Playing at the Hearth

Content Warning: vampirism, ritual murder, gore This is a prequel to a series of Alice is Missing & Monsterhearts 2 & taking place during the 80s in between subsequent series of A Town Called Malice & Bump in the Dark. COME ON IN is a role-playing game about a grisly murder case that rocks the small coastal Louisiana town of Bon Soleil and unravels a conspiracy that cuts into the depth...

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We begin a new quarterly series exploring the voyages of the Challenger-Class USS Kintsugi. In this new season we see characters new and old as the Federation enters into war with the Dominion. Finishing up a search and rescue mission, the Kintsugi is called to check on a lost scientist on a pre-warp world. But the situation is made complicated by the arrival of a Jem'Hadar attack ship. This is pa...

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Regis and Vicente share an intimate moment, while Cathy and Maximus break into Cleopatra's lair. For more about the Open Hearth, check out https://openhearthgaming.com/ Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQbnmhux-NA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 crew 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 finale of a series of 'The Cluster' his own game in development. 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...) ... The crew of the Fortitude travel to the Ancient Artefact that Dr Rillisk kn...

The group goes after the College of Architects which two goals, leading them to split into two parallel missions. Despite unexpected challenges their preparations and bribes to the dice gods pay off, but the final result is a volatile and explosive mixing of dreams, desires, and vengeance. We used the City Builder Toolkit https://bit.ly/4goY0eZ and the Faction Builder Toolkit https://bit.ly/42ywRD...

Lee returns and learns about the fallout from the last mission. The group gets an offer which they won't refuse since it connects up to their desires, questions, and goals. But how much of a trap is this? We used the City Builder Toolkit https://bit.ly/4goY0eZ and the Faction Builder Toolkit https://bit.ly/42ywRD4 to build the setting. This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out...

In this penultimate (?) session, Cathy confronts her murderer and the characters come together with an ambitious plan to defeat their most powerful adversary. For more about the Open Hearth, check out https://openhearthgaming.com/ Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTgC5Q1JTcQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 crew 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...

A one-shot of Ben Robbins' In This World, a GMless storygame of world building and seeing alternate possibilities. We collaboratively build two sets of worlds around distinct topics: Ecological Disasters and Superheroes 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.openhe...

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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 crew 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...

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 crew 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...

The group heads to the island to deal with the threat of the ritually created Homeland. But Mr Suit vanishes, leading to him confronting an old and a new threat in Tinfoil Venice. Meanwhile the remaining three explore the Mirrored House and find the secrets of a looping jungle. This is a modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, The Magicians, DIE, isekai, and more. Hearts of...

The team pulls together the keys and clues they have, leading to the revelation of an ancient evil hiding in someone they trusted. 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.openhearthgaming.com/ Follow us on https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg https://bsky.app...

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The David Web is a storytelling game for an unknown number of pursuers inspired by the structure and cinematography of the Jason Bourne movies. In The David Web, the players are all anonymous pursuers who follow David around as he tries to discover his identity. Sometimes a player will turn out to be an asset of a hostile and resourceful agency, sometimes a player will just be a camera observing D...

Your town has deep secrets, terrifying monsters, unspeakable evils, a clandestine city council making strange decrees...and a public radio station! In Community Radio, a group of 3 - 10 people gather to improvise scenes that show what life is like in this town, with accompanying public radio broadcasts. It's a game of dark humor and fast thinking that can entertain for 1-2 hours. All you need is a...

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 crew 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...

Vicente's enemies catch him in a vulnerable spot, while Regis's desire for protection against the fey force him to turn to an unlikely ally: his ex wife. Note we were having pretty bad connection problems this session, I haven't watched the video back but suspect the audio is gonna be rough. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O-hlLmuesU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Cathy visits her widower; Regis has a bad dream; Vincente scouts his former mentor; Maximus finally has a lead on the fey drug ring. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akca3WzwSmY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

A one-shot of Ben Robbins Follow, "a game about working together or falling apart." In this GMless storygame, we follow a quest and the challenges it faces. In this case dragon slaying...in space...sort of... 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.openhearthgaming....

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