Playing at the Hearth

A Fair Wind opens with its new staff of recently retired adventurers: Ogrim Stormbane, the ex-Fighter (now Lookout)Melkor the Gray, the ex-Bard (now Crafter)Lucia, the ex-Swashbuckler (now Chef)Meave, the ex-Ranger (now Hunter)We discover a little more about them, and how they have begun to settle in and find their feet in these new lives, and then an old friend visits them and they have a chance to show off the tavern and the town itself.***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=UYJXOg8Qxbk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Caravan leaves Portland in the midst of fresh alien activity, fleeing westwards. First stop, a tyre dealership to upgrade to make better work of the snow and off-road route ahead of them...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=xLuKdKLNMmw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

"Testing Protocols Pt 1"The Kintsugi docks at Starbase 14, as more bad news from the Dominion War continues to come in. Acting Captain Ward meets with Starfleet Command and receives news of a new observer assigned to the ship, Commander Litaal, now with the office of the Inspector General. The Kintsugi is dispatched when a secret Federation weapons development facility drops out of contact. They reach the planet to discover strange atmospheric phenomena. An expedition to the surface goes badly, and soon the arrival of a Dominion vessel raises the stakes. 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=5hjd1PDzIWk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

M.A.C.E. - Mission Adaptive Combat EnsembleA S.H.I.E.L.D. special ops team built from the best of the best from around the world. These soldiers will be deployed against supervillain and alien threats, and to rise to the occasion, they will have limited access to superpowers to fight the good fight!Utilizing the Harvest protocol, M.A.C.E. team members will have limited access to a variety of metahuman abilities. However, the stress of these powers will take a toll on their bodies and minds. It's all in a day's work for our heroes!-----------------------------------TLDR: Play GI Joe-styled regular-human soldiers from around the world who are recruited to go ham on supervillains and aliens using powers that will eventually kill them."It's better to burn out than FADE AWAY!"Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t-Xiv27K7E ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In this session of Writers' Room Indiana Jones meets Leverate as we create an anti-colonialist action adventure show about repatriating stolen artifacts.Here's the sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pQftPFwh9hCgRPC_wI5LcOpELZji7YBO4R1GbhKe3N8/edit?usp=sharingOriginal video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8mnjLT6wR4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Session Zero - world and character creation for our Swoop Gangs series!Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFQBEDaWDqU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

A bad dream and a heart-to-heart.Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlt4VXr-zdM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

If you can find the remains of the Godwin expedition on the tallest mountain and return his body to his family with proof, then they'll make you wealthier than you can possibly imagine… but while the money's a powerful motivation, it's not the only reason you made the arduous journey to base camp, ready to go up into the white.Please be aware that this game verges into horror, with mentions of shifting reality, altitude, climbing in severe conditions, threat of avalanche and hypoxia inherent to this incursion.No Fear is part of the Dark Tidings Anthology by Speak the Sky, Designed for Trophy Dark https://speakthesky.itch.io/dark-tidingsTrophy Dark by Jesse Ross is a tabletop roleplaying game about doomed treasure-seekers entering haunted spaces in the world. https://trophyrpg.com/This game was played during the Shared Hearth Open Gaming Weekend, with members of the Open Hearth Gaming Community. Safety tools were available, as well as playing under the Open Hearth Community Code of Conduct. https://tinyurl.com/2tdfhy75Thunderbird “Bird” - SpaceReece - StephCharleston - DannyThe Keeper - MadelancholyRecorded October 4, 2025Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Wj92N5kyk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 Google Sheet we used to play including the four generations of play and set up: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HQwCasnDiSS9MBcFQF9Ak57rXcCyse-jEdDwMHO_qp0/edit?usp=sharingThis 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=Zig1PxUP_fI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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.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=qoX9kn6fLQs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 Jesse Ross is a tabletop roleplaying game about doomed treasure-seekers entering haunted spaces in the world. https://trophyrpg.com/This game was played during the Shared Hearth Open Gaming Weekend, with members of the Open Hearth Gaming Community. Safety tools were available, as well as playing under the Open Hearth Community Code of Conduct. https://tinyurl.com/2tdfhy75Rasei, the Sellsword/Reformed Thug - MichelleKel, the Oracle/Escaped Cultist - BeckyNima, the Herbalist/Unmasked Faeborn - CatSibil, the Demonologist/Disgraced Courtesan - FumiThe Keeper - MadelancholyRecorded October 3, 2025Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iF4WuxsbUY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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=_Pwg7d23kTI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 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=u92M4_AukpE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

"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 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=5DCn6M7P25g ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

"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 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=h2a12h96iAg ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

"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 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=tBvjTicQS_8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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. https://openhearthgaming.com/code-of-conductA Throne of Hollow Feathers by Amanda Mullins is a one-shot incursion written for Appendix N Jam using Trophy Gold rules. https://iamatrex.itch.io/a-throne-of-hollow-feathersTrophy Gold is a roleplaying game about a group of obsessive treasure-hunters entering the haunted and forgotten places of the world, seeking great riches in a desperate bid to stay alive. https://trophyrpg.comIfori, the Lamb/Impeached Official - Tea-amatElisio, the Poet/Escaped Cultist - SabineLaro, the Naturalist/Errant Knight - DomThe Keeper - MadelancholyRecorded on October 3, 2025Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYI710_5OHA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Mercury Orbit, 2188An 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 rest find only ruin, delirium, and the burning cold of the void.In the end, was it all worth it?***Toffet Station is a storytelling game about the inevitable descent of a United Mining and Development observation and research facility orbiting Mercury in 2188, and the regrettably unavoidable fates of its research team. A terrible mishap will mean the end of the crew, the station, and their work.The project is overtasked and underfunded, stretched to the limits of safety and reason, and so close to a breakthrough they can taste it. Toffet station is a dark, lyrical science fiction game set in the not-too-distant future about people pushing themselves too far.Toffet Station runs on the Desperation Engine by Bully Pulpit Games.It is by Marc Majcher and is available here https://majcher.itch.io/toffet-stationFind 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 #OpenHearth #SharedHearthOriginal video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMUzChMnM6E ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 Penguin, Poison Ivy, Rat Catcher, The Riddler, and The Weather WizardThis game is a drift of the classic story-game "The Final Girl" by Brett Gillian.0:00 - Introductions6:28 - CATS and safety discussion21:51 - Rules Overview36:09 - Character Creation42:33 - Scene 1 (Introduction) - Penguin's Lair52:58 - Scene 2 (Introduction) - The Riddler's Helicopter58:58 - Scene 3 (Introduction) - Fake Security Van1:05:05 - Scene 4 (First Blood) - The Gala Ballroom1:15:01 - Scene 5 (Standard) - Statuary Hall1:33:56 - Scene 7 (Standard) - Hall of Minerals1:43:40 - Scene 8 (standard) - Hall of Automobiles1:53:16 - Scene 9 (Standard) - Portrait Gallery2:06:03 - Scene 10 (Standard) - Special Exhibit of Rare Books2:15:12 - Scene 11 (Standard) - Loading Dock2:21:27 - Scene 12 (Endgame) - Batmobile Chase!2:28:55 - Scene 13 - Epliogue2:31:00 - Stars & WishesOriginal video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlSJmkEYQA4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★