Playing at the Hearth

Following a fierce combat with the Warsinger, the Caravan continue on their mission to rescue the captives, but a difficult encounter proves that trusting people in this new world is the most difficult thing...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 newly-formed factions both human and alien, outrun hostile pursuers, and fight for the future of your world.Your story is about normal people finding heroism under extraordinary pressures. It’s about relationships tested by a crisis, and rediscovering what matters when the world is ending.Your people need you. Will you join the caravan?The Last Caravan is by Ted Bushman and is available here https://tedbushman.itch.io/the-last-caravan-a-cars-and-aliens-roleplaying-game***Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donoghFind the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearthOriginal video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUvum9MvV1c ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We conclude this run of Writers' Room with a dramatic finale! Death! Destruction! And finally... the show gets a title!?Here is a sheet with the final results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E91tPV_wZNvfju8Jn4VI7BPvl7a90ui8R6UTI4y9HGE/edit?usp=sharingOriginal video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcclao8eKps ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Nahual is a tabletop role-playing game about brujos nahuales, humans of mestizo and indigenous ancestry that have the power to shapeshift into an animal form. These nahuales hunt angels to make a living, running a changarro (a business) together to sell the products they make from the bodies of the angels they have killed. These are stories about underdogs, struggling to find their place in a Mexican world of fantastical and overwhelming forces.Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akLckkSla-c ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Monster start their investigation in earnest and find out that there is, in fact, a lot that is wrong with this house.Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpTVyjVivsE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Alun R facilitates a 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 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 (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...) ...Black Cenred continues to be selective with the truth as the Heroes travel to an overgrown fenland in search of 'a Power'. Ceri dances across the reed beds, Gwylog sacrifices to the Old Gods - and gets more then he had expected, Branwen soothes a savage beast, and then Cenred precipitates its death. Then, Branwen suppresses her annoyance, Gwylog reserves his Gift so Cenred binds up his own wounds, but Ceri offers him a gift of her own ...Finally, there's Oselsted ... where all is not well ...Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNDTPgTIJeU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Through the Dark Light Passage, met a machine-man seeking a soul; found a huge one but saved it for after winter. Into the Forest of Meat—gross but forageable. Found Betty the hot-rod autogolem; drag race chaos. Looted 15k coins. Cured plague. Reached the Black City.Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsM6ngYt6ec ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Nahual is a tabletop role-playing game about brujos nahuales, humans of mestizo and indigenous ancestry that have the power to shapeshift into an animal form. These nahuales hunt angels to make a living, running a changarro (a business) together to sell the products they make from the bodies of the angels they have killed. These are stories about underdogs, struggling to find their place in a Mexican world of fantastical and overwhelming forces.Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeqETTY-Otc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

"Tellarite Tangles Pt 2" Litaal continues to try to bring together the two sides aboard the stalled Tellarite evacuation ship. But when two Jem'Hadar ships drop out of warp, the Kintsugi desperately moves to draw them off-- utilizing every trick they can muster. Captain Vate and his crew push their vessel to the limits in a battle which tests everyone as systems go awry and gambits fail...This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.comOur audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/Follow us on https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpghttps://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg@openhearthrpg@dice.campYou can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravensFor more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.comOriginal video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSVBXptGR34 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Prison Break!Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B20Xzc3zGg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

