Playing at the Hearth

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 ★

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 fram...

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 par...

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=id...

"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...

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...

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. T...

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...

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 ★

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 ★

"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 ep...

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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 p...

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 y...

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...

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...

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 O...

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"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...

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...

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 ★

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...

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.c...

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 e...

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...