Playing at the Hearth

Duels Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mq_HeP5fSk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

More revelations and a fiery confrontation as Sybil rejoins the group in search of the place of power by Gunby Hall. Fearful Symmetries by Steve Dempsey is a campaign for Trail of Cthulhu. We're playing a pretty heavily house-ruled version. This game was organised through the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. You can find out more at https://openhearthgaming.com/. Original video: https://www.youtube.co...

"Anomalies PT 1" The Tempest has arrives at Polos-5 where several starships from multiple species have been freed from the clutches of a mysterious alien entity after decades of imprisonment. Survivors from those vessels made their way to the planet's surface, setting up a makeshift colony. However the situation has become unstable: tensions between the peoples and an number of medical issues. At...

Session 3 of our Mutant Year Zero campaign takes the crew deeper into the Zone as they fight rot, scarce supplies, acid-drifting sky-jellies, and a minefield of ancient unexploded shells on the way to the water plant. By the time they arrive, they’re battered, low on resources, and expecting monsters. Instead, a brutal ambush at the pipes leads to a shocking discovery: the so-called “zone ghouls”...

Calling their Oroboro handler to make sure the local sheriff's department will be available for back-up, the investigators head to the lakeside cabin to find out if the killer is there. They see signs of the killer's mission and discover bloody handprints pointing at destruction and death... Dive into the shadows of the '90s in this occult serial killer investigation TTRPG - Midnight of the Centur...

Hargrave House faces Sally No-Face at her public clinic. Dr. Swindrake's child sees the light of the world. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XibQf_6n-rk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

"Impact Preservation PT 2" Captain Escarra deals with threats from the Preservation battleship, gaining a measure of time to get his people off the surface. At the same time, the away team learns about the insurgents who have occupied the base and the presence of their enemies in orbit. Lt Johnson breaks them out and they formulate a plan that includes high stakes maneuvers by the Tempest, pinpoin...

All the Bells on Earth, Part 1. As Rhydian reels from the recent revelation, a reality shift takes part in Las Vegas. A new Omen Class Monster is being introduced. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udJ4b5Cuedg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

With Sybil missing, Ms Wyberg sends Owen, George and Jack to Lincolnshire in search of a ley line nexus. They begin to uncover the secrets of the Massingberd family, and some disturbing local legends. Fearful Symmetries by Steve Dempsey is a campaign for Trail of Cthulhu. We're playing a pretty heavily house-ruled version. This game was organised through the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. You can fi...

In the middle of the night, our chambermaids uncover a strange skeleton in the woods, visit a nun with supper (and a deal), and rifle the library in the bar for clues...all bring with them disquiet and unexpected revelations - all pointing towards the reason Marga's disappearance has been covered up! The Girls of the Genziana Hotel are the chambermaids who serve what few guests sleep in the hotel'...

Session 2 of our Mutant Year Zero campaign starts with Assembly at the Highland Mall Ark: the group adds Defenses, launches another zone expedition for food and water, and scrambles to deal with Johnammed’s control of the water supply. Before leaving, Wilo learns a huge secret from Eriel—the elder believes she’s pregnant, apparently by someone from outside the Ark. Rasper talks Marlotte into letti...

From the Locan basement, the investigators have insights that lead them to seek out the next victim on the campus of the University of Washington. They lean on the Oroboro Group's resources to try to get ahead of the killer... Dive into the shadows of the '90s in this occult serial killer investigation TTRPG - Midnight of the Century is a mid-'90s pre-apocalyptic serial killer investigation TTRPG...

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 organised as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/the_open_hearth/overview) With Octavia off-screen...

The Gathering Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uswqahYu2U8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 organised as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/the_open_hearth/overview) Arriving at the village...

In which we meet four unusual spiritualists on the cusp of initiation into mysteries they cannot yet imagine. Fearful Symmetries by Steve Dempsey is a campaign for Trail of Cthulhu. We're playing a pretty heavily house-ruled version. This game was organised through the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. You can find out more at https://openhearthgaming.com/. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Four chambermaids make a pact together one night; to find out why their friend Marga has disappeared and who is behind it! While performing their everyday duties they investigate the goings-on, go out to the mysterious forests of Silent Falls which surround the hotel and wonder who their friend really was... The Girls of the Genziana Hotel are the chambermaids who serve what few guests sleep in th...

Michelangelo DeAcosta a profiler and Nathalie Abad an occultist are with The Oroboro - a consultancy group who help out law enforcement with strange and devilishly difficult cases - they're called in to investigate a grisly murder in Seattle, the Maritime City on the brink... Dive into the shadows of the '90s in this occult serial killer investigation TTRPG - Midnight of the Century is a mid-'90s...

"Impact Preservation PT 1" We return to the Tempest as the head out to deliver a scientific organization to an abandoned Federation listening post near the Romulan border. But both Moreno and Escarra butt heads with the science group's leader. On arrival at the planet, they pick up an anomaly, but focus on securing the site. This becomes more complicated when the initial transport down forces them...

In our first session of Mutant Year Zero, we built the Ark as a ruined mall with hotel elements. The Elder and the Dawn Vault were placed in the old Spencer Gifts. Johammed claimed the lower level and the food court. Marlotte held the upper level. The Ark’s clean water came from a single fountain fed by a jury-rigged underground line, and the group set its starting stats at Food 2, Culture 2, Tech...

Dr. Swindrake takes an interest in Mx. Latimer's Health. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK2IhFUylmw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Character creation, a spar, and a vision Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3ogfNcsHLI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Deep inside the giant, tensions finally break. Plans are made, alliances are tested, and the group is forced into a series of hard, irreversible choices. What starts as a focused objective quickly spirals into chaos—panic, pursuit, and desperate improvisation. This session leans hard into everything the campaign has been building toward: unstable identities, dangerous magic, and the cost of pushin...

Alun R facilitates the first session of a short series of Grimwild (Oddity Press). This session was organised as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/the_open_hearth/overview) The tense face-off between the townsfolk and bandits is disturbed by the sudden appearance of Brother Odell; a Disciple of Dark...

Mx. Latimer and Pike visit a free health clinic. Latimer looses face and Pike saves a maiden. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y-7ymRhGI8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★