Playing at the Hearth

Part one of a series of Action Movie World. In this session we create four actors, and pick a genre for our first film (Barbarian). We then play through a few scenes from the film Orb of Sorcery: Four Against Destiny! 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://playingatthehearth.openhear...

Our penultimate session for this arc. With the discovery that Puck is not who he claimed to be, the group corner him to get answers. In doing so they learn more about the lost Taken, not-Puck's actual state, and the Widow Mackton's plans. With this in mind they turn to their last preparations for the Super Bowl party and the dangers which may or may not arise. This is a modern urban fantasy PbtA g...

In between all the drama, Kira and Jeremiah are bringing very different loads of laundry to be washed, but there they encounter Jenny Monteiro (incognito) and it seems that the respite they seek isn't available. The laundromat tokens come with free drama! ***** Got some folks who can't make it to game, but the rest of your group still wants to play something? Go do laundry! Laundromat's meant to r...

Ben and Aaron join me for a game of Writers' Room where we create an urban fantasy tv show about intrigue, murder, and magic. You can see the end result here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U-OPevLTREtFSkuaQyeI4IaePqbUWb9DuZNNCPt8ZZQ/edit?usp=sharing Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMXe-cZ5fw0 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands, our heroes utterly wrecked a giant centipede face-thief, met a new party member—Newt, narco-general polymind—joined up some friends and wrangled a train of fresh ba-zombies to sell back at the Serai, and threw literally the best party the Behemoth Shell has ever seen. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDPkt-YYb6U ★ Support this podcast on Patr...

Capes in the Dark is a game about super-powers and the effect they have on a community of people. In this game, you’ll play as a team of “capes” (people with super powers) trying to navigate the ever-shifting network of alliances and expectations that tie together your friends, families, comrades, and enemies. You’ll make dangerous bargains and get out by the skin of your teeth, fight for what you...

"Exile" Having rescued the prisoners from a Cardassian prisoner transport, the crew now begin the task of escaping from behind enemy lines. But the situation is complicated by the presence of a Bajoran Orb and the secrets it holds, including an ancient adversary who has troubled the Federation before... This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com Our...

Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your team are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers, and daring pilots. This is a place of glamour an...

Join me, Dominik, Kaya, and Agatha as we create a small town mystery show. The end result can be viewed here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aqLRXjFClc5O_lcZzbSIDK40ssp_lp5GFgUuPZWXxZc/edit?usp=sharing Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PpWsZO_q6c ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The teens finally talk about what Remy had been holding for Jenny, and that encounter with the Mud Witch in the library not enough excitement for her Kira sneaks into the Monteiro mansion... Terry also helps out at a gig, with encouragement and some help from the others. ***** Two Summers is a game of sunny adventures and light drama across two timelines by Côme Martin. We'll be using the suppleme...

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands, Otokar scared some foes with his mighty roar, Adoron made a real connection with the Rebuilder and got a couple of mighty quests, and Modon and Phaedred murdered a whole bunch of cannibal hamsters that'd been butchering zombies for snacks. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMeHZVvT8aM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

"Exile" The Kintsugi is dispatched to take up the mission of an ambushed Federation ship, heading into Cardassian-controlled space to capture a a damaged prisoner transport. But the presence of an old adversary complicates matters. But things will only get more entangled when the Maquis, refugee Cardassian Officials, and Bajoran relic enter the picture. This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community...

Capes in the Dark is a game about super-powers and the effect they have on a community of people. In this game, you’ll play as a team of “capes” (people with super powers) trying to navigate the ever-shifting network of alliances and expectations that tie together your friends, families, comrades, and enemies. You’ll make dangerous bargains and get out by the skin of your teeth, fight for what you...

Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your team are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers, and daring pilots. This is a place of glamour an...

Alun R facilitates the second session of a short series of Rapscallion from Whistler and Magpie Games. 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/openhearthgam...) ... Fearing retribution the crew can't loiter at Scaravia, but t...

The teens plan to sneak into the locked basement room in the library, but there they see a terrifying ritual occur that has long-term reprecussions for them all. As adults we see another secret unlocked, this time from a hidden 8mm projector; and they finally sit down to talk about what they must do, and the things they've been hiding from each other for years... ***** Two Summers is a game of sun...

A one-shot of Gordie Murphy's Mythomorphosis, a game which "explore(s) the relationship between a society’s history and one of its dominant cultural stories, creating and changing a myth over the course of generations." We look at the founding myth of a frontier settlement built on ancient ruins in a world of dead gods. You can see a copy of the Google Sheet we used to play including the four gene...

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands, the caravan repelled an unexpected giant armadillo attack, got powers and skills from bushy bikers and vampire herbalists, and returned to the biomancer ruins to confront the cannibal hamsters and an old ka-ba maintenance body. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep6UACe8F0g ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

"Voyage of the Space Dogs" While returning from a Federation dress event, Ward and her team are ripped out of warp and dragged onto a damaged, ancient vessel. Aboard they meet the crew of this generation ship, who tell them their tale of knowledge lost over centuries and their need for help. But all is not as it seems... This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhe...

Capes in the Dark is a game about super-powers and the effect they have on a community of people. In this game, you’ll play as a team of “capes” (people with super powers) trying to navigate the ever-shifting network of alliances and expectations that tie together your friends, families, comrades, and enemies. You’ll make dangerous bargains and get out by the skin of your teeth, fight for what you...

Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your team are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers, and daring pilots. This is a place of glamour an...

Alun R facilitates the second session of a short series of Rapscallion from Whistler and Magpie Games. 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/openhearthgam...) ...Arriving at Scaravia, the pirate haven of the Archipelago, th...

The group finalizes preparations for the big party-- but mysteries remain and things have been left unsaid. Marrow works to keep his stability while Lily angles to uncover more about what's happening. Mr Suit readies himself for his big performance. But it is Aldo inquiry at an ice cream shop with Lily and Marrow that changes everything... This is a modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Chang...

A one-shot of Ben Robbins' Microscope Chronicle, a variation on Microscope which follows the story of something: a society, a city, an object, across time. This version is currently in playtest. Our story traces the course of a dangerous infernal drum from ancient times to the modern day. You can see a copy of the Google Sheet we used to play including full history. https://bit.ly/45jXRYu This is...

In this week's Ultraviolet Grasslands, we go shopping at the Behemoth Shell, spent a lot of time studying, Phaedred traded a piece of his mind for a cool new glove, and we learn more truth about Adoron and the Rebuilder. It's a LOT. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DQHau12ULc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★