Playing at the Hearth

The group recovers from the events of the failed score. They regroup with their friends and connections, looking to gain more information on their new targets. Then their patron, Hundredth Peal, appears to offer them a bounty on the twin street mages and their dangerous Words. You can find an expanded, print & play version of the City Builder and Faction Builder Toolkits we used for this campa...

Our crew plays Nomad Outlaw Swoop Bikers, the absolute Best of the Worst. * Committing crime, helping their local community, and handing out some good old-fashioned street justice. * Working under the Heat's radar and going toe to toe with their Rival Gang. * Operating a business with the gang to cover for their illicit activities * Being cool, and when cool won't cut it, being Bad Ass. Original v...

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...

Session 7 of Girl by Moonlight with a group of wonderful players from the Open Hearth. We return to obligation and downtime phases after a relatively smooth mission rescuing captured members of the counterculture group loosely aligned with the magical girls and, unexpectedly, Marie. How will the magical girls handle the pressures of a fracturing Neo Jupiter and their places within it? Will they di...

Session 6 of Girl by Moonlight with a group of wonderful players from the Open Hearth. We jump briefly back in time to check on Violet before our magical girls venture into the desert to save "processed" members of the counterculture and determine the nature of the Abyss' interest so far from Neo Jupiter. ... ... ... Search for "Open Hearth Gaming" to learn more about the community. Girl by Moonli...

Session 5 of Girl by Moonlight with a group of wonderful players from the Open Hearth. We return to the Obligation and Downtime Phases to see how our magical girls recover from recent harrowing events and how they prepare for what is to come. Will our magical girls escape the shadow of eclipse and step back into starlight, or will they linger on the precipice overlooking the Abyss? ... ... ... Sea...

It used to be better, of course, it did. In the golden age of the High Republic, when there was enough to eat and enough hope, when people could lift their eyes and see beyond the horizon, beyond the day. Children were born happy and grew up rich. Now that’s not what we’ve got. Now we’ve got Jakku. A harsh desert world, Jakku is a lawless place that’s home to thieves, outlaws, and refugees. During...

The group digs further into the question of the murders and the bodysnatching of the victims. They trace the thieves from the prison morgue, but are confronted with a fairly secure location and a divided group of protagonists. That split reduces their strength, forcing them to both battle through the building and blow an entryway from the roof. The fates do not favor them, with multiple traumas in...

Recreate the thrill of modern day crime, where crews plan and execute big-time heists. But the best laid plans rarely work out the way you'd like. Work together to pull off the job before the heat gets too high, and you or your friends end up behind bars. Ready to make some money? Score is an ENnie nominated rules-lite tabletop RPG designed for fast paced and high energy crime. It's by Spencer Cam...

It used to be better, of course, it did. In the golden age of the High Republic, when there was enough to eat and enough hope, when people could lift their eyes and see beyond the horizon, beyond the day. Children were born happy and grew up rich. Now that’s not what we’ve got. Now we’ve got Jakku. A harsh desert world, Jakku is a lawless place that’s home to thieves, outlaws, and refugees. During...

Though their new assignment looms in their mind, our protagonists deal with their own daily lives first. A discussion about the course of their investigation has Lydia set the agenda and then immediately discard it. They begin to learn more about this other missing group of Taken, with hints at some sinister doings. Mr. Suit tries to get information, but ends up confronting his own past. This is a...

Alun R facilitates a one-shot (whihc might become a more-shot) of the 2nd Edition of his own game, Alien Dark (https://gallusgames.itch.io/alien-dark). 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...). Lt Hardacre delivers her squad to the Spaceport where a Sergeant is unc...

It used to be better, of course, it did. In the golden age of the High Republic, when there was enough to eat and enough hope, when people could lift their eyes and see beyond the horizon, beyond the day. Children were born happy and grew up rich. Now that’s not what we’ve got. Now we’ve got Jakku. A harsh desert world, Jakku is a lawless place that’s home to thieves, outlaws, and refugees. During...

The crew talk in the aftermath of the dark prophecy at the New Year's Eve party. They're curious but know that folks have been told not to discuss it. We get some insights into how each of our protagonists live and how they serve their Court. Eventually the four are called in and given a new task, the hunt for another Crew of their kind lost during Hurricane Danny a year and a half ago. This is a...

Our protagonists encounter a Ziggaraut Mage who offers them their support. Electra Nesbit gets a work promotion. Stitch tries to help out, but is warned about pushback from Territorial Tinkers. Huntress puts off a reporter inquiring about her involvement with the monopolists. Then each begin to run down leads on various issues, with the tangled threads connected to a series of murders and Stitch's...

The investigators confront the thing from beyond the doorway. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzIUPhDIzK4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Alun R facilitates the 5th and final session of a series of 'Uncharted Stars', his hack that brings together aspects of Uncharted Worlds (by Sean Gomes), Starforged (by Shawn Tomkin), and Rust Hulks (by Sam Sorensen) ... 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...). Co...

Alun R facilitates the 4th session of a series of 'Uncharted Stars', his hack that brings together aspects of Uncharted Worlds (by Sean Gomes), Starforged (by Shawn Tomkin), and Rust Hulks (by Sam Sorensen) ... 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...

Alun R facilitates a one-shot (whihc might become a more-shot) of the 2nd Edition of his own game, Alien Dark (https://gallusgames.itch.io/alien-dark). 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...). Lt Hardacre and a scratch Colonial Marine squad, including Privates Cos...

The offer is simple: break the curse, awaken the princess, gain a kingdom. Are you worthy enough to brave the briar-choked castle and its dangers to succeed? Or will you fall to the curse and join the rest forever trapped on its grounds? The Lovely Somnolent is a Rooted in Trophy incursion written by Mads Turley. An ashcan one-shot version will soon be available on itch.io. Trophy Dark by Jesse Ro...

It was supposed to be a simple bounty taken on the waystation, but the team did not realize the extent of the connection - or conflict - their group would be involved in, in this hunt turned heist in far-flung space. Against the Monster by Plotbunny Games is a story game about a monster hunt, the good of the monster, and the monstrosity of the hunters. https://plotbunnygames.itch.io/against-the-mo...

The native Merfolk, bands of Pirates, and the Queen's Navy are vying for control of the Isles of Carcatou in a fantasy Age of Sail setting. Mike Ferdinando facilitates the Firebrands Framework game One Particular Harbor with Andrea and Jolene. Follow the adventures of Dominique Alais, first mate of the Navy ship Intrepid; Captain Angela "Sea Vixen" Black of the pirate ship Flying Fox; and the Merf...

A complete session of The Hunted, ."..a folk horror storytelling game for 3-5 players that blends together mechanics from Forged In The Dark, Powered By The Apocalypse, and Belonging Outside Belonging games to create a lean chimera of a game unlike anything you have ever played." "Players take on the role of a group of friends on an expedition who become cut off from civilisation as they are hunte...

December 31st 1998, Mobile, Alabama- we meet our protagonists as they gather for a grand New Year's Celebration for the four courts: Lanterns, Suns, Broken Shackles, and Mirrors. We see their paths cross and entanglements get messy right away. But when the hour turns midnight, a prophecy is given and all of Yokai society learns they have only one year left. This is a modern urban fantasy PbtA game...

It used to be better, of course, it did. In the golden age of the High Republic, when there was enough to eat and enough hope, when people could lift their eyes and see beyond the horizon, beyond the day. Children were born happy and grew up rich. Now that’s not what we’ve got. Now we’ve got Jakku. A harsh desert world, Jakku is a lawless place that’s home to thieves, outlaws, and refugees. During...