A new monster joins the squad. An old acquaintance resurfaces.Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arBl9O31mpQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8T6-KkI1fw ★ 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 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 (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...) ...We discover just how intrusive Branwen is, how Ceri's Sight reveals a clue, how Gwylog seeks to confirm it, and how Cenred convinces Moddred that he must be courageous if the King is to acknowledge him as heir to Gundholm. There's scree slopes and bare rocks with shadows that generate a disconcerting atmosphere. Then, a blocked tunnel, gnawed human bones, and a shambling 'giant'. An increasingly incomprehensible Ceri surprises a foe, Branwen reveals her true form and Whispers, Cenred brings the house down, and Gwylog banishes the Fae behind the Darkness before showing mercy when brothers are recognized ... All that before an encounter on the road prompts a detour to be taken in pursuit of a Fae's Favour ...Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ahd8-VJhho ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Nonius and Vern try to pry secrets from the ghost-blade duelist Robles, while Cass tries to find a way into the ship wreckers area. The captain encounters and old adversary and comes to an accord. Vern gets a cat, the Captain wrestles with his new leadership style, Cass makes a bargain, and Nonius has an unsatisfying attempt to remove a curse. This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.comOur audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/Follow us on https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpghttps://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg@openhearthrpg@dice.campYou can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravensFor more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.comOriginal video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPDGL-Ttm5E ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Maeve recalls a forgotten memory, tied to how Azure came to be her companion.The town has a few festival days a year, and they’re some of the busiest for A Fair Wind. The Proprieters prepare, despite a lack of sufficient supplies, competition with a neighbouring establishment and impromptu competitions and dances!***The adventurer’s life is tough. It’s time to call it quits. For years you stumbled through hostile lands, living off stale rations, and struggling to get a few hours’ sleep. Now it’s time to hang up your weapons, sell off your armor, and settle down. If only it were that easy…Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern by Takuma Okada is a collection of cozy mini-games that tell the story of a tavern run by former adventurers. Gather your dice, pick up a deck of cards, set aside a shiny coin, and get ready for a new set of challenges. Only this time… your adventures start behind the bar.Stewpot is divided into a series of slice-of-life scenes, with a different set of simple rules and prompts helping adjudicate each scene. You might be scrambling to cook something edible with random ingredients, bartending for troubled souls, calming down a tavern brawl, going shopping for all the things a tavern needs, and more! Work to upgrade your tavern’s cuisine, atmosphere, and service. In the process, you might just learn a little bit about yourself – and your fellow party members.Stewpot is by Takuma Okada and is available herehttps://evilhat.itch.io/stewpotFind me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donoghFind the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearthOriginal video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGPXQH4_0HU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We create the second season of this dark academia tv series. Death! Resurrection! A controversial season finale!Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHMMEgXs7Iw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Our protagonists begin their second year with a lecture about the nature of self-identity, magic, and secrets. They also wrestle with their text books. They learn of the next semester event, a dangerous flora-based scavenger hunt. We move into the obligation and downtime phase, in which they begin to look into the forces affecting one of Damien's close friends. Next session Dec 2nd.This is part of a playtest for a new Series Playset for Girl by Moonlight, in which protagonists have been drafted into a school of magic which is trying to change, manipulate, and even destroy them. It is inspired by The Scholomance, The Magicians, Vita Nova, Harrow the Ninth, Babel, Revolutionary Girl Utena, and more. This session includes our series and character creation. This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.comOur audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/Follow us on https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpghttps://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg@openhearthrpg@dice.campYou can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravensFor more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.comOriginal video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPy46gzJhDY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Caravan ventures into The Eerie, where the strange radio silence is broken by Roxanne's (their new alien songbird) twittering. Warily, they begin to follow the deciphered coordinates but bump into something overlooking the spot...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 newly-formed factions both human and alien, outrun hostile pursuers, and fight for the future of your world.Your story is about normal people finding heroism under extraordinary pressures. It’s about relationships tested by a crisis, and rediscovering what matters when the world is ending.Your people need you. Will you join the caravan?The Last Caravan is by Ted Bushman and is available here https://tedbushman.itch.io/the-last-caravan-a-cars-and-aliens-roleplaying-game***Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donoghFind the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearthOriginal video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avtlKmFaumE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands, the caravan crossed the Ivory Plain, dodged a raccoon-pig stampede, escaped proto-hunters with poetry, and dined with cannibals. Skelly practiced necromancy, Modon got a makeup tutorial, and we entered the Dark Light Passage.Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo7NiIxFcXM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Nahual is a tabletop role-playing game about brujos nahuales, humans of mestizo and indigenous ancestry that have the power to shapeshift into an animal form. These nahuales hunt angels to make a living, running a changarro (a business) together to sell the products they make from the bodies of the angels they have killed. These are stories about underdogs, struggling to find their place in a Mexican world of fantastical and overwhelming forces.Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjnPGefh5QQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

"Tellarite Tangles Pt 1" Litaal reflects on his time on the Kintsugi drawing to a close. As the ship runs drills and works on weapon system upgrades, he dispenses some last bits of advice. But a suddenly cut off distress call from a Tellarite colony sends the Kintsugi on a sudden rescue mission and a clash with a Cardassian Galor-class cruiser. This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.comOur audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/Follow us on https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpghttps://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg@openhearthrpg@dice.campYou can support my channel and website at patreon/ageofravensFor more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.comOriginal video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGZs-k4FKyk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★