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• Talking Hearts of Wulin

  Be sure to check out the Hearts of Wulin Bundle of Holding running through Wednesday July 23rd, 2025. This is an edited and cleaned up version of a talk Lowell Francis, designer and co-writer on Hearts of Wulin, gave talking about moves, NPCs, set ups, and other topics in this game of wuxia melodrama. It is split between presentation and audience Q&A.  This is part of the Open Hearth series of seminars, discussions, and workshops. 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] 

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• Talking Horror: Running & Playing Horror TTRPGs

  Horror as a genre can be a great tool to use in your ventures in GMing horror games, but horror movies aren’t the only place to pull from. You can pull from many forms of media including books and real life situations. Sit down with us folks and let’s see how we each approach running horror ttrpgs! This panel talk is part of the Open Hearth series of seminars, discussions, and workshops. Host Jellyfishlines moderates a panel with Mads, Vixie, and David Robles. The panel wraps with some audience Q&A. Jellyfishlineshttps://jellyfishlines.carrd.co/https://bsky.app/profile/jellyfishlines.itch.iohttps://jellyfishlines.itch.io/MadsMadelancholy on YouTube and Discordhttps://bsky.app/profile/madelancholy.bsky.socialhttps://madelancholy.itch.io/Vixiehttps://linktr.ee/thepocketdragonpubhttps://ko-fi.com/pocketdragonpubIndie Game Designer Month in September! The PDP is accepting submissions! Email [email protected] Robleshttps://linktr.ee/streamingrainbowYou can see how David GMs for horror in Mythos of War Journey through the Pyrenees and SS Sophia available on YouTube and wherever you listen to podcastsFind 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]

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• Roll for Origin: Supers TTRPG History: Ep. 2 Villains & Vigilantes

  In this second episode of Roll for Origin: Supers TTRPG History, hosts Jay Brown and Lowell Francis look at Villains & Vigilantes, the superhero rpg that broke the genre open. We go over what the game is, its place in the history of gaming, and what was going on in comics media at the time. We then move to general discussion, including what we found weird and what we dug.If you dig this series, please rate, review, and subscribe.Jay's the author of By Aecer’s Light, The Clockwinders for Fate, Cortex Prime's Supers, and a contributing author on Pathfinder’s Mwangi Expanse, Trophy Gold, Hit the Streets: Defend the Block, and the upcoming Lifted: Indomitable RPG, a supers game about everyday folks with extraordinary powers in a tech-aggressive world.Check out Mad Jay's work at Play.Fearless and at the Diceology Podcast.Lowell is the designer and co-author of Hearts of Wulin. He's the ENnie-winning creator of the Age of Ravens blog and community manager for the Open Hearth Gaming Community. You can find Lowell's work on YouTube, on Itch.io, and on DriveThruRPG. 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] 00:00 Intro02:50 The Pitch09:20 Gaming History13:52 Comics & Media History17:20 Thoughts 

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• Open Hearth Podcast Ep 10: Night Witches, Fathom, Impossible Landscapes

  In this episode we talk recent gaming and look at some really interesting and intense games.  Host Mike Minutillo is joined community members Gwen Marshall  and Ethan Harvey. Night Witches: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/146173/night-witchesFathom: https://sulcata.itch.io/fathomImpossible Landscapes: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/344408/delta-green-impossible-landscapesGwenhttps://bsky.app/profile/drgwenmarshall.bsky.socialhttps://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/browse?keyword=gwendolyn%20marshallhttps://drgwenmarshall.itch.ioEthanhttps://ethanharvey.itch.iohttps://bsky.app/profile/cavedueller.bsky.socialFind 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]

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• Talking World Building, Collaboration & Beyond

  A recording of a talk by Lowell Francis about handling world building and collaborative elements. This session was part of Shared Hearth, the Open Hearth Gaming Community free ttrpg weekend. In this talk/discussion we hit on Reasons for a shared approach How existing games handle this Online tools and techniques Managing collaborative building ...and more. Talk Outline and NotesThis was a mixed discussion and Q&A. We talked about adapting a more fixed setting, like Duskvol from Blades in the Dark, and make it into one with even more interesting player input and creation. 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] 

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