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Open Hearth Podcast Ep 2: Mythic Bastionland, Red Markets, Kingdom
Episode 8
Hey! We made it to Episode 2! In this podcast community members join us to talk about their recent gaming and discuss one in depth that they really enjoyed. Host Lowell Francis (edige23) is joined to…
Published on 11 months ago
Open Hearth Podcast Ep 1: UVG, Tomb Raider, Community Radio
Episode 7
Hey! It's the first episode of our long-promised podcast. In this podcast community members join us to talk about their recent gaming and discuss one in depth that they really enjoyed. Host Lowell Fr…
Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Open Hearth Games of the Year 2024
Episode 6
A collection of favorite tabletop rpgs of 2024 from our community members. It’s split into three sections, with host picks in-between.
To learn more about Open Hearth Gaming Community, check out open…
Published on 1 year ago
Talking Game Facilitation
(00:00) - Introduction (07:05) - Using our Playabl Calendar App (19:30) - After Posting Your Session (35:05) - Running Session Zero/One (58:14) - General Topics
Talk Outline: https://bit.ly/3UDCy…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
GMing Shop Talk: NPCs
Episode 5
Rich Rogers (Hit the Streets, +1 Forward Podcast) and Lowell Francis (Hearts of Wulin, the Gauntlet Podcast) talk NPCs: creating, presenting & working with them. We discuss these ideas with a small G…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Announcement: Playing at the Hearth
Open Hearth Gaming's recorded gaming sessions are now available in an audio-only podcast format. For more information, check out Playing at the Hearth at https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.c…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Learning Legacy: Life Among the Ruins
Episode 4
This is a talk by Lowell Francis about Legacy: Life Among the Ruins, a PbtA game of post-apocalyptic families and factions. Lowell (@edige23 on most social media) walks through the facets of the game…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Talking Hard Moves, Costs & Consequences
Episode 3
A community event talking about GMing and playing hard moves, managing costs, and balancing consequences for PbtA, Forged in the Dark, and other storygames.
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
An Introduction to Designing with Cortex Prime
This is a talk Anders did for the Open Hearth gaming community. It contains a brief overview of the history of the Cortex system, an introduction to the mechanics, a look at example characters from s…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Talking Forged in the Dark
Episode 2
A community event talking about the basics of FitD, challenges for play, best practices, interesting mechanics, and new games. Begins with a 30 minute overview, followed by a longer group discussion …
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago