The David Web is a storytelling game for an unknown number of pursuers inspired by the structure and cinematography of the Jason Bourne movies. In The David Web, the players are all anonymous pursuers who follow David around as he tries to discover his identity. Sometimes a player will turn out to be an asset of a hostile and resourceful agency, sometimes a player will just be a camera observing David without obstructing him. David doesn't remember why powerful people want him dead, but he knows...
Mar 09, 2025•1 hr 43 min
Your town has deep secrets, terrifying monsters, unspeakable evils, a clandestine city council making strange decrees...and a public radio station! In Community Radio, a group of 3 - 10 people gather to improvise scenes that show what life is like in this town, with accompanying public radio broadcasts. It's a game of dark humor and fast thinking that can entertain for 1-2 hours. All you need is a copy of the game, some index cards and two dice to start. If you like Welcome to Nightvale, this is...
Mar 08, 2025•1 hr 30 min
Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your crew are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers, and daring pilots. This is a place of glamour and deception, where every handshake hides a dagger and every smile could spell betrayal. As crew memb...
Mar 08, 2025•2 hr 27 min
Vicente's enemies catch him in a vulnerable spot, while Regis's desire for protection against the fey force him to turn to an unlikely ally: his ex wife. Note we were having pretty bad connection problems this session, I haven't watched the video back but suspect the audio is gonna be rough. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O-hlLmuesU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Mar 08, 2025•52 min
Cathy visits her widower; Regis has a bad dream; Vincente scouts his former mentor; Maximus finally has a lead on the fey drug ring. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akca3WzwSmY ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Mar 08, 2025•1 hr 50 min
A one-shot of Ben Robbins Follow, "a game about working together or falling apart." In this GMless storygame, we follow a quest and the challenges it faces. In this case dragon slaying...in space...sort of... This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/ Follow us on https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg...
Mar 05, 2025•2 hr 40 min
Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKWcBvnVphw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Mar 04, 2025•2 hr 42 min
Anti-Heroes is a game about super-powered people trying to make their way in the world. Anti-Heroes uses the Forged in the Dark system introduced in John Harper's Blades in the Dark RPG. It is a fiction-first rule set that encourages players to "play to see what happens." In Anti-Heroes, the rules are stripped down to the core for simplicity and flexibility. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNc5ifSsTSc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★...
Mar 02, 2025•47 min
Vaesen - Bavaria - III Tabletop Roleplaying Game by Free League Set in Bavaria, 1836 Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfol9p4GQBM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Mar 02, 2025•2 hr 45 min
Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your crew are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers, and daring pilots. This is a place of glamour and deception, where every handshake hides a dagger and every smile could spell betrayal. As crew memb...
Mar 01, 2025•2 hr 24 min
Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgdk6fIKm8Y ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Feb 25, 2025•2 hr 29 min
After reviewing their options, the group digs deeper into the details of a job involving an extraction from "The Beast" a neighborhood built inside a giant dead monster. The area has been locked down by the Drylanders, searching for a particular Bayou Biohacker. The team goes in and easily makes it to the target, but no job can ever really be simple... We used the City Builder Toolkit https://bit.ly/4goY0eZ and the Faction Builder Toolkