Playing at the Hearth

Anti-Heroes  is a game about super-powered people trying to make their way in the world.  Anti-Heroes uses the Forged in the Dark system introduced in John Harper's Blades in the Dark RPG. It is a fiction-first rule set that encourages players to "play to see what happens." In Anti-Heroes, the rules are stripped down to the core for simplicity and flexibility. Original video: https://www.youtube.c...

Vaesen - Bavaria - III Tabletop Roleplaying Game by Free League Set in Bavaria, 1836 Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfol9p4GQBM ★ 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...

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After reviewing their options, the group digs deeper into the details of a job involving an extraction from "The Beast" a neighborhood built inside a giant dead monster. The area has been locked down by the Drylanders, searching for a particular Bayou Biohacker. The team goes in and easily makes it to the target, but no job can ever really be simple... We used the City Builder Toolkit https://bit....

Vaesen - Bavaria II Tabletop Roleplaying Game - Horror/Fantasy/Investigation RPG Set in Bavaria, 1836 Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og3lluywMys ★ 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...

The group meets with an Immortal on the run who reveals that the Taken were not the only supernatural group in Mobile to receive a ominous oracle at New Year's. Later they consider the details they've learned and decide to investigate the island again, but not before each one handles some investigations and personal business. This is a modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost...

The team begins to pull together the keys they have looking deeper into the history of the seminary and the people there. The archives reveal some secrets, but others are consumed. But a picture begins to emerge... 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.openhearthg...

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Home is gone. The ruins and your memories remain. The Fall of Home is a diceless, GMless collaborative storytelling game for 2-5 players, about the place you used to call home, leaving it behind, and returning. It’s also a game about people, and how folks from a place can experience that place in wildly different ways. By picking through the ruins, together we will tell the story of Home, and why...

We see downtime in the aftermath of our first heist. Heat is lost and gained again. Overindulgence is the name of the game. Lee tries to right the ship and finds his own way to go off script. Svetlana suffers magical fallout, but it wasn't their fault. Remy bargains with the crews cadre. Cogito uncovers details of the past which have major ramifications and create delicious problems. We used the C...

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We establish the finishing touches on our crew-- their goals, reputation, special abilities, and lair. Then we drop them into their first score- a simple job involving lifting a box of seeds & vegetative materials from the Drylander occupational forces and delivering them to the Bayou Biohackers. But, of course, nothing is quite that easy... We used the City Builder Toolkit https://bit.ly/4goY...

Alun R facilitates another session of 'The Cluster', his game-in-development bringing together aspects of Uncharted Worlds (by Sean Gomes), Starforged (by Shawn Tomkin), Rust Hulks (by Sam Sorensen), and Diaspora (by Murray, Marshall, Dyke & Kerr).... This session was organised as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://ap...

Vaesen - Bavaria Tabletop Roleplaying Game by Free League Set in Bavaria, 1836 Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myDfgmIUDfQ ★ 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...

The team regroups and deals with some of the fallout from the start of the investigation. Then they split into two pairs, interviewing some of the Returners. The learn some of the secrets of the realms those otherworldly figures took them to. But this path leads to painful revelations, another murder, and a sudden change in the world around them... This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you...

The second of two sessions trying out Sword Opera, a ttrpg of action, melodrama, swords, and romance. It's a new adaptation of Forged in the Dark to cover a variety of genres. The Kickstarter runs through Feb 11, 2025. You can check that out here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mythicgazetteer/sword-opera/ This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgamin...

Recovering from the island attack, the group discusses their options, settling finally on revealing the dream-bullet killer to the master of the Goblin Market. Then they head in separate directions to handle personal business leading to harvesting, sinking secrets, cheese balls, and a dark football party bargain. Then they meet together again to talk about next steps. This is a modern urban fantas...

An audio-only TTRPG actual play of Star Trek Adventures. This first pilot episode is split into three smaller parts. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw9cPakwn3w ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

An audio-only TTRPG actual play of Star Trek Adventures. This first pilot episode is split into three smaller parts. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnInWZwjZvk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

An audio-only actual play of Star Trek Adventures. This first pilot episode is split into three smaller parts. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joEAwFX3-aA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Maximus, Vicente, Regis and Cathy all work together to overcome the demon haunting the art warehouse, discovering unexpected connections between their enemies. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5alrRl2AaKw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We do the set up and character creation session for a new series of Blades in the Dark. But we create our own setting. We begin with the geography, environment, and threats. Then we talk about magic & technology. Finally we create factions and decide on unusual locations. Next talk about a vision for our crew and then build characters and connections. We use the City Builder Toolkit https://bi...