SWS: Stars in the Dark 07
Set during the beginning of the New Republic era, Anders starts a new story with a new crew using new rules. Downtime session Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qleJFEl7L_E ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Set during the beginning of the New Republic era, Anders starts a new story with a new crew using new rules. Downtime session Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qleJFEl7L_E ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
With the death of one of Lady Verity's entourage, Dr. Whitewood goes into full sleuth mode. Richard and other others look further into the magical and supernatural happenings. Isabella deals with the artifacts in Jaeger's safe. But the situation grow more complicated and meta, leading to the center of a maze, the telling of a story, and the temptation of a king. This is a session of an ongoing Trail of Cthulhu quarterly of Pelgrane Press's campaign framework, Fearful Symmetries-- a game of warri...
Fellowship is a game for 3-6 players about going on an adventure, in the same vein as Lord of the Rings or Wakfu or Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. The system is loosely based on the Apocalypse Engine. In Rebellion is an expansion book for Fellowship. The Empire is an alternative to the Overlord playbook. Rather than stop an evil overlord from destroying the world as we know it, the Empire has already conquered the world(s). They succeeded. The fellowship must work as a rebel allia...
Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CD3ZNVnsRs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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The final session of the campaign. This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com. Follow us on Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear... BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp... DiceCamp @openhearthrpg@dice.camp You can support my channel and website at https://www.patreon.com/ageofravens For more APs subscribe to the channel. For more on gaming in general, check out my site at ageofravensgames.com or follow me on Twitter @edige23. You ...
A game about the tragic struggles and defiant triumphs of a group of magical girls resisting an oppressive society. Girl by Moonlight explores the heartbreak of denying who you really are, and the transcendent power of relationships and community. Mecha pilots struggle on a Sea of Stars against extinction at the hands of the Leviathans. Girl by Moonlight is a Forged in the Dark ttrpg by Andrew Gillis and is available here https://evilhat.itch.io/girl-by-moonlight Original video: https://www.yout...
In the wake of their battle against the Thralls, our heroes discover an ancient cache containing a potentially dangerous technology, but decide to bring them along. They reach New Mossgrove and find out that recent attacks have changed the balance of power within the town... This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com. Follow us on Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear... BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp... DiceCamp @ope...
The morning of the shoot at Mathers Hall opens with a missing guest that few comment on. Paired up with fellow guests, the magicians learn more about their personalities and agendas. Richard skips the hunt, instead learning more about the origin of the mysterious Pascale Dumont. The investigation continues, with the good Doctor turning the tables on their host by admitting in private to the murder of Lord Bradbury. But then Lord Portmore's associate vanishes and there's an attempt on Verity Dyce...
Set during the beginning of the New Republic era, Anders starts a new story with a new crew using new rules. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h2ZlnxOM1w ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Fight the Man. Save your store. Keep the music playing. In Damn the Man, you’ll juggle the responsibilities of a day that will determine the future of your record store, all while trying to accomplish a big personal goal. Can you confess your love to your crush and find the money that went missing from the cash box? Can you pay off your debt to your parents while promoting tonight’s big show? The clock is ticking and you’ve got until midnight to try. Damn the Man is inspired by movies like Empir...
Interacting with the new pantheon our gods joined to their own, they work to learn more about the looming Draconic and Elemental Evil threats. Threadless builds her dragon, though there remains a flaw at the heart of it. Random speaks with his bride about their future. Tasos considers expanding his nightmare realm. Darius finds both a kindred spirit and a solution. And Ordevi takes his leave from the pantheon, heading out to spread word of the new gods via a knowledge aqueduct. This penultimate ...
A game about the tragic struggles and defiant triumphs of a group of magical girls resisting an oppressive society. Girl by Moonlight explores the heartbreak of denying who you really are, and the transcendent power of relationships and community. Mecha pilots struggle on a Sea of Stars against extinction at the hands of the Leviathans. Girl by Moonlight is a Forged in the Dark ttrpg by Andrew Gillis and is available here https://evilhat.itch.io/girl-by-moonlight Original video: https://www.yout...
Session Zero and inciting incident for a short series of Dreams and Machines, a new setting inspired by Horizon: Zero Dawn and other sci-fi post-apocalyptic games. We create our characters, build bonds, and start things out so the players can begin to get used to the mechanics of this version of 2d20. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com. Follow us on Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear... BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/op...
Alun R facilitates the final session in a short series of Eotenweard, his own PbtA game-nearing-the-end-of-development of Dark Age Heroes protecting the innocent from a growing Darkness. This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...). Amid the smoking aftermath of the Ogre's rampage our Heroes agree the solution to the ills that beset Stenholm (and a missing hawk) must...
