Podcast Episodes

Open Hearth Podcast Ep 13: Ex Tenebris, Wise Women, Star Trek Adventures

Episode 38

In this episode Host Lowell Francis talks with Becky Annison and Josh Fox of Black Armada games about what they've been playing, herbal witches, the final frontier, their Kickstarter for Ex Tenebris,…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

A Different Kind of Hex Ep. 4 - Bleed

Episode 37

Content Advisory: colonialism & imperialism; sexual violence in a horror/vampire context; death of loved ones, including miscarriage; excessive immersion; grief & bleakness.

Mads joins Ian & José to t…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Roll for Origin: Supers TTRPG History: Ep. 4 Champions (1st-3rd Editions)

Episode 36

Roll for Origin: Supers TTRPG History returns to one of the earliest and most important superhero ttrpgs: Champions. Hosts Jay Brown and Lowell Francis talk about a game which is near and dear to the…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Open Hearth Podcast Ep 12: Rangers of a Broken World, Aberrant, Masks

Episode 35

In this episode Host Rae Nedjadi (Apocalypse Keys, Once More into the Void) talks with Sebastian Yūe and Matthew Arcilla about games, superheroes, villainy, gender, and much more. They look at Evil H…

Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago

Tribes in the Dark Kickstarter: Roll for Mutation Bonus Ep

Episode 34

In this "bonusode*" for Roll for Mutation: Post-Apocalyptic TTRPG History, we talk with Wil Hutton aka Rivetgeek, lead developer for Tribes in the Dark. TitD reworks and re-imagines Tribe 8, Dream Po…

Published on 4 months ago

Roll for Mutation: Post-Apocalyptic TTRPG History: Ep. 1 Gamma World

Episode 33

First episode of Roll for Mutation, a new series looking at the history of Post-Apocalyptic TTRPGs. In this one hosts Lowell Francis and Marc Majcher cover the extended history of Gamma World, with a…

Published on 4 months ago

Open Hearth: What Is It?

Episode 32

Lowell Francis provides a short introduction to the Open Hearth Gaming Community: what we are, what we do, how you can join, and how you can support what we do.

Website

Discord Invite

Patreon

Playabl

Sha…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Talking Mysteries: Running Mystery TTRPGs

Episode 31

This is the edited version of an older seminar by Lowell Francis talking about planning and running TTRPG mysteries. It's about 50 minutes of talk followed by a Q&A. Lowell talks about his approach a…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Roll for Origin: Supers TTRPG History: Ep. 3 Underground

Episode 30

This time Roll for Origin: Supers TTRPG History jumps forward in time to the mid-1990s. Hosts Jay Brown and Lowell Francis look at Underground (1993), Mayfair's attempt to build on the DC Heroes syst…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Fireside Chat with Agatha: Ep 1 Lowell Francis

Episode 29

In the inaugural episode of Fireside Chat with Agatha, Agatha is joined by Lowell Francis, Community Manager for the Open Hearth and designer of Hearts of Wulin, to talk game design. Listen as Agatha…

Published on 5 months ago