Playing at the Hearth

This week in Mutant Year Zero, we settle in to the Other Ark a bit, trade knowledge with the gearhead Naptha, get the lowdown from a skeptical Stalker, and take audience with the Chairman—which boils over into a dramatic final confrontation after a shocking revelation. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt4Jv822FNQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Alun R facilitates another session of Traveller set in the Star Wars universe using a free conversion called CITIZEN. This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community's Calandar (https://openhearthgaming.com). While N'ivia holds the fort aboard 'The Twist', the rest of the crew enters the asteroid they believe to be home of the Tarkin Initiative. There's evidence of abandonme...

The padawans plot on the trip to a mission Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbL8ThYQlok ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The characters enjoy some friendly and/or brutal talks with gangsters, occultists and aristocrats, and try to decide what to do with a suspicious package - and whether to walk into a trap. 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...

The gang comes home from their run to find... trouble. Spanner's parents are having trouble, and so does NC's dad. Meanwhile, Nicky is training and building things. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUk8hvG-J9w ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Tempest works feverishly to compensate for the disrupting cryptic radiation field, even as they maneuver their vessel alongside the Luxor within the Doomsday Machine. But a series of small, cascading crises and setbacks make that job more dangerous and difficult. Then as they prepare for the operation, sensors pick up and cloaked Romulan vessel... This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community,...

This week in Mutant Year Zero the party ventures back into the Zone on a mission to reach the Other Ark in order to deliver a message from the Elder, learn about birthin' babies, and maybe grab an artifact or two. We fight a Devourer, sleep among the Nightmare Flowers, and tiptoe through the Rot Ants. After successfully entering the Other Ark and a gentle introduction, the mutants get scrubbed dow...

Alun R facilitates another session of Traveller set in the Star Wars universe using a free conversion called CITIZEN. This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community's Calandar (https://openhearthgaming.com). Their brush with Death Troopers below the sealed Imperial Fleet HQ on Travnin has left three of the crew desperate. The Bilga surfaces and offers to help. There's a cra...

Alun R facilitates another session of Traveller set in the Star Wars universe using a free conversion called CITIZEN. This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community's Calandar (https://openhearthgaming.com). Looking for something juicy with which to leverage Lady Waexana the Crew head to Travnin in the hope its derelict Imperial fleet base may offer a lead on the Tarkin Pro...

The padawans confront the vergence at the Listening Station on Aolm Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxmbXVgwhHE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sam gets an offer they can't (and don't) refuse. Alecto has a bit of a rough day and Rhydian shows some unusual restraint in helping them out of their omnicidal funk. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIKz1Cvogl0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sybil reunites with Owen and George as they consider the strange confluence of events: a bovine plague, their missing mentor, missing earthworks, and the Goblin King's corruption at the hands of Nanny Rutt. Festivities and revolution are in the air in Tysoe as they unravel both local and cosmic mysteries. Fearful Symmetries by Steve Dempsey is a campaign for Trail of Cthulhu. We're playing a prett...

The crew is looking for some parts. Where to find them but in an old spaceship in the form of a Triceratops. How do you enter such a thing, you might ask? The answer is obvious. Through the bungho. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlUP-i5BZ6U ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Old acquaintances, new allies, and changing loyalties of warrior houses are seen, as they conspire and maneuver for the recently vacated throne of Banteave. Houses intricately dance through whispers and conversations, and a chase leads to a sword fight, ending in a death. The King is Dead, a Roleplaying Game, is a tabletop roleplaying game by D. Vincent and Meguey Baker about warriors from differe...

The Tempest is dispatched to System G534, close to the Romulan Neutral Zone. Star Fleet Command has instructed them to make top speed and rendezvous with the USS Luxor on site. But they’ve also been instructed to go dark and restrict all outgoing comms traffic. The exact nature of the assignment remains unclear– Captain Escarra has been briefed, but told to withhold information on site, orders he...

"Gangsters of Triskelion PT 1" As the Triskelion Galactic Games continue, the crew remains split between participation in the athletic events and investigating the smuggling operation. But they discover the conspiracy goes deeper than they imagined, leading to a shipboard battle at the height of the competition. This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgamin...

This week in Mutant Year Zero, the Ark gets a sundial, Marlotte attempts to consolidate power (and artifacts) to ensure ongoing peace, and the mutants went to the Pure Ones' water plant, only to find the gearhead Lambda from the Other Ark had been sacrificed to the Deep One, after the ghouls learned what the Other Ark did for food... Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gkx4Vd5IN3M ★ Su...

The padawans enter the Listening Station and weird stuff happens. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iOkblsyn4w ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

With faeries, demons, cops, cultists and gangsters looking for them, our magicians head to Tysoe on the trail of a woman named Eileen Brenchley, connected both to the Pomegranate Lodge and their own missing mentor Lizzie Wyberg. 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...

Session 0 (Character and Crew creation) for our Slugblaster monthly. Meet NC, Spanner and Tiffany. And her mom. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvLqPLGHLFU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Alun R facilitates the first of 2 sessiona 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). WHAT THE F*** IS THAT!?! A warning from an RGA Survey Ship isn't enough to deter the Crew from seeking an answer...

A bit of work on projects, and a quick trip out into the Zone for some scavenging, doggie boops, and tracking a band of Zone Ghouls back to their camp. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZiWufcgxns ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Alun R facilitates another session of Traveller set in the Star Wars universe using a free conversion called CITIZEN. This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community's Calandar (https://openhearthgaming.com). Leaving Teh'Jar the Crew runs into their nemesis, Yerkys ne Dago (and his 4 surplus TIE fighters! After a few false starts they make the jump to hyperspace and have tim...

The padawans are sent on their first mission! Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VNOz9TAAhI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Owen has infiltrated England Proud to try and find their occult connection, but things take an unexpected turn that leads to violence. Jack comes up with what is, even by his standards, a strikingly terrible plan to deal with his problems. George meets the mysterious Lily, and considers becoming an initiate of the Pomegranate Lodge. Fearful Symmetries by Steve Dempsey is a campaign for Trail of Ct...