Playing at the Hearth

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...

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 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 Mexi...

"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...

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 ★

A New Mystery starts. Virtus and Rhydian depart to Manila. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHn9dPLF3rg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 ★

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 Pi...

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.co...

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...

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...

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 ★

"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 Statio...

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 Mexi...

Party at Ultraviolet and Imp blockades. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b3pgIbxQ_s ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 ★

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://playingatthehe...

"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... T...

"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 H...

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

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 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...

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 y...

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 ★

"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 mo...