Playing at the Hearth

The eighth session of a twelve session campaign of the Scions, as part of the Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/). The Scions is a hack of the Paragon System developed by Kieron Gillen, allows you to basically do your own Horus Hersey at home and is his love letter to that feral 1987 Rogue Trader edition where there were a million worlds and anythingw as possible. Music tr...

The group meets for Yun's tale, a sorrowful story of someone taken in by a Yuki-onna. Afterwards Trip and Arthur wander the halls together, unsettled by rumours of what was here before and unexplained sounds. In this Midnight Club-inspired series , we'll be playing an in-development Firebrands game, where we will play a group of terminally-ill teenage patients seeing out their days at a hospice an...

The coterie hits the streets to investigate the details of the errands they've been tasked with for this season. While the Mask and the Election seem interesting, it is the canal race and propping up the spoiled Ignacio Elanda that draws most of their attention. After assaying the competitors, gently replacing the crew, and sowing the seeds of discontent, they move into action splitting their atte...

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The seventh session of a twelve session campaign of the Scions, as part of the Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/). The Scions is a hack of the Paragon System developed by Kieron Gillen, allows you to basically do your own Horus Hersey at home and is his love letter to that feral 1987 Rogue Trader edition where there were a million worlds and anythingw as possible. Music t...

Trode, the Man-Child decrees that all the other kings have knights who've slain a dragon. So he should have one too. He sends his two favorite courtiers, Clotilda of the Sword and Beaumont d'Anguissous, to kill one for him at Fogclyffe Rock. There's no dragon to be found. So they annoy a bird instead. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah5OStm-Pes ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Trip and Florian clash over right of way in the corridor, after her therapy session Yun tells Trip about her nightmare, and Florian and Arthur bond over a Star Wars figure revealed during unpacking. In this Midnight Club-inspired series , we'll be playing an in-development Firebrands game, where we will play a group of terminally-ill teenage patients seeing out their days at a hospice and gatherin...

This week in Plasmodics, we rescue Boudica's crew, reprogram Billy Boy to FORSAKE its cop job, take care of some housekeeping in the Flotilla, accidentally usher in King Tide's preamble with a strange artifact, and start following a beautiful man back to his skin care bunker. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMb_YJZOHfA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Jackson's aunt brings him to visit the Old Man, where his philosophy is challenged. Meanwhile, Hennessy goes on to survey a stone circle to see how effective it might be as an occult focus. Then they're called into action to a quiet lakeside summer camp, where a body has washed up - marked with a strange sigil... Dive into the shadows of the '90s in this occult serial killer investigation TTRPG -...

We meet the members of staff, before looking back on when the newest patient Florian arrived at the Hospice. Then we see Yun & Arthur visit Freddie's shrine. In this Midnight Club-inspired series , we'll be playing an in-development Firebrands game, where we will play a group of terminally-ill teenage patients seeing out their days at a hospice and gathering at midnight to share scary stories....

The sixth session of a twelve session campaign of the Scions, as part of the Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/). The Scions is a hack of the Paragon System developed by Kieron Gillen, allows you to basically do your own Horus Hersey at home and is his love letter to that feral 1987 Rogue Trader edition where there were a million worlds and anythingw as possible. Music tra...

We take up in the aftermath of a failed mission, with the coterie being chastised by their patron. We then work through downtime, the social season advancement, and draw our characters into Summer in Ilrein. Of course, I forgot to restart the recording after the second break, but below is a summary of the information and new errands presented. * House went up two ticks, bringing Elandra in paralle...

In this Midnight Club-inspired series , we'll be playing an in-development Firebrands game, where we will play a group of terminally-ill teenage patients seeing out their days at a hospice and gathering at midnight to share scary stories. CONTENT WARNINGS: character death, terminal illness, horror stories Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh Find the...

The Knights settle in at Bersurch Hall and prepare for a burhurt to protect the life of a young mountain raider. On the way to the hold of the Hraiwadūbōn people, they meet an off caravan, transporting building material to the vale, for to build the Frog's castle with. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj7RFHe7-BE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This week in Plasmodics we meet a beautiful robot boy, negotiate the Flotilla, navigate to a semi-flooded office building in the Brack, keep a little frog dude from expiring, and engage in a sudden, ill-adivsed combat with a malfunctioning (except for the guns) security robot. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIRhPS4c3XE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Dungeon World 2 - Beta V3 - Eternia Escapades Barbarian, Rogue, Druid, Wizard on a Quest for the King! Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q59rhp6GY2A ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The fifth session of a twelve session campaign of the Scions, as part of the Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/). The Scions is a hack of the Paragon System developed by Kieron Gillen, allows you to basically do your own Horus Hersey at home and is his love letter to that feral 1987 Rogue Trader edition where there were a million worlds and anythingw as possible. Music tra...

It's the great blizzard of 1888, and the people of a tiny town in Kansas find themselves in the teeth of the storm... Desperation: Dead House is a card-based storytelling game, a dark and lyrical experience about people pushed far past their limits. https://bullypulpitgames.com/products/desperation This game was played during the Shared Hearth Open Gaming Weekend, with members of the Open Hearth G...

In Session 0 we learn about Sir Azmiyah, the Tourney Knight (he/him), Sir Hamelin the Dust Knight (she/her), Sir Drunnus the Tome Knight (he/him) and Sir Teduin, the Gazer Knight (he/him). Our four heroes meet their seers and are sent to find their destiny in a realm to the South East. Upon arrival, they meet Alnect, the King's Herald, who informs them that the King will reward whoever brings him...

We finish out our downtime from last time and visit further with our coterie, after making mechanical choices for advancing the house. Then the group undertakes their plan to infiltrate a painter into a house for the purposes of altering a painting. However things go terribly wrong, terribly quickly... This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com. Our...

This week in our inaugural game of Plasmodics, we make a whole bunch of little freaks and send them off to find a screwdriver. I'm sure everything is going to go just fine. (There's a hiccup due to Detroit Internet around the 2hr mark, whupz) Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8NQrT23RJM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Alun R facilitates a one-shot of his own game. Alien Dark (free from https://gallusgames.itch.io) lightly hacked for play in Norman England. This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community's (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) seasonal Shared Hearth Convention. A Knight, Sir Gilbert, leads an expedition including Dorin, the Spearman; Tru, the Apprentice; and Alfred, the Prie...

Alun R facilitates a one-sot of his own game, Against the Dark Conspiracy (https://gallusgames.itch.io/) as part of the The Open Hearth Gaming Community's (https://openhearthgaming.com) seasonal 'Shared Hearth' online convention. Molly Low, former MI6 Handler; Lilly Yang, a former Traid False-Face; and Yannick De Wolf, an Assassin formerly of Belgian Special Forces, seek a missing podcaster in Mar...

Individuals who have answered the challenge of the Green Knight are now honor-bound to journey together and receive same in kind on the eve of the new year, traveling to the Green Chapel and meet their destinies. One Year Hence is a card-based Descended from the Queen storytelling game inspired by the tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, by Jim Ryan. https://oneyearhence.com/ This game was pla...

This is a one-shot of Sky Racers Unlimited, a dieselpunk hack of the Fate RPG Tachyon Squadron. You have hired on as pilots aboard a massive sky vessel taking part in a transcontinental race. Sky Racers features an early 20th Century world disrupted by the rule of a cabal of Mad Scientists. Those villains are gone but the world has only just begun to recover. It’s a mix of Crimson Skies, Great Rac...