the money that went missing from the cash box? Can you pay off your debt to your parents while promoting tonight’s big show? The clock is ticking and you’ve got until midnight to try.

Damn the Man is inspired by movies like Empire Records, Dazed and Confused, and a love for the ’90s.

This game is by Hannah Shaffer and is available here https://turtlebun.itch.io/damntheman

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uddpSSwaBCA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Godbound: Sundered Cycles S32

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 01:59:00 +0000

Interacting with the new pantheon our gods joined to their own, they work to learn more about the looming Draconic and Elemental Evil threats. Threadless builds her dragon, though there remains a flaw at the heart of it. Random speaks with his bride about their future. Tasos considers expanding his nightmare realm. Darius finds both a kindred spirit and a solution. And Ordevi takes his leave from the pantheon, heading out to spread word of the new gods via a knowledge aqueduct.

This penultimate session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVUGChLo5DM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl by Moonlight - On a Sea of Stars (1 of 5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 20:44:00 +0000

A game about the tragic struggles and defiant triumphs of a group of magical girls resisting an oppressive society. Girl by Moonlight explores the heartbreak of denying who you really are, and the transcendent power of relationships and community.

Mecha pilots struggle on a Sea of Stars against extinction at the hands of the Leviathans.

Girl by Moonlight is a Forged in the Dark ttrpg by Andrew Gillis and is available here
https://evilhat.itch.io/girl-by-moonlight

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHZmbuyhQUM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Dreams and Machines: Red King's Slumbers S1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 14:34:00 +0000

Session Zero and inciting incident for a short series of Dreams and Machines, a new setting inspired by Horizon: Zero Dawn and other sci-fi post-apocalyptic games. We create our characters, build bonds, and start things out so the players can begin to get used to the mechanics of this version of 2d20.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RuFU8fie20 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eotenweard: The Old North (Session 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 16:23:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the final session in a short series of Eotenweard, his own PbtA game-nearing-the-end-of-development of Dark Age Heroes protecting the innocent from a growing Darkness.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Amid the smoking aftermath of the Ogre's rampage our Heroes agree the solution to the ills that beset Stenholm (and a missing hawk) must lie within the nearby Treacherous Forest. There's evidence that someone got there before them, a grisly dismemberment, and a revelation of who is to blame. Then ... the Heroes discover they have been misled; must identify the real villain; and confront that embodiment of the Darkness ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeGnchgjr3I ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Orbital (3 of 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 09:46:00 +0000

Fearful Symmetries: Arc Two S6

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 19:40:00 +0000

The characters arrive at Mathers Hall in Norfolk and Willford discovers the geography has changed in the two weeks since he last visited. They meet some of the guests-- a strange mix of folks deep in the secrets of magic, as well as staff who may be invested as well. The doctor receives a ride from Verity Dyse and becomes wary. Dinner and after reveals more secrets...and then a missing guest!

This is a session of an ongoing Trail of Cthulhu quarterly of Pelgrane Press's campaign framework, Fearful Symmetries-- a game of warring magicians, sinister folkways, and William Blake. Touchstones for this include The Devil Rides Out, Children of the Stones, The Owl Service, From Hell, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, and The Awakening

"The Secret War is coming to England. And you are the warriors."

This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. For more see openhearthgaming.com.

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

For more on the Fearful Symmetries campaign, see https://pelgranepress.com/product/fearful-symmetries/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EtZiGjQcE4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Fellowship 07

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 23:03:00 +0000

Fellowship is a game for 3-6 players about going on an adventure, in the same vein as Lord of the Rings or Wakfu or Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. The system is loosely based on the Apocalypse Engine. In Rebellion is an expansion book for Fellowship.

The Empire is an alternative to the Overlord playbook. Rather than stop an evil overlord from destroying the world as we know it, the Empire has already conquered the world(s). They succeeded. The fellowship must work as a rebel alliance to overthrow the iron grip of the fascist Empire and destroy it from the inside out. They have sources of power that empower the entire Empire as long as they stay standing, and Leaders who inspire their soldiers and make them stronger. Both their power sources and leaders must be destroyed or defeated to make the Empire collapse.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmpvxKeFZxQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Fellowship 06

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 23:03:00 +0000

Warning - this session ended early due to a weird computer glitch for the GM.
Fellowship is a game for 3-6 players about going on an adventure, in the same vein as Lord of the Rings or Wakfu or Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. The system is loosely based on the Apocalypse Engine. In Rebellion is an expansion book for Fellowship.

The Empire is an alternative to the Overlord playbook. Rather than stop an evil overlord from destroying the world as we know it, the Empire has already conquered the world(s). They succeeded. The fellowship must work as a rebel alliance to overthrow the iron grip of the fascist Empire and destroy it from the inside out. They have sources of power that empower the entire Empire as long as they stay standing, and Leaders who inspire their soldiers and make them stronger. Both their power sources and leaders must be destroyed or defeated to make the Empire collapse.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oIBJLYSfcY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Godbound: Sundered Cycles S31

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 14:32:00 +0000

The pantheon continues their descent into the realm of myths, finding the coming of the first night. Then in the darkness of the underworld they find what remains of unforged dead gods, and face down a trio of theocratic engineers who have been trapped here for ages. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLazMNLL5rI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Pulp Cthulhu: Dark Passage S3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:53:00 +0000

In the finale of this adventure, the investigators are split between investigations into a mysterious green box in the hold and chasing down the thief of an occult volume. Through both they learn more about the murderer aboard the ship, and the even larger danger which looms over everyone...

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMYv9fDK81M ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Fearful Symmetries: Arc Two S5

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:45:00 +0000

The magicians deal with the fallout from their investigations of the Bradbury Grove. The good doctor deposits the rescued baby into the hands of his wife. Meanwhile the others look into the letter they found and the strange auction of occult items.

This is a session of an ongoing Trail of Cthulhu quarterly of Pelgrane Press's campaign framework, Fearful Symmetries-- a game of warring magicians, sinister folkways, and William Blake. Touchstones for this include The Devil Rides Out, Children of the Stones, The Owl Service, From Hell, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, and The Awakening

"The Secret War is coming to England. And you are the warriors."

This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. For more see openhearthgaming.com.

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

For more on the Fearful Symmetries campaign, see https://pelgranepress.com/product/fearful-symmetries/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BvXKmAqDJM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Stars in the Dark 05

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 24 Mar 2024 22:39:00 +0000

Set during the beginning of the New Republic era, Anders starts a new story with a new crew using new rules.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQw_yBBM438 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eotenweard: The Old North (Session 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 16:13:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the third session in a short series of Eotenweard, his own PbtA game-nearing-the-end-of-development of Dark Age Heroes protecting the innocent from a growing Darkness.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Word of Gwylog's 'miracle' spreads putting many villagers on their guard, while Izold and Cola play to their strengths as they try to work out the nature of Stenholm's ills. Then there's a misty estuary, something in the water and seals, before dark tendrils threaten, a hawk disappears and ... a Hero dies ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE33ta1O9A8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

CBR+PNK: Mind the Gap - Part 2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 03:05:00 +0000

Actual play of CBR+PNK: Mind the Gap.
Part 2
Run as part of Open Hearth (openhearthgaming.com).

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKh_-p8SzBI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

CBR+PNK: Mind the Gap - Part 1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 03:05:00 +0000

Actual play of CBR+PNK: Mind the Gap.
Part 1.
Run as part of Open Hearth (openhearthgaming.com).

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErBE3gAtjkY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Orbital (2 of 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 22:17:00 +0000

Eotenweard The Old North (Session 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 11:26:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the second session in a longish series of Eotenweard, his own PbtA game-nearing-the-end-of-development of Dark Age Heroes protecting the innocent from a growing Darkness.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Before our Heroes can confront the Darkness threatening Tarham ... it comes for them ... there's raiders from over the border, villagers exhorted to resist, and the disloyalty of a warrior who is more than they seem. Then, there's a journey to Stenholm in the neighbouring Kingdom of Bernicia where sick and dying livestock and a dying estuary presages the Darkness shadowing the settlement ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oIKCcCzLg4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: new Stars in the Dark 04

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 22:38:00 +0000

Set during the beginning of the New Republic era, Anders starts a new story with a new crew using new rules.

It's a pick-up mission.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNqZ3-sxGDE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Pulp Cthulhu: Dark Passage S2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 00:06:00 +0000

Further investigations aboard the Coolidge point to an occult murder-- but the truth may be more complicated than they first thought. What's the connection behind the artifact smuggling person they seek and the shape-changing sorcerous killer. And what is this music?

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1zlZbId1IE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Orbital (1 of 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:32:00 +0000

Orbital is a sci-fi game of precarious spaces and interstellar war.
It gives us airlocks and control panels, pensive faces looking out into the cosmos, improvised fixes for critical systems, military-sponsored subterfuge, warm embraces in the cold vacuum, frantic struggles in zero-gravity and unknowable ancient technology, asking WHAT DO YOU DO NEXT?

This Belonging Outside Belonging game is by Jack Harrison and is available here
https://mouseholepress.itch.io/orbital

00:00:00 Intros
00:02:20 Creating Our Station: a home in the cosmos
00:30:30 Creating Aspects: a slice of strife
00:59:18 Creating Our Characters
01:08:20 Introducing our Characters
01:17:35 Our Bonds
01:36:10 Our Connections / Residents
01:53:10 Our Insights
02:00:20 First Minor Scene

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGGGcOSS2WM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Fearful Symmetries: Arc Two S4

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 03:17:00 +0000

Having made their made into the Bradbury estate-- the circle realizes the threat is both more dire and more immediate than they thought. After wrestling with various plans and consciences, they split up-- with Isabel and Richard trying to find Flora and the grove while Wilford and the Doctor try to see what they can do with Mrs. Bradbury and her impending delivery.

Things do not go well. They go messily. Very messily.

This is the opening session of a Trail of Cthulhu quarterly of Pelgrane Press's campaign framework, Fearful Symmetries-- a game of warring magicians, sinister folkways, and William Blake. Touchstones for this include The Devil Rides Out, Children of the Stones, The Owl Service, From Hell, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, and The Awakening

"The Secret War is coming to England. And you are the warriors."

This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. For more see openhearthgaming.com.

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

For more on the Fearful Symmetries campaign, see https://pelgranepress.com/product/fearful-symmetries/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK5I8MgS33w ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: new Stars in the Dark 03

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 21:11:00 +0000

Set during the beginning of the New Republic era, Anders starts a new story with a new crew using new rules.

First mission done, but many tangles.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84agS0ZNwLY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Fellowship 05

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 04:00:00 +0000

Fellowship is a game for 3-6 players about going on an adventure, in the same vein as Lord of the Rings or Wakfu or Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. The system is loosely based on the Apocalypse Engine. In Rebellion is an expansion book for Fellowship.

The Empire is an alternative to the Overlord playbook. Rather than stop an evil overlord from destroying the world as we know it, the Empire has already conquered the world(s). They succeeded. The fellowship must work as a rebel alliance to overthrow the iron grip of the fascist Empire and destroy it from the inside out. They have sources of power that empower the entire Empire as long as they stay standing, and Leaders who inspire their soldiers and make them stronger. Both their power sources and leaders must be destroyed or defeated to make the Empire collapse.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgLTQ1myge4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

#Rich Kid Problem$ (2 of 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 09 Mar 2024 22:13:00 +0000

Play the sons and daughters of warlords, mafia bosses, monopolist media houses and your favorite corporate hegemony. That’s right! Be born Filthy Rich!

PBTA styled gameplay where you define the world of money and power, and play being the ones on top of it, with Co-GMing and meta story techniques. You can write a story of hope or maybe tragedy.

Follow character strings and be pulled back and forth to maintain the current world order. Would you? Would you not? What are the consequences, what would you do it for? Love? Freedom? Sudden conscience?

#RichKidProblem$ is by Maria Mison and is available here https://mariabumby.itch.io/richkidproblems

Background thumbnail image by Nitin Mathew https://unsplash.com/@nitin_mathew

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMyqtINB6rs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eotenweard: The Old North (Session 1)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 21:40:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the first session in a short series of Eotenweard, his own PbtA game-nearing-the-end-of-development of Dark Age Heroes protecting the innocent from a growing Darkness.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Cola the Hunter, Izold the Storyteller & Gwylog the Revenant arrive at the village of Tarham to find a settlement recovering from a recent attack. There's a disloyal warrior, a cowardly herder, a loyal outcast and an aging Lord. Then ... carrion crows return along with the stench of death, shadows take on a life of their own, and there's 'something' out there in the dark ... and bagpipes ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf0nRpDLSvE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Godbound: Sundered Cycles S30

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 15:24:00 +0000

The first half of a journey into the mythic plane-- the crossing of the threshold, a journey across the ocean of souls, and a challenge atop a mammoth lotus flower. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYBHQA9Cpw8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Pulp Cthulhu: Dark Passage S1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 00:03:00 +0000

We meet our heroes coming off of a job is Los Angeles which cost them dearly. They're called to San Francisco where they must board a cruise liner headed for Shanghai. Their task: locate the person who has taken possession of some stolen occult relics. But things turn nasty quickly with one person murdered and another vanished.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DSQpY-0etg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

AKA: Transponder (2 of 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 09:58:00 +0000

This is a playtest of a new game in development; AKA is a espionage focused action thriller game inspired by the TV show Alias.

We follow the career of a young intelligence officer, discovering that the agency she works for is a front for a criminal organisation, balancing professional and personal commitments while maintaining her cover as a double agent.
(Photo by Andrey Zvyagintsev on Unsplash)

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HP6xB66FgQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: new Stars in the Dark 02

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 03 Mar 2024 23:20:00 +0000

Set during the beginning of the New Republic era, Anders starts a new story with a new crew using new rules.

It's our first Job!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLiBd3vtsvY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Fellowship 04

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 02 Mar 2024 20:39:00 +0000

Fellowship is a game for 3-6 players about going on an adventure, in the same vein as Lord of the Rings or Wakfu or Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. The system is loosely based on the Apocalypse Engine. In Rebellion is an expansion book for Fellowship.

The Empire is an alternative to the Overlord playbook. Rather than stop an evil overlord from destroying the world as we know it, the Empire has already conquered the world(s). They succeeded. The fellowship must work as a rebel alliance to overthrow the iron grip of the fascist Empire and destroy it from the inside out. They have sources of power that empower the entire Empire as long as they stay standing, and Leaders who inspire their soldiers and make them stronger. Both their power sources and leaders must be destroyed or defeated to make the Empire collapse.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNNq8GrstsU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

#Rich Kid Problem$ (1 of 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 02 Mar 2024 17:08:00 +0000

Play the sons and daughters of warlords, mafia bosses, monopolist media houses and your favorite corporate hegemony. That’s right! Be born Filthy Rich!

PBTA styled gameplay where you define the world of money and power, and play being the ones on top of it, with Co-GMing and meta story techniques. You can write a story of hope or maybe tragedy.

Follow character strings and be pulled back and forth to maintain the current world order. Would you? Would you not? What are the consequences, what would you do it for? Love? Freedom? Sudden conscience?

#RichKidProblem$ is by Maria Mison and is available here https://mariabumby.itch.io/richkidproblems

Background thumbnail image by Nitin Mathew https://unsplash.com/@nitin_mathew

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFiqllxg6AM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Alien Dark: the Alfa & the Omega (Session 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 10:35:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the 2nd (and final) session of a 2-shot of his own game, Alien Dark (with some potential 2ed modifications).
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...)
The Alfa's crew divides up to reach Engineering and the Bridge in the hope of re-starting the Omega's FTL drive and getting her back to the most valuable salvage payment they can imagine ... despite the bodies ...
There's convicts revived as the their cryopods sense life support re-starting; cavernous engineering spaces with sinsiter shadows; and a valuable looking briefcase. Then convicts reap revenge, more chests explode, and there's a despreatare race to escape, before a passenger with a gun seems to have other motives and thrusters malfunction ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJfceba0Sw4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Godbound: Sundered Cycles S29

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 05:14:00 +0000

Meeting a croc, wandering in dreams, a legal threat, dragon building, consultations, gifts, and more-- and then planning begins for the pantheon to begin their walk into the mythic realm. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDto0lyillQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Pressure Session Two

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 01:01:00 +0000

The second half of a two part series of Pressure, a new industrial sci-fi ttrpg from Osprey. Our team heads to get material for their engine, but encounter a distress call from the station. But when they arrive they find things not as they expect. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0pwXzKwjmo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Fearful Symmetries: Arc Two S3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:58:00 +0000

The circle starts pulling the threads of their investigation more tightly-- encountering persons both helpful and malign. An attempted ritual fails and the group decides that they must enter into the lion's den-- only to discover that the horrors are closer at hand than they thought.

This is the opening session of a Trail of Cthulhu quarterly of Pelgrane Press's campaign framework, Fearful Symmetries-- a game of warring magicians, sinister folkways, and William Blake. Touchstones for this include The Devil Rides Out, Children of the Stones, The Owl Service, From Hell, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, and The Awakening

"The Secret War is coming to England. And you are the warriors."

This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. For more see openhearthgaming.com.

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

For more on the Fearful Symmetries campaign, see https://pelgranepress.com/product/fearful-symmetries/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zB1VMB1Xj8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

AKA: Transponder (1 of 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 17:16:00 +0000

This is a playtest of a new game in development; AKA is a espionage focused action thriller game inspired by the TV show Alias.

We follow the career of a young intelligence officer, discovering that the agency she works for is a front for a criminal organisation, balancing professional and personal commitments while maintaining her cover as a double agent.
(Photo by Andrey Zvyagintsev on Unsplash)

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvvQ7ZBPs8I ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: new Stars in the Dark 01

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 25 Feb 2024 19:24:00 +0000

Set during the beginning of the New Republic era, Anders starts a new story with a new crew using new rules!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9Pk0Qf-opc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Fellowship 03

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 24 Feb 2024 18:59:00 +0000

Fellowship is a game for 3-6 players about going on an adventure, in the same vein as Lord of the Rings or Wakfu or Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. The system is loosely based on the Apocalypse Engine. In Rebellion is an expansion book for Fellowship.

The Empire is an alternative to the Overlord playbook. Rather than stop an evil overlord from destroying the world as we know it, the Empire has already conquered the world(s). They succeeded. The fellowship must work as a rebel alliance to overthrow the iron grip of the fascist Empire and destroy it from the inside out. They have sources of power that empower the entire Empire as long as they stay standing, and Leaders who inspire their soldiers and make them stronger. Both their power sources and leaders must be destroyed or defeated to make the Empire collapse.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQkteBO4c4I ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Alien Dark: the Alfa & the Omega (Session 1)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 20:22:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the first session of a 2-shot of his own game, Alien Dark.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...)
The crew of the USCSS Alfalfa (a military surplus UPP cargo hauler sold into commercial United American use) and their passenger are heading to a Weyland-Yutani 'shake'n'bake' colony in the outer rim territories. Aboard are Pete Kennedy (the Company Rep looking for ways to build even better worlds), and newbie Pilot Linh Kahali is looking forward to the excitement the frontier is said to offer. There's also Scientist Karl Jorgensen, facing a health condition he can't afford to treat, who has taken an unskilled job to gain financial security for his family when he's gone. Finally, AWOL Colonial Marine Gart Weathers has been blackmailed by the Alfa's Captain to meet her need for an Engineer.
When they wake from hypersleep the Alfa is NOT where it is supposed to be and a proximity collision alarm reveals a huge potential salvage opportunity literally rolling towards the Alfa. They discover that MU-TH-UR has become 1VAN and that they have been classified as 'brothers and sisters of the proletariat'. There's nifty flying, a need for EVA, and a UPP airlock that works! Then ... 1VAN powers up a reactor; life-support begins to kick in; and there are bodies ... lots and lots of bodies ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdxHpnQksgA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Pressure Session One

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 00:08:00 +0000

The first half of a two part series of Pressure, a new industrial sci-fi ttrpg from Osprey. We set up characters and drop the team into a really, really bad situation. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4_jmTNYgS8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Mecha Hack: Q'ku Riposte – S06 (actual play)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 04:05:00 +0000

Today on Hora de Roleo we play The Mecha Hack! A game about the pilots of House Selina fighting to get Aurelia, their planet, back from the terrible Ares Collective.

The team waits at Node's farm for the group that Madonna has sent after them. Here waiting for the battle they share stories and dig deeper and deeper into the mysteries of Aurelia. By the early morning they are in combat and meet one of Madonna's Aces

Español

Hoy en Hora de Roleo, otra partida en inglés, jugamos The Mecha Hack! Un juego sobre los pilotos de la noble Casa Selina peleando por recuperar Aurelia, su planeta, de las garras del terrible Colectivo Ares.

El equipo espera en la granja de Node a que llegue el grupo que Madonna ha enviado tras elles. Mientras esperan la batalla, comparten historias y se adentran cada vez más en los misterios de Aurelia. A primera hora de la mañana, entran en combate y se encuentran con uno de los Ases de Madonna.

---

Les Pilotes son: Sherri, Lowell, Marc y Matthew
Narrado y producido por: Anya
Hora de roleo es parte de https://darkade.quest

---

Puedes contribuir directamente a Hora de Roleo en https://www.paypal.me/darkade

Si quieres jugar una sesión narrada por Anya puedes encontrarla en https://startplaying.games/gm/darkade

---

The Mecha Hack es una publicación de Absolute Tabletophttps://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/242856/The-Mecha-Hack?affiliate_id=435266

Las imágenes de fondo son tomadas de la librería espacial de imágenes de la Nasa y de Alla Kamzova, guille pozzi y Johannes Plenio en Unsplash. Los marcos son inspirados por cajas de modelos de Gundam y creadas por Anya

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocw7kacwUzk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Mecha Hack: Q'ku Riposte – S05 (actual play)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 03:44:00 +0000

Today on Hora de Roleo we play The Mecha Hack! A game about the pilots of House Selina fighting to get Aurelia, their planet, back from the terrible Ares Collective.

The pilots head back into the jungle to look for the teens that went missing hoping against hope that they made trough the night. Looking for them they find themselves in a Kaiju nest and the colorful fauna that dwells there.

Español

Hoy en Hora de Roleo, otra partida en inglés, jugamos The Mecha Hack! Un juego sobre los pilotos de la noble Casa Selina peleando por recuperar Aurelia, su planeta, de las garras del terrible Colectivo Ares.

El equipo regresan a la selva en busca de los adolescentes desaparecidos, con la esperanza, aunque sea en contra de toda esperanza, de que hayan logrado sobrevivir la noche. Mientras los buscan, se encuentran a si mismes en un nido de Kaiju y la fauna colorida que habita allí.

---

Les Pilotes son: Sherri, Lowell, Marc y Matthew
Narrado y producido por: Anya
Hora de roleo es parte de https://darkade.quest

---

Puedes contribuir directamente a Hora de Roleo en https://www.paypal.me/darkade

Si quieres jugar una sesión narrada por Anya puedes encontrarla en https://startplaying.games/gm/darkade

---

The Mecha Hack es una publicación de Absolute Tabletophttps://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/242856/The-Mecha-Hack?affiliate_id=435266

Las imágenes de fondo son tomadas de la librería espacial de imágenes de la Nasa y de Alla Kamzova, guille pozzi y Johannes Plenio en Unsplash. Los marcos son inspirados por cajas de modelos de Gundam y creadas por Anya

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngMq8BbD1aQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Hunted TTRPG One-Shot

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 21:15:00 +0000

A complete session of The Hunted, ."..a folk horror storytelling game for 3-5 players that blends together mechanics from Forged In The Dark, Powered By The Apocalypse, and Belonging Outside Belonging games to create a lean chimera of a game unlike anything you have ever played."

"Players take on the role of a group of friends on an expedition who become cut off from civilisation as they are hunted by an unknown entity. As the game continues the players will tell their own stories about the thing hunting them, building up a unique legend that feeds directly back into the narrative. The more stories you tell the more your characters succeed and the longer they survive - but with each story the Hunter grows stronger and becomes more of a threat."

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhBuH-AnE4k ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Hunted RPG, one-shot with Open Hearth

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 13:53:00 +0000

This is a folk-horror game, with mentions of isolation, shifting reality, being underground, ritual sacrifice, being stalked. Listener discretion is advised.

A fossil hunt in a cave takes strange and sinister turns...Join us for this playthrough of The Hunted, with hints of the movies The Ritual and The Descent, among other folk-horror vibes.

The Hunted is a folk-horror tabletop roleplaying game by Chris Bissette. You can find it here https://loottheroom.itch.io/hunted

This game was played with members of the Open Hearth Gaming Community. Safety tools were available, as well as playing under the Open Hearth Community Code of Conduct. https://tinyurl.com/2tdfhy75

The Jock, Sunny - Thomas
The Sceptic, Enrique - Sabine
The Outsider, Gabe - Donogh
The Resilient, Travis - Blake
The Guide - Mads

Recorded February 10, 2024

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRa2KbzMhzE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Monster of the Week - The Rockies (8)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 00:33:00 +0000

Fickle Fey Fortune
Powered by the Apocalypse
TTRPG RPG 2015 The Rockies

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExpupbBua8k ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Godbound: Sundered Cycles S28

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 05:54:00 +0000

The pantheon looks to decide on next steps, as we see each god interact with NPCs and more. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dSP6ir5Gew ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Actual Play: Against the Monster (Open Hearth Gaming)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 23:45:00 +0000

We're playing "Against the Monster," a story game about a monster hunt, the good of the monster, and the monstrosity of the hunters. The game was written by Jasmin Neitzel and Andrea Rick and will be published in 2024 by Plotbunny Games.

(There's a slight mismatch between image and sound for one of the players in parts of the first half of the video. Things match again after the break!)

