Playing at the Hearth

Part of our community's Shared Hearth Open Gaming Convention. We play a one-shot of Gordie Murphy's Mythomorphosis, a game which "explore(s) the relationship between a society’s history and one of its dominant cultural stories, creating and changing a myth over the course of generations." We look at the creation myth for a coastal settlement in a low-fantasy setting. You can see a copy of the Goog...

The crew continues their leave at Kosret Landing, meeting new folks and deepening relations with others. The Witches' maneuvers ashore make everyone nervous. But they opt to continue on-- heading inland to meet a scholar who may be able to point them to the next step on their journey of revenge. This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com Our audio v...

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 one-shot version is available here: https://madelancholy.itch.io/ Trophy Dark by J...

The Last Caravan is a cars and aliens tabletop role-playing game about a midwinter road trip in the wake of an alien invasion. Starting from the East Coast, you and your fellow travelers will navigate a shattered North America. You’ll explore landscapes transformed by xenoflora, search abandoned towns and crashed spaceships, discover the otherworldly technology called Harmonics, negotiate with new...

The assault on the Iron Aegis begins. As the Captain pushes Cass to interdict the forces ashore, he leads a party to board the enemy vessel and wreak bloody havoc. Meanwhile Nonius climbs aboard quietly in an effort to find the Oracle's face before being discovered-- but he has brought along unwanted assistance... This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgam...

"Old Friends" The team prepares to head to the megastructure and enter the rupture into fluidic space, but tensions still remain. They dive in to find the lost crew, but face a dangerous foe and a lost relic of another age. Shared Hearth Open Gaming Weekend https://openhearthgaming.com/shared-hearth (Oct 2 to Oct 5 2025) This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhe...

"Hunters of Old PT 2" The crew of the Tempest discover that some kind of creature has destroyed the transport and may be heading towards more populated space. They follow the trail to a now-destroyed monitoring station where they're set upon by another also pursing their quarry. Now the ship must decide how they will handle this mission, as former officers begin to push their own agenda. This is p...

"Hunters of Old PT 1" The Tempest is tasked with taking three veterans of the Federation-Klingon War to an anniversary ceremony. All three served on the Tempest and all have tangled histories with present members of the crew. But when the ship is diverted to look into a missing cargo transport, the situation becomes more complicated and old grudges rear their head. This is part of Open Hearth Gami...

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands, the caravan met the astral lizard-inhabited shell of the Rebuilder, commissioned a new one from the ancient autofac below, and forged a new body for Adoron before returning to Red Bear. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t__PNK0SlzQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The King of Otwan demands the retrieval of his daughter from a failed sacrifice ritual - the adventurers are tasked with this mission, and if they find treasure along the way and possibly earn the princess's hand in this rescue, so be it... This game was played for the Shared Hearth online gaming event https://openhearthgaming.com/shared-hearth and follows the Open Hearth Community Code of Conduct...

Mercury Orbit, 2188 An underfunded and overworked research team aboard the United Mining and Development observation and research facility. Stretched to their limits, so close to a breakthrough they can taste it. A single terrible mishap precipitates the end of the crew, the station, and their precious research. Some may survive, but not without great sacrifice. As Toffet Station breaks apart, the...

Mike Ferdinando facilitates the GM-less story-game "Batman: The Final Rogue" for Blake and Tea. A dozen villains from Gotham City's "rogues gallery" assemble on the night of the Gotham Museum Gala to pull off the crime of the century! But Batman puts a stop to it and captures all but one: The Final Rogue! Our villains: Black Mask, Captain Cold, Catwoman, Harley Quinn, Inque, Kite Man, Man-Bat, The...

GM Mike Ferdinando runs a one-shot of R'lyehwatch for Dominik, Guy, Peter, and Steph for Open Hearth Gaming's Shared Hearth annual online convention. Four professional lifeguards head out to the scene of a fire aboard fading yacht rock star Eric Zahn's pleasure-boat... only to find that Zahn is up to something very fishy! 0:00 - Introductions 9:48 - CATS and Safety 23:45 - Rules Overview & Cha...

GM Mike Ferdinando runs a one-shot of Trophy Dark: Isle of Water and Blood for Elizabeth, Jeremiah, Mint, and Neal. In 1902, a group of dilettante occultists assemble on a tiny rocky island off the coast of New Hampshire to perform an arcane ritual they only think they understand. 0:00 - Introductions 9:12 - CATS & Safety Discussion 26:10 - Rules Overview 41:20 - Character Creation 52:37 - Cha...

Alun R facilitates a one-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's 'Shared Hearth' weekend (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...). Lieutenant Cain, Corporal 'Murph' Murphy, PFC Gibson and the rest of their mar...

It's Chicago, 1968. A protester at the DNC is thrown into a police jail cell. It gets worse from there.  Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol6PucxhsM4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Alun R facilitates a one-shot of 'The Cluster', his own PbtA space opera game. This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community's (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) Shared Hearth open online convention weekend using our online Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...). Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...) ... We meet Hawthorne, still cleav...

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Apocalypse Keys as played at the Shared Hearth 2025 (Thursday, 2 Oct. 2025) Four DIVISION agents try to find and close the First Door and find their personal hell. It's a bit Hellboy, it's a bit Stalker. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYrj36ZsPM4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ava the sceptic and Quincey the true believer drive into Silent Falls; one returning home to disprove the nonsense and the other going to a place they've never been to find proof. A sign near a field of corn is what they seek but they will be changed by what they find there... ***** Everyone's heard at least one piece of urban folklore - the sharp bend in the road, the things that hide in the endl...

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands: the caravan crossed the Skybridge with a ghostly tollkeeper, dodged temporal tomb domes, felled a dire beaver, reached the Rose Towers, and watched their six-day cycle—until a scarlet four-armed giant awoke and asked Adoron, “Why are you here?” Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H08swFhx4OM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Imperial Navy has been hot on your trail for weeks. The Pirate Kings of the Free Worlds want your head after you pulled off a heist that... ahem, relieved them of a sizable amount of treasure. You know you should feel worried, but all you see - looking out of the viewscreen of your starship - is the wonders of deep space. You can’t imagine feeling freer. Your crew might be a strange group—and...

Lady Baptiste and Virtus work a crime scene while Rhydion unleashes her powers to help the downtrodden. Also: Movie magic! Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIaJ_cMvDuw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This week, Lady Baptiste learns about her ultimate destiny. Rhydion learns about their past. Virtus learns about his weakness. All of them learn about a young girl who is missing the most precious thing. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKw_wEqnMvw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Having recovered Jeremiah from the Oak tree in the woods, it's time for all to take stock and look to the future... ***** Two Summers is a game of sunny adventures and light drama across two timelines by Côme Martin. We'll be using the supplement Other Summers - which means that our adventures will have less sunshine (as befits Silent Falls). In this game, players take the role of characters livin...