Orbital is a sci-fi game of precarious spaces and interstellar war. It gives us airlocks and control panels, pensive faces looking out into the cosmos, improvised fixes for critical systems, military-sponsored subterfuge, warm embraces in the cold vacuum, frantic struggles in zero-gravity and unknowable ancient technology, asking WHAT DO YOU DO NEXT? This Belonging Outside Belonging game is by Jack Harrison and is available here https://mouseholepress.itch.io/orbital Original video: https://www....
The characters arrive at Mathers Hall in Norfolk and Willford discovers the geography has changed in the two weeks since he last visited. They meet some of the guests-- a strange mix of folks deep in the secrets of magic, as well as staff who may be invested as well. The doctor receives a ride from Verity Dyse and becomes wary. Dinner and after reveals more secrets...and then a missing guest! This is a session of an ongoing Trail of Cthulhu quarterly of Pelgrane Press's campaign framework, Fearf...
Warning - this session ended early due to a weird computer glitch for the GM. Fellowship is a game for 3-6 players about going on an adventure, in the same vein as Lord of the Rings or Wakfu or Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. The system is loosely based on the Apocalypse Engine. In Rebellion is an expansion book for Fellowship. The Empire is an alternative to the Overlord playbook. Rather than stop an evil overlord from destroying the world as we know it, the Empire has already con...
Fellowship is a game for 3-6 players about going on an adventure, in the same vein as Lord of the Rings or Wakfu or Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. The system is loosely based on the Apocalypse Engine. In Rebellion is an expansion book for Fellowship. The Empire is an alternative to the Overlord playbook. Rather than stop an evil overlord from destroying the world as we know it, the Empire has already conquered the world(s). They succeeded. The fellowship must work as a rebel allia...
The pantheon continues their descent into the realm of myths, finding the coming of the first night. Then in the darkness of the underworld they find what remains of unforged dead gods, and face down a trio of theocratic engineers who have been trapped here for ages. This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com. Follow us on Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear... BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp... DiceCamp @openhearthr...
In the finale of this adventure, the investigators are split between investigations into a mysterious green box in the hold and chasing down the thief of an occult volume. Through both they learn more about the murderer aboard the ship, and the even larger danger which looms over everyone... This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com. Follow us on Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear... BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp...
The magicians deal with the fallout from their investigations of the Bradbury Grove. The good doctor deposits the rescued baby into the hands of his wife. Meanwhile the others look into the letter they found and the strange auction of occult items. This is a session of an ongoing Trail of Cthulhu quarterly of Pelgrane Press's campaign framework, Fearful Symmetries-- a game of warring magicians, sinister folkways, and William Blake. Touchstones for this include The Devil Rides Out, Children of th...
Set during the beginning of the New Republic era, Anders starts a new story with a new crew using new rules. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQw_yBBM438 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Alun R facilitates the third session in a short series of Eotenweard, his own PbtA game-nearing-the-end-of-development of Dark Age Heroes protecting the innocent from a growing Darkness. This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...). Word of Gwylog's 'miracle' spreads putting many villagers on their guard, while Izold and Cola play to their strengths as they try to wo...
Actual play of CBR+PNK: Mind the Gap. Part 1. Run as part of Open Hearth (openhearthgaming.com). Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErBE3gAtjkY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Actual play of CBR+PNK: Mind the Gap. Part 2 Run as part of Open Hearth (openhearthgaming.com). Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKh_-p8SzBI ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Orbital is a sci-fi game of precarious spaces and interstellar war. It gives us airlocks and control panels, pensive faces looking out into the cosmos, improvised fixes for critical systems, military-sponsored subterfuge, warm embraces in the cold vacuum, frantic struggles in zero-gravity and unknowable ancient technology, asking WHAT DO YOU DO NEXT? This Belonging Outside Belonging game is by Jack Harrison and is available here https://mouseholepress.itch.io/orbital Original video: https://www....
Alun R facilitates the second session in a longish series of Eotenweard, his own PbtA game-nearing-the-end-of-development of Dark Age Heroes protecting the innocent from a growing Darkness. This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...). Before our Heroes can confront the Darkness threatening Tarham ... it comes for them ... there's raiders from over the border, villag...
Set during the beginning of the New Republic era, Anders starts a new story with a new crew using new rules. It's a pick-up mission. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNqZ3-sxGDE ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Further investigations aboard the Coolidge point to an occult murder-- but the truth may be more complicated than they first thought. What's the connection behind the artifact smuggling person they seek and the shape-changing sorcerous killer. And what is this music? This session is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com. Follow us on Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hear... BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrp... DiceCamp @openhearthr...