Playing at the Hearth

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,...

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 ★

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 ★

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 ★

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...

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...

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 displace...

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 ★

a courier arrives and a salon happens Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-w5IEkgqPU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 attac...

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 Sena...

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 pr...

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 highway...

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 ★

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 ★

a new apartment building and a shooting in a marketplace Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghfKI02Spjc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 ★

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 generati...

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...

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 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 ★

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 ★

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 ★

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 a...

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 cataclys...