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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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  • Roll for Origin: Supers TTRPG History: Ep. 1 Superhero 2044
    In this first episode of Roll for Origin: Supers TTRPG History, hosts Jay Brown and Lowell Francis look at Superhero 2044, arguably the first supers role-playing game. 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 Intro01:30 The Pitch05:23 Gaming History08:55 Comics & Media History12:45 Thoughts
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  • A Different Kind of Hex Ep. 3 - Setting & Following Character Goals
    Ian & José are joined by Marc Majcher to discuss how we develop & pursue both in- and out-of-character aspirations. What makes a goal, and how can having one drive play? Along the way we talk about how closely we identify with our PC’s, and peer briefly into using techniques from improv theatre to improve our gaming.Timecodes:0:01:30 Pick Your Poison0:09:55 Setting character goals0:18:55 Goals & Plot0:25:44 How do games help us form goals?0:36:37 Instrumental play & balancing goals between PC's0:42:08 Finding goals through improv & PC embodiment0:48:52 Unconscious PC motivation0:52:24 Generic systems & stock tropes0:59:33 Pearls of Wisdom1:03:13 OutroMarc’s Work: majcher.com, Twitch.tv/mmajcherFind 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] Our info:email: [email protected]: https://lloydeaves.bandcamp.com/album/a-different-kind-of-hex
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  • Open Hearth Podcast Ep 9: Sprigs and Kindling, Defy the Gods, Star Wars Microscope
    In this episode we talk recent gaming and look at two really interesting projects.  Host Lowell Francis (edige23) is joined community members Amanda Mullins (iamatrex) and Chrys Sellers (Hectic Electron). We talk Sprigs and Kindling, Defy the Gods, and a hack of Microscope for a Star Wars writers' room. LINKSSprigs and KindlingAmanda's website The Between: Unsinkable on the Critshow's youtube  The Defy the Gods KickstarterThe Defy the Gods QuickstartChrys's websiteThe Ugly Stepsister Amplitudes anthologyStar Wars Alternate New HistoryFind out more about the Open Hearth Gaming CommunitySupport us on Patreon!Our actual play podcasts can be found hereFollow us on Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpgBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpgMastodon: @[email protected]:00 Introduction01:37 Amanda: Sprigs and Kindling21:28 Chrys: Defy the Gods37:08 Lowell: 44:17 Giving Me Life
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Around the Hearth features discussion on a wide range of topics relevant to tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs) featuring members of the Open Hearth Gaming Community. We talk games, gameplay, design, and the games being played at the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. Our online games are free and open to all! If you'd like to join the fun, visit openhearthgaming.com for more information.
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