00:00:00 Introductions
00:01:45 Game intro and set-up
00:27:11 Now the story begins
02:21:36 Stars & (not really) Wishes

⛓ Links:
Against the Monster / Gegen das Monster crowdfunding (until March 1st, 2024)
https://kickstarter.com/projects/plotbunny/against-the-monster?ref=9c3sfe

🔥 Open Hearth Gaming
https://openhearthgaming.com/

🐰 Plotbunny Games
https://plotbunnygames.carrd.co/

📙 The Four Profound Weaves by R.B. Lemberg (novel mentioned during set-up)
https://rblemberg.net/the-four-profound-weaves

#penandpaper #Erzählspiele #pnpde #PlotbunnyGames #StoryGames

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk-tlApt5NY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Tomorrow City Session Two

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 05:59:00 +0000

The second half of a two part series of Tomorrow City, a new dieselpunk ttrpg from Osprey. Our heroes develop, reject, and settle on what could loosely be called a plan. We spend some time with the characters before they execute their dangerous mission-- where nothing goes exactly as hoped. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuITJ82-8GU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Fearful Symmetries: Arc Two S2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 21:03:00 +0000

The circle continues their investigation of the happenings at Convivial House. Talking to locals they begin to put together a picture of events happening in the two Quintons. Richard remains at the house overnight and has a vision of the hungry darkness lying to the north. Eventually they begin to piece together a picture of the sinister events surrounding Bradbury House and the grove which lies upon its grounds.

This is the opening session of a Trail of Cthulhu quarterly of Pelgrane Press's campaign framework, Fearful Symmetries-- a game of warring magicians, sinister folkways, and William Blake. Touchstones for this include The Devil Rides Out, Children of the Stones, The Owl Service, From Hell, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, and The Awakening

"The Secret War is coming to England. And you are the warriors."

This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. For more see openhearthgaming.com.

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

For more on the Fearful Symmetries campaign, see https://pelgranepress.com/product/fearful-symmetries/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AL56AlSH_k ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS Fellowship 00

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 01:40:00 +0000

Chargen, Bonds, and Rebellion generation

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m444Q318W2I ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS Fellowship 01

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 01:36:00 +0000

Fellowship is a game for 3-6 players about going on an adventure, in the same vein as Lord of the Rings or Wakfu or Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. The system is loosely based on the Apocalypse Engine. In Rebellion is an expansion book for Fellowship.

The Empire is an alternative to the Overlord playbook. Rather than stop an evil overlord from destroying the world as we know it, the Empire has already conquered the world(s). They succeeded. The fellowship must work as a rebel alliance to overthrow the iron grip of the fascist Empire and destroy it from the inside out. They have sources of power that empower the entire Empire as long as they stay standing, and Leaders who inspire their soldiers and make them stronger. Both their power sources and leaders must be destroyed or defeated to make the Empire collapse.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucuzLRFmZeA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Monster of the Week - The Rockies (7)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 00:40:00 +0000

Dodgy Deals Delivery
Powered by the Apocalypse
TTRPG RPG Modern Supernatural

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEGQ0dS8Gas ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Fellowship 02

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 18:52:00 +0000

Fellowship is a game for 3-6 players about going on an adventure, in the same vein as Lord of the Rings or Wakfu or Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. The system is loosely based on the Apocalypse Engine. In Rebellion is an expansion book for Fellowship.

The Empire is an alternative to the Overlord playbook. Rather than stop an evil overlord from destroying the world as we know it, the Empire has already conquered the world(s). They succeeded. The fellowship must work as a rebel alliance to overthrow the iron grip of the fascist Empire and destroy it from the inside out. They have sources of power that empower the entire Empire as long as they stay standing, and Leaders who inspire their soldiers and make them stronger. Both their power sources and leaders must be destroyed or defeated to make the Empire collapse.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq5RV6YoFYA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Godbound: Sundered Cycles S27

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 13:19:00 +0000

In the aftermath of their defeat of the Angels, the pantheon considers what to do with Neeharik and the nation of Geznya as a whole. Ransom and Ivesro work to calm and organize the citizenry, and then look to the wild sorcery schools. Darius begins to find their place in all of this. Threadless constructs on several levels. Tasos tries to organize his found family and begins to extends the dreamscape. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QfaSMexmXs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Tomorrow City Session One

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 05:05:00 +0000

The first half of a two part series of Tomorrow City, a new dieselpunk ttrpg from Osprey. We set up characters, jump into the action, and afterwards give the crew their new assignment. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcC9ZTP2Zr8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Fearful Symmetries: Arc Two S1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 18:50:00 +0000

A year has passed and our investigators have dealt with the trauma and cost of dispatching the Dragon in different ways. But when an old debt is called in, Richard must re-assemble the group to look into the mysterious death of a member of the Rollright Coven.

This is the opening session of a Trail of Cthulhu quarterly of Pelgrane Press's campaign framework, Fearful Symmetries-- a game of warring magicians, sinister folkways, and William Blake. Touchstones for this include The Devil Rides Out, Children of the Stones, The Owl Service, From Hell, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, and The Awakening

"The Secret War is coming to England. And you are the warriors."

This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. For more see openhearthgaming.com.

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

For more on the Fearful Symmetries campaign, see https://pelgranepress.com/product/fearful-symmetries/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYer0E8aLJ8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Monster of the Week - The Rockies (6)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 00:24:00 +0000

TTRPG Powered by the Apocalypse

Cult Comes Calling

Montana-Wyoming 2015

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yKwDCvrU4U ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Godbound: Sundered Cycles S26

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 20:25:00 +0000

The pantheon finally moves on the angelic destroyer threat at Neeharik. Using their newest member's talents, they make their way past the mundus wards protecting the city. But Tasos senses pain and throws himself into the middle of things, forcing a large-scale confrontation and deadly battle with a host of foes. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEjUh1DGH_s ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Mecha Hack: Q'ku Riposte – S04 (actual play)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 04:09:00 +0000

Today on Hora de Roleo we play The Mecha Hack! A game about the pilots of House Selina fighting to get Aurelia, their planet, back from the terrible Ares Collective.

The strike team reaches the Q'ku Encampment and try to help as much as possible. There they find Jack Lassiter who tells them about the exploits of the Iron Maidens and reveals that Sgt Anders, the region's Collective commanding officer should be detained. The pilots decide to move closer to Station R to do some recon, but just before they leave a group of local kids take the lead, in a rainy day, in the Kaiju infested jungle.

Español

Hoy en Hora de Roleo, otra partida en inglés, jugamos The Mecha Hack! Un juego sobre los pilotos de la noble Casa Selina peleando por recuperar Aurelia, su planeta, de las garras del terrible Colectivo Ares.

El equipo llega al campamento Q'ku y trata de ayudar en todo lo posible. Allí encuentran a Jack Lassiter, quien les cuenta las hazañas de las Iron Maidens y revela que el Sargento Anders, quien está a cargo de la región del lado del Collective, debería ser detenido. Los pilotos deciden acercarse a la Estación R para hacer reconocimiento, pero justo antes de partir, un grupo de niños locales toma la iniciativa en un día lluvioso, en la selva infestada de Kaiju.

---

Los Pilotos son: Sherri, Lowell, Marc y Matthew
Narrado y producido por: Anya
Hora de roleo es parte de https://darkade.quest

---

Puedes contribuir directamente a Hora de Roleo en https://www.paypal.me/darkade

Si quieres jugar una sesión narrada por Anya puedes encontrarla en https://startplaying.games/gm/darkade

---

The Mecha Hack es una publicación de Absolute Tabletophttps://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/242856/The-Mecha-Hack?affiliate_id=435266

Las imágenes de fondo son tomadas de la librería espacial de imágenes de la Nasa y de Alla Kamzova, guille pozzi y Johannes Plenio en Unsplash. Los marcos son inspirados por cajas de modelos de Gundam y creadas por Anya

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDnRP049MhU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Bump in the Dark: The Cassette Chronicle (4 of 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 20:42:00 +0000

This is the third session of a new series, prequel to a series of Alice is Missing & Monsterhearts 2 & sequel to the subsequent series of A Town Called Malice. The Pact check out the Cassette Chronicle

Thrilling, gritty, and utterly human, Bump in the Dark is a tabletop roleplaying game about a group of people who’ve dedicated their lives to hunting and dealing with monsters. There are gruesome attacks, tense investigations, nasty cryptids, nefarious factions, powerful demons, action-packed showdowns, and regular folk caught in the middle.

Bump in the Dark is a Forged in the Dark game by Jex Thomas and is available here
https://jexjthomas.itch.io/bump-in-the-dark

The Cassette Chronicle is a hunt for Bump in the Dark by Illinalta and is available here
https://illinalta.itch.io/the-cassette-chronicle

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2043siL9fxQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Alien Dark - Distress Signal (Session 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 15:39:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the second session of a 2-shot of his own game, Alien Dark, using some mods from Against the Dark Conspiracy (https://gallusgames.itch.io/).
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...)
With no contact from the Omestra's XO or the ship's passenger, the Captain (safely in orbit) tells Karsten and Benny Doyle to follow their personal data transmitter signals and bring them home ('cos the liability insurance claim could be frighteningly expensive). There's a bodt torn to shreds and the chance to run for it, a message from a familiar voice, and unwelcome guests. Then ... Benny gets so frightened (and high) he turns 'brave' and Karsten finds a potential ally ... but reaching orbit doesn't provide the expected relief ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYPRQuqmM9U ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Mecha Hack: Q'ku Riposte – S03 (actual play)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 19:55:00 +0000

Today on Hora de Roleo we play The Mecha Hack! A game about the pilots of House Selina fighting to get Aurelia, their planet, back from the terrible Ares Collective.

The pilots find the horrors that dwell beneath the planet and that The Collective activities may be responsible for. Searching for other people who might join them, they separate from their retainers who head to the Q'ku encampment

Español

Hoy en Hora de Roleo, otra partida en inglés, jugamos The Mecha Hack! Un juego sobre los pilotos de la noble Casa Selina peleando por recuperar Aurelia, su planeta, de las garras del terrible Colectivo Ares.

Los pilotos descubren los horrores que habitan bajo el planeta y por las que las actividades del Collective podrían ser responsables. Buscando a otras personas que se les unan, se separan de sus acompañantes, quienes se dirigen al campamento Q'ku.

---

Los Pilotos son: Sherri, Lowell, Marc y Matthew
Narrado y producido por: Anya
Hora de roleo es parte de https://darkade.quest

---

Puedes contribuir directamente a Hora de Roleo en https://www.paypal.me/darkade

Si quieres jugar una sesión narrada por Anya puedes encontrarla en https://startplaying.games/gm/darkade

---

The Mecha Hack es una publicación de Absolute Tabletophttps://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/242856/The-Mecha-Hack?affiliate_id=435266

Las imágenes de fondo son tomadas de la librería espacial de imágenes de la Nasa y de Alla Kamzova, guille pozzi y Johannes Plenio en Unsplash. Los marcos son inspirados por cajas de modelos de Gundam y creadas por Anya

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTHIm1gGmwI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Bump in the Dark: The Cassette Chronicle (3 of 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 08:24:00 +0000

This is the second session of a new series, prequel to a series of Alice is Missing & Monsterhearts 2 & sequel to the subsequent series of A Town Called Malice. The Pact check out the Cassette Chronicle

Thrilling, gritty, and utterly human, Bump in the Dark is a tabletop roleplaying game about a group of people who’ve dedicated their lives to hunting and dealing with monsters. There are gruesome attacks, tense investigations, nasty cryptids, nefarious factions, powerful demons, action-packed showdowns, and regular folk caught in the middle.

Bump in the Dark is a Forged in the Dark game by Jex Thomas and is available here
https://jexjthomas.itch.io/bump-in-the-dark

The Cassette Chronicle is a hunt for Bump in the Dark by Illinalta and is available here
https://illinalta.itch.io/the-cassette-chronicle

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7p4W-YXs9s ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Old-School Essentials: Rites of Weeping 2/2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 22:37:00 +0000

After beginning their trek into the crypt-tomb of a forgotten god-thing, the adventurers face an undead pile of festering limbs before descending to an underground lake where even worse things lie in wait, worshiping their dark mistress amidst an unhallowed shrine.

Characters include Professor Oston Misthill, halfling academic; Lennart Turnip-Warden, cleric and protector of all things earthen and turnip; and Nixell Metgard, fearless dwarven leader.

This is the second of two sessions of Old-School Essentials, using the folk horror adventure "Rites of Weeping" by Harry Menear. For more on Old-School Essentials, check out necroticgnome.com. Rites of Weeping can be purchased at https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/409267/Rites-of-Weeping.

This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. To find out more about the Open Hearth gaming community, check out openhearthgaming.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wrsiOVUU6E ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Monster of the Week - The Rockies (5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 00:29:00 +0000

Seven Sins

PBTA TTRPG Modern Supernatural

Montana-Wyoming 2015

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMz3hQFvQQ4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: After Burner 03

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 19:23:00 +0000

After\\Burner is a tabletop roleplaying game focused on fast and positional starfighter combat and military sci-fi drama.

This game is Illuminated by LUMEN: expect rules-lite, power-fantasy stories about larger-than-life, heroic starfighter pilots with Success/Mixed/Failure outcomes. After\\Burner takes the system in the direction of the combat flight game - with some sprinkling of the more sober and serious space flight sim for flavor.

Your hero pilots crack wise and yammer over comms about their feelings. They fall in love/lust with their superior officers and enemies. They get into fistfights with the XO and weasel out of a court-martial. They soar at breakneck speed through trenches and superstructures with no regard to the “flight deck.” They live high-octane lives of danger and melodrama and they have absolutely no chill.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ4lbaVbHvg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Alien Dark: Distress Signal (Session 1)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 22:33:00 +0000

The Mecha Hack: Q'ku Riposte – S02 (actual play)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:41:00 +0000

Today on Hora de Roleo we play The Mecha Hack! A game about the noble pilots of House Selina fighting to get Aurelia, their planet, back from the terrible Ares Collective.

The pilots make it to the surface by the skin of their teeth, and start gathering information about the region where they'll be landing. They decide to go to a nearby ruin where they expect to recover some Verilian, but somebody else was just here...

Español

Hoy en Hora de Roleo, otra partida en inglés, jugamos The Mecha Hack! Un juego sobre los pilotos de la noble Casa Selina peleando por recuperar Aurelia, su planeta, de las garras del terrible Colectivo Ares.

Después de llegar a penas vivos a la superficie del planeta, el escuadrón empieza recolectar información sobre la zona en la que aterrizaron. Deciden ir a una antigua ruina cercana con la esperanza de recuperar Verilian, pero alguien más llegó aquí antes...

---

Los Pilotos son: Sherry, Lowell, Marc y Matthew
Narrado y producido por: Anya
Hora de roleo es parte de https://darkade.quest

---

Puedes contribuir directamente a Hora de Roleo en https://www.paypal.me/darkade

Si quieres jugar una sesión narrada por Anya puedes encontrarla en https://startplaying.games/gm/darkade

---

The Mecha Hack es una publicación de Absolute Tabletophttps://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/242856/The-Mecha-Hack?affiliate_id=435266

Las imágenes de fondo son tomadas de la librería espacial de imágenes de la Nasa y de Alla Kamzova, guille pozzi y Johannes Plenio en Unsplash. Los marcos son inspirados por cajas de modelos de Gundam y creadas por Anya

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3uOL-BRAIM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Godbound: Sundered Cycles S25

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 17:10:00 +0000

Our pantheon discusses the plots and threat of the Angelic foe and begin to plan how to assault the city they've taken over. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUdcLSOQT_g ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Old-School Essentials: Rites of Weeping 1/2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 22:25:00 +0000

Along a cold and isolated riverside, deep in the primeval forest, a small team of adventurers makes an emergency landing at a rotting and waterlogged village to repair their leaking boat. Little do they know that, deep within a nearby temple-tomb, a wretched, forgotten god-thing from centuries long past seeks to make its return amidst rituals of plague and suffering. Will our trapped adventurers defeat the god-thing once and for all, or will they too be stolen away to perform the Rites of Weeping?

Characters include Professor Oston Misthill, halfling academic; Lennart Turnip-Warden, cleric and protector of all things earthen and turnip; and Nixell Metgard, fearless dwarven leader.

This is the first of two sessions of Old-School Essentials, using the folk horror adventure "Rites of Weeping" by Harry Menear. For more on Old-School Essentials, check out necroticgnome.com. Rites of Weeping can be purchased at https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/409267/Rites-of-Weeping.

This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. To find out more about the Open Hearth gaming community, check out openhearthgaming.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVbPeb8ppQA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Monster of the Week : The Rockies (4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 01:10:00 +0000

Bozeman Laid Bare

TTRPG RPG Roleplaying Games - Powered by the Apocalypse

The Rockies, 2015 - Monster of the Week

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XjQu1aKiww ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: After Burner 02

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 22:16:00 +0000

After\\Burner is a tabletop roleplaying game focused on fast and positional starfighter combat and military sci-fi drama.

This game is Illuminated by LUMEN: expect rules-lite, power-fantasy stories about larger-than-life, heroic starfighter pilots with Success/Mixed/Failure outcomes. After\\Burner takes the system in the direction of the combat flight game - with some sprinkling of the more sober and serious space flight sim for flavor.

Your hero pilots crack wise and yammer over comms about their feelings. They fall in love/lust with their superior officers and enemies. They get into fistfights with the XO and weasel out of a court-martial. They soar at breakneck speed through trenches and superstructures with no regard to the “flight deck.” They live high-octane lives of danger and melodrama and they have absolutely no chill.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkJLq51Xc8Q ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: After Burner 01

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 21:34:00 +0000

After\\Burner is a tabletop roleplaying game focused on fast and positional starfighter combat and military sci-fi drama.

This game is Illuminated by LUMEN: expect rules-lite, power-fantasy stories about larger-than-life, heroic starfighter pilots with Success/Mixed/Failure outcomes. After\\Burner takes the system in the direction of the combat flight game - with some sprinkling of the more sober and serious space flight sim for flavor.

Your hero pilots crack wise and yammer over comms about their feelings. They fall in love/lust with their superior officers and enemies. They get into fistfights with the XO and weasel out of a court-martial. They soar at breakneck speed through trenches and superstructures with no regard to the “flight deck.” They live high-octane lives of danger and melodrama and they have absolutely no chill.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvfIzicbRBg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Alien Dark Fiorina 161 (Session 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 15:48:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the second session of a 2-shot of his own game, Alien Dark.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...) ...
Following the horrific conclusion to session 1 the crew of the USCSS Lake gather to say farewell to their lost crewmate. Thorn suppresses their rage at the situation ; Frank mulls over what he heard the EDI Rep, Hohmann, report back to Weyland-Yutani; and Patsy, the Chief Engineer, mourns the loss of the closest thing to a friend she had onboard. Captain Mason, meanwhile, seems most concerned about a generous offer Hohmann has made, and Tethis the Science Officer is excited by what they've 'discovered'. There's a clear accusation; a decision on what to do; a motion detector and ducts. Then ... a xenomorph cornered, a working pulse rifle, and acid ... so much acid ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GRDJYfJ1wU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Godbound: Sundered Cycles S24

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 19:47:00 +0000

We begin the third arc of this Godbound campaign, checking in with each of the characters. Our pantheon discusses which of the deadly threats facing the world they will tackle. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w5CfM--JN4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Bump in the Dark: The Cassette Chronicle (2 of 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 19:53:00 +0000

This is the first session of a new series, prequel to a series of Alice is Missing & Monsterhearts 2 & sequel to the subsequent series of A Town Called Malice. The Pact check out the Cassette Chronicle

Thrilling, gritty, and utterly human, Bump in the Dark is a tabletop roleplaying game about a group of people who’ve dedicated their lives to hunting and dealing with monsters. There are gruesome attacks, tense investigations, nasty cryptids, nefarious factions, powerful demons, action-packed showdowns, and regular folk caught in the middle.

Bump in the Dark is a Forged in the Dark game by Jex Thomas and is available here
https://jexjthomas.itch.io/bump-in-the-dark

The Cassette Chronicle is a hunt for Bump in the Dark by Illinalta and is available here
https://illinalta.itch.io/the-cassette-chronicle

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS3vxdswiXA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Mecha Hack: Q'ku Riposte – S01 (actual play)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 04:31:00 +0000

Hoy en Hora de Roleo, otra partida en inglés, jugamos The Mecha Hack! Un juego sobre los pilotos de la noble Casa Selina peleando por recuperar Aurelia, su planeta, de las garras del terrible Colectivo Ares, en lo que muchos han llamado una misión suicida.

Los pilotos se encuentran en orbita de Aurelia, también conocido como Ares 317, y se preparan para la maniobra más peligrosa que un piloto de Mecha podría hacer: reentrada atmosférica.

English:
Today on Hora de Roleo we play The Mecha Hack! A game about the noble pilots of House Selina fighting to get Aurelia, their planet, back from the terrible Ares Collective, in what many have called a suicide mission.

The Pilots are on orbit over Aurelia, also known as Ares 317, and they get ready for the most dangerous maneuver in the book: atmospheric reentry.

---

Los Pilotos son: Sherry, Lowell, Marc y Matthew
Narrado y producido por: Anya
Hora de roleo es parte de https://darkade.quest

---

Puedes contribuir directamente a Hora de Roleo en https://www.paypal.me/darkade

Si quieres jugar una sesión narrada por Anya puedes encontrarla en https://startplaying.games/gm/darkade

---

The Mecha Hack es una publicación de Absolute Tabletophttps://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/242856/The-Mecha-Hack?affiliate_id=435266

Las imágenes de fondo son tomadas de la librería espacial de imágenes de la Nasa y de Alla Kamzova, guille pozzi y Johannes Plenio en Unsplash. Los marcos son inspirados por cajas de modelos de Gundam y creadas por Anya

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Brsm_1m8V0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - Bump in the Dark: The Remainders (1 of 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 07 Jan 2024 14:26:00 +0000

This is session zero of a new series, prequel to a series of Alice is Missing & Monsterhearts 2 & sequel to the subsequent series of A Town Called Malice.

Thrilling, gritty, and utterly human, Bump in the Dark is a tabletop roleplaying game about a group of people who’ve dedicated their lives to hunting and dealing with monsters. There are gruesome attacks, tense investigations, nasty cryptids, nefarious factions, powerful demons, action-packed showdowns, and regular folk caught in the middle.

Bump in the Dark is a Forged in the Dark game by Jex Thomas and is available here
https://jexjthomas.itch.io/bump-in-the-dark

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9B0Jfrc5Bw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Monster of the Week : The Rockies 3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 07 Jan 2024 00:29:00 +0000

Furry Fall Fury

Monster of the Week - PBTA RPG - Powered by the Apocalypse

The Rockies, 2015 - Monster of the Week

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIKsLuDgvdg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Alien Dark - Fiorina 161 (Session 1)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 14:04:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the first session of a 2-shot of his own game, Alien Dark.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...) ...
The crew of the USCSS Lake are woken as they enter orbit at Fiorina 161. They have a narrow window to complete thier contract with Eigen Disposals Inc. to survey of the mothballed Weyland-Yutani mineral processing plant and former correctional facility on a planet soe call 'Fury'. The Captain and Science Officer clearly share a secret while the EDI Rep appears to have connections to The Company. While the Chief Engineer undertakes some repairs on the Lake the others start the survey. There's signs of a firefight, a discarded pulse rifle and a furnace that was not shut down properly. Then, back on the ship they, pick up a mysterious broadcast which Thorn the XO (and former Marine) and Yasmin the Tech (and former Criminal) investigate while Frank the Navigator (and former Labourer) keeps an eye on them. Thorn takes cover and Yasmin finds more than she'd expected to while, then Frank hears gubnfire and a shout for help. Happily it's not as bad as anyone expected until ... Yasmin gets stomach ache ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkFdnrZUfBE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Godbound: Sundered Cycles S23

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 20:35:00 +0000

The prologue/session zero for the third arc of this Godbound campaign. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUtFoVEvYz4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eotenweard: Northumbria (Session 9)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 08:26:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the final session in a longish series of Eotenweard, his own PbtA game-nearing-the-end-of-development of Dark Age Heroes protecting the innocent from a growing Darkness.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Leaving Garwlan, the Heroes are once more joined by Solinus, fresh from his visit to a monastery, but Black Jel disappears in the night. Meanwhile their path is dogged by a one-eyed raven. Meeting a group of refugees fleeing raiders they agree to do away with whatever 'power' drove them from their homes. Approaching a ruin 'that must have been built by giants' discover more than they had bargained for and several threads are drawn together into a final confrontation that challenges them to hold to their faith or not, and risk all in the hope of success ... and even, perhaps, the hope of love ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj2sSMWzhk0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Mecha Hack: Ares Station Q – S07 Finale (actual play)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 18:34:00 +0000

Hoy en Hora de Roleo, otra partida en inglés, jugamos The Mecha Hack! un juego sobre pilotos atrapados a mitad de la guerra en Ares 317, el sistema más recientemente colonizado por el Colectivo y los misterios al rededor la estación Q.

Los pilotos parten en la misión de evitar que el equipo Hi-DR4 del comandante Anders ataque un campamento Q'ku y comience una guerra abierta contra el estado exiliado. Pero cuando llegan a Sector 3, rápidamente recuerdan que incluso si sus objetivos se alinean, los Q'ku no son sus aliados.

English:
Today on Hora de Roleo we play The Mecha Hack! a game about pilots trapped in the midst of the war on Ares 317, the most recently colonized system by the Collective, and the mysteries surrounding Station Q.

The pilots are on a mission to stop Commander Anders' Hi-DR4 team from attacking a Q'ku encampment and starting open war against the exiled state. But as they arrive at Sector 3 they are quickly reminded that even if their objectives align the Q'ku are not their allies.

---

Los Pilotos son: Bryan y John
Narrado y producido por: Anya
Hora de roleo es parte de https://darkade.quest

---

Puedes contribuir directamente a Hora de Roleo en https://www.paypal.me/darkade

Si quieres jugar una sesión narrada por Anya puedes encontrarla en https://startplaying.games/gm/darkade

---

The Mecha Hack es una publicación de Absolute Tabletophttps://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/242856/The-Mecha-Hack?affiliate_id=435266

Las imágenes de fondo son tomadas de la librería espacial de imágenes de la Nasa y de Alla Kamzova, guille pozzi y Johannes Plenio en Unsplash. Los marcos son inspirados por cajas de modelos de Gundam y creadas por Anya

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tp71zq1G1A ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl By Moonlight: Divine Engines Session 9

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 05:18:00 +0000

The group deals with the fallout of their attack-- and the damage done to the last Bastion.This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lowm5i7jsBU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Yokai: Session 7

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 23:14:00 +0000

The group faces a showdown with a Taker. We continue play for this modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, Grimm, and more. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw2lR5YPP2w ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Free from the Shadow: Samurai Fantasy Session 7 (Final)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 15:19:00 +0000

Things continue to shift with the clans moving to secure their place in this changing era. But it works out less well for some, as the Emperor makes plans for a new Imperial capital. The protagonists gather together in an effort to prevent a deadly prophecy, but that mission goes terribly wrong in many ways. This is an adaptation of Free from the Yoke for samurai fantasy play. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

More on this hack: https://www.ageofravensgames.com/blog/free-from-the-shadow-samurai-clan-fantasy

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg.bsky.social
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Game

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwRtrMruN78 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

'Time Out' - Corps à Corps (2 of 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 21:09:00 +0000

Corps à Corps is a GM-optional, stat-raising tabletop RPG about fencers in training. Each player portrays a fencer honing body and spirit in pursuit of future triumphs alongside—or against—each other.

Taking its cue from sports drama serials, the game unfolds in a series of scenes depicting training or other bits of daily life in a team. Each scene offers fencers a chance to develop skills or strengthen bonds with each other.

Corps à Corps is by Arisia Santiago and is available here https://arisia.itch.io/corps-a-corps-fencing-ttrpg

Thumbnail background photo by Ciprian Pardău on Unsplash
https://unsplash.com/photos/blue-curved-track-field-at-daytime-j8fVoo3i8xk

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDPMMQgT-PY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl By Moonlight: Divine Engines Session 8

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 20:43:00 +0000

The group launches to face off with the leviathan which has an intimate tie to the origin of Radiant. But a convention attack upon the creature is complicated by the presence of a surviving colony. And when they take the foe on, it reveals a more dangerous weapon-- one which uses our pilots' pasts against them. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djbVhs6gkbc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Free from the Shadow: Samurai Fantasy Session 6

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 20:41:00 +0000

We handle the turning of the age, moving the story forward by ten years. Now we meet our new cast of characters, and learn the path of our one returning PC. This is an adaptation of Free from the Yoke for samurai fantasy play. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

More on this hack: https://www.ageofravensgames.com/blog/free-from-the-shadow-samurai-clan-fantasy

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg.bsky.social
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frnNEysJC-s ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Monster of the Week : The Rockies 2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 17 Dec 2023 17:55:00 +0000

Occult Opportunities

Powered by the Apocalypse

The Rockies, 2015 - Monster of the Week

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qg1x5BqN7U ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS Demigods 05

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 17 Dec 2023 17:53:00 +0000

(SPOILERS FOR THOR RAGNAROK AND THOR LOVE AND THUNDER AHEAD!!!!)

After Odin passed on, Hela returned to Asgard. She was, in a word, pissed. The citizens of Asgard tried to defeat her, including the Warriors Three, legendary heroes of the city. Hela straight-up murdered them all. It wasn't even close.

Thor returned to Asgard and fought Hela, but in the end, Asgard was destroyed and many, many people died. The refugees, including you, fled to Earth and established New Asgard. Thor left, again, with King Valkyrie, on a quest to save a bunch of New Asgardian children. Valkyrie returned with the children, but Thor didn't.

Oh, and Enchantress convinced some heroes to bring Skurge back from Helheim and they're... around.

Which brings us to now.

(Okay, spoilers over)

Life on Midgard isn't terrible. The tourism is profitable, if a bit annoying (they always want selfies, and no, you don't know where Mjolnir went, thank you very much). But somewhere deep inside, you crave adventure!

Turns out there's an opening for warriors. Three openings, actually.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kup3ZSys2n4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS Infinite Galaxies 03

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 16 Dec 2023 19:39:00 +0000

BLAST OFF FOR ADVENTURE WITH INFINITE GALAXIES!

Are you ready for some sci-fi action-adventure? Robots? Aliens? Laser Guns? Starships? All of this can be yours with Infinite Galaxies!

Infinite Galaxies is intended for 3-6 players and takes a few hours per game session to explore a galaxy-spanning adventure. Infinite Galaxies is a story game – the focus is on furthering the group’s goals, and each individual character’s story, and respecting the creative contributions of every player.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBEHaMEc1tM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Three Sheets to the Wind

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 10:23:00 +0000

A curtailed charter of the Dante...

You are the crew of a luxury mega-yacht called The Dante, it is usually hired for 3 day trips called charters. Each charter brings a new, awful and demanding set of immensely rich guests and you can earn a tip of up to $1500 dollars per crewmate per charter... if, you give them the luxury holiday of their lives!
But what is the point of money if you’re too stressed out to enjoy it… right? Between charters you live on a luxury yacht moored amongst beautiful Caribbean islands with perfect weather and a perpetual holiday vibe. You need to earn big tips and play hard in paradise.
This is a new holiday season on The Dante and a new crew. Some of them may know each other from earlier in their lives or they may be total strangers. Either way, for the next 3 months you’ll be living and working on top of each other.
Oh and one more thing - it is being filmed for a reality tv show… but you’ll get used to the cameras, in fact you’ll barely notice them after a while!

Three Sheets to the Wind is by Becky Annison and is available here
https://blackarmada.itch.io/three-sheets-to-the-wind

Background thumbnail image by Nitin Mathew https://unsplash.com/@nitin_mathew

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU77bR2j_qA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Mecha Hack: Ares Station Q – S06 (actual play)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 01:56:00 +0000

Hoy en Hora de Roleo, otra partida en inglés, jugamos The Mecha Hack! un juego sobre pilotos atrapados a mitad de la guerra en Ares 317, el sistema más recientemente colonizado por el Colectivo y los misterios al rededor la estación Q.

Después de descubrir el origen de la señal detectada antes del bombardeo de Estación Q, los pilotos hablan con Madonna, quien se ve auténticamente sorprendida por los los cultistas que parecieran pilotear Kaiju hacia el sur. Madonna confrontará al Comandante Anders y nadie quiere estar aquí para ver su respuesta.

English:
Today on Hora de Roleo we play The Mecha Hack! a game about pilots trapped in the midst of the war on Ares 317, the most recently colonized system by the Collective, and the mysteries surrounding Station Q.

After discovering the origin of the energy surge detected before the bombing of Station Q, the pilots talk to Madonna, who appears genuinely surprised by the cultists seemingly piloting Kaiju towards the south. Madonna will confront Commander Anders, and no one wants to be here to see his response.

---

Los Pilotos son: Bryan y John
Narrado y producido por: Anya
Hora de roleo es parte de https://darkade.quest

---

Puedes contribuir directamente a Hora de Roleo en https://www.paypal.me/darkade

Si quieres jugar una sesión narrada por Anya puedes encontrarla en https://startplaying.games/gm/darkade

---

The Mecha Hack es una publicación de Absolute Tabletophttps://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/242856/The-Mecha-Hack?affiliate_id=435266

Las imágenes de fondo son tomadas de la librería espacial de imágenes de la Nasa y de Alla Kamzova, guille pozzi y Johannes Plenio en Unsplash. Los marcos son inspirados por cajas de modelos de Gundam y creadas por Anya

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P5nJ-QwVyk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

'Time Out' - Corps à Corps (1 of 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 21:21:00 +0000

Corps à Corps is a GM-optional, stat-raising tabletop RPG about fencers in training. Each player portrays a fencer honing body and spirit in pursuit of future triumphs alongside—or against—each other.

Taking its cue from sports drama serials, the game unfolds in a series of scenes depicting training or other bits of daily life in a team. Each scene offers fencers a chance to develop skills or strengthen bonds with each other.

Corps à Corps is by Arisia Santiago and is available here https://arisia.itch.io/corps-a-corps-fencing-ttrpg

Thumbnail background photo by Ciprian Pardău on Unsplash
https://unsplash.com/photos/blue-curved-track-field-at-daytime-j8fVoo3i8xk

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvNauXDsJD0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS Infinite Galaxies 02

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 18:38:00 +0000

BLAST OFF FOR ADVENTURE WITH INFINITE GALAXIES!

Are you ready for some sci-fi action-adventure? Robots? Aliens? Laser Guns? Starships? All of this can be yours with Infinite Galaxies!

Infinite Galaxies is intended for 3-6 players and takes a few hours per game session to explore a galaxy-spanning adventure. Infinite Galaxies is a story game – the focus is on furthering the group’s goals, and each individual character’s story, and respecting the creative contributions of every player.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C_JZ0UzRnc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl By Moonlight: Divine Engines Session 7

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 14:05:00 +0000

The team takes stock in the aftermath of the Muramasa System. Sia has vanished, leaving Tav desperate. Manon begins to understand the cost to the Bastion of their absence. Then the group is briefed on the next mission, pursuing a Leviathan involved with Radiant's arrival. The group prepares, but not before gaining a new addition to the team, one which changes everything. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgaJ0w5hFz0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Yokai: Session 6

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 01:04:00 +0000

The group falls back to another location, trying to figure out what to do about the Swords. They talk with one another-- coming to terms with recent events and their own feelings. They decide to confront the Court of Tides, but then split in four different directions leading to a series of confrontations and revelations.

We continue play for this modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, Grimm, and more. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF5QL1t9dRI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: The Magistrate's Daughter

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 21:28:00 +0000

The beginning of a new one-on-one series of Hearts of Wulin.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg.bsky.social
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-0XIxlBpbM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Mecha Hack: Ares Station Q – S05 (actual play)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 17:09:00 +0000

Hoy en Hora de Roleo, otra partida en inglés, jugamos The Mecha Hack! un juego sobre pilotos atrapados a mitad de la guerra en Ares 317, el sistema más recientemente colonizado por el Colectivo y los misterios al rededor la estación Q.

Los pilotos continúan con su plan de instalar un arreglo de antenas para descubrir lo que causó la sobrecarga de energía antes del bombardeo de Q. Después de escapar de los Cultistas Kaiju, llegan al Sector 17, donde comienzan a captar una señal de SOS desconocida.

English:
Today on Hora de Roleo we played The Mecha Hack! a game about pilots trapped in the midst of the war on Ares 317, the most recently colonized system by the Collective, and the mysteries surrounding Station Q.

The Pilots keep going with their plan to install an antena array to find whatever caused the energy surge before the bombardment of Q. After escaping from the Kaiju Cultists they arrive at Sector 17 where they start picking up an unknown SOS Beacon.

---

Los Pilotos son: Bryan, Nate y John
Narrado y producido por: Anya
Hora de roleo es parte de https://darkade.quest

---

Puedes contribuir directamente a Hora de Roleo en https://www.paypal.me/darkade

Si quieres jugar una sesión narrada por Anya puedes encontrarla en https://startplaying.games/gm/darkade

---

The Mecha Hack es una publicación de Absolute Tabletophttps://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/242856/The-Mecha-Hack?affiliate_id=435266

Las imágenes de fondo son tomadas de la librería espacial de imágenes de la Nasa y de Alla Kamzova, guille pozzi y Johannes Plenio en Unsplash. Los marcos son inspirados por cajas de modelos de Gundam y creadas por Anya

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulDlxJo9WMc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS Demigods 04

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 18:55:00 +0000

(SPOILERS FOR THOR RAGNAROK AND THOR LOVE AND THUNDER AHEAD!!!!)

After Odin passed on, Hela returned to Asgard. She was, in a word, pissed. The citizens of Asgard tried to defeat her, including the Warriors Three, legendary heroes of the city. Hela straight-up murdered them all. It wasn't even close.

Thor returned to Asgard and fought Hela, but in the end, Asgard was destroyed and many, many people died. The refugees, including you, fled to Earth and established New Asgard. Thor left, again, with King Valkyrie, on a quest to save a bunch of New Asgardian children. Valkyrie returned with the children, but Thor didn't.

Oh, and Enchantress convinced some heroes to bring Skurge back from Helheim and they're... around.

Which brings us to now.

(Okay, spoilers over)

Life on Midgard isn't terrible. The tourism is profitable, if a bit annoying (they always want selfies, and no, you don't know where Mjolnir went, thank you very much). But somewhere deep inside, you crave adventure!

Turns out there's an opening for warriors. Three openings, actually.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClCFycp_oHo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Monster of the Week - The Rockies

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 03:33:00 +0000

Monster of the Week - The Rockies

Sinister Sticks

Powered by the Apocalypse RPG

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL_r203SvTU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS Infinite Galaxies 01

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 18:39:00 +0000

BLAST OFF FOR ADVENTURE WITH INFINITE GALAXIES!

Are you ready for some sci-fi action-adventure? Robots? Aliens? Laser Guns? Starships? All of this can be yours with Infinite Galaxies!

Infinite Galaxies is intended for 3-6 players and takes a few hours per game session to explore a galaxy-spanning adventure. Infinite Galaxies is a story game – the focus is on furthering the group’s goals, and each individual character’s story, and respecting the creative contributions of every player.
-------------------------
Note - the recording cut off early when my internet went kaplooey

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_o_fYWlaU0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eotenweard: Northumbria (Session 8)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 12:42:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a session in a longish series of Eotenweard, his own PbtA game-nearing-the-end-of-development of Dark Age Heroes protecting the innocent from a growing Darkness.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Aoddan, the Celtic Mystic, rejoins the other Heroes at the settlement of Garwlan in Rheged. Cadoc finds himself conducting a burial service during which Black Jel takes the opportunity to follow a local Saxon to the nearby pasture marked with symbols holy to Woden before all four Heroes follow the clues revealed to Fynn by his Sight. There's a Mysterious Winding Path, a Fae Guardian, and a Revelation that suggests both the Christ God and the Allfather are being set up to take the blame. Then ... a monstrous Raven and the souls it has consumed before the Darkness within it flees ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoABq6S_Z9M ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl By Moonlight: Divine Engines Session 6

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 16:09:00 +0000

The group arrives in the Muramasa system and discovers a semi-dead Leviathan which has swallowed another of humanity's carrier ships. Entering into the body of the foe, they find two intact Engines, but also two flesh doppelgangers. They must battle these threats and retrieve the Engines, all while keeping the Leviathan from awakening. But the cost includes Radiant/Sia's fall into eclipse. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh8JVaKAGsc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Yokai: Session 5

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:53:00 +0000

Scale gets a call from his rival about the decapitation of the Dominus of the Court of Tides and attack on Spinning Ginny. He arranges for a meet up with his three companions, who eventually arrive after complications with a stolen gift panther. They discover the murder weapon they "picked up" is not the same blade they encountered earlier. Following that back leads them to a dead cultist, a sticky punk club, and a cadre of vampires waiting out in the street.

We continue play for this modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, Grimm, and more. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Na-iJT8yF0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Free from the Shadow: Samurai Fantasy Session 5

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 16:41:00 +0000

The protagonists travel to the north to met the Tengu and gain their aid in Asaka's recovery. Then the great Imperial Project is complete and we move the story forward ten years. This is an adaptation of Free from the Yoke for samurai fantasy play. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

More on this hack: https://www.ageofravensgames.com/blog/free-from-the-shadow-samurai-clan-fantasy

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg.bsky.social
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtL0KqHgRwg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek: Fate of the Quadrant (Session 10)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 13:04:00 +0000

The Mecha Hack: Ares Station Q – S04 (actual play)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 20:34:00 +0000

Hoy en Hora de Roleo, otra partida en inglés, jugamos The Mecha Hack! un juego sobre pilotos atrapados a mitad de la guerra en Ares 317, el sistema más recientemente colonizado por el Colectivo y los misterios al rededor la estación Q.

Desafortunadamente no pudimos grabar la sesión 03, así que esta es la sesión 04

Después de llegar a R, el punto de reunión designado tras la destrucción de la Estación Q los pilotos se enteran que justo antes del bombardeo se detectó una alza de energía desconocida pero su origen exacto es desconocido. Con la cadena de comando rota toman en sus manos descubrir la naturaleza de esta señal y preparan un plan con Ilyn Acharis, la experta en inteligencia de la región, para instalar un arreglo de antenas.

English:
Today on Hora de Roleo we played The Mecha Hack! a game about pilots trapped in the midst of the war on Ares 317, the most recently colonized system by the Collective, and the mysteries surrounding Station Q.

Unfortunately, we couldn't record session 03, so this is session 04.

After arriving at R, the designated rendezvous following the destruction of Station Q, the pilots learn that just before the bombing, an unknown energy surge was detected, but its exact origin is unknown. With the chain of command broken, they take it upon themselves to discover the nature of this signal and devise a plan with Ilyn Acharis, the intelligence expert in the region, to install an array of antennas.

---

Los Pilotos son: Bryan, Nate y John
Narrado y producido por: Anya
Hora de roleo es parte de https://darkade.quest

---

Puedes contribuir directamente a Hora de Roleo en https://www.paypal.me/darkade

Si quieres jugar una sesión narrada por Anya puedes encontrarla en https://startplaying.games/gm/darkade

---

The Mecha Hack es una publicación de Absolute Tabletophttps://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/242856/The-Mecha-Hack?affiliate_id=435266

Las imágenes de fondo son tomadas de la librería espacial de imágenes de la Nasa y de Alla Kamzova, guille pozzi y Johannes Plenio en Unsplash. Los marcos son inspirados por cajas de modelos de Gundam y creadas por Anya

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2xG-p3lNl0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Alien World Jaws OH Nov 2023 Session 4 of 4

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 13:52:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS8RqiaaiaU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS MACE Corps 04

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 20:24:00 +0000

A S.H.I.E.L.D. special ops team built from the best of the best from around the world. These soldiers will be deployed against supervillain and alien threats, and to rise to the occasion, they will have limited access to superpowers to fight the good fight!

Utilizing the Harvest protocol, M.A.C.E. team members will have limited access to a variety of metahuman abilities. However, the stress of these powers will take a toll on their bodies and minds. It's all in a day's work for our heroes!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbYmcM8aNrE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Pew Pew 02

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 25 Nov 2023 19:21:00 +0000

Pew Pew! Bounty Hunters in Space is a one-shot tabletop RPG for up to seven players (and one GM). It uses the same system (lightly modified) from Havoc Brigade by Grant Howitt.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClMVOC0I1PY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eotenweard: Northumbria (Session 7)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 12:22:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a session in a longish series of Eotenweard, his own PbtA game-nearing-the-end-of-development of Dark Age Heroes protecting the innocent from a growing Darkness.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Encountering a group of Saxons on the road into the Kingdom of Rheged, the Heroes discover a friend of theirs is being hunted, while Cadoc, the Sword of God opens himself to the influence of Woden the Allfather. That leads to a diversion to a set of Mysterious Standing Stones where they are to 'Seek an Innocent'. There's a young woman and Cadoc's warhorse ... which is the innocent? From there their footsteps are guided to Garwlan which, despite being ruled by a Christian British Lady, has a Priest of Woden and a significant population of Saxons ... then a body drops from the claws of a monstrous raven before a one-eyed Saxon is clothed in black feathers ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoQHoHVeRX8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek: Fate of the Quadrant (Session 9)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 10:25:00 +0000

Alien World Jaws OH Nov 2023 Session 3 of 4

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 18:42:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd9ozyWINQ4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS MACE Corps 03

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 17:55:00 +0000

A S.H.I.E.L.D. special ops team built from the best of the best from around the world. These soldiers will be deployed against supervillain and alien threats, and to rise to the occasion, they will have limited access to superpowers to fight the good fight!

Utilizing the Harvest protocol, M.A.C.E. team members will have limited access to a variety of metahuman abilities. However, the stress of these powers will take a toll on their bodies and minds. It's all in a day's work for our heroes!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOl4Gz2-5g4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Pew Pew 01

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 18:41:00 +0000

Pew Pew! Bounty Hunters in Space is a one-shot tabletop RPG for up to seven players (and one GM). It uses the same system (lightly modified) from Havoc Brigade by Grant Howitt.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjgZ9w-fmG4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Impossible Landscapes: The End (14 of 12)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 06:26:00 +0000

The agents discover a shortcut through the madness of Carcosa and arrive at a masquerade ball where rival factions each hope to install their chosen heir to the throne, with the fate of the world in the balance.

Content note: this session included a scene involving suicide.

This series was organised as part of the Open Hearth Gaming Community. For more information, check out https://openhearthgaming.com/.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-6dQ_-RQQU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eotenweard: Northumbria (Session 6)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 20:42:00 +0000

Girl By Moonlight: Divine Engines Session 5

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 12:43:00 +0000

We do downtime and prep for the third mission, with the characters launching out to recover an engine. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoKokagtEhI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek: Fate of the Quadrant (Session 8)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 16:24:00 +0000

Alien World Jaws OH Nov 2023 Session 2 of 4

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 21:18:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tGRzpj54G4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eotenweard - Northumbria (Session 5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 15:38:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a session in a longish series of Eotenweard, his own PbtA game-nearing-the-end-of-development of Dark Age Heroes protecting the innocent from a growing Darkness.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
The Heroes arrive at Caicaester just as a solar eclipse turns day into twilight. They find the settlement in chaos, as villagers take refuge in their huts and the Lord orders the Hall doors barred. Out of the darkness looms a creature out of nightmare ... with groans and a disturbing clicking sound suggest there are others out there in the putrid mist. There's a nightmare dismembered, a very unusual acorn, and a hasty retreat to draw breath ... before ... an outcast who wants revenge and a tree warden who implicates herself, but escapes as wolves intervene ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHhylXSk920 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Vow of the Knight-Aspirants: The Gloaming Rite (at Shared Hearth Open Gaming Weekend)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 01:49:00 +0000

Four squires weather a bandit ambush, and then confront something dark and ancient that has taken over the village of Harrowdale. Griffin tries to make peace, and Kaldwyr nobly gets stabbed as a result. Nimrei shows off her swordplay skills and offers to train her compatriots. Malgwyn uses diplomacy, up until he needs to draw his blade against true evil...
Technical note: Tech difficulties cause me to drop out of the game around 50 minutes in. I sorted things out, and we resume play around 1:08:40.
Sign up to learn more about Vow of the Knight-Aspirants here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdHzBhBqp60kHbOMnxwVF8lDp-GHpOF-N22t_jPfDBAZskrzA/viewform
Learn more about the Open Hearth Gaming Community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiGKK_RAX0U ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Trophy Dark - Butter Princess 2023-11-11

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 14:25:00 +0000

Mike Ferdinando runs the Trophy Dark incursion "Butter Princess" by Brian Sago for Cassidy, Chris, Mads, and Rob. Our characters have gone to the Minnesota State Fair on a daring heist: Steal the bust of this year's Butter Princess carved from 90 pounds of butter. This will not end well. This game was part of the Shared Hearth online RPG convention by the Open Hearth Gaming Community. More information about Open Hearth Gaming is at: https://openhearthgaming.com

0:00 - Introductions
5:40 - CATS Discussion
10:55 - Safety Practices Discussion
22:45 - Character Creation and rules overview
34:35 - Character Introductions
41:50 - Play begins: Ring 1 - Getting Through the Gates
1:41:12 - Ring 2 - The Sights! The Sounds! The Smells!
2:20:00 - Ring 3 - Feats of Skill and Fortitude!
2:42:01 - Ring 4 - Live in concert: Loose Change! (a Nickleback tribute band)
2:45:46 - Ring 5 - Desperation in the Dairy Pavillion!
3:06:44 - The Flaming Finale!!
3:12:43 - Epilogue: One week later.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hGL5PEIz48 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Under the Autumn Strangely, a pastoral horror one-shot for Shared Hearth

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 00:27:00 +0000

Wandering down the lonely road to find mechanical help for their car, two brothers find themselves roaming different aspects of the Never Was...and perhaps remembering aspects of their own selves, that were and could be...

Under the Autumn Strangely is a storytelling game of pastoral horror by Graham Gentz. You can find it here https://grahamgentz.itch.io/under-the-autumn-strangely

This game was played during the Shared Hearth Open Gaming Weekend, with members of the Open Hearth Gaming Community. Safety tools were available, as well as playing under the Open Hearth Community Code of Conduct. https://tinyurl.com/2tdfhy75

The Traveler, Sebastian - Kae
The Traveler, Rex - Robyn
The Terror - Marc M
The Terror - Dom
The Arcadian - Mads

Recorded on November 11, 2023

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AOb2YgsYbE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Hunted RPG, a one-shot playthrough for Shared Hearth

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 00:27:00 +0000

Four friends take a weekend trip, finding themselves lost near a supposed abandoned property with a history...and darkness within. Join us for this playthrough of The Hunted, reminiscent of the movie The Ritual with other folk-horror vibes.

CW: mention of suicide
The Hunted is a folk-horror tabletop roleplaying game by Chris Bissette. You can find it here https://loottheroom.itch.io/hunted

This game was played during the Shared Hearth Open Gaming Weekend, with members of the Open Hearth Gaming Community. Safety tools were available, as well as playing under the Open Hearth Community Code of Conduct. https://tinyurl.com/2tdfhy75

The Jock, Jude Stradler - Kae
The Sceptic, Juno Stargazer - Helba
The Outsider, Cole Keller - Will H
The Resilient, Connor Kennrick - Roy
The Guide - Mads

Recorded November 12, 2023

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LcjenJBuI8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Paranormal Inc: Haunted Holidays, a one-shot for Shared Hearth

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 00:26:00 +0000

The annual holiday party is underway, and somehow some of the ghosts got out of the containment unit! Can our ragtag investigators find out the cause and get the wayward ghosts back before they eat all the canapes and wreak havoc outside of the office?

Paranormal Inc. is a game of mystery and paranormal investigation by Alicia Furness. Haunted Holidays is a mystery written for Paranormal Inc. by Alicia Furness, found in the supplement Bust More Ghosts. You can find them here https://afurness.itch.io/

This game was played during the Shared Hearth Open Gaming Weekend, with members of the Open Hearth Gaming Community. Safety tools were available, as well as playing under the Open Hearth Community Code of Conduct. https://tinyurl.com/2tdfhy75

The Scientist, Dex Simpson - Alex M
The Medium, Memento Morillo - David AR
The Intern, Casey Keys - Andrea
The Bookworm, Athene "Teeny" Frost - Mads

Recorded November 10, 2023

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlYip8U_jkI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Wedding of Vengeance & Hope

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 22:49:00 +0000

A one-shot of this PbtA game of wuxia romance and melodrama. This session was run as part of Shared Hearth, a free online ttrpg event as part of the Open Hearth Gaming Community

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbwQ6lpAsRc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS MACE Corps 02

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 18:03:00 +0000

A S.H.I.E.L.D. special ops team built from the best of the best from around the world. These soldiers will be deployed against supervillain and alien threats, and to rise to the occasion, they will have limited access to superpowers to fight the good fight!

Utilizing the Harvest protocol, M.A.C.E. team members will have limited access to a variety of metahuman abilities. However, the stress of these powers will take a toll on their bodies and minds. It's all in a day's work for our heroes!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVuvUaZZjUg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

World Building: Collaboration & Beyond

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 11 Nov 2023 20:23:00 +0000

A recording of a talk by me about handling world building and collaborative elements. This session is part of Shared Hearth, the Open Hearth Gaming Community free ttrpg weekend. We discuss:
Reasons for a shared approach
How existing games handle this
Online tools and techniques
Managing collaborative building
...and more.

This was a mixed discussion and Q&A. We talked about adapting a more fixed setting, like Duskvol from Blades in the Dark, and make it into one with even more interesting player input and creation.

Find out more about Open Hearth at openhearthgaming.com.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfODkeuP6-c ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: CUSC one-shot

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 11 Nov 2023 18:44:00 +0000

SEE YOU, SPACE COWBOY… (abbreviated CUSC) is a tabletop roleplaying game for 3-6 players set in outer space where the players create characters called Outlaws: bounty hunters who fly across the galaxy in search of their next payday. You create situations where they land in hot water, manipulate people, and start blaster fights, all while dealing with their debt and trauma.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4yqm2quKB0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Wedding of Ice and Fire

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 11 Nov 2023 13:51:00 +0000

A one-shot of this PbtA game of wuxia romance and melodrama. This session was run as part of Shared Hearth, a free online ttrpg event as part of the Open Hearth Gaming Community

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JeXjnPvdz8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SHARED HEARTH - Against the Dark Conspiracy

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 11 Nov 2023 10:41:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a one-shot of his own supernatural thriller game, Against the Dark Conspiracy (https://gallusgames.itch.io/).
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community's 'Shared Hearth', free online gaming weekend (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG). You can find our calendar of upcoming games here: https://app.playabl.io/communities/th....
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...) ...
We meet Root a teen tech wiz-kid sick of working for Decioma Technologies but fascinated by the blasphemous unknown; Ibrahim 'Abe' Wheeler the former Marine & intrusion specialist who'd rather die than get taken by the Conspiracy; Katrina, who left the French DGSE after seeing her husband killed when she wouldn't join the Conspiracy; and Gio, a good soldier (and assassin) for the Contini Family who wants revenge for their massacre by a Conspiracy proxy.
There's a podcaster gone to ground, a plan that goes perfectly until Abe picks the wrong room, and unexplained missing blood donations. Then ... a former lover goes missing, and a suspicious Health Charity warehouse, and Roman catacombs with an ornate tomb ... before the beneficiary of the missing blood becomes clear and a husband offers his wife the opportunity to join him ... which she does ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5usppXaFoc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Old-School Essentials: Halls of the Blood King (Shared Heart 2023)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 19:31:00 +0000

This are the Halls of the Blood King, a module of Old-School Essentials about vampires and their mysterious origin, as well as characters venturing into the manor to find unexpected truths.

This game was played as part of the Shared Heart 2023 event, the open community event for The Open Heart role playing online community. You can learn more at https://openhearthgaming.com/

---

Hora de roleo is an actual play show by Anya Reyes

The adventurers are: David and Dominik
Game mastered and produced by: Anya

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s47ZC513s0M ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Yokai: Session 4

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 22:53:00 +0000

We continue play for this modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, Grimm, and more. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Shared Hearth, our open gaming weekend, November 10-12th (signups begin October 24th) https://openhearthgaming.com/shared-h...

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVVrqMLorlA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Free from the Shadow: Samurai Fantasy Session 4

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 14:40:00 +0000

The clans attempt to progress the Emperor's project and complete their own agendas. Asuka deals with the outcome of the last session and the characters interact before the next Winter Court. This is an adaptation of Free from the Yoke for samurai fantasy play. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Shared Hearth, our open gaming weekend, November 10-12th https://openhearthgaming.com/shared-hearth

More on this hack: https://www.ageofravensgames.com/blog/free-from-the-shadow-samurai-clan-fantasy

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg.bsky.social
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TGyehFjobw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek: Fate of the Quadrant (Session 7)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 10:07:00 +0000

Alien World Jaws OH Nov 2023 Session 1 of 4

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 19:47:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIWpCHr-Kbk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS MACE Corps 01

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 17:55:00 +0000

A S.H.I.E.L.D. special ops team built from the best of the best from around the world. These soldiers will be deployed against supervillain and alien threats, and to rise to the occasion, they will have limited access to superpowers to fight the good fight!

Utilizing the Harvest protocol, M.A.C.E. team members will have limited access to a variety of metahuman abilities. However, the stress of these powers will take a toll on their bodies and minds. It's all in a day's work for our heroes!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKIsudFbxfc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Impossible Landscapes 13 (of 12)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 04 Nov 2023 05:12:00 +0000

Carcosa has even corrupted by numbering system for these videos! The agents continue their search for the whisper labyrinth and from there, to Carcosa. Along the way, they see some familiar faces, and one of the few demons they trust gives them some disturbing news about their future.

This series was organised as part of the Open Hearth Gaming Community. For more information, check out https://openhearthgaming.com/.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0ZkQ9tAHfc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl By Moonlight: Divine Engines Session 4

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 04:46:00 +0000

We play out our second mission for this series of Girl By Moonlight: On a Sea of Stars. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Shared Hearth, our open gaming weekend, November 10-12th (signups begin October 24th) https://openhearthgaming.com/shared-h...

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmhqcE-awcw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Yokai: Session 3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 04:12:00 +0000

We continue play for this modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, Grimm, and more. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Shared Hearth, our open gaming weekend, November 10-12th (signups begin October 24th) https://openhearthgaming.com/shared-hearth

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg.bsky.social
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv6Mopf2KwA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl By Moonlight: Divine Engines Session 3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 22:26:00 +0000

We play out our first mission for this series of Girl By Moonlight: On a Sea of Stars. They battle and then decompress, coming to terms with what they have to do. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Shared Hearth, our open gaming weekend, November 10-12th (signups begin October 24th) https://openhearthgaming.com/shared-h...

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear...
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at
https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSEqlsHCH-I ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS: Demigods 03

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 17:36:00 +0000

(SPOILERS FOR THOR RAGNAROK AHEAD!!!!)

After Odin passed on, Hela returned to Asgard. She was, in a word, pissed. The citizens of Asgard tried to defeat her, including the Warriors Three, legendary heroes of the city. Hela straight-up murdered them all. It wasn't even close.

Thor returned to Asgard and fought Hela, but in the end, Asgard was destroyed and many, many people died. The refugees, including you, fled to Earth and established New Asgard. Thor left, again, with King Valkyrie, on a quest to save a bunch of New Asgardian children. Valkyrie returned with the children, but Thor didn't.

Oh, and Enchantress convinced some heroes to bring Skurge back from Helheim and they're... around.

Which brings us to now.

(Okay, spoilers over)

Life on Midgard isn't terrible. The tourism is profitable, if a bit annoying (they always want selfies, and no, you don't know where Mjolnir went, thank you very much). But somewhere deep inside, you crave adventure!

Turns out there's an opening for warriors. Three openings, actually.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imczppTc7fg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Impossible Landscapes 12 (of 12)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 28 Oct 2023 05:33:00 +0000

The agents approach a demon for help finding the mysterious Hotel Broadalbin, but the route he suggests is bizarre, dangerous, and oddly connected to one of the agents' pasts.

This series was organised as part of the Open Hearth Gaming Community. For more information, check out https://openhearthgaming.com/.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alWujLfSvdA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eotenweard - Northumbria (Session 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 20:32:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a session in a longish series of Eotenweard, his own PbtA game-nearing-the-end-of-development of Dark Age Heroes protecting the innocent from a growing Darkness.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...)
After last session's successful Revelation and resulting cliffhanger ... we see the climactic battle to free the people of Brangarw from the influence of their malevolent priest, and conspiring leaders. There are competing claims of heresy, multiple pleas for aid from the Christ God, and a surprising response from ... elsewhere. Then ... despite both edging closer to death Solinus saves the innocent and Cadoc levels his lance in the name of Christ; Black Jell catches a villain ... and let's him go; and Fynn confronts one of the Black Dogs of Annwn. Finally, back on the road following the path their god(s) decree for them, Solinus decides he needs a greater understanding of the power he serves ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRbZ7X6JYEc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek: Fate of the Quadrant (Session 6)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 12:10:00 +0000

Last Night on Earth

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 17:26:00 +0000

You’re becoming a monster.
You were bitten by a werewolf, infected by a zombie virus, or injected with an experimental mutagen. You made a deal with a devil (or an angel, or one of the fey), or – woe upon woe – you’re a revenant, back from the dead. You’re cursed… or you’ve taken the place of someone who is.

You have one night to live.
Or at least, one night before you no longer recognise yourself – and you have unfinished business to complete, a burden to set down.

Make it count.
The more you push yourself, the more you embrace your nature and the faster you run down your remaining time… but if you don’t push yourself, you’ll die, or die again, or become a monster, and leave your burden unburied.

Last Night on Earth is a modern horror RPG, using the Trophy rule set and designed for one-shot play with 2-4 players. It's by Cat Evans | Ex Stasis Games and is available here https://exstasisgames.itch.io/last-night-on-earth

Background thumbnail is by Riccardo Pelati
https://unsplash.com/photos/top-view-photography-of-grey-spiral-staircase-omwQmD0-N6c

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmWzMsPediU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Free from the Shadow: Samurai Fantasy Session 3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 04:15:00 +0000

The clans attempt to progress the Emperor's project and complete their own agendas. Asuka leads an expedition to find a lost shugenja. This is an adaptation of Free from the Yoke for samurai fantasy play. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Shared Hearth, our open gaming weekend, November 10-12th https://openhearthgaming.com/shared-hearth

More on this hack: https://www.ageofravensgames.com/blog/free-from-the-shadow-samurai-clan-fantasy

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg.bsky.social
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCYDE3CiLRA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Solar Blades and Cosmic Spells 03

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 17:30:00 +0000

The universe is in collapse, as planets and systems struggle for freedom under the rule of sinister despots. Against the malevolent sorcery of the Overlords stand the few remaining bearers of the legendary Solar Blades.

What will you do when the forces of the Void close in?

Solar Blades & Cosmic Spells is a rules light, Star & Sorcery Role Playing Game with an Old School spirit. This is a complete Role Playing Game, inspired by the Old School Renaissance, Pulp Literature and the many Science Fantasy stories brought to us by movies, comics, and games.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By0rdpZ8qac ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Impossible Landscapes 11 (of 12)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 09:10:00 +0000

As the agents search for the Hotel Broadalbin, Carcosa's influence grows and their enemies close in.

This series was organised as part of the Open Hearth Gaming Community. For more information, check out https://openhearthgaming.com/.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3Fi-BxnK74 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eotenweard - Northumbria (Session 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 19:49:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a session in a longish series of Eotenweard, his own PbtA game-nearing-the-end-of-development of Dark Age Heroes protecting the innocent from a growing Darkness.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...)
The Heroes follow the line of retreat of the Gwynedd warband they defeated and arrive at the Christian settlement of Brangarw where demonic flames have consumed the church but left a messianic priest unharmed. Exhausted villagers are energized by a fervour explained when a wolf visits to a dangerous bog. Then there's a sign of the Old Gods and a conspiracy is revealed before a Sword of God defies his maker ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_2EZJkaUKE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Introduction to Playing at the Hearth

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 15:24:34 +0000

Welcome to Playing at the Hearth, a podcast of session recordings from online roleplaying and story games played with the Open Hearth Gaming Community. Each podcast episode is the full recorded audio from an online game session organized through the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. You can find more information about the Open Hearth Gaming Community, including how to join us to play in games just like these, at openhearthgaming.com. Hope to see you there!

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl By Moonlight: Divine Engines Session 2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 04:32:00 +0000

We play out our first mission for this series of Girl By Moonlight: On a Sea of Stars. They battle and then decompress, coming to terms with what they have to do. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Shared Hearth, our open gaming weekend, November 10-12th (signups begin October 24th) https://openhearthgaming.com/shared-hearth

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg.bsky.social
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ2mMN2FAus ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Yokai: Session 2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 23:58:00 +0000

We begin play for this modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, Grimm, and more. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Shared Hearth, our open gaming weekend, November 10-12th (signups begin October 24th) https://openhearthgaming.com/shared-hearth

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg.bsky.social
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKAr1ELzJ34 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek: Fate of the Quadrant (Session 5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 14:26:00 +0000

Free from the Shadow: Samurai Fantasy Session 2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 04:30:00 +0000

Following the Emperor's Winter Court we check in with the clans. Then we move on to our first zoom in for the characters. This is an adaptation of Free from the Yoke for samurai fantasy play. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Shared Hearth, our open gaming weekend, November 10-12th (signups begin October 24th) https://openhearthgaming.com/shared-hearth

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg.bsky.social
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf0hviz6V5w ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Mecha Hack: Ares Station Q – S02 (actual play)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 04:34:00 +0000

Hoy en Hora de Roleo, otra partida en inglés, jugamos The Mecha Hack! un juego sobre pilotos atrapados a mitad de la guerra en Ares 317, el sistema más recientemente colonizado por el Colectivo.

Les pilotos son enviados a encargarse de un nido de Kaiju cercano a la estación Q, Durante el ataque varios de los huevos de Kaiju eclosionan y contra atacan. Al mismo tiempo un sonido extraño anuncia que algo misterioso está a punto de aparecer sobre sus cabezas.

English:
Today in Hora de Roleo we play The Mecha Hack! a game about pilots trapped in the middle of a war in Ares 317, the system most recently colonized by The Collective.

The Pilots are sent to deal with a Kaiju nest nearby to Station Q. During the attack several of the eggs hatch and start to fight back, costing blood, oil and steel to the pilots. Meanwhile a mysterious sound announces something is about about to show up over the heads of the Pilots

---

Los Pilotos son: Travis, Steven Alligator y Bryan
Narrado y producido por: Anya

Hora de roleo es parte de https://darkade.quest

---

Puedes contribuir directamente a Hora de Roleo en https://www.paypal.me/darkade

Si quieres jugar una sesión narrada por Anya puedes encontrarla en https://startplaying.games/gm/darkade

---

The Mecha Hack es una publicación de Absolute Tabletop
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/242856/The-Mecha-Hack?affiliate_id=435266

Las imágenes de fondo son tomadas de la librería espacial de imágenes de la Nasa y de Alla Kamzova, guille pozzi y Johannes Plenio en Unsplash. Los marcos son inspirados por cajas de modelos de Gundam y creadas por Anya

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1Gd4um5dGQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Impossible Landscapes 10 (of 12)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 15 Oct 2023 10:06:00 +0000

The agents are badly hurt and on the run, hoping to find safety and treatment at the Dorchester House. They soon find the hospital has its own secrets and dangers.

This series was organised as part of the Open Hearth Gaming Community. For more information, check out https://openhearthgaming.com/.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WomhzZMyRfE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Solar Blades and Cosmic Spells 02

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 14 Oct 2023 19:15:00 +0000

The universe is in collapse, as planets and systems struggle for freedom under the rule of sinister despots. Against the malevolent sorcery of the Overlords stand the few remaining bearers of the legendary Solar Blades.

What will you do when the forces of the Void close in?

Solar Blades & Cosmic Spells is a rules light, Star & Sorcery Role Playing Game with an Old School spirit. This is a complete Role Playing Game, inspired by the Old School Renaissance, Pulp Literature and the many Science Fantasy stories brought to us by movies, comics, and games.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR-X7vb3ZX0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eotenweard - Northumbria (Session 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 08:37:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a session first in a longish series of Eotenweard, his own PbtA game-nearing-the-end-of-development of Dark Age Heroes protecting the innocent from a growing Darkness.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...)
Having dispatched a water drake in the Sinister Fen near Thrydingas, Cadoc prays, Fynn recovers, and Solinus searches for his axe, while Black Jell uses the eye of the monster to divine the true path towards the slave girl Efa who ran away during the fight. There's an isolated Fenlander village, the sign of the cross, and a Loon hidden and waiting. Then ... a lying elder, the girl at risk, and two transformations ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3QgXu1zBBY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Girl By Moonlight: Divine Engines Session 1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 13:14:00 +0000

We finish out building our characters and world for this series of Girl By Moonlight: On a Sea of Stars. Then we begin play and see the circumstances of these young mecha pilots and the pressure they're under. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Shared Hearth, our open gaming weekend, November 10-12th (signups begin October 24th) https://openhearthgaming.com/shared-hearth

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg.bsky.social
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20ZEmWBwN_w ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek: Fate of the Quadrant (Session 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 09:16:00 +0000

Hearts of Yokai: Session 1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 23:40:00 +0000

We begin play for this modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, Grimm, and more. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Shared Hearth, our open gaming weekend, November 10-12th (signups begin October 24th) https://openhearthgaming.com/shared-hearth

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg.bsky.social
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqyh4Q3JJs4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Free from the Shadow: Samurai Fantasy Session 1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 17:32:00 +0000

We work through character creation and final world details in the first half and then move to the first Winter Court. This is an adaptation of Free from the Yoke for samurai fantasy play. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Shared Hearth, our open gaming weekend, November 10-12th (signups begin October 24th) https://openhearthgaming.com/shared-hearth

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg.bsky.social
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vIhIdNdAxk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS: Demigods 02

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 08 Oct 2023 18:29:00 +0000

(SPOILERS FOR THOR RAGNAROK AHEAD!!!!)

After Odin passed on, Hela returned to Asgard. She was, in a word, pissed. The citizens of Asgard tried to defeat her, including the Warriors Three, legendary heroes of the city. Hela straight-up murdered them all. It wasn't even close.

Thor returned to Asgard and fought Hela, but in the end, Asgard was destroyed and many, many people died. The refugees, including you, fled to Earth and established New Asgard. Thor left, again, with King Valkyrie, on a quest to save a bunch of New Asgardian children. Valkyrie returned with the children, but Thor didn't.

Oh, and Enchantress convinced some heroes to bring Skurge back from Helheim and they're... around.

Which brings us to now.

(Okay, spoilers over)

Life on Midgard isn't terrible. The tourism is profitable, if a bit annoying (they always want selfies, and no, you don't know where Mjolnir went, thank you very much). But somewhere deep inside, you crave adventure!

Turns out there's an opening for warriors. Three openings, actually.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcbNQPh6dgA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Solar Blades and Cosmic Spells 01

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 07 Oct 2023 19:21:00 +0000

The universe is in collapse, as planets and systems struggle for freedom under the rule of sinister despots. Against the malevolent sorcery of the Overlords stand the few remaining bearers of the legendary Solar Blades.

What will you do when the forces of the Void close in?

Solar Blades & Cosmic Spells is a rules light, Star & Sorcery Role Playing Game with an Old School spirit. This is a complete Role Playing Game, inspired by the Old School Renaissance, Pulp Literature and the many Science Fantasy stories brought to us by movies, comics, and games.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCyTr9R2wkg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Impossible Landscapes 9 (of 12)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 07 Oct 2023 04:38:00 +0000

The agents discover a missing room, and learn some more about the history of The King In Yellow. Then they head to a fateful debriefing at Trivellino Mall, learning things they will soon wish they had never discovered.

This series was organised as part of the Open Hearth Gaming Community. For more information, check out https://openhearthgaming.com/.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQhD0DmVl_I ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Eotenweard - Northumbria (Session 1)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 12:41:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the first in a longish series of Eotenweard, his own PbtA game-nearing-the-end-of-development of Dark Age Heroes protecting the innocent from a growing Darkness.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...)
We meet Black Jell, the Loon, with a single wandering eye who was brought to the others by a vision of blood; Solinus, the Rogue, who sees his Gift as evidence that he may matter to God; Cadog of the Order of St Adrian, the Sword of God who was told those he met at a cross-roads were worthy; and Fynn, a Skinchanger who recognized the others having previously dreamed of them. Together they have been drawn to the once thriving settlement of Thrydingas beside a river now clogged by rotting fish, something Cadog's Order says is 'demon-sign'. The villagers mark their huts with protective wards but they clearly desire the opportunity to return to fishing, while their naive Lord prefers to listen to stories ...
There's more rotting fish, projectile vomiting, and a slave girl's fear ... and then ... a lurking threat in a sinister fen ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK-WVO-K9LA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek: Fate of the Quadrant (Session 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 12:13:00 +0000

Girl By Moonlight: Divine Engines Session 0

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 04:30:00 +0000

We work through series creation for On a Sea of Stars from Girl By Moonlight and get started on characters. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

Shared Hearth, our open gaming weekend, November 10-12th (signups begin October 24th) https://openhearthgaming.com/shared-hearth

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg.bsky.social
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CfF5pspJQU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Yokai: Session 0

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 23:41:00 +0000

We work through city and character creation creation in the session zero for this modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, Grimm, and more. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Shared Hearth, our open gaming weekend, November 10-12th (signups begin October 24th) https://openhearthgaming.com/shared-hearth

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg.bsky.social
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5WDLarsDLE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Free from the Shadow: Samurai Fantasy Session 0

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 13:36:00 +0000

We work through World and Clan creation in the session zero for this adaptation of Free from the Yoke for samurai fantasy play. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Shared Hearth, our open gaming weekend, November 10-12th (signups begin October 24th) https://openhearthgaming.com/shared-hearth

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg.bsky.social
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRoEz7EPbc8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Mecha Hack: Ares Station Q – S01 (actual play)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 03:46:00 +0000

Hoy en Hora de Roleo, otra partida en inglés, jugamos The Mecha Hack! un juego sobre pilotos atrapados a mitad de la guerra en Ares 317, el sistema más recientemente colonizado por el Colectivo.

Los Pilotos están estacionados hace unos meses en Ares Outpost Q, el más lejano outpost del planeta protegiendo una serie de minas de Aluminio Transparente, material utilizado por el Colectivo para crear mucha de la infraestructura galáctica. Pero no están solos, los Kaiju acechan por todos lados.

English:
Today in Roleo Time, another game in English, we play The Mecha Hack! a game about pilots trapped in the middle of a war in Ares 317, the system most recently colonized by The Collective.

The Pilots have been stationed for a few months at Ares Outpost Q, the farthest outpost on the planet protecting a series of Transparent Aluminum mines, material used by the Collective to create much of the galactic infrastructure. But they are not alone, Kaiju lurk everywhere.

---

Los Pilotos son: Travis, Steven Alligator y Bryan
Narrado y producido por: Anya

Hora de roleo es parte de https://darkade.quest

---

Puedes contribuir directamente a Hora de Roleo en https://www.paypal.me/darkade

Si quieres jugar una sesión narrada por Anya puedes encontrarla en https://startplaying.games/gm/darkade

---

The Mecha Hack es una publicación de Absolute Tabletop
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/242856/The-Mecha-Hack?affiliate_id=435266

Las imágenes de fondo son tomadas de la librería espacial de imágenes de la nasa. Los marcos son inspirados por cajas de modelos de Gundam y craedas por Anya

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4b6zZ0qJM8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS : Demigods 01

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 16:31:00 +0000

(SPOILERS FOR THOR RAGNAROK AHEAD!!!!)

After Odin passed on, Hela returned to Asgard. She was, in a word, pissed. The citizens of Asgard tried to defeat her, including the Warriors Three, legendary heroes of the city. Hela straight-up murdered them all. It wasn't even close.

Thor returned to Asgard and fought Hela, but in the end, Asgard was destroyed and many, many people died. The refugees, including you, fled to Earth and established New Asgard. Thor left, again, with King Valkyrie, on a quest to save a bunch of New Asgardian children. Valkyrie returned with the children, but Thor didn't.

Oh, and Enchantress convinced some heroes to bring Skurge back from Helheim and they're... around.

Which brings us to now.

(Okay, spoilers over)

Life on Midgard isn't terrible. The tourism is profitable, if a bit annoying (they always want selfies, and no, you don't know where Mjolnir went, thank you very much). But somewhere deep inside, you crave adventure!

Turns out there's an opening for warriors. Three openings, actually.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edqBppT6EYY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: OSR 5 in 1 - Spacers

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 18:56:00 +0000

It's a weird experiment where we play five different OSR RPG systems using the same (mostly the same) PCs.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZPjddu5BKA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Capitalites (5 of 5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 15:31:00 +0000

The world of Capitalites is one marked by hipster cafes with exposed brick walls, clout-chasing social media influencers, walk of shames, sweat-soaked nightclubs, and startup offices led by loudmouthed entrepreneurs spitting inspirational quotes.

It’s a diverse and chaotic subtle asian world where we (young people) find ourselves trapped between the burdens of tradition and their our own lofty aspirations and ideals... where we fuck and get fucked... where everyone always wants to be someone else... and where we grapple with the choice of becoming boring, responsible adults or staying young and staying foolish.

Fight your insecurities. Pursue your ambitions. Give into the drama.
Struggle between who you are and who you want to be.
Grow the fuck up.
Welcome to the real world baby! Welcome to Capitalites.

We play using the EMOTIONALLY REPRESSED THEATRE CLUB series pitch.

00:00:00 Introductions
00:02:30 Episode 5 - Writer's Room
00:07:00 Piercing Questions
00:15:40 Plot Summaries
00:19:15 Scene 1 - Salman & Camilla wrestle with production issues
00:30:25 Scene 2 - Camilla checks in with Ami
00:44:55 Scene 3 - Salman & Charlie clash, big-time!
01:03:35 Scene 4 - Ami packs up her stuff and meets with Salman
01:22:40 Scene 5 - Things unravel for the production
01:57:25 Scene 6 - Salman convinces Camilla to fix everything...
02:12:15 Opening Night Montage
02:17:10 Epilogues

Capitalites is by Samuel Mui and is available here https://babblegumsam.itch.io/capitalites

Background thumbnail image by Nitin Mathew https://unsplash.com/@nitin_mathew

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3Z6ahqAugg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Numberless Secrets: Series II Ep. 11 Finale

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 15:17:00 +0000

The second series of Numberless Secrets, ttrpg mystery stories for Hearts of Wulin, in the vein of Ancient Detective, Young Sherlock, and Detective Di. Darker secrets get revealed and tensions rise. In this finale, our heroes reveal the truth and face enemies most dire.

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg.bsky.social
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community. Find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

You can also check out my site at ageofravensgames.com.

Hearts of Wulin is available at https://bit.ly/3PLNsgf
The rules for mysteries, inspired by Apocalypse Keys, can be found in Hearts of Wulin: Worlds (along with new settings, ideas, and a new playbook). Find that here: https://bit.ly/3JIt

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-7nDHr8ySg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Veil Iterations: Nonesuch (Session 6: Finale)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 00:30:00 +0000

We get into play with our quarterly campaign of The Veil: Iterations, a 1.5 hack of this PbtA game of cyberpunk roleplaying. Continue with our characters dealing with their personal lives and entanglements.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLp--jGCRLk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Free from the Shadow: Samurai Fantasy Free from the Yoke S4

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 00:25:00 +0000

We final our first playtest of this adaptation of Free from the Yoke for samurai fantasy play. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg.bsky.social
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PNGgKXfHcE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS Guardians of the Galaxy Aux 03

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 24 Sep 2023 21:54:00 +0000

After the events of Guardians of the Galaxy, vol. 3, the remaining Guardians have decided to establish a secondary team.

For this series, I'll be using the RPG Impulse Drive. In Impulse Drive, you'll play a crew of misfits and scoundrels living a life of danger and adventure as they explore space and try to make their ship a home in a technicolor sea of stars. Fight dangerous organizations, investigate unnerving mysteries, and find trouble in a game that rewards you when your characters face their shortcomings. Grow your characters and ship with new gear and abilities as you discover and create the universe together, as a group.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgThWLzkrkg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Dreamspace Part 2 (Alternate setting of Hillfolk TTRPG/hack of DramaSystem)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 24 Sep 2023 21:00:00 +0000

Memories of the past intrude, and scenes play out as it is decided to go on an Above mission to clear the obstacle to the Endymion's journey, but strange turns outside of the ship surprise the mission crew, as we conclude the brief slice-of-life in the Dreamspace.

This is an actual-play of Dreamspace, a surreal alternate setting in Hillfolk, a tabletop roleplaying game, using hacked DramaSystem mechanics, done as a two-shot.
Note: This was a further exploration of characters, not played with rules as written.
[I read it as Dream*scape* when I first saw it, so the title has been interchangeable in my head ever since. --mads]

Dreamspace is written by Keith Baker. Hillfolk, with Dreamspace and other alternate scenarios, is available through Pelgrane Press: https://pelgranepress.com/hillfolk/

Emma Thomas, a religious passenger - Mona
Dr. Emily Wells, designer of The Endymion - Rod S
FETCH, a Dream AI and ship go-fer - David MK
Game Moderator (GM) - Madelancholy

Played with the Gauntlet/Open Hearth Gaming community
Recorded July 2, 2022

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjGcWxsjxuo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Capitalites (4 of 5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 23 Sep 2023 15:05:00 +0000

The world of Capitalites is one marked by hipster cafes with exposed brick walls, clout-chasing social media influencers, walk of shames, sweat-soaked nightclubs, and startup offices led by loudmouthed entrepreneurs spitting inspirational quotes.

It’s a diverse and chaotic subtle asian world where we (young people) find ourselves trapped between the burdens of tradition and their our own lofty aspirations and ideals... where we fuck and get fucked... where everyone always wants to be someone else... and where we grapple with the choice of becoming boring, responsible adults or staying young and staying foolish.

Fight your insecurities. Pursue your ambitions. Give into the drama.
Struggle between who you are and who you want to be.
Grow the fuck up.
Welcome to the real world baby! Welcome to Capitalites.

We play using the EMOTIONALLY REPRESSED THEATRE CLUB series pitch.

00:00:00 Introductions
00:02:44 Episode 4 - Writer's Room
00:07:40 Piercing Questions
00:15:30 Plot Summaries
00:19:10 Scene 1 - Whose idea was it to cast Charlie?
00:26:30 Scene 2 - Charlie & Ami play through a break up
00:47:05 Scene 3 - Camilla directs McLaren, plus an acoustic surprise
01:15:15 Scene 4 - Ami meets the cynical writer, a promising prospect
01:33:45 Scene 5 - Salman bumps into Charlie, with predictable results
01:41:35 Scene 6 - Ami finally goes home to almost break up with Charlie
01:55:05 Scene 7 - Salman talks to Ami, wondering if there's a chance

Capitalites is by Samuel Mui and is available here https://babblegumsam.itch.io/capitalites

Background thumbnail image by Nitin Mathew https://unsplash.com/@nitin_mathew

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20NtYAVZ-6g ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Numberless Secrets: Series II Ep. 10

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 16:15:00 +0000

The second series of Numberless Secrets, ttrpg mystery stories for Hearts of Wulin, in the vein of Ancient Detective, Young Sherlock, and Detective Di. Darker secrets get revealed and tensions rise. The group begins to realize the gravity of the affairs they have enmeshed themselves in. .

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg.bsky.social
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community. Find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

You can also check out my site at ageofravensgames.com.

Hearts of Wulin is available at https://bit.ly/3PLNsgf
The rules for mysteries, inspired by Apocalypse Keys, can be found in Hearts of Wulin: Worlds (along with new settings, ideas, and a new playbook). Find that here: https://bit.ly/3JIt

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGeWX7NfhG4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Free from the Shadow: Samurai Fantasy Free from the Yoke S3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 16:10:00 +0000

We continue our playtest of this adaptation of Free from the Yoke for samurai fantasy play. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg.bsky.social
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqnXkj3vtvA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Veil Iterations: Nonesuch (Session 5.5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 16:01:00 +0000

A shorter session as we had a couple of players out.

We get into play with our quarterly campaign of The Veil: Iterations, a 1.5 hack of this PbtA game of cyberpunk roleplaying. Continue with our characters dealing with their personal lives and entanglements.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VknPuC366Cw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek: Fate of the Quadrant (Session 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 15:42:00 +0000

Dreamspace Part 1 (Alternate setting of Hillfolk TTRPG/hack of DramaSystem)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 23:47:00 +0000

The crew and passengers of The Endymion are halted in their journey as there are difficulties Above, and possibly those Below, affecting their passage through Dreamspace. This is an actual-play of Dreamspace, a surreal alternate setting in Hillfolk, a tabletop roleplaying game, using hacked DramaSystem mechanics, done as a two-shot.
[I read it as Dream*scape* when I first saw it, so the title has been interchangeable in my head ever since. --mads]

Dreamspace is written by Keith Baker. Hillfolk, with Dreamspace and other alternate scenarios, is available through Pelgrane Press: https://pelgranepress.com/hillfolk/

Captain Gordon, former Head Engineer - Gareth
Emma Thomas, a religious passenger - Mona
Dr. Emily Wells, designer of The Endymion - Rod S
FETCH, a Dream AI and ship go-fer - David MK
Game Moderator (GM) - Madelancholy

Played with the Gauntlet/Open Hearth Gaming community
Recorded June 25, 2022

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyUsuP5YXR8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS Guardians of the Galaxy Aux 02

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 21:46:00 +0000

After the events of Guardians of the Galaxy, vol. 3, the remaining Guardians have decided to establish a secondary team.

For this series, I'll be using the RPG Impulse Drive. In Impulse Drive, you'll play a crew of misfits and scoundrels living a life of danger and adventure as they explore space and try to make their ship a home in a technicolor sea of stars. Fight dangerous organizations, investigate unnerving mysteries, and find trouble in a game that rewards you when your characters face their shortcomings. Grow your characters and ship with new gear and abilities as you discover and create the universe together, as a group.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoF4ynjvgLI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS Hit the Streets 11 - The End

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 18:46:00 +0000

It's the end of a street-level supers game set in the MCU - Bushwick, Brooklyn

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQw1VhT7ufQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: OSR 5 in 1 - X-Plorers

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 16 Sep 2023 23:35:00 +0000

It's a weird experiment where we play five different OSR RPG systems using the same (mostly the same) PCs.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kviE4mBVuA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Capitalites (3 of 5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 16 Sep 2023 15:15:00 +0000

Impossible Landscapes 8 (of 12)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 16 Sep 2023 12:32:00 +0000

Are the agents working for Delta Green, or have they been unknowingly recruited by an enemy agent? Is Delta Green trying to help them or planning or kill them? Are the missing agents still alive? What connects the demons of the Ars Goetia to the King in Yellow? The agents are forced to take drastic action as they try to get to the bottom of their many questions.

This series was organised as part of the Open Hearth Gaming Community. For more information, check out https://openhearthgaming.com/.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu8ll5rKOoE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Numberless Secrets: Series II Ep. 9

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 16 Sep 2023 04:23:00 +0000

The second series of Numberless Secrets, ttrpg mystery stories for Hearts of Wulin, in the vein of Ancient Detective, Young Sherlock, and Detective Di. The group investigates the death of a librarian in the Empress Dowager's retinue, discovering that she was poisoned by a mismarked scroll. The plot thickens and the group discover the victims role as an Imperial Agent and the existence of a former agent who ought to have been executed.

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg.bsky.social
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community. Find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

You can also check out my site at ageofravensgames.com.

Hearts of Wulin is available at https://bit.ly/3PLNsgf
The rules for mysteries, inspired by Apocalypse Keys, can be found in Hearts of Wulin: Worlds (along with new settings, ideas, and a new playbook). Find that here: https://bit.ly/3JItU8E

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGm8JKn8H40 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Free from the Shadow: Samurai Fantasy Free from the Yoke S2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 00:23:00 +0000

We continue our playtest of this adaptation of Free from the Yoke for samurai fantasy play. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg.bsky.social
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkyY8dRCmKY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Exquisite Corpse: An Art Installation by the Exquisite Society (5e actual play, S02)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 04:32:00 +0000

Hoy en Hora de Roleo, el primer actual play en inglés del canal, jugamos: Exquisite Corpse, an Art Installation by the Exquisite Society, una aventura que co-escribí y que publicamos recientemente.

Esta es una colección de mini aventuras que hicimos con la técnica creativa del cadaver exquisito, en la que siete autores diferentes acordamos ciertos elementos temáticos comunes, hicimos aventuras separadas y luego encontramos conexiones entre ellas.

Encuentra Exquisite Corpse en https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/419562/Exquisite-Corpse-An-Art-Installation-by-the-Exquisite-Society?affiliate_id=435266

English:
Today in Hora de Roleo, the first Actual Play in English for the channel, we play: Exquisite Corpse, an Art Installation by the Exquisite Society, an adventure I co-wrote and was recently published.

This is a collection of mini adventures we made using the exquisite corpse creative technique. Seven different authors agreed on certain common thematic elements, wrote on isolation and later found the connections in the works.

Find Exquisite Corpse at https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/419562/Exquisite-Corpse-An-Art-Installation-by-the-Exquisite-Society?affiliate_id=435266

---

Les jugadores son: Brandon y David
Narrado y producido por: Anya

Hora de roleo es parte de General Nerdness por @darkade

---

Puedes contribuir directamente a Hora de Roleo en https://www.paypal.me/darkade

Si quieres jugar una sesión narrada por Anya puedes encontrarla en https://startplaying.games/gm/darkade

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NLDShttDoc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS Hit the Streets 10, part 2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 17:09:00 +0000

It's a street-level supers game set in the MCU - Bushwick, Brooklyn

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8cVb0J5h6g ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS Hit the Streets 10, part 1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 16:41:00 +0000

It's a street-level supers game set in the MCU - Bushwick, Brooklyn

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ocOez6kyHc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: OSR 5 in 1 - White Star

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 19:00:00 +0000

It's a weird experiment where we play five different OSR RPG systems using the same (mostly the same) PCs.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7sWgapckds ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Capitalites (2 of 5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 15:35:00 +0000

The world of Capitalites is one marked by hipster cafes with exposed brick walls, clout-chasing social media influencers, walk of shames, sweat-soaked nightclubs, and startup offices led by loudmouthed entrepreneurs spitting inspirational quotes.

It’s a diverse and chaotic subtle asian world where we (young people) find ourselves trapped between the burdens of tradition and their our own lofty aspirations and ideals... where we fuck and get fucked... where everyone always wants to be someone else... and where we grapple with the choice of becoming boring, responsible adults or staying young and staying foolish.

Fight your insecurities. Pursue your ambitions. Give into the drama.
Struggle between who you are and who you want to be.
Grow the fuck up.
Welcome to the real world baby! Welcome to Capitalites.

We play using the EMOTIONALLY REPRESSED THEATRE CLUB series pitch.

00:00:00 Introductions
00:02:53 Episode 2 - Writer’s Room
00:11:07 Piercing Questions
00:21:00 Plot Summaries
00:28:40 Scene 1 - Casting Calls
00:39:00 Scene 2 - 'Just an aside'
00:55:00 Scene 3 - Special Guest Star!
01:11:16 Scene 4 - A Quiet Chat
01:19:27 Scene 5 - "You can thank me later"

Capitalites is by Samuel Mui and is available here https://babblegumsam.itch.io/capitalites

Background thumbnail image by Nitin Mathew https://unsplash.com/@nitin_mathew

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koLg-3Kg0U4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Impossible Landscapes 7 (of 12)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 02:51:00 +0000

With two players away, we follow Agents Rembrandt and Flicker as they visit an unusual support group and begin to suspect they may not be working for Delta Green after all.

This series was organised as part of the Open Hearth Gaming Community. For more information, check out https://openhearthgaming.com/.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-KP82txCDY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Impossible Landscapes 6 (of 12)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 02:25:00 +0000

It's 2015 and most of these investigators thought they'd put Delta Green behind them years ago. But a strange invitation and a barely veiled threat draws them right back in, on the trail of another group of agents who have inexplicably vanished from a psychiatric hospital.

This series was organised as part of the Open Hearth Gaming Community. For more information, check out https://openhearthgaming.com/.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7S531lvlVk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek: Fate of the Quadrant (Session 1)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 15:43:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a session of his own Fate hack inspired by Star Trek Adventures (STA from Modiphius).
This session was organized as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...).
Captain's Log - Stardate 48011.9 - Commander Prel reporting: We're two months out from Mars and the crew are proving satisfactory while the Montgomery's systems are nominal.
We will arrive at Farius VIII-B later today and I hope to be on our way again within 24 hours. We're carrying a consignment of equipment to a dilithium mining operation with which the Federation has signed a supply contract. Our cargo is the first instalment of Starfleet's payment and will increase production while improving safety. In return we'll collect much needed dilithium for the ships patrolling the Cardassian DMZ, along with the Federation trade envoy who negotiated the agreement.
The system sits just outside Federation space and Farius Prime is under the control of the Orion Syndicate. However, reports suggest they are content to focus on vice and trade. Our destination is the airless second moon of Farius VIII, a Jovian out on the fringe of the system; far enough from the Orions that I don't expect any trouble from them.
Then, there's a breached dome, a surprise for one of the crew, and Pakleds ... phasers are set to stun (or not) and miners to rescue ... before the Pakleds head towards Farius Prime with a hold full of stolen dilithium ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0AaUoaF8Lo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek: Fate of the Quadrant (Session Zero)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 12:58:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a session of his own Fate hack inspired by Star Trek Adventures (STA from Modiphius).
This session was organized as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...).
In this Session Zero we create the senior crew and their ship for a quarterly series of this Fate hack. We use a LifePath approach to character generation modelled on STA, rather than the usual typical Fate skill point allocation.
Our Senior Helm Officer, Lieutenant V'Sal, is a Vulcan with a wandering mind who has embraced V'tosh ka'tur at the cost of his relationships with family and Vulcan expectations.
Our Chief of Operations is a battle hardened human engineering officer freed from the Borg who none-the-less maintains a designation 733T and may be the reason the Borg appeared at Wolf 359.
Then there's Lieutenant (JG) Rusu, our Caitian Senior Science Officer, who loves to work out how things work and how the pieces fit together; including, perhaps both 733T and the ship's doctor.
Our Security Chief, an Andorian Lieutenant Thj'shialnehr, will arrive later in the series but his record suggests he may have a more conciliatory approach to his job than might be expected of a typical Andorian.
Finally, and possibly most unusually, we discover that Starfleet's Core of Engineers have been developing the Emergency Medical Hologram installed in the Intrepid and Nova classes into a fully independent and functional 'Command Officer', so that our 'Doctor' also fills the role of the ship's First Officer.
These, then, are the Main Crew Characters of the USS Montgomery (NX-72532), an experimental Nova-class refit named for one of Starfleet's greatest engineers, and intended to test various prototypes in the field. How long that trial continues, may depend on our NPC Captain, the taciturn Commander Jorzan Prel, a Joined Trill nearing the end of a career that has left his somewhat disillusioned ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ7-dgdhTAM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Numberless Secrets: Series II Ep. 8

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 04:36:00 +0000

The second series of Numberless Secrets, ttrpg mystery stories for Hearts of Wulin, in the vein of Ancient Detective, Young Sherlock, and Detective Di. Our heroes attend a dinner given by the Empress Dowager. When the festivities are interrupted by an attempted poisoning, our detectives take charge-- only to discover another murder has occurred.

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg.bsky.social
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community. Find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

You can also check out my site at ageofravensgames.com.

Hearts of Wulin is available at https://bit.ly/3PLNsgf
The rules for mysteries, inspired by Apocalypse Keys, can be found in Hearts of Wulin: Worlds (along with new settings, ideas, and a new playbook). Find that here: https://bit.ly/3JItU8E

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uKS-rTQnnI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Free from the Shadow: Samurai Fantasy Free from the Yoke S1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 23:16:00 +0000

We continue our playtest of this adaptation of Free from the Yoke for samurai fantasy play. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg.bsky.social
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q8Da560-GY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Exquisite Corpse: An Art Installation by the Exquisite Society (5e actual play, S01)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 17:21:00 +0000

Hoy en Hora de Roleo, el primer actual play en inglés del canal, jugamos: Exquisite Corpse, an Art Installation by the Exquisite Society, una aventura que co-escribí y que publicamos recientemente.

Esta es una colección de mini aventuras que hicimos con la técnica creativa del cadaver exquisito, en la que siete autores diferentes acordamos ciertos elementos temáticos comunes, hicimos aventuras separadas y luego encontramos conexiones entre ellas.

Encuentra Exquisite Corpse en https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/419562/Exquisite-Corpse-An-Art-Installation-by-the-Exquisite-Society?affiliate_id=435266

[Hay un problema de audio que se corrige en algún momento después de 10 minutos, no se qué pasó]

English:
Today in Hora de Roleo, the first Actual Play in English for the channel, we play: Exquisite Corpse, an Art Installation by the Exquisite Society, an adventure I co-wrote and was recently published.

This is a collection of mini adventures we made using the exquisite corpse creative technique. Seven different authors agreed on certain common thematic elements, wrote on isolation and later found the connections in the works.

Find Exquisite Corpse at https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/419562/Exquisite-Corpse-An-Art-Installation-by-the-Exquisite-Society?affiliate_id=435266

[There's an audio problem that corrects itself at some point after the 10 minute mark. I'm not sure what happened]

---

Les jugadores son: Brandon y David
Narrado y producido por: Anya

Hora de roleo es parte de General Nerdness por @darkade

---

Puedes contribuir directamente a Hora de Roleo en https://www.paypal.me/darkade

Si quieres jugar una sesión narrada por Anya puedes encontrarla en https://startplaying.games/gm/darkade

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ssp3Pjk8LPc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Veil Iterations: Nonesuch (Session 5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 04:02:00 +0000

We get into play with our quarterly campaign of The Veil: Iterations, a 1.5 hack of this PbtA game of cyberpunk roleplaying. Continue with our characters dealing with their personal lives and entanglements.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPDjxnr-aio ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS Guardians of the Galaxy Aux 01

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 21:33:00 +0000

After the events of Guardians of the Galaxy, vol. 3, the remaining Guardians have decided to establish a secondary team.

For this series, I'll be using the RPG Impulse Drive. In Impulse Drive, you'll play a crew of misfits and scoundrels living a life of danger and adventure as they explore space and try to make their ship a home in a technicolor sea of stars. Fight dangerous organizations, investigate unnerving mysteries, and find trouble in a game that rewards you when your characters face their shortcomings. Grow your characters and ship with new gear and abilities as you discover and create the universe together, as a group.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cGXCoGAOmE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS Hit the Streets 09

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 18:22:00 +0000

It's a street-level supers game set in the MCU - Bushwick, Brooklyn

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwA0cTazIfw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: OSR 5 in 1 - Star Dogs

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 18:45:00 +0000

It's a weird experiment where we play five different OSR RPG systems using the same (mostly the same) PCs.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5lqeKExnac ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Capitalites (1 of 5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 15:57:00 +0000

The world of Capitalites is one marked by hipster cafes with exposed brick walls, clout-chasing social media influencers, walk of shames, sweat-soaked nightclubs, and startup offices led by loudmouthed entrepreneurs spitting inspirational quotes.

It’s a diverse and chaotic subtle asian world where we (young people) find ourselves trapped between the burdens of tradition and their our own lofty aspirations and ideals... where we fuck and get fucked... where everyone always wants to be someone else... and where we grapple with the choice of becoming boring, responsible adults or staying young and staying foolish.

Fight your insecurities. Pursue your ambitions. Give into the drama.
Struggle between who you are and who you want to be.
Grow the fuck up.
Welcome to the real world baby! Welcome to Capitalites.

We play using the EMOTIONALLY REPRESSED THEATRE CLUB series pitch.

00:00:00 Introductions
00:01:52 Series Bible - Tone, Themes & Content Rating
00:11:40 Series Bible - Palette
00:26:10 Series Bible - The City
00:49:48 Characters Creation
01:10:00 Character Intro
01:18:00 Relationships
01:30:55 Piercing Questions
01:38:56 Episode 1 - Family Gathering

Capitalites is by Samuel Mui and is available here https://babblegumsam.itch.io/capitalites

Background thumbnail image by Nitin Mathew https://unsplash.com/@nitin_mathew

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IngMWCMnxGM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Numberless Secrets: Series II Ep. 7

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 04:23:00 +0000

The second series of Numberless Secrets, ttrpg mystery stories for Hearts of Wulin, in the vein of Ancient Detective, Young Sherlock, and Detective Di. Our heroes dig deeper into the mystery surrounding the Bureau of Legends, deal with the complexities of their own hearts, and find themselves invited to a dinner given by the Empress Dowager.

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg.bsky.social
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community. Find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

You can also check out my site at ageofravensgames.com.

Hearts of Wulin is available at https://bit.ly/3PLNsgf
The rules for mysteries, inspired by Apocalypse Keys, can be found in Hearts of Wulin: Worlds (along with new settings, ideas, and a new playbook). Find that here: https://bit.ly/3JItU8E

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEYesEDkQZ0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Free from the Shadow: Samurai Fantasy Free from the Yoke S0

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 00:04:00 +0000

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

Follow us on
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg.bsky.social
Substack https://openhearthrpg.substack.com/
DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtQKpAUWyYY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Impossible Landscapes 5 (of 12)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 12:34:00 +0000

In 1995, the agents enter the night floors for what will be the last time, experiencing unexpected revelations. Then we learn how the agents spend the next 20 years; relationships, therapy, prison and obsession.

This series was organised as part of the Open Hearth Gaming Community. For more information, check out https://openhearthgaming.com/.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCAssJvRck4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Veil Iterations: Nonesuch (Session 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 04:06:00 +0000

We get into play with our quarterly campaign of The Veil: Iterations, a 1.5 hack of this PbtA game of cyberpunk roleplaying. Continue with our characters dealing with their personal lives and entanglements.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfR2xfYgwng ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Public Access - Session Three - 2023-08-28

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 07:03:00 +0000

The House on Escondido Street, Part Two

Mike Ferdinando is the Keeper for Session Two of an ongoing series of Public Access, played with the Open Hearth Gaming Community. Kae, Steven and Brandon play our characters, the Deep Lake Latchkeys.

The Latchkeys Derek, Ry, and Thorn recover from witnessing a near-fatal stabbing in the former Rappaport residence and continue their investigations. Thorn and Derek have a heart-to-heart conversation. Ry gets into a bar fight. And they watch their first Odyssey Tape: A bizarre music video show from the 80s.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh2sfCK278I ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS Hit the Streets 08

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 27 Aug 2023 18:06:00 +0000

It's a street-level supers game set in the MCU - Bushwick, Brooklyn

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=konx7T23HEY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Dian Xin 02

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 19:51:00 +0000

In August for Star Wars Saturdays, I'm running a pair of Cyberpunk RPGs set on Carannia City (it's "my" Cyberpunk Star Wars world). The second is Diàn Xīn (电心) Electric Heart. Events from Broken Binary will affect and influence the setting of our Dian Xin game. However, you do not need to play in the Broken Binary series and you will NOT be playing the same character.

Dian Xin explores Cyberpunk through a Chinese diaspora lens. However, it is not a game specifically about being Chinese diaspora and you do not have to be Chinese diaspora to play this game.

To try and emulate some of the themes of Dian Xin, PCs will be non-humans living in an Imperial-dominated cyberpunk world.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmvZrgV7BVo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Dian Xin 01

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 13:35:00 +0000

In August for Star Wars Saturdays, I'm running a pair of Cyberpunk RPGs set on Carannia City (it's "my" Cyberpunk Star Wars world). The second is Diàn Xīn (电心) Electric Heart. Events from Broken Binary will affect and influence the setting of our Dian Xin game. However, you do not need to play in the Broken Binary series and you will NOT be playing the same character.

Dian Xin explores Cyberpunk through a Chinese diaspora lens. However, it is not a game specifically about being Chinese diaspora and you do not have to be Chinese diaspora to play this game.

To try and emulate some of the themes of Dian Xin, PCs will be non-humans living in an Imperial-dominated cyberpunk world.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o8XoOT2qlU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Numberless Secrets: Series II Ep. 6

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 04:44:00 +0000

The second series of Numberless Secrets, ttrpg mystery stories for Hearts of Wulin, in the vein of Ancient Detective, Young Sherlock, and Detective Di. With two victims now discovered, our investigators finally pull the pieces together to work out the links between the murders, the strange death & fire fifteen years ago, and the recent robberies.

The itch.io bundle mentioned in the video can be found here: https://itch.io/b/2007/blue-skies-bundle

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community. Find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

You can also check out my site at ageofravensgames.com.

Hearts of Wulin is available at https://bit.ly/3PLNsgf
The rules for mysteries, inspired by Apocalypse Keys, can be found in Hearts of Wulin: Worlds (along with new settings, ideas, and a new playbook). Find that here: https://bit.ly/3JItU8E

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPO6_7IrH4Q ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Public Access - Session Two - 2023-08-21

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 05:02:00 +0000

The House on Escondido Street, Part One

Mike Ferdinando is the Keeper for Session Two of an ongoing series of Public Access, played with the Open Hearth Gaming Community. Kae, Steven and Brandon play our characters, the Deep Lake Latchkeys.

The Latchkeys Derek, Ry, and Thorn agree to help their friend Casey Wilcox investigate what happened to the family of his childhood friend Elliott Rappaport: The whole family seemingly vanished from their home on 18 Escondido Street. But not everything in the abandoned house is as it appears...

0:00 - Introductions
6:15 - Safety Discussion
9:19 - Recap of the story so far
14:10 - Day Phase: Opening Question
18:20 - Scene 1: Rodenbecker Street
34:28 - Sidebar: Rules Discussion
37:29 - Scene 2: Argument at Rodenbecker Street
45:01 - Scene 3: Derek visits his grandparents
51:22 - Scene 4: Ry and Thorn at Escondido Street
1:06:24 - Scene 5: Derek goes through his grandfather's files
1:11:30 - Scene 6: Ry in the the living room in Escondido Street
1:25:31 - Scene 7: Thorn and Patience at the door
1:38:32 - Scene 8: Derek finds disturbing information
1:51:05 - Scene 9: Ry, Thorn, and Patience at Escondido Street
2:04:10 - Scene 10: Derek finds a clue
2:13:55 - Stinger Scene

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SrIoflWsCk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Impossible Landscapes 4 (of 12)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 12:46:00 +0000

Under pressure from their superiors to wrap up the investigation, the agents consider options from arson to demonology.

This series was organised as part of the Open Hearth Gaming Community. For more information, check out https://openhearthgaming.com/.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0cgMYaW_GQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS Hit the Streets 07

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 20 Aug 2023 18:41:00 +0000

It's a street-level supers game set in the MCU - Bushwick, Brooklyn

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ45NlI0Ej8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Veil Iterations: Nonesuch (Session 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 04:17:00 +0000

We get into play with our quarterly campaign of The Veil: Iterations, a 1.5 hack of this PbtA game of cyberpunk roleplaying. Continue with our characters dealing with their personal lives and entanglements.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLKvChP2Wa8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Public Access - Session One - 2023-08-14

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 04:07:00 +0000

Mike Ferdinando is the Keeper for Session One of an ongoing series of Public Access, played with the Open Hearth Gaming Community. Kae, Steven and Brandon play our characters, the Deep Lake Latchkeys.

It's 2004. Three people converge in the town of Deep Lake, New Mexico, to investigate what happened to TV Odyssey, an infamous local public access TV channel that mysteriously disappeared 20 years ago.

0:00 - Introductions
5:55 - CATS: Concept, Aim, Tone, Subject Matter
16:00 - Safety Practices discussion
26:15 - Rules Overview
33:12 - Character Creation
58:40 - Introducing our Characters
1:25:50 - Play Begins: Move-in Day
1:58:16 - Investigations Begin: Deep Lake Montage
2:04:38 - Presenting the Mystery: The House on Escondido Street
2:14:25 - Post-Credits Stinger

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn7TbD_DZ-M ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS Hit the Streets 06

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 13 Aug 2023 17:39:00 +0000

It's a street-level supers game set in the MCU - Bushwick, Brooklyn

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me4XAAsXPsU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Impossible Landscapes 3 (of 12)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 13 Aug 2023 04:13:00 +0000

After losing themselves in the night floors, the agents emerge to find the Macallistar and its residents also transformed after dark. They discover a way to communicate with an artist who won't speak, and Thomas Manuel encourages them to think outside the frame.

This series was organised as part of the Open Hearth Gaming Community. For more information, check out https://openhearthgaming.com/.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohDfMtUhQLI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Broken Binary

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 12 Aug 2023 19:32:00 +0000

In BROKEN BINARY, you play the role of cyber-enhanced security agents freed from normal protocol restrictions, straddling the line between military and vigilantes within a futuristic metropolis.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcBnd9Bdm9k ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Numberless Secrets: Series II Ep. 5

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 12:56:00 +0000

The second series of Numberless Secrets, ttrpg mystery stories for Hearts of Wulin, in the vein of Ancient Detective, Young Sherlock, and Detective Di. With two victims now discovered, our investigators finally pull the pieces together to work out the links between the murders, the strange death & fire fifteen years ago, and the recent robberies.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community. Find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

You can also check out my site at ageofravensgames.com.

Hearts of Wulin is available at https://bit.ly/3PLNsgf
The rules for mysteries, inspired by Apocalypse Keys, can be found in Hearts of Wulin: Worlds (along with new settings, ideas, and a new playbook). Find that here: https://bit.ly/3JItU8E

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ffcpn7EnFHU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Veil Iterations: Nonesuch (Session 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 15:23:00 +0000

We get into play with our quarterly campaign of The Veil: Iterations, a 1.5 hack of this PbtA game of cyberpunk roleplaying. We check in with three of our characters in the aftermath of a major incident.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVHPd9ELfVg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS Hit the Streets 05

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 06 Aug 2023 16:52:00 +0000

It's a street-level supers game set in the MCU - Bushwick, Brooklyn

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qupXy6q-yd8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

AV Club: Snowpiercer - Apocalypse World: Burned Over (4 of 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 19:43:00 +0000

"This is Snowpiercer. Around and around the Earth we circle. We can never stop. These are our revolutions, 1,001 cars long."

Apocalypse World: Burned Over is a pretty deep redesign of Apocalypse World, suitable for play across wider age groups and more general audiences. No sex moves, a more reigned-in take on violence, less adult horror in the grotesquerie. In many ways, if we were to create Apocalypse World today, Burned Over is the game we’d create.

It’s not yet a stand-alone game (although it may become one in time). It’s a “hackbook”: a zine that includes all the playbooks, playsheets, and rule changes from Apocalypse World proper.

Apocalypse World: Burned Over is by Vincent & Meguey Baker and is available here
https://lumpley.itch.io/apocalypse-world-burned-over-hackbook

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsibCAsP6sY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Fall of Magic - Part Three - 2023-07-31

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 04:53:00 +0000

Magic is dying and the Magus is dying with it. We journey with the Magus to the realm of Umbra, where magic was born.

GM Mike Ferdinando facilitates the conclusion of our play-through of the GM-less story-game "Fall of Magic" by Ross Cowman for the Open Hearth Gaming Community. Follow the journey of a Fox of Mistwood (Chaotic); Piccolo, Swineherd of Barley Town (Casey); Caspian, Crab-Singer of Istallia; and Moon, Apprentice of Ravenhall (Mike) as they board the Sea Wing from the dock at Istallia, sail across the Sightless Sea, make an unplanned stop at The Crystal Island, and then land in Umbra. From there, they pass through Crowhall, to The Glow, where Magic was born.

0:00 - Introductions & safety tools
6:18 - The story so far
9:35 - The Gilded City of Istallia
28:25 - Aboard the Sea Wing
59:25 - [Roll20: How to draw a Lost Island Card]
1:01:55 - The Crystal Island
1:31:30 - Umbra: The Ruins of Crowhall
1:56:02 -The Glow, Where Magic Was Born
2:19:08 - Post-game comments

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZorLUfEJ2FY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS Hit the Streets 04

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 30 Jul 2023 20:46:00 +0000

It's a street-level supers game set in the MCU - Bushwick, Brooklyn

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62CxWrPhMvo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Dreams and Machines S2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 30 Jul 2023 19:54:00 +0000

We try out the new Starter Box Tutorial Scenario for Modiphius' new ttrpg of a fallen colony world and the deadly machines which threaten it. Inspired by Horizon Zero Dawn this offers a new take on the 2d20 system.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6H-T19zG2k ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Bounty of the Week 05

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 29 Jul 2023 18:45:00 +0000

Bounty hunting is a complicated and dangerous profession. If you perform well and you're smart, you can make a profitable living, for a while.

Our players portray bounty hunters in the Star Wars universe, post-Return of the Jedi timeline. They will work to hunt and turn in bounties for pay against the backdrop of the War, the collapse of the Empire, and their own personal battles.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1ia0CNdaBA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Impossible Landscapes 2 (of 12)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 29 Jul 2023 05:08:00 +0000

On their second night in New York, the agents find themselves with a lot of information but no meaningful leads. It seems like a dead end, until a strange reaction from one of the Macallistar tenants leads them in a surprising new direction.

Impossible Landscapes is a campaign for the Delta Green rpg. This game was organised through the Open Hearth Gaming Community; you can find out more or come play with us at https://openhearthgaming.com/.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVkLANPNyjE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Numberless Secrets: Series II Ep. 4

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 03:13:00 +0000

The second series of Numberless Secrets, ttrpg mystery stories for Hearts of Wulin, in the vein of Ancient Detective, Young Sherlock, and Detective Di. With a body discovered, our investigators work to figure out the connection between this murder, the strange death & fire fifteen years ago, and the recent robberies.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community. Find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

You can also check out my site at ageofravensgames.com.

Hearts of Wulin is available at https://bit.ly/3PLNsgf
The rules for mysteries, inspired by Apocalypse Keys, can be found in Hearts of Wulin: Worlds (along with new settings, ideas, and a new playbook). Find that here: https://bit.ly/3JItU8E

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOQa5CqdwdM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

AV Club: Snowpiercer - Apocalypse World: Burned Over (3 of 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 16:38:00 +0000

"This is Snowpiercer. Around and around the Earth we circle. We can never stop. These are our revolutions, 1,001 cars long."

Apocalypse World: Burned Over is a pretty deep redesign of Apocalypse World, suitable for play across wider age groups and more general audiences. No sex moves, a more reigned-in take on violence, less adult horror in the grotesquerie. In many ways, if we were to create Apocalypse World today, Burned Over is the game we’d create.

It’s not yet a stand-alone game (although it may become one in time). It’s a “hackbook”: a zine that includes all the playbooks, playsheets, and rule changes from Apocalypse World proper.

Apocalypse World: Burned Over is by Vincent & Meguey Baker and is available here
https://lumpley.itch.io/apocalypse-world-burned-over-hackbook

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNBv3V6ej88 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Fall of Magic - Part Two - 2023-07-24

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 04:24:00 +0000

Magic is dying and the Magus is dying with it. We journey with the Magus to the realm of Umbra, where magic was born.

GM Mike Ferdinando facilitates the GM-less story-game "Fall of Magic" by Ross Cowman for the Open Hearth Gaming Community. Follow the journey of Azure, Fox of Mistwood (Chaotic); Piccolo, Swinherd of Barley Town (Casey); and Moon, Apprentice of Ravenhall (Mike) as they continue their journey from Barley Town, through the mysterious Mistwood, to the Hall of the Woods, down the Spirit River, to the Gilded City of Istallia.

0:00 - Introductions & Safety Discussion
7:09 - The Story So Far
10:00 - Barley Town
18:30 - Mistwood
49:18 - Hall of the Woods
1:29:58 - The Spirit River
1:48:40 - Istallia
2:13:44 - Session Wrap-Up

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbErhge1EIM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Dreams and Machines S1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 19:49:00 +0000

We try out the new Starter Box Tutorial Scenario for Modiphius' new ttrpg of a fallen colony world and the deadly machines which threaten it. Inspired by Horizon Zero Dawn this offers a new take on the 2d20 system. The first hour is set up and character creation.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VJ2BpL6DGA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS: Hit the Streets 03

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 18:39:00 +0000

It's a street-level supers game set in the MCU - Bushwick, Brooklyn

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v0YtE3c5jQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Bounty of the Week 04

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 22 Jul 2023 18:50:00 +0000

Bounty hunting is a complicated and dangerous profession. If you perform well and you're smart, you can make a profitable living, for a while.

Our players portray bounty hunters in the Star Wars universe, post-Return of the Jedi timeline. They will work to hunt and turn in bounties for pay against the backdrop of the War, the collapse of the Empire, and their own personal battles.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaaMWZHTGnQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Impossible Landscapes 1 (of 12)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 22 Jul 2023 08:44:00 +0000

The agents arrive in New York and begin investigating the disappearance of a local poet named Abigail Wright. As they explore the building where Wright lived, they discover strange and improbable things: mysterious surveillance equipment, a wordless artist, and a soap opera with uncanny parallels to the case they're working on. Heads up that my internet connection was pretty bad for the first 45 minutes or so, it gets better after that.

Impossible Landscapes is a campaign for the Delta Green rpg. This game was organised through the Open Hearth Gaming Community; you can find out more or come play with us at https://openhearthgaming.com/.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R01OarfsOH4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Capsule | Day 30 | Arvin

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 18:47:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWN1l98pBVY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Bitter Litany 3/5

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 03:12:00 +0000

Court is held and plots are revealed

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbnlNT0MGpY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Cairn--Where the Wheat Grows Tall 2/2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 03:11:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh27sYrMV4E ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Boppa Swift - final video log - Day 30

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 12:44:00 +0000

Original video: [removed; episode reposted with permission]

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Numberless Secrets: Series II Ep. 3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 05:11:00 +0000

The second series of Numberless Secrets, ttrpg mystery stories for Hearts of Wulin, in the vein of Ancient Detective, Young Sherlock, and Detective Di. With a body discovered, our investigators work to figure out the connection between this murder, the strange death & fire fifteen years ago, and the recent robberies.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community. Find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

You can also check out my site at ageofravensgames.com.

Hearts of Wulin is available at https://bit.ly/3PLNsgf
The rules for mysteries, inspired by Apocalypse Keys, can be found in Hearts of Wulin: Worlds (along with new settings, ideas, and a new playbook). Find that here: https://bit.ly/3JItU8E

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbDAFL95hHM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Capsule Rose Day 30

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 02:40:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cbyzpCbEvw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Veil Iterations: Nonesuch (Session 1)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 04:22:00 +0000

We getinto play with our quarterly campaign of The Veil: Iterations, a 1.5 hack of this PbtA game of cyberpunk roleplaying. We check in with three of our characters to see how they live and then watch as they head to a city crisis with a family connection.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQSYNApG3TI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Boppa day 29

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 23:15:00 +0000

Original video: [removed; episode reposted with permission]

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Capsule Rose Day 28

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 14:29:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf6xOkHdQ3o ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Fall of Magic - Part One - 2023-07-17

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 04:30:00 +0000

Magic is dying and the Magus is dying with it. We journey with the Magus to the realm of Umbra, where magic was born.

GM Mike Ferdinando facilitates the GM-less story-game "Fall of Magic" by Ross Cowman for the Open Hearth Gaming Community. Follow the journey of Azure, Fox of Mistwood (Chaotic); Piccolo, Swinherd of Barley Town (Casey); Caspian, Crab Singer of Istallia (Eli); and Moon, Apprentice of Ravenhall (Mike) as they begin their journey from Ravenhall, through the Oak Hiills, to Barley Town, where they can rest for their journey to begin in earnest.

0:00 - Introductions
8:55 - C.A.T.S. and safety discussion
22:23 - Overview of rules and using Roll20
40:31 - KITTY!!
41:34 - Play begins: Ravenhall
1:06:54 - The Oak Hills
1:39:11 - Barley Town
2:02:31 - Conclusion of session

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvozmLbzonU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Capsule | Day 27 | Arvin

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 16 Jul 2023 21:53:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuAf3WwebcE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Monsterhearts 2: Wayward Souls (8/8)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 23:25:00 +0000

Final of eight sessions of a Monsterhearts 2 run in the Open Hearth Gaming Community. July 2023

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26ISoeGnph4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Bounty of the Week 03

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 21:32:00 +0000

Bounty hunting is a complicated and dangerous profession. If you perform well and you're smart, you can make a profitable living, for a while.

Our players portray bounty hunters in the Star Wars universe, post-Return of the Jedi timeline. They will work to hunt and turn in bounties for pay against the backdrop of the War, the collapse of the Empire, and their own personal battles.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TjqnUQ89MQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Boppa Swift - Day 26

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 21:16:00 +0000

Original video: [removed; episode reposted with permission]

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Capsule Rose Day 25

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 00:39:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whjuKk773g0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Capsule | Day 24 | Arvin

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 20:27:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GKRy7_yEMs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Numberless Secrets: Series II Ep. 2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 05:10:00 +0000

The second series of Numberless Secrets, ttrpg mystery stories for Hearts of Wulin, in the vein of Ancient Detective, Young Sherlock, and Detective Di. Our returning investigators are joined by a new friend as robberies and ominous threats draw the group into strange events and a grand celebration in the city of Stone's Gate.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community. Find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

You can also check out my site at ageofravensgames.com.

Hearts of Wulin is available at https://bit.ly/3PLNsgf
The rules for mysteries, inspired by Apocalypse Keys, can be found in Hearts of Wulin: Worlds (along with new settings, ideas, and a new playbook). Find that here: https://bit.ly/3JItU8E

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9w944TPBnk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Veil Iterations: Nonesuch (Session 0)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 12:22:00 +0000

We spend time collaboratively building our world and characters for a new series of The Veil: Iterations, a 1.5 hack of this PbtA game of cyberpunk roleplaying. This is a purely character creation session.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOkSMSD3ORs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Boppa Swift log - Day 23

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 22:00:00 +0000

Original video: [removed; episode reposted with permission]

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

AV Club: Snowpiercer - Apocalypse World: Burned Over (2 of 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 20:12:00 +0000

"This is Snowpiercer. Around and around the Earth we circle. We can never stop. These are our revolutions, 1,001 cars long."

Apocalypse World: Burned Over is a pretty deep redesign of Apocalypse World, suitable for play across wider age groups and more general audiences. No sex moves, a more reigned-in take on violence, less adult horror in the grotesquerie. In many ways, if we were to create Apocalypse World today, Burned Over is the game we’d create.

It’s not yet a stand-alone game (although it may become one in time). It’s a “hackbook”: a zine that includes all the playbooks, playsheets, and rule changes from Apocalypse World proper.

Apocalypse World: Burned Over is by Vincent & Meguey Baker and is available here
https://lumpley.itch.io/apocalypse-world-burned-over-hackbook

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wClD1YGuvE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Capsule Rose Day 22

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 18:12:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuhADJEXQng ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Dune: Ice and Darkness: Session 2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 09 Jul 2023 18:28:00 +0000

Third of a short teaching series for Dune: Adventures in the Imperium. In this session The group sets their goals and begins to work in pairs to gather information and draw in key figures to their web of connections. They find information which may lead them to the kanly assassins from House Ovestre at an illegal smuggler mining site. There they turn the tables on an ambush and quickly dispatch their attackers

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB2xA369X0Y ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS: Hit the Streets 02

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 09 Jul 2023 18:27:00 +0000

It's a street-level supers game set in the MCU - Bushwick, Brooklyn

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiqngy3k3VI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Boppa - Day 21

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 09 Jul 2023 15:48:00 +0000

Original video: [removed; episode reposted with permission]

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Monsterhearts 2: Wayward Souls (7/8)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 09 Jul 2023 01:22:00 +0000

Seventh of eight sessions of a Monsterhearts 2 run in the Open Hearth Gaming Community. July 2023

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrx192Wei18 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Bounty of the Week 02

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 18:11:00 +0000

Bounty hunting is a complicated and dangerous profession. If you perform well and you're smart, you can make a profitable living, for a while.

Our players portray bounty hunters in the Star Wars universe, post-Return of the Jedi timeline. They will work to hunt and turn in bounties for pay against the backdrop of the War, the collapse of the Empire, and their own personal battles.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0chKBRSYKU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Terps

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 12:30:00 +0000

Terps is a game about interpreters in a war-torn situation. Donogh converted it for Star Wars and facilitated the game.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSMStVgh7Ag ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Impossible Landscapes 0 (of 12)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 02:51:00 +0000

In this shorter introductory session, we meet the members of a Delta Green cell about to start an assignment that will haunt them for decades.

Impossible Landscapes is a campaign for the Delta Green rpg. This game was organised through the Open Hearth Gaming Community; you can find out more or come play with us at https://openhearthgaming.com/.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbl0KnKJtx0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Capsule | Day 20 | Arvin

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 21:50:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbONRn5JO5s ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Capsule Rose Day 19

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 17:09:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcfEZRs61Ro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Numberless Secrets: Series II Ep. 1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 14:38:00 +0000

The second series of Numberless Secrets, ttrpg mystery stories for Hearts of Wulin, in the vein of Ancient Detective, Young Sherlock, and Detective Di. Our returning investigators are joined by a new friend as robberies and ominous threats draw the group into strange events and a grand celebration in the city of Stone's Gate.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community. Find out more at openhearthgaming.com.

You can also check out my site at ageofravensgames.com.

Hearts of Wulin is available at https://bit.ly/3PLNsgf
The rules for mysteries, inspired by Apocalypse Keys, can be found in Hearts of Wulin: Worlds (along with new settings, ideas, and a new playbook). Find that here: https://bit.ly/3JItU8E

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dyaKGi4o7Y ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Boppa log - Day 18

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 17:25:00 +0000

Original video: [removed; episode reposted with permission]

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Cairn: Winter's Daughter 2/2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 23:06:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CprbRLl_6Y ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Bitter Litany Playtest 1/5

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 23:05:00 +0000

In which we define our setting and create characters
Playing The Bitter Litany by Luke Jordan of Games from the Wild Wood
Cover image from The Luttrel Psalter British Library Add MS 42130 f. 208r

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR3qvdRWSnE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Capsule | Day 17 | Arvin

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 21:21:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swIARHBQYH0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

AV Club: Snowpiercer - Apocalypse World: Burned Over (1 of 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 18:14:00 +0000

"This is Snowpiercer. Around and around the Earth we circle. We can never stop. These are our revolutions, 1,001 cars long."
For our inaugural series, the Open Hearth AV Club discusses Snowpiercer (the TV show on Netflix and the movie), using it as inspiration for a run of Apocalypse World: Burned Over, a dark and gritty post-apocalypse game by Vincent & Meguey Baker.

00:00:00 Intro & Discussion of Snowpiercer (Spoilers abound!)
00:43:08 Character Generation
01:45:12 History

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp8xxIRXSK4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Dune: Ice and Darkness: Session 1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 16:52:00 +0000

Second of a short teaching series for Dune: Adventures in the Imperium. In this session our protagonists arrive on their new home world and learn about the challenges facing them..

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6FeudB5P78 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Capsule Rose Day 16

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 18:52:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPPy4Gd_1OI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Monsterhearts 2: Wayward Souls (6/8)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 06:45:00 +0000

Sixth of eight sessions of a Monsterhearts 2 run in the Open Hearth Gaming Community. July 2023

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu0quU9PlGY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS: Hit the Streets 01

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 21:10:00 +0000

It's a street-level supers game set in the MCU - Bushwick, Brooklyn

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipb5DD_LkM0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Boppa Log

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 21:02:00 +0000

Original video: [removed; episode reposted with permission]

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Bounty of the Week 01

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 20:08:00 +0000

Bounty hunting is a complicated and dangerous profession. If you perform well and you're smart, you can make a profitable living, for a while.

Our players portray bounty hunters in the Star Wars universe, post-Return of the Jedi timeline. They will work to hunt and turn in bounties for pay against the backdrop of the War, the collapse of the Empire, and their own personal battles.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz6SQscNH90 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Capsule | Day 14 | Arvin

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 19:20:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NMEOsaPSxg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Cairn: Where the Wheat Grows Tall 1/2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 14:35:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLUMrelzGXY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Capsule Rose Day 13

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 16:30:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6hssSDpiro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Mountain Home: From Fallen Halls (Session 22)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 14:37:00 +0000

It is the finale of our series of Mountain Home, a Forged in the Dark game of dwarven settlement building. Our characters are Founders, setting out from an existing settlement to excavate and restore a fallen metropolis-- uncovering secrets, building their community, and dealing with neighboring factions.

This time we get to see the future fate of our heroes.

As mentioned in the video, you can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find Mountain Home here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/370421/Mountain-Home-a-Forged-in-the-Dark-game-of-dwarven-settlementbuilding?affiliate_id=451397
A copy of the Keeper and Play Docs: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KqHRO_245LLsxo6Z0g4okNbtvJFwWtjIe9sjW3IjDm8/edit?usp=sharing

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahHJa4F8oZI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek: Kintsugi (Session 10)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 14:23:00 +0000

The second half of the final mission for a quarterly series of Star Trek Adventures. The crew, split between those aboard ship and those in the landing party on the alien artifact, deal with a Romulan Warbird and two Doomsday Weapons. We see one of the crew pay a high price for victory...

Aboard the USS Kintsugi, built with salvage from the battle of Wolf 359, our crew heads out into a Federation still coming to terms with those events. New ships have been rushed out or pulled from mothballs with green crews and officers called back to duty, regardless of record.

Dispatched to check on a sub-space relay center on the Romulan border, the crew discover that the deadly threat on an ancient space apocalypse weapon is even more complicated than they thought.

This session is just one of many APs on this channel. To see more about that- as well as blog posts, seminars, and rpg histories, see ageofravensgames.com.

You can support this channel at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more on Open Hearth Gaming Community (and how you can play with us) see https://openhearthgaming.c

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU8yuzl4Cpc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Boppa log - Day 12

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 16:01:00 +0000

Original video: [removed; episode reposted with permission]

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Monsterhearts 2: Wayward Souls (5/8)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 23:16:00 +0000

Fifth of eight sessions of a Monsterhearts 2 run in the Open Hearth Gaming Community. June 2023

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbTFsqf6HvI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Capsule | Day 11 | Arvin

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 21:11:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mEYQIyI9wE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

'Summer Duets' - Excommunicado

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 07:04:00 +0000

You are an agent on the run from your former employers after allegedly committing an unforgivable crime in their eyes. The police who have kept an eye on your organizationbalso see an opportunity to capture you as you continue to run. You must rely on clever tactics, intelligent investigation, and extreme violence to survive and avoid the varied punishments coming your way.
Excommunicado is by Adam Vass and is available here https://worldchampgameco.itch.io/excommunicado

Thumbnail background image by Aaron Burden
https://unsplash.com/@aaronburden

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cenGfEggSM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Boppa - Day 10

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 20:41:00 +0000

Original video: [removed; episode reposted with permission]

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Capsule | Day 9 | Arvin

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 20:19:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2nhzlGDo88 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Dune: Ice and Darkness: Session 0

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 18:18:00 +0000

First of a short teaching series for Dune: Adventures in the Imperium. This is our set up session where we lay out the concept, build our house, create characters, and develop elements of the new world our family will be taking over.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un5f0wVVQ4g ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Mountain Home: From Fallen Halls (Session 21)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 18:04:00 +0000

We continue play for a new series of Mountain Home, a Forged in the Dark game of dwarven settlement building. Our characters are Founders, setting out from an existing settlement to excavate and restore a fallen metropolis-- uncovering secrets, building their community, and dealing with neighboring factions.

As mentioned in the video, you can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find Mountain Home here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/370421/Mountain-Home-a-Forged-in-the-Dark-game-of-dwarven-settlementbuilding?affiliate_id=451397
A copy of the Keeper and Play Docs: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KqHRO_245LLsxo6Z0g4okNbtvJFwWtjIe9sjW3IjDm8/edit?usp=sharing

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCYQ5oYH0xU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Stellar Conflict 13

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 20:02:00 +0000

A nifty Dungeon World hack for Star Wars!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpIPiuedi58 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Capsule Rose Day 8

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 02:57:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FurslHqYU_4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Boppa Log #3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 13:42:00 +0000

Original video: [removed; episode reposted with permission]

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Vow of the Knight-Aspirants: The Whispering Mists (Session 2/2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 02:07:00 +0000

The squires confront Seathlanders, fire, and magical mist. Eva battles a raiding party single-handed, Andromeda intimidates a foe with a dire vision, and Guy uses his guile against a tempting voice in the mist...
Sign up to learn more about Vow of the Knight-Aspirants here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdHzBhBqp60kHbOMnxwVF8lDp-GHpOF-N22t_jPfDBAZskrzA/viewform
Learn more about the Open Hearth Gaming Community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClMlJMvq4-8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek: Kintsugi (Session 9)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 00:32:00 +0000

The first half of a mission for a quarterly series of Star Trek Adventures.

Aboard the USS Kintsugi, built with salvage from the battle of Wolf 359, our crew heads out into a Federation still coming to terms with those events. New ships have been rushed out or pulled from mothballs with green crews and officers called back to duty, regardless of record.

Dispatched to check on a sub-space relay center on the Romulan border, the crew discover that the deadly threat on an ancient space apocalypse weapon is even more complicated than they thought.

This session is just one of many APs on this channel. To see more about that- as well as blog posts, seminars, and rpg histories, see ageofravensgames.com.

You can support this channel at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more on Open Hearth Gaming Community (and how you can play with us) see https://openhearthgaming.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVFj2NioNg8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Capsule | Day 6 | Arvin

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 21:52:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juMfzyvoUMg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Monsterhearts 2: Wayward Souls (4/8)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 06:28:00 +0000

Fourth of eight sessions of a Monsterhearts 2 run in the Open Hearth Gaming Community. June 2023

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZqhTpE06pI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Monsterhearts 2: Wayward Souls (3/8)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 02:27:00 +0000

Third of eight sessions of a Monsterhearts 2 run in the Open Hearth Gaming Community. May 2023

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jGQFj2fQIQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Vow of the Knight-Aspirants: The Whispering Mists (Session 1/2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 00:58:00 +0000

Three squires arrive at the mysteriously sleeping town of Trader's Bay and encounter a wild, frost-breathed creature in the shape of a horse. Eva keeps her sword at the ready, Guy sneaks around to find some townsfolk, and Andromeda beseeches a boon of the creature...
Sign up to learn more about Vow of the Knight-Aspirants here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdHzBhBqp60kHbOMnxwVF8lDp-GHpOF-N22t_jPfDBAZskrzA/viewform
Learn more about the Open Hearth Gaming Community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBCCrj-HjPw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Capsule - Rose 3

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 22:46:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDICt-Ax_m4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Stellar Conflict 12

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 20:44:00 +0000

A nifty Dungeon World hack for Star Wars!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quwZtv_jC-c ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Capsule | Day 4 | Arvin

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 14:20:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eHJmQ8XWeE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Silk and Steam 7/8

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 07:01:00 +0000

Physician Yin Tiankong faces a deadly ambush soon after meeting with third heir to the throne, Copper Moon. Golden Twilight arranges a clandestine meeting between two lovers, only to stumble into an assault by the revolutionary sect, The Silken Thread. Lei Zhelan slowly grows closer to newcomer Meng Lin--and is then ordered to kill her.

This is the seventh of eight sessions of Hearts of Wulin using the Courtly Wuxia variant rules.
For more on Hearts of Wulin, see: https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/hearts-of-wulin.html. This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. To find out more about the Open Hearth gaming community, check out openhearthgaming.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa0ZXsQJMX0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Capsule Rose 2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 17:22:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfSzQUbrg9c ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

boppa2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 20:00:00 +0000

Original video: [removed; episode reposted with permission]

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

boppa 1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 18:17:00 +0000

Original video: [removed; episode reposted with permission]

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Mountain Home: From Fallen Halls (Session 20)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 14:15:00 +0000

We continue play for a new series of Mountain Home, a Forged in the Dark game of dwarven settlement building. Our characters are Founders, setting out from an existing settlement to excavate and restore a fallen metropolis-- uncovering secrets, building their community, and dealing with neighboring factions.

As mentioned in the video, you can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find Mountain Home here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/370421/Mountain-Home-a-Forged-in-the-Dark-game-of-dwarven-settlementbuilding?affiliate_id=451397
A copy of the Keeper and Play Docs: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KqHRO_245LLsxo6Z0g4okNbtvJFwWtjIe9sjW3IjDm8/edit?usp=sharing

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9d3PKqW_Ws ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Capsule | Day 1 | Arvin

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 21:51:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7UrT4z0o7o ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Rose 1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 03:42:00 +0000

RS-21935 ("Rose") introduces herself

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RThDFiRnwEs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek: Kintsugi (Session 8)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 01:45:00 +0000

The second half of a mission for a quarterly series of Star Trek Adventures.

Aboard the USS Kintsugi, built with salvage from the battle of Wolf 359, our crew heads out into a Federation still coming to terms with those events. New ships have been rushed out or pulled from mothballs with green crews and officers called back to duty, regardless of record.

The Kintsugi is dispatched to aid in a diplomatic mission, but when the Ambassador falls ill, the captain must step into his place. But the situation becomes more and more complicated as Cardasian interests, potential Maquis threats, and a planetary government who want the Federation out heighten tensions. And then an assassination threatens to ignite the powderkeg.

This session is just one of many APs on this channel. To see more about that- as well as blog posts, seminars, and rpg histories, see ageofravensgames.com.

You can support this channel at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more on Open Hearth Gaming Community (and how you can play with us) see https://openhearthgaming.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiqeRY8FsWw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

'Summer Duets' - The Policy of Truth

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 10 Jun 2023 18:24:00 +0000

Content Warning: Imperialism, Terrorism, Manipulative Control.

The Policy of Truth is a role playing game that takes place in late summer 2004, in Baghdad, Iraq. Two players will each portray both an Iraqi agent of the US government and a CIA Operations Officer - their handler.

The Policy of Truth is a Threeforged game from 2017, the third/final version is by Jason Morningstar and is available here https://bullypulpitgames.com/pages/jason-morningstar

[you'll notice we mistakenly recall Iron Man was out in 2004, but obviously it didn't come out til 2008 - insert you own egregiously Military-Industrial Complex popcorn movie there]
Intro 00:00:00
Character Creation 00:07:00
Week 1 00:23:25
Week 2 01:16:10
Week 3 01:58:20
Week 4 02:34:00
Week 5 (epilogue) 03:00:00

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXloO44CtDM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Stellar Conflict 11

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 10 Jun 2023 17:58:00 +0000

A nifty Dungeon World hack for Star Wars!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGbJYVJGJMg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Bump in the Dark: Cold Iron Blues 4/5

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 14:05:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrFaasXUehI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Bump in the Dark: Cold Iron Blues 5/5

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 13:57:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx0CBAQqRsc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Bump in the Dark: Cold Iron Blues 3/5

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 13:46:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1l5cXOs7c8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Cairn--Winter's Daughter 1/2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 13:43:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMVQwSdjKJo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Mountain Home: From Fallen Halls (Session 19)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 12:16:00 +0000

We continue play for a new series of Mountain Home, a Forged in the Dark game of dwarven settlement building. Our characters are Founders, setting out from an existing settlement to excavate and restore a fallen metropolis-- uncovering secrets, building their community, and dealing with neighboring factions.

As mentioned in the video, you can find my collections of Age of Ravens material, Volume I: Running and Volume II: Tools here:
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/24630/Age-of-Ravens-Games

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find Mountain Home here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/370421/Mountain-Home-a-Forged-in-the-Dark-game-of-dwarven-settlementbuilding?affiliate_id=451397
A copy of the Keeper and Play Docs: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KqHRO_245LLsxo6Z0g4okNbtvJFwWtjIe9sjW3IjDm8/edit?usp=sharing

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSn-QESNZ6k ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

'Summer Duets' - Our Mundane Supernatural Life

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 18:59:00 +0000

Content Warning: Vampirism - feeding & hypnotism.

Our Mundane Supernatural Life is a cozy two player RPG that explores the everyday life of a supernatural person and their loved one. It’s a game about the difficulties of going grocery shopping when you’re partly ethereal, or the importance of finding good child care every full moon.

In this game, you play through a single day of your life together. But life always comes with its problems. Face supernatural and mundane troubles as your day unfolds.

Our Mundane Supernatural Life is by Vee Hendro & Hayley Gordon and is available from he Storybrewers website
https://storybrewersroleplaying.com/ourmundanesupernaturallife/

Thumbnail background image by Aaron Burden
https://unsplash.com/@aaronburden

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUUkDkvgEss ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek: Kintsugi (Session 7)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 02:05:00 +0000

The first half of a mission for a quarterly series of Star Trek Adventures.

Aboard the USS Kintsugi, built with salvage from the battle of Wolf 359, our crew heads out into a Federation still coming to terms with those events. New ships have been rushed out or pulled from mothballs with green crews and officers called back to duty, regardless of record.

The Kintsugi is dispatched to aid in a diplomatic mission, but when the Ambassador falls ill, the captain must step into his place. But the situation becomes more and more complicated as Cardasian interests, potential Maquis threats, and a planetary government who want the Federation out heighten tensions. And then an assassination threatens to ignite the powderkeg.

This session is just one of many APs on this channel. To see more about that- as well as blog posts, seminars, and rpg histories, see ageofravensgames.com.

You can support this channel at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more on Open Hearth Gaming Community (and how you can play with us) see https://openhearthgaming.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrKCXbH8TAo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Hollowpoint

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 02:51:00 +0000

Tired of waiting for the New Republic to take down Imperial Warlord Zsinj, an exiled noble uses their fortune to hire a crack team to take down the Imperial Governor who rules their home - to assassinate that sleemo and free their planet again.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syWa9Ppc0XY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Silk and Steam 6/8

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 03 Jun 2023 18:18:00 +0000

The physician Yin Tiankong arrives by airship to the capital city of Xanjing, charged with the care of Lei Zhelan's former rival in love. Golden Twilight tries to win Yin Tiankong's heart and demonstrate competence as an imperial leader while Lei Zhelan attempts to uncover the true allegiance of Copper Moon, last in line to the throne.

This is the sixth of eight sessions of Hearts of Wulin using the Courtly Wuxia variant rules.
For more on Hearts of Wulin, see: https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/hearts-of-wulin.html. This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. To find out more about the Open Hearth gaming community, check out openhearthgaming.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAfmQcQfT8A ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Masks: Extinction (Session 6)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 04:27:00 +0000

More play for the new quarterly series of Masks: A New Generation, set in a world where most of the supers have vanished in the wake of a strange event. This series is inspired by Base Raiders, Planetary, and Young Justice.

This series is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Community openhearthgaming.com

This session is just one of many APs on this channel. To see more about that- as well as blog posts, seminars, and rpg histories, see ageofravensgames.com.

You can support this channel at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDW_xhl9NJk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Mountain Home: From Fallen Halls (Session 18)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 23:26:00 +0000

We continue play for a new series of Mountain Home, a Forged in the Dark game of dwarven settlement building. Our characters are Founders, setting out from an existing settlement to excavate and restore a fallen metropolis-- uncovering secrets, building their community, and dealing with neighboring factions.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find Mountain Home here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/370421/Mountain-Home-a-Forged-in-the-Dark-game-of-dwarven-settlementbuilding?affiliate_id=451397
A copy of the Keeper and Play Docs: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KqHRO_245LLsxo6Z0g4okNbtvJFwWtjIe9sjW3IjDm8/edit?usp=sharing

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97O0u1Xb6AI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek: Fate of the Kintsugi - Zorolux III (one-shot)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 19:56:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a session of Fate of the Quadrant Accelerated (his Fate hack for play in the Star Trek Universe).
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...)
This 'bottle episode' used a different set of rules and was inserted into the series of Star Trek Adventures sessions run by Age of Ravens Games:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUKV1MEOXoTXbrSeTAng3p3pd7Chwv2Lu
We took the 'Supporting Characters' from the crew of the USS Kintsugi, converted them for my FATE of the Quadrant Accelerated hack, and sent them on 'a low stakes xenobiology survey of a Class A Planet: Zorolux III'. There's the Bolian Medical Officer always keen to demonstrate a calm bedside manner; the Andorian Science Officer who wishes he'd made the cut for Security; the Human Security Officer recovering from Borg nanite infection; and the Cybernetically restored Communications Officer working hard to demonstrate she's still human.
Then ... a remote sensor intended to warn of geothermal activity goes off, then goes offline, then turns up 'bitten in two' ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tysDkqascjo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

'Arthurian' - Dark Graal

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 30 May 2023 21:28:00 +0000

The Round Table is sundered. Twisted shadows of once noble heroes stalk the wretched land, victims of the Graal's malevolence.
The Quest for the Holy Graal was a success, but Arthur and his companions failed to understand its true power. The Graal deceived them and plunged Albion into a growing darkness. This is a demon-haunted landscape where grotesque forms of legendary creatures and mythic warriors give in to their base instincts.

Dark Graal is by Scott Malthouse and is available here
https://trollish-delver-games.itch.io/dark-graal

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbQN9doeX4w ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Against the Sith Conspiracy (4/4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 30 May 2023 15:04:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a session of Agaisnt the Sith Conspiracy (a hack of Against the Dark Conspiracy by Alun Rees).
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...)
The last episode ended with the team being escorted aboard the Iron Fist after taking control of one of Zsinj's ships. They now have to find and destroy Project Wraith. Planning time is as short as are tempers: Kitporin the Wookie trashes the sickbay and Tsenn the Rodian indulges in a virtual vice - both of which set off security monitors aboard Iron Fist. However, Halo, continuing to play the hero, allows them to pull the 'Chewbacca Maneouver' and lead Kit out of the hangar in manacles escorted by a Vann as a faceless Stormtrooper. Meanwhile Tsenn delays any inspection of the ship 'due to a reactor leak' before convincing the hangar escort 'this is not the Rodain you are looking for'. There's a covert entry to the 'tech deck' via a vast power shaft, Kit's friend in need, and a sinister device magnifying the power of a potent force user. Kit causes a violent diversion, Vann spots an opportunity for revenge, and Halo an opportunity for profit, while Tsenn is left uncertain whether a potent Sith is a cooperative ally or experimental subject. There's an explosion and an escape from Iron Fist's close air patrol, but uncertainty about the success of their mission ... have they destroyed the programme ... or just delayed it ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqzUoP_F9fs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Against the Sith Conspiracy (3/4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 30 May 2023 14:39:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a session of Against the Sith Conspiracy, a hack of Against the Dark Conspiracy by Alun Rees.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...).
The team decide they need to know more about the stealth tech prototype being tested aboard Iron Fist, Zsinj's flagship. In the first of a double episode finale, Van and Halo opt to con their way through security at the Oriris corporate landing ground outside Carannia City, while Kitporin the Wookie goes in through the trees and over the perimeter fence. The plan ... 'infiltrate a ship heading for Iron Fist and sneak aboard'. There's a Wookie cornered, the consequences of imperfect Jawa slicing, but an opportunity for Halo to stay cool and stay in role. Then ... 'infiltrate a ship' becomes 'become prisoners in transit', and 'sneaking aboard Iron Fist' becomes 'Mayday ... we need a Tie Fighter Escort!' ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peRKgHrr1Qk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Monsterhearts 2: Wayward Souls (2/8)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 29 May 2023 00:02:00 +0000

Second of eight sessions of a Monsterhearts 2 run in the Open Hearth Gaming Community. May 2023

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foGFDDdbrCs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS: Above the Law 02

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 28 May 2023 16:08:00 +0000

Above the Law is an action RPG of superheroism, where you play one of the world’s greatest defenders, taking whatever actions you deem necessary to preserve order and hold back chaos. You might draw your powers from almost any source, but what really makes you tick are the maxims you live by, the principles that are your reason for standing up and fighting.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEyfjVCnQJ0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS: Above the Law 01

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 28 May 2023 15:47:00 +0000

Above the Law is an action RPG of superheroism, where you play one of the world’s greatest defenders, taking whatever actions you deem necessary to preserve order and hold back chaos. You might draw your powers from almost any source, but what really makes you tick are the maxims you live by, the principles that are your reason for standing up and fighting.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFPOp_Mwjn8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Stellar Conflict 10

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 27 May 2023 18:33:00 +0000

A nifty Dungeon World hack for Star Wars!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnJzsA9Jk6s ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Silk and Steam 5/8

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 27 May 2023 01:58:00 +0000

Ninth Raven's royal heritage is revealed to the worst possible rival, Lei Zhelan forms a dangerous relationship with the second heir to the throne, and Golden Twilight's secret identity is marked for death by her own father.

This is the fifth of eight sessions of Hearts of Wulin using the Courtly Wuxia variant rules.
For more on Hearts of Wulin, see: https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/hearts-of-wulin.html. This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. To find out more about the Open Hearth gaming community, check out openhearthgaming.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqL1j_9rp2I ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: No Moff's Galaxy 04 - pt 2

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 26 May 2023 21:11:00 +0000

The Galactic Empire under Emperor Palpatine grows more and more oppressive.

They are opposed by a diverse collection of rebels, anarchists, resistance fighters, and idealists, each group fighting in their own way.

This is the story of one such group.

This game is part of the "May the 4th be with You" mini-con. It is set concurrent with the Andor tv show but will not involve any of the characters from it and spoilers will otherwise be minimal.

No Moff's Galaxy is a reskin of the Forged in the Dark game No God's Country.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yt8yybKMhc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: No Moff's Galaxy 04 - pt 1

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 26 May 2023 20:21:00 +0000

The Galactic Empire under Emperor Palpatine grows more and more oppressive.

They are opposed by a diverse collection of rebels, anarchists, resistance fighters, and idealists, each group fighting in their own way.

This is the story of one such group.

This game is part of the "May the 4th be with You" mini-con. It is set concurrent with the Andor tv show but will not involve any of the characters from it and spoilers will otherwise be minimal.

No Moff's Galaxy is a reskin of the Forged in the Dark game No God's Country.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsQCHmJhrSM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Masks: Extinction (Session 5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 26 May 2023 04:25:00 +0000

More play for the new quarterly series of Masks: A New Generation, set in a world where most of the supers have vanished in the wake of a strange event. This series is inspired by Base Raiders, Planetary, and Young Justice.

This series is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Community openhearthgaming.com

This session is just one of many APs on this channel. To see more about that- as well as blog posts, seminars, and rpg histories, see ageofravensgames.com.

You can support this channel at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-vIWD5MN-E ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Mountain Home: From Fallen Halls (Session 17)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 25 May 2023 23:53:00 +0000

We continue play for a new series of Mountain Home, a Forged in the Dark game of dwarven settlement building. Our characters are Founders, setting out from an existing settlement to excavate and restore a fallen metropolis-- uncovering secrets, building their community, and dealing with neighboring factions.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find Mountain Home here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/370421/Mountain-Home-a-Forged-in-the-Dark-game-of-dwarven-settlementbuilding?affiliate_id=451397
A copy of the Keeper and Play Docs: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KqHRO_245LLsxo6Z0g4okNbtvJFwWtjIe9sjW3IjDm8/edit?usp=sharing

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aLXFrlkztE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Lasers & Feelings - Open Hearth Game - one-hour one-shot May 25

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 25 May 2023 21:21:00 +0000

A rogue captain is in the process of stealing an alien artifact which will terraform a planet. Our crew has a limited amount of play time to stop them. (A single hour, in fact!)

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5f-fBotuRM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Starforged - The Pilot (7/7)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 25 May 2023 10:48:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates the final session in a series of Starforged by Shawn Tomkin.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...)
The Ironsworn enter the confusing organic maze of the Precursor Vault breached by unsuspecting miners on the grave world Hyperion. Relic becomes aware of a symbiote he carries that is somehow connected to the Sunder Shard or perhaps those that seek it. The origin of the chittering hexopods is hinted at and the disturbing premonitions they have experienced become increasingly real for Raven, but Cinderwing resists the temptation to explore what they are offered as they approach the heart of the maze. Then, the survivors of Team 12; a conversation with something unmoored; an opportunity to alter the universe before the impact of the Sunder Shard becomes (slightly) clearer ... and Cinderwing reacts ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKrTc7HWNNE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

'Arthurian' - Errant

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 24 May 2023 19:06:00 +0000

Errant is a two player roleplaying game about a knight errant alone on a Quest from their Lord. One player takes the role of the Knight, taking on their sworn chivalric code and attempting to complete the Quest given to them; the other player takes the role of the Landscape, providing obstacles, challenges, and setbacks for the Knight as they pursue their Quest.

Inspired by The Green Knight, it tells the story of a young Knight eager to prove themselves as they encounter a strange, uncanny landscape far away from the safety of home.

Errant is Rooted in Trophy, by Jesse Ross, and is available here
https://cprevas.itch.io/errant
The thumbnail background is by Konrad Pistol
https://unsplash.com/it/@sagatto

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hfvR1EJyPI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek: Kintsugi (Session 6)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 24 May 2023 00:02:00 +0000

The second half of a mission for a quarterly series of Star Trek Adventures.

Aboard the USS Kintsugi, built with salvage from the battle of Wolf 359, our crew heads out into a Federation still coming to terms with those events. New ships have been rushed out or pulled from mothballs with green crews and officers called back to duty, regardless of record.

While the Chief Engineer & acting First Officer tries to deal with rogue weapon systems, the landing team aboard the trio of phase-joined ships discover a fourth ship present: a Borg Scout already in the process of assimilating crews.

This session is just one of many APs on this channel. To see more about that- as well as blog posts, seminars, and rpg histories, see ageofravensgames.com.

You can support this channel at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more on Open Hearth Gaming Community (and how you can play with us) see https://openhearthgaming.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ-3ghn_7BU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Silk and Steam 4/8

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 20 May 2023 19:43:00 +0000

Lei Zhelan, Ninth Raven, and Golden Twilight must move decisively to intercept an imperial assault on a Shua temple. Flying shock troopers, steam trains, and flamethrowers all make an appearance.

This is the fourth of eight sessions of Hearts of Wulin using the Courtly Wuxia variant rules.
For more on Hearts of Wulin, see: https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/hearts-of-wulin.html. This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. To find out more about the Open Hearth gaming community, check out openhearthgaming.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=var_gLA9Cok ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Stellar Conflict 09

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 20 May 2023 17:58:00 +0000

A nifty Dungeon World hack for Star Wars!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asJ2SVqayTw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: No Moff's Galaxy 03

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 19 May 2023 21:52:00 +0000

The Galactic Empire under Emperor Palpatine grows more and more oppressive.

They are opposed by a diverse collection of rebels, anarchists, resistance fighters, and idealists, each group fighting in their own way.

This is the story of one such group.

This game is part of the "May the 4th be with You" mini-con. It is set concurrent with the Andor tv show but will not involve any of the characters from it and spoilers will otherwise be minimal.

No Moff's Galaxy is a reskin of the Forged in the Dark game No God's Country.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omj7405NVEk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Monsterhearts 2: Wayward Souls (1/8)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 19 May 2023 05:28:00 +0000

First of eight sessions of a Monsterhearts 2 run in the Open Hearth Gaming Community. May 2023

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCZvuwwLnBY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Masks: Extinction (Session 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 19 May 2023 04:10:00 +0000

More play for the new quarterly series of Masks: A New Generation, set in a world where most of the supers have vanished in the wake of a strange event. This series is inspired by Base Raiders, Planetary, and Young Justice.

This series is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Community openhearthgaming.com

This session is just one of many APs on this channel. To see more about that- as well as blog posts, seminars, and rpg histories, see ageofravensgames.com.

You can support this channel at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfJIhXmKTAE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Mountain Home: From Fallen Halls (Session 16)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 18 May 2023 14:39:00 +0000

We continue play for a new series of Mountain Home, a Forged in the Dark game of dwarven settlement building. Our characters are Founders, setting out from an existing settlement to excavate and restore a fallen metropolis-- uncovering secrets, building their community, and dealing with neighboring factions.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find Mountain Home here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/370421/Mountain-Home-a-Forged-in-the-Dark-game-of-dwarven-settlementbuilding?affiliate_id=451397
A copy of the Keeper and Play Docs: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KqHRO_245LLsxo6Z0g4okNbtvJFwWtjIe9sjW3IjDm8/edit?usp=sharing

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQzuQ_rJTuQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Starforged - The Pilot (6/7)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 18 May 2023 12:53:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a session of Starforged by Shawn Tomkin.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...)
Our pre-credit montage summarises how Raven and Relic end up around the corner from 'sinister chittering' and how Cinderwing brings the Legacy's Lament to the Workings where things are not looking good on the inside or on the outside of Central Control. There's a Slayer slaying, a Blademaster mastering, and a Pilot piloting so an Iron Vow can be fulfilled before another is sworn to recover a brother. Then ... ancient warnings, the temptation of a Precursor Vault, and strange premonitions that link the hunted to a murderous hunter unmoored from time and space ... and a final Iron Vow ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGZ8PUk9ywo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek: Kintsugi (Session 5)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 16 May 2023 22:55:00 +0000

The first half of a new mission for a quarterly series of Star Trek Adventures.

Aboard the USS Kintsugi, built with salvage from the battle of Wolf 359, our crew heads out into a Federation still coming to terms with those events. New ships have been rushed out or pulled from mothballs with green crews and officers called back to duty, regardless of record.

The crew deals with another interim Captain and sets up the new Science Department on the ship. When a distress call from a merchant-prospector comes in, the Kintsugi finds itself caught between a Romulan warbird, a black ops Federation ship, and a third and more deadly foe.

This session is just one of many APs on this channel. To see more about that- as well as blog posts, seminars, and rpg histories, see ageofravensgames.com.

You can support this channel at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more on Open Hearth Gaming Community (and how you can play with us) see https://openhearthgaming.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aO8455zH0c ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Mountain Home: From Fallen Halls (Session 15)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 16 May 2023 22:46:00 +0000

*Note: a portion of the episode got cut off*
We continue play for a new series of Mountain Home, a Forged in the Dark game of dwarven settlement building. Our characters are Founders, setting out from an existing settlement to excavate and restore a fallen metropolis-- uncovering secrets, building their community, and dealing with neighboring factions.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find Mountain Home here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/370421/Mountain-Home-a-Forged-in-the-Dark-game-of-dwarven-settlementbuilding?affiliate_id=451397
A copy of the Keeper and Play Docs: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KqHRO_245LLsxo6Z0g4okNbtvJFwWtjIe9sjW3IjDm8/edit?usp=sharing

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfuZuVflu7E ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Against the Sith Conspiracy (2/4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 16 May 2023 14:03:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a session of Against the Sith Conspiracy, based on his own game: Against the Dark Conspiracy.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...).
Following their interrogation of Dr Uravan and the captured Ti'in Sodok, the team decide to follow a lead to Carannia City' principal crime boss: Danga Hutt. Ti'in helps them bluff their way into Danga's Gammorean Sumo club where they find him extremely well guarded. There's a plan labelled 'Extemporise!', a clock ticking to a raid by Zsinj's Security Apparatus, and a 'Sinister Conspiracy Presence'. Then ... a cross-fire and bouncing grenades, wrestlers thrown though the fabric of the building, and Danga's minders protecting their boss as ... lightsabers ignite ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgUn8GMegAo ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS: Swing 02

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 14 May 2023 17:52:00 +0000

The chill of night sets in with the disappearing sun. The sounds of the city seem to echo louder in the darkness. You stand on the edge of a building; the drop before you is a terrifying precipice. Any sane individual would never take another step toward that deadly plunge. But not you.

You put on the mask.

You take that step.

And you FLY!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIcAcw25iww ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Stellar Conflict 08

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 14 May 2023 13:48:00 +0000

A nifty Dungeon World hack for Star Wars!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQIo3Pq3Ox4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: No Moff's Galaxy 02

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 12 May 2023 21:54:00 +0000

The Galactic Empire under Emperor Palpatine grows more and more oppressive.

They are opposed by a diverse collection of rebels, anarchists, resistance fighters, and idealists, each group fighting in their own way.

This is the story of one such group.

This game is part of the "May the 4th be with You" mini-con. It is set concurrent with the Andor tv show but will not involve any of the characters from it and spoilers will otherwise be minimal.

No Moff's Galaxy is a reskin of the Forged in the Dark game No God's Country.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iXsEbmc-jY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Bump in the Dark: Cold Iron Blues 2/5

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 12 May 2023 15:06:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ayNIShU7N0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Bump in the Dark: Cold Iron Blues 1/5

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 12 May 2023 15:00:00 +0000

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saSncnSlBJE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

One-Hour One-Shots: For the Queen, May 11, 2023

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 12 May 2023 06:04:00 +0000

A master-spy, an exiled noble, a tailor and a weapons trader are all devoted to or in love with their Queen, in whose retinue they serve. Who, if any, defend her when she is attacked? Play begins at https://youtu.be/RoxRduxMqEc?t=862

This game was played as part of the Open Hearth gaming community. Learn more about Open Hearth at openhearthgaming(dot)com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoxRduxMqEc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Starforged - The Pilot (5/7)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 11 May 2023 13:19:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a session of Starforged by Shawn Tomkin.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...).
Leaving The Elevation with a new crew member, Circuit, the Ironsworn make it to The Crux of Hyperion. There, a superficially warm welcome and unusual customs inspection conceals a required period of service in the mines below where the Coalition of Ceaseless Explorers seek 'the great treasure'. Circuit makes a stand that establishes her worth, Relic finds the local Jackal proxy and their significant influence, while Raven has an interesting conversation about time and space.
There's a trip to the surface of the Grave World below, the announcement of an emergency lockdown, and a foetid swamp to cross by hover bike. Then ... a body, bloody tracks, a frightened survivor ... and chittering ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_gcQEHXGBw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: No Moff's Galaxy 01

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 10 May 2023 10:21:00 +0000

The Galactic Empire under Emperor Palpatine grows more and more oppressive.

They are opposed by a diverse collection of rebels, anarchists, resistance fighters, and idealists, each group fighting in their own way.

This is the story of one such group.

This game is part of the "May the 4th be with You" mini-con. It is set concurrent with the Andor tv show but will not involve any of the characters from it and spoilers will otherwise be minimal.

No Moff's Galaxy is a reskin of the Forged in the Dark game No God's Country.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YHVjejEF50 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek: Kintsugi (Session 4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 09 May 2023 21:25:00 +0000

The second half of a new mission for a quarterly series of Star Trek Adventures.

Aboard the USS Kintsugi, built with salvage from the battle of Wolf 359, our crew heads out into a Federation still coming to terms with those events. New ships have been rushed out or pulled from mothballs with green crews and officers called back to duty, regardless of record.

With their commander and first officer gone, orders from Star Fleet assign them a new captain with old connections to the crew. They're assigned a prisoner transport mission, but it becomes clear quickly that there's more at stake here.

This session is just one of many APs on this channel. To see more about that- as well as blog posts, seminars, and rpg histories, see ageofravensgames.com.

You can support this channel at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more on Open Hearth Gaming Community (and how you can play with us) see https://openhearthgaming.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR47QztllXk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Starforged - The Pilot (2/7)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 09 May 2023 19:27:00 +0000

The Ironsworn begin their investigation into the mysterious deaths on the Orbaris-5 deepspace station that exists to service the sector's demand for entertainment of all kinds under the eye of a criminal syndicate, the Jackals of the Infernal Pact. Cinderwing does some sleuthing while Raven watches their back, and Relic comes to the same conclusion ... there's only one part of the highly automated station that people never go ... the 'bot operated Reclamation Core ... and the only inhabited deck that abuts that blank space on the station layout is a casino and fighting pit operated by the Jackals. There's a bulky pit boss called 'Jaws', a surreptitious entry to the innards of the machine, and a surprising stream of nutrient packs. Then ... 'when 'bots attack ...' and 'Oh, no! The nutrient chamber is toppling ...', and a Spirit Hunter messes with some emotions. In the background, the Scourgesworn close in on Relic ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2HaGIWNgbE

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Against the Sith Conspiracy (1/4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 08 May 2023 17:59:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a session of Against the Sith Conspiracy - a hack of his own game: https://gallusgames.itch.io/against-the-dark-conspiracy OR https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/373984/Against-the-Dark-Conspiracy.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) "MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU" 2023 Mini-Con using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...).
Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...).

Palpatine may have fallen but the team's shadowy handler thinks his acolytes continue to scheme for Sith supremacy. Following up on rumours of an ex-Imperial scientist with useful information are Kitporin (the thinking sentient's Wookie); Vann (a survivor of Order 66 'unleashed' by a Dathomerian Witch); Tsenn (the lowly contractor for the ISB out for revenge on his former employers); and Halo (who hopes the New Republic proves to be as reliable a paymaster as the Rebel Alliance was back in the day).
There's solid info on the scientist's location, a pincer movement that works like clockwork, and the sudden realisation that they've been played. Then ... a Force jump to a moving speeder 87 floors up ... a trash compactor explosion ... Wookie-on-Wookie violence ... and 'this is not the Apartment you are looking for' ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoRrFEy94O4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS Special The Passions of the Empire

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 08 May 2023 00:07:00 +0000

This is a one-shot special of Pasiones des La Pasiones set in the Star Wars Saturday continuity for the weekend of May the 4th [be with you].

The Empire is losing hearts & minds across the galaxy. People think working for Order and the Emperor makes you inhuman - that stormtroopers are nothing more than cannon fodder. A member of the ISB's propaganda unit has a bold and controversial idea; a Holonet series exploring the lives of The Emperor's Fervor, a fictional Star Destroyer whose mission is to bring order to the beleaguered citizens of the Gambetta Reach, a region beset by pirate queens, unsanctioned slavers and the unceasing terror of rebel scum.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fNS_LYmliQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCUS: Swing 01

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 07 May 2023 18:32:00 +0000

The chill of night sets in with the disappearing sun. The sounds of the city seem to echo louder in the darkness. You stand on the edge of a building; the drop before you is a terrifying precipice. Any sane individual would never take another step toward that deadly plunge. But not you.

You put on the mask.

You take that step.

And you FLY!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k35-qkqM8k8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Wars Saturday - Shooting the Moon

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 07 May 2023 09:39:00 +0000

'Across the Stars'
This game is part of this year's 'May the 4th be with You' Mini-Con' with the Open Hearth

In Shooting the Moon, love brings together three characters and puts them through the wringer.

Two Suitors compete for the affection of a shared Beloved, who has overwhelming odds of their own to face. United and divided by their shared fates and intertwined destinies, these characters discover what they are made of, and what they will do for love.

As a group we'll create the three characters and decide exactly what this love triangle is - will we take the surface interpretation of Anakin the Beloved, struggling between his duty to the Jedi (through his master Obi-Wan) and his love for Padme? Or is it something else entirely!

All will be answered in play.
Shooting the Moon is by Emily Care Boss and is part of the Romance Trilogy, and is available here
http://www.blackgreengames.com/shop/

Introduction 00:00:00
Character Creation 00:02:16
Act I 00:41:01
Act II 01:42:42
Endgame: 02:16:05

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6XZPk9AP54 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Thirsty Force Nightsisters: Dusk

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 07 May 2023 03:26:00 +0000

This is a one-shot of Thirsty Sword Lesbians (Evil Hat) for our Star Wars Special Weekend. The ancient matriarchal order of the Nightsisters ruled the lonely planet Dathomir, confronting any visitors foolish enough to come to their homeworld without invitation. But they and all other clans were wiped out. Now a new order has formed, looking forward. But they must face the toxic powers of The First Order and the Chorus of Nightsister Ghosts. Which way will they go?

This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Community openhearthgaming.com

This session is just one of many APs on this channel. To see more about that- as well as blog posts, seminars, and rpg histories, see ageofravensgames.com.

You can support this channel at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xhXf78hjcc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Trash Planet

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 06 May 2023 23:30:00 +0000

This game is part of this year's 'May the 4th be with You' Mini-Con'.

A trash planet. A sphere of coagulated space junk. Layers upon layers of generational garbage piled up on itself thousands of times over. Rumors run wild around the nearby sectors and beyond that invaluable treasures lie beneath the trash heaps of Raxus Prime.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQVz62mAX9Y ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Silk and Steam 3/8

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 06 May 2023 22:13:00 +0000

We are introduced to Ninth Raven, court musician and personal advisor to the emperor. Meanwhile, Jade Lotus curries favor with the royal court as their secret identity is marked for death. Golden Twilight draws the ire of the emperor's first son while Lei Zhelan surveys weak points in the royal family hierarchy.

This is the third of eight sessions of Hearts of Wulin using the Courtly Wuxia variant rules.
For more on Hearts of Wulin, see: https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/hearts-of-wulin.html. This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. To find out more about the Open Hearth gaming community, check out openhearthgaming.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKmJrZhOM0Y ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Thirsty Force Nightsisters: Dawn

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 06 May 2023 18:16:00 +0000

This is a one-shot of Thirsty Sword Lesbians (Evil Hat) for our Star Wars Special Weekend. The ancient matriarchal order of the Nightsisters ruled the lonely planet Dathomir, confronting any visitors foolish enough to come to their homeworld without invitation. But they and all other clans were wiped out. Now a new order has formed, looking forward. But they must face the toxic powers of The First Order and the Chorus of Nightsister Ghosts. Which way will they go?

This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Community openhearthgaming.com

This session is just one of many APs on this channel. To see more about that- as well as blog posts, seminars, and rpg histories, see ageofravensgames.com.

You can support this channel at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TP8ekrEeEs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Masks: Extinction (Session 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 05 May 2023 03:47:00 +0000

More play for the new quarterly series of Masks: A New Generation, set in a world where most of the supers have vanished in the wake of a strange event. This series is inspired by Base Raiders, Planetary, and Young Justice.

This series is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Community openhearthgaming.com

This session is just one of many APs on this channel. To see more about that- as well as blog posts, seminars, and rpg histories, see ageofravensgames.com.

You can support this channel at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqeR8YxoWYM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Senate and Sabers

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 04 May 2023 20:29:00 +0000

Senate and Sabers - it's a Lasers and Feelings hack for Star Wars! Come celebrate May the Fourth Be With You by watching a Star Wars RPG!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV-eXCVwbyE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Mountain Home: From Fallen Halls (Session 14)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 04 May 2023 15:06:00 +0000

We continue play for a new series of Mountain Home, a Forged in the Dark game of dwarven settlement building. Our characters are Founders, setting out from an existing settlement to excavate and restore a fallen metropolis-- uncovering secrets, building their community, and dealing with neighboring factions.

This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find Mountain Home here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/370421/Mountain-Home-a-Forged-in-the-Dark-game-of-dwarven-settlementbuilding?affiliate_id=451397
A copy of the Keeper and Play Docs: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KqHRO_245LLsxo6Z0g4okNbtvJFwWtjIe9sjW3IjDm8/edit?usp=sharing

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJp8Ke9p13Q ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Starforged - The Pilot (4/7)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 04 May 2023 08:04:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a session of Starforged by Shawn Tomkin.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...) ... come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...) ...

In the aftermath of last episode there's an autopsy which reveals there may be a connection between whatever attacked Relic and the loss of Cinderwing's clan. Raven is, unsurprisingly, very concerned when evidence emerges that both are linked, somehow, to the Sundershard.
The Ironsworn find themselves in the middle of a Prole raid on the Magistracy of The Elevation so Relic tries to find out more but ends up going full Blademaster; CInderwing flits from shadow to shadow using Shade, while Raven uses the ship systems to eavesdrop, wondering how things got out of control so quickly. Then ... a revolution on the fly, a Battle for the settlement, and the Magistrates are brought low.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSpgarQSATs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Starforged - The Pilot (3/7)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 04 May 2023 07:50:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a session of Starforged by Shawn Tomkin.
This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...) ... come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...) ...

Before embarking on an expedition to The Crux of Hyperion, the Ironsworn have an opportunity and a request presented to them; the former, involving a mysterious black box, rates an Iron Vow to The Jackals.
The first waypoint offers them a derelict ship on a vegetative mat floating in the upper atmosphere of a Jovian planet, but the second includes an ice-miner in trouble. Relic does the right thing but someone (or something?) catches up with him; Raven goes to help; and Cinderwing pulls off some fancy flying to rescue the miner. Then ... mayhem in the hold, Relic recovers, and the remote murder of the miner ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB_1pmMvKqU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Rune Seekers of Glorantha - Borderlands of Prax (4/4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Wed, 03 May 2023 12:32:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a session of Rune Seekers of Glorantha. This is a hack of World of Dungeons: Turbo by John Harper and was inspired by an earlier hack by Simon D. Hibbs for play in Glorantha - Greg Stafford's setting for the original RuneQuest. This session was organised as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/the_open_hearth) ... come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgaming/posts) ...

Unable to resist the temptation of a secret door beneath the 'Vampire's Tower' the Rune Seekers descend deeper. There's a dead Tusk Rider (who turns out not to be), a cavern with skeletal remains (which don't stay put) and a watchful spirit (who does more than just watch). Then Delenda enters stage left pursued by a Gargoyle (and Jandetin exits stage right because of an Australian power cut). Finally, a climactic confrontation unfolds in which signs and portents become clear, Rissan pretends to be a believer, and Inkarne's belief in life comforts a Lady tempted by ecstatic communion with unlife ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cltdUmMAQoc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek: Kintsugi (Session 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 02 May 2023 21:25:00 +0000

The first part of a new mission for a quarterly series of Star Trek Adventures.

Aboard the USS Kintsugi, built with salvage from the battle of Wolf 359, our crew heads out into a Federation still coming to terms with those events. New ships have been rushed out or pulled from mothballs with green crews and officers called back to duty, regardless of record.

With their commander and first officer gone, orders from Star Fleet assign them a new captain with old connections to the crew. They're assigned a prisoner transport mission, but it becomes clear quickly that there's more at stake here.

This session is just one of many APs on this channel. To see more about that- as well as blog posts, seminars, and rpg histories, see ageofravensgames.com.

You can support this channel at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more on Open Hearth Gaming Community (and how you can play with us) see https://openhearthgaming.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxltU199sM4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Stellar Conflict 07

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 17:46:00 +0000

A nifty Dungeon World hack for Star Wars!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P-CBpa6xtU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Silk and Steam 2/8

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 03:20:00 +0000

Jade Lotus makes a daring escape from jail with the help of Golden Twilight's alter ego, but finds himself facing off against the drill-wielding captain of the imperial guard. Lei Zhelan becomes the victim of both an assassination attempt and arranged marriage, while Golden Twilight receives the unenviable title of Court Princess.

This is the second of eight sessions of Hearts of Wulin using the Courtly Wuxia variant rules.
For more on Hearts of Wulin, see: https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/hearts-of-wulin.html. This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. To find out more about the Open Hearth gaming community, check out openhearthgaming.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmb5hPx9AHM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hearts of Wulin: Silk and Steam 1/8

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 03:05:00 +0000

An assassination plot, forbidden romance, and political intrigue kick off the first session of this quarterly run as three warriors, from thieves to princesses, brace themselves for the biggest festival of the year in the silkpunk metropolis of Xanjing.

This is the first of eight sessions of Hearts of Wulin using the Courtly Wuxia variant rules.
For more on Hearts of Wulin, see: https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/hearts-of-wulin.html. This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. To find out more about the Open Hearth gaming community, check out openhearthgaming.com

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkGcYEjjDqY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Masks: Extinction (Session 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 04:12:00 +0000

More play for the new quarterly series of Masks: A New Generation, set in a world where most of the supers have vanished in the wake of a strange event. This series is inspired by Base Raiders, Planetary, and Young Justice.

This session is just one of many APs on this channel. To see more about that- as well as blog posts, seminars, and rpg histories, see ageofravensgames.com.

You can support this channel at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlDcntCtS5o ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Mountain Home: From Fallen Halls (Session 13)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 14:00:00 +0000

We continue play for a new series of Mountain Home, a Forged in the Dark game of dwarven settlement building. Our characters are Founders, setting out from an existing settlement to excavate and restore a fallen metropolis-- uncovering secrets, building their community, and dealing with neighboring factions.

You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23.

You can find Mountain Home here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/370421/Mountain-Home-a-Forged-in-the-Dark-game-of-dwarven-settlementbuilding?affiliate_id=451397
A copy of the Keeper and Play Docs: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KqHRO_245LLsxo6Z0g4okNbtvJFwWtjIe9sjW3IjDm8/edit?usp=sharing

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FUKT7Dq1BQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Star Trek: Kintsugi (Session 2)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 22:09:00 +0000

The second half of the first mission sessions for a new quarterly series of Star Trek Adventures.

Aboard the USS Kintsugi, built with salvage from the battle of Wolf 359, our crew heads out into a Federation still coming to terms with those events. New ships have been rushed out or pulled from mothballs with green crews and officers called back to duty, regardless of record.

This session is just one of many APs on this channel. To see more about that- as well as blog posts, seminars, and rpg histories, see ageofravensgames.com.

You can support this channel at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

For more on Open Hearth Gaming Community (and how you can play with us) see https://openhearthgaming.com/

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2uEVrGWx6E ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Rune Seekers of Glorantha - Borderlands of Prax (3/4)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 11:17:00 +0000

Alun R facilitates a session of Rune Seekers of Glorantha. This is a hack of World of Dungeons: Turbo by John Harper and was inspired by an earlier hack by Simon D. Hibbs for play in Glorantha - Greg Stafford's setting for the original RuneQuest. This session was organised as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/the_open_hearth) ... come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgaming/posts) ...

After a flashback to events at Ronegarth over recent weeks, three of our heroes travel up river after a tip off from a captured newtling ... who turns out to have been less than truthful. There's an ambush and pursuit through the reed beds of the Great Bog before they are distracted by a kidnap. Then ... a 'vampire's tower', tuskers calmed, gargoyles avoided and a Lady rescued ... before being tempted by an intriguing secret door ...

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va56nwsSzJs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

MCU Sundays Primetime Adventures Episode 02

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 17:02:00 +0000

It's a fan-created tabletop RPG series of Primetime Adventures, set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe!

We hope you enjoy... Nightcrawler, the series.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBwtC_3n2k ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Silent Falls - A Town Called Malice (3 of 3)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 12:15:00 +0000

This is a prequel to a series ran last year of Alice is Missing & Monsterhearts 2.

A Town Called Malice is a combination of thematic Nordic Noir such as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Broadchurch and The Killing, with isolated small-town horror similar to Thirty Days of Night, The Thing and Fortitude. Twin Peaks by David Lynch is a heavy influence, in its portrayal of small town secrets and underlying darkness that pervades every step the characters take.

A Town Called Malice is by David Kizzia and is available here
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/285576/A-Town-Called-Malice

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsYmlPqM3_M

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SWS: Stellar Conflict 06

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 18:45:00 +0000

A nifty Dungeon World hack for Star Wars!

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wve0qckqrb8

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Masks: Extinction (Session 1)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 19:15:00 +0000

The first play session for a new quarterly series of Masks: A New Generation, set in a world where most of the supers have vanished in the wake of a strange event. This series is inspired by Base Raiders, Planetary, and Young Justice.

This session is just one of many APs on this channel. To see more about that- as well as blog posts, seminars, and rpg histories, see ageofravensgames.com.

You can support this channel at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=880hNYAvIU0

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Starforged - The Pilot (1/7)

The Open Hearth Gaming Community — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 09:44:00 +0000

We create our Forge and populate Ancients Reach Sector with a variety of hooks before meeting Kol “Relic” Starspurned a fugitive from the Cult of the Scourgesworn; Corben “Raven” Darsk, former expelled from the monster-slaying Ebon Heart Redeemers but offered a chance to make good ... or get himslef killed; and Tomorrow’s Dance - “Cinderwing” the only survivor of a clan of nomadic spacers who wants to know who killed them all ... and why! A series of mysterious deaths and rumours of a 'haunting' leads to their first Iron Vow ... can the end the danger presented by Spirit Hunters on Orbaris-5?

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlUxvVO40yE

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★