Around the Hearth

In this podcast community members join us to talk about their recent gaming and discuss one in depth that they really enjoyed. Host Fumi is joined today by Jesse (jesseabe) and Mads (madelancholy, https://www.youtube.com/@Madelancholy).Games DiscussedUrban Shadows Second EditionThe David WebWanderhomeSome Other Games Mentioned TeethApocalypse World 2e InevitableBooks MentionedAstral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968 (Ryan Walsh) Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World (Anne-Laure Le Cunff)Waterblack (Alex Pheby)Find out more about the Open Hearth Gaming CommunitySupport us on Patreon!Our actual play podcast can be found here Follow us on Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpgBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpgMastodon: @[email protected] Chapters00:27 Introduction01:33 Jesse & Urban Shadows 2e10:56 Mads & The David Web20:41 Fumi & Wanderhome31:05 Giving Me Life

Ian and José welcome their first guest, Gwen Marshall, to talk about how players navigate the character creation process. We discuss our personal approaches to the process, reveal our recurring character “types”, and wonder how characters continue to evolve after Session Zero. Link to Gwen’s work: https://drgwenmarshall.carrd.co/Contact Ian & José at: [email protected] Hearth Gaming: https://openhearthgaming.com/ Show music: https://lloydeaves.bandcamp.com/album/a-different-kind-of-hexGames Mentioned: PbtAApocalypse WorldHearts of WulinMasks: A New GenerationMonsterheartsNight WitchesThirsty Sword LesbiansBlades in the DarkLancerBeaconHeart: the City BeneathFathomEldritch High

Welcome to our fifth episode! In this podcast community members join us to talk about their recent gaming and discuss one in depth that they really enjoyed. Host Lowell Francis (edige23) is joined today by Sherri and Anders.Final GirlThousand Year Old Vampire DIEAnders Gabrielssonhttps://undeshga.itch.io/Lowell Francishttps://youtube.com/@lowellfrancis?si=p_rpzF2RWnNz3WEihttps://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/Find out more about the Open Hearth Gaming CommunitySupport us on Patreon!Our actual play podcast can be found here Follow us on Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpgBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpgMastodon: @[email protected] Chapters00:00 Introduction01:24 Sherri & Playtesting14:41 Anders & Solo Board Gaming31:06 Lowell & DIE46:56 Giving Me Life

In this inaugural episode, hosts Ian and José introduce the new podcast’s focus on the player perspective in TTRPGs: As players, how do we optimize our own fun, as well as that of our peers? How do we learn to recognize, appreciate, and develop our own individual play styles? How do we embrace our own agency within games and deploy it to support the greater community of players?Contact Ian and José at [email protected]

Welcome to our fourth episode! In this podcast community members join us to talk about their recent gaming and discuss one in depth that they really enjoyed. Host Lowell Francis (edige23) is joined today by Dom and Donogh.Wilderfeast Bump in the DarkSunken Hearts AP Playlist Rain WorldFree from the Shadow Character Keeper Free from the Shadow Play Materials Donogh Mastodon - https://dice.camp/@donoghYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@Donoghitch.io - https://donogh.itch.io/Lowell FrancisYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@LowellFrancisitch.io - https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/Find out more about the Open Hearth Gaming CommunitySupport us on Patreon!Our actual play podcast can be found here Follow us on Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpgBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpgMastodon: @[email protected] Chapters00:00 Introduction01:11 Dom & Wilderfeast15:56 Donogh & Bump in the Dark29:44 Lowell & Sunken Hearts45:05 Giving Me Life

Host Lowell Francis (edige23) is joined this episode by community members Jex Thomas and Mike Minutillo to talk about their recent gaming experiences and in-depth discussions about a game they each enjoy.Jex's Links:Bump in the DarkThe Last CaravanUrban Shadows 2EThe Haunting of Cliff CoveThe Girls of Genziana HotelLast Pine Press on Itch: https://jexjthomas.itch.io/Last Pine Press on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lastpinepress.comMike's Links:A Warning to the CuriousSUPER BANDITCryptidTVPasión de las Pasiones Lovecraftesque 2ELowell Francis: https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/Find out more about the Open Hearth Gaming CommunitySupport us on Patreon!Our actual play podcast can be found hereFollow us on Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg Mastadon: @[email protected](00:00) - Introduction (01:10) - Jex & The Girls of the Genziana Hotel (13:18) - Mike & Lovecraftesque (30:28) - Lowell & Sword Opera (43:44) - Giving Me Life

Hey! We made it to Episode 2! In this podcast community members join us to talk about their recent gaming and discuss one in depth that they really enjoyed. Host Lowell Francis (edige23) is joined today by Horst and Will H.Horst's Mythic Bastionland Links:https://newschoolrevolution.com/how-i-do-play-by-post/https://weirdwonder.bearblog.dev/mythic-bastionland/#fn-1Pbp transcript https://blackcitygauntlet.blogspot.com/search/label/pbpRed Markets 2e Beta: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/509226/red-markets-2nd-edition-beta-playtestLowell Francis: https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/Find out more about the Open Hearth Gaming CommunitySupport us on Patreon! Our actual play podcast can be found here Follow us on Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg Mastadon: @[email protected] Chapters00:00 Introduction00:55 Horst & Mythic Bastionland 18:08 Will H & Red Markets 2e32:43 Lowell & Kingdom 2e45:28 Giving Me Life

Hey! It's the first episode of our long-promised podcast. In this podcast community members join us to talk about their recent gaming and discuss one in depth that they really enjoyed. Host Lowell Francis (edige23) is joined today by Marc Majcher and Jim Crocker.Marc Majcher: https://majcher.itch.io/Jim Crocker: https://jimlikesgames.itch.io/(you can also find Jim at StartPlaying)Lowell Francis: https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/Community Radio: https://thoughtcrimegames.itch.io/community-radioUVG: https://wizardthieffighter.itch.io/ultraviolet-grasslands-and-the-black-city-uvgFind out more about the Open Hearth Gaming CommunitySupport us on Patreon! Our actual play podcast can be found here Follow us on Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg Mastadon: @[email protected]:00 Intro 01:40 Marc Majcher 15:17 Jim Crocker 31:47 Lowell 44:49 Giving Me Life

A collection of favorite tabletop rpgs of 2024 from our community members. It’s split into three sections, with host picks in-between. To learn more about Open Hearth Gaming Community, check out openhearthgaming.com.Podcast feed: https://aroundthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/AP Podcast: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OpenHearthGamingTumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpgBluesky: @openhearthrpg.bsky.socialMastodon: https://dice.camp/@openhearthrpgYou can join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/kpfcuCFzzMA Complicated ProfessionAgainst Time and DeathAlien DarkBand of BladesThe BetweenBlades in the DarkCairn 2EDeathmatch IslandDIEFearful SymmetriesFellowship 2nd editionGirl by MoonlightGodboundGodkillerGood SocietyHearts of WulinThe HuntedInevitableLady BlackbirdLast FleetMecha HackMonster of the WeekMountainhomeMythic BastionlandNumberless SecretsOur Traveling HomePasión de Las PasionesSaltfish & AlmanacsThe Slow KnifeSlugblasterSunken Hearts (aka Hearts of Yokai)Swoop GangsTomb RaiderWanderhomeWildseaWise WomenYazeba's Bed & BreakfastYour Abuser is Dead

(00:00) - Introduction (07:05) - Using our Playabl Calendar App (19:30) - After Posting Your Session (35:05) - Running Session Zero/One (58:14) - General Topics Talk Outline: https://bit.ly/3UDCye3This is a talk/seminar about game facilitation, particularly in our Open Hearth Gaming Community. In this single session, I will be walking through the material I usually cover in session one of our Game Facilitator Camps. I’ll walk through that syllabus, and we can stop off for questions and tangents. Then we’ll open things up to questions, general discussion, and any kinds of topics folks want to cover. For more information on Open Hearth, see https://openhearthgaming.com/.Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVYzlTDwVcQ

Rich Rogers (Hit the Streets, +1 Forward Podcast) and Lowell Francis (Hearts of Wulin, the Gauntlet Podcast) talk NPCs: creating, presenting & working with them. We discuss these ideas with a small GM group-- getting their ideas and suggestions. Links mentioned in episode: Behind the Names Markov Name Generator Speech Patterns for NPCs

Open Hearth Gaming's recorded gaming sessions are now available in an audio-only podcast format. For more information, check out Playing at the Hearth at https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/.For more information about Open Hearth Gaming, including how to sign up for games, please visit https://openhearthgaming.com/.Thanks, everyone, and happy gaming!

This is a talk by Lowell Francis about Legacy: Life Among the Ruins, a PbtA game of post-apocalyptic families and factions. Lowell (@edige23 on most social media) walks through the facets of the game giving advice and insight, with feedback and questions from the seminar participants. Talk OutlineExample Character KeeperSample MapLegacy: System Guide for New PlayersWorld Building: Collaborative MapsYou can check us out on Patreon, YouTube, or our website.

A community event talking about GMing and playing hard moves, managing costs, and balancing consequences for PbtA, Forged in the Dark, and other storygames.

This is a talk Anders did for the Open Hearth gaming community. It contains a brief overview of the history of the Cortex system, an introduction to the mechanics, a look at example characters from some different Cortex Plus games, a look at the different traits available in Cortex Prime, and some discussion on things to think about when making a Cortex Prime game.The Open Hearth: https://openhearthgaming.com/Cortex Prime: https://www.cortexrpg.com/compendium/explore-the-rulesThe official Cortex Discord server: https://discord.gg/z4y8SpAHpJ

A community event talking about the basics of FitD, challenges for play, best practices, interesting mechanics, and new games. Begins with a 30 minute overview, followed by a longer group discussion of folks' experience with and advice for playing Forged in the Dark Games. This is the actual, unedited audio from the discussion.You can see an event outline hereFor a great look at FitD games, check out the +1 Forward podcast summer series on several of these games.

Members of the Open Hearth Gaming Community submit their favorite games and gaming experiences of 2023 in our year-end special episode.Website: https://openhearthgaming.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgamingMastodon: https://dice.camp/@openhearthrpgTumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/open-hearth-rpg/YouTube: https://youtube.com/@OpenHearthGamingTime Codes(00:00) - Opening (01:29) - Rob Abrazado (02:15) - Ian Mitchell (05:35) - José (07:50) - Matt (11:14) - Donogh (13:08) - Ethan Harvey (14:39) - Anya (17:20) - Horst (19:45) - Mike M (22:55) - Chaotic (23:30) - machinic (24:55) - Rich Rogers (28:16) - Tyler Lominack (29:25) - WillH (32:53) - Mark W (33:45) - Anders (34:50) - Alun (37:45) - Kpop&RPGs (40:16) - Shane (43:28) - Harper (45:40) - Lowell and Sherri (59:55) - Casey T (01:01:48) - Stevie P (01:03:24) - David MK (01:04:52) - Gerrit (01:06:46) - Mike Ferdinando (01:10:45) - David S (01:13:42) - Sabine (01:16:18) - Dan Brown (01:18:40) - Mads (01:21:58) - Thomas (01:24:06) - Closing Games Mentioned (a partial list)Arcane Crimes DivisionBack Again from the Broken LandBe Seeing YouBluebeard's BrideBump in the DarkCourt of BladesCthulhu DarkCY_BORGDemigodsDemon HuntersDon't Kill a Bird with a BaseballEating Oranges Under the ShowerFall of MagicFathomFearful SymmetriesForbidden LandsFree from the ShadowsGalaxies in PerilGirl by MoonlightGood SocietyHearts of CamelotHearts of WulinHearts of YokaiHit the Streets: Defend the BlockInfinite GalaxiesLong Time Listener, Last Time CallerLord Why Have You Forsaken MeMasks: A New GenerationMobile Frame Zero: FirebrandsMonster of WeekMonsterheartsMothershipMountain HomeMutants in the NightMythic BastionlandNahualNumberless Secrets: Hearts of WulinOld-School EssentialsPasión de las PasionesPublic AccessSolar Blades and Cosmic SpellsSpeed RuneStar Trek AdventuresThe BetweenThe Policy of TruthThursdayTrail of CthulhuTrollbabeTrophy DarkTrophy GoldWickednessYazeba's Bed & BreakfastNote: affiliate links to DriveThruRPG Releases