Playing at the Hearth

In this Midnight Club-inspired series , we'll be playing an in-development Firebrands game, where we will play a group of terminally-ill teenage patients seeing out their days at a hospice and gathering at midnight to share scary stories. CONTENT WARNINGS: character death, terminal illness, horror stories Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh Find the...

The Knights settle in at Bersurch Hall and prepare for a burhurt to protect the life of a young mountain raider. On the way to the hold of the Hraiwadūbōn people, they meet an off caravan, transporting building material to the vale, for to build the Frog's castle with. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj7RFHe7-BE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Dungeon World 2 - Beta V3 - Eternia Escapades Barbarian, Rogue, Druid, Wizard on a Quest for the King! Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q59rhp6GY2A ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The fifth session of a twelve 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 and is his love letter to that feral 1987 Rogue Trader edition where there were a million worlds and anythingw as possible. Music tra...

It's the great blizzard of 1888, and the people of a tiny town in Kansas find themselves in the teeth of the storm... Desperation: Dead House is a card-based storytelling game, a dark and lyrical experience about people pushed far past their limits. https://bullypulpitgames.com/products/desperation This game was played during the Shared Hearth Open Gaming Weekend, with members of the Open Hearth G...

In Session 0 we learn about Sir Azmiyah, the Tourney Knight (he/him), Sir Hamelin the Dust Knight (she/her), Sir Drunnus the Tome Knight (he/him) and Sir Teduin, the Gazer Knight (he/him). Our four heroes meet their seers and are sent to find their destiny in a realm to the South East. Upon arrival, they meet Alnect, the King's Herald, who informs them that the King will reward whoever brings him...

We finish out our downtime from last time and visit further with our coterie, after making mechanical choices for advancing the house. Then the group undertakes their plan to infiltrate a painter into a house for the purposes of altering a painting. However things go terribly wrong, terribly quickly... This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com. Our...

This week in our inaugural game of Plasmodics, we make a whole bunch of little freaks and send them off to find a screwdriver. I'm sure everything is going to go just fine. (There's a hiccup due to Detroit Internet around the 2hr mark, whupz) Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8NQrT23RJM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Alun R facilitates a one-shot of his own game. Alien Dark (free from https://gallusgames.itch.io) lightly hacked for play in Norman England. This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community's (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) seasonal Shared Hearth Convention. A Knight, Sir Gilbert, leads an expedition including Dorin, the Spearman; Tru, the Apprentice; and Alfred, the Prie...

Alun R facilitates a one-sot of his own game, Against the Dark Conspiracy (https://gallusgames.itch.io/) as part of the The Open Hearth Gaming Community's (https://openhearthgaming.com) seasonal 'Shared Hearth' online convention. Molly Low, former MI6 Handler; Lilly Yang, a former Traid False-Face; and Yannick De Wolf, an Assassin formerly of Belgian Special Forces, seek a missing podcaster in Mar...

Individuals who have answered the challenge of the Green Knight are now honor-bound to journey together and receive same in kind on the eve of the new year, traveling to the Green Chapel and meet their destinies. One Year Hence is a card-based Descended from the Queen storytelling game inspired by the tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, by Jim Ryan. https://oneyearhence.com/ This game was pla...

This is a one-shot of Sky Racers Unlimited, a dieselpunk hack of the Fate RPG Tachyon Squadron. You have hired on as pilots aboard a massive sky vessel taking part in a transcontinental race. Sky Racers features an early 20th Century world disrupted by the rule of a cabal of Mad Scientists. Those villains are gone but the world has only just begun to recover. It’s a mix of Crimson Skies, Great Rac...

It's the evening of the Annual Necromancers' Ball at the Red Lion Hotel. A tired postie is falling behind with their work, a voodoo doll gives sage council to the event planning lich and the guest of honor knows one thing: They will pay tonight and there won't be another ball. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQfDHmwO_XI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Alecto and Virtus follow the lead of the children's fae visitations and find out something that reframes everything. Then, they go visit a lawyer and have a conversation about real(ity) estate law. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgCDXUyhtyA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This is our session of Writers' Room from the Shared Hearth event of 2026, where we create three seasons of a fictional teen mystery series. Writers' Room is available here: https://undeshga.itch.io/writers-room Here is the completed keeper we used for this session, as shown in the video: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qN5VRpnXvz2b0DxI1tvsac5TGyU65Uw4sXTsGoMjGMw/edit?usp=sharing More abou...

The exiled Vittorio returns to Ilrein, recalled by his masters in House Elanda. He joins with our coterie on a mission which turns out to be more dangerous and supernatural than expected. But they succeed and in the aftermath we see the group members let off steam and develop their relationships to one another. This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming...

The hunters make their way to the Sisters and get lost in the woods. In the woods: Hogmen. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS3MfwWLgs0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This week in the finale of Electric Bastionland, we meet up with an old gondolier buddy, pay off our debts to Deb Worldkiller and receive her boons, and epilogue our way out of this twisted city. (Keep an eye out for the Strait Borough coming to an itch near you!) Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQwv1O8xXB8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The third session of a twelve 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 and is his love letter to that feral 1987 Rogue Trader edition where there were a million worlds and anythingw as possible. Music tra...

This week in Electric Bastionland we explore the Steel Fingers of Progress, free an idol's soul, wrangle with the Innovators Union, exterminate an alien-corrupted lobster/roach, and get an ominous reminder from Deb Worldkiller that there are fates worse than death for deadbeats. https://youtu.be/rIL6NCfmeKE Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIL6NCfmeKE ★ Support this podcast on Patre...

The Hunters solve the mystery of the dogmaker and summon eldritch monstrosities to put it in a box. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhfMiJv7EhE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Following a successful errand last session, we check in with our coterie to learn more about their day to day lives within the coterie. We see many of them indulging to clear stress and learn about what motivates them. We also explore the concepts of Intrigues and Uncovering Plot, with those mechanics delivering both questions and answers about the activities of their rival houses. This is part of...

While a colleague stakes out the bakery for the person-of-interest to return, Jackson hits the books - a new collection of occult references may be able to identify the sigil found on the body. Hennessy visits the rave's location to see if anyone can shed light on what happened to Tiffany. An old friend returns to muddy the waters for good measure... Dive into the shadows of the '90s in this occul...

The second session of a twelve 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 and is his love letter to that feral 1987 Rogue Trader edition where there were a million worlds and anythingw as possible. Music tr...

One Night in Gatlock - part 1. The Outfit arrives in the Vale of Deluth and walks into a stand off between workers, management and witch. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7038Az5oIWQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★