Playing at the Hearth

Session 4 of Girl by Moonlight with a group of wonderful players from the Open Hearth. We last left our magical girls defying servants of the Abyss over three separate battlefields: an abandoned part of Neo Jupiter, an exotic wildlife preserve in the heart of the city, and a mysterious desert elsewhere. Will our magical girls rescue their friends before the Harbinger Court completes their hunt, or...

We meet the Sheriff, Pat's parents, and the big bad. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2coT0s2LOs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We see some of the fallout from the previous score. We also get some insight into the lives of our protagonists. Then they begin to look into several issues impacting their area, trying to figure out how to carry out their revolutionary agenda. They end up folding two score into one, leading to a big, loud, mess despite it going off successfully. Then they deal with the heat... You can see a proto...

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...

Session 3 of Girl by Moonlight with a group of wonderful players from the Open Hearth. We wrap up our first Obligation and Downtime Phases of Season 3 with the return of the group's Guardian. New found details emerge that funnel the magical girls into an "unclaimed" part of Neo Jupiter. As they arrive, the team is greeted by chaos and panic. ... ... ... Search for "Open Hearth Gaming" to learn mor...

We work through city and character creation creation in the session zero for this modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, The Magicians, DIE, isekai, and more. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com Our audio version of the...

Our monster hunting teenagers pair up to investigate the morgue and the location of Brooke's murder. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjVhkwH0DlI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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...

Session 2 of Girl by Moonlight with a group of wonderful players from the Open Hearth. We play through our first Obligation and Downtime Phases of Season 3 with the group's Harmony, Outsider, and Unlikely Hero. Mundane obligations wear heavily on our magical girls as they struggle to catch up to the machinations of the Abyss. ... ... ... Search for "Open Hearth Gaming" to learn more about the comm...

Session 1 of Girl by Moonlight with a group of wonderful players from the Open Hearth. We run through a second "Session 0" and discuss events from Season Two. ... ... ... Search for "Open Hearth Gaming" to learn more about the community. Girl by Moonlight is a TTRPG designed by Andrew Gillis and published by Evil Hat. We are using the At the Brink of the Abyss series. Please note, this is not an a...

A brief introduction to the setting and the characters followed by the beginning of the first mystery. Four teenagers find out that another student at their school has been gruesomely killed and start to delve into the events. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDdc24GqLF4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Our protagonists regroup to gathering their strength. They make one last round of meeting with important figures in Bad Valley before discussing the clues gathered and how they fit into the facets of the mystery-- leading to the unmasking of the killer and a revelation of many of Bad Valley's secrets! You can pick up Hearts of Wulin and the Numberless Secrets supplement here: https://age-of-ravens...

Our protagonists begin with their examination of seemingly another corpse of their supposed murder victim. They then dig deeper into the depths of the tunnels under Bad Valley. In a locked chamber they must overcome a deadly trap to uncover the hidden secrets. They return to the surface and talk to many of the suspects-- slowly beginning to gain a sense of the truth lying behind these murders. You...

The first play session of our new quarterly series of Blades in the Dark, set in a city the players build in our session zero. We begin with a reintroduction of the PCs (since that got cut off last time). We then do a little work establishing the revolutionary crew. After a look at the daily lives of our protagonists, we move them quickly into a mission. They have to rescue an escaped strike-leade...

Session zero for a new quarterly campaign of Blades in the Dark. We begin with set up and safety. Then, using an alternate toolset we build the world, our city, and the factions in play. In the end we create an island city, with a variety of weird happenings. We move to character creation, relationships, and how they first met, at which point I forget to restart the recording and so that's cut off...

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...

Wal descends into the well beneath the Wizard's Tower, where she finds poison from the Heaven's threatening to break the world. She faces a momentous decision that will shape her fate and the fate of the world itself... **** GODKILLER: First Blood Edition is a holypunk PbtA (Powered by the Apocalypse) game for one player, the Godkiller, and one Game Master, the god of gods. Together, the two of yo...

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...

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Everyone in the group attempts to deal with Alina's eclipse, with mixed results. Once the existence of the magical homing device, built with smuggled in Imperial saboteur technology, is revealed, the group begins to consider their next steps-- with Serra Senna taking the lead. Alina meets the original "37" leading to a confrontation and revelation about the latter's time travel and foresight. You...

We have the obligatory hot springs scene. The investigators dig deeper into the relationships between characters within the Valley. When our historian arrives with a disguised "historian" things get even more complicated. However they decide to delve into the underground beneath Bad Valley, leading to the discovery of a third murder victim who is apparently the first victim again. This is the seco...

The investigators continue their work- encountering old friends and discovering secrets of the Valley. Note: this session got split into two parts due to some internet issues. You can pick up Hearts of Wulin and the Numberless Secrets supplement here: https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/ This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com Our audio version o...

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...

Alun R facilitates the 2nd 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...

Wal confronts Orphanmaker, summoned by the Order, and this reckoning will surely change everything. Meanwhile, Wal's contacts within the loyalists of the City push their coup forward! **** GODKILLER: First Blood Edition is a holypunk PbtA (Powered by the Apocalypse) game for one player, the Godkiller, and one Game Master, the god of gods. Together, the two of you will weave a mythic, violent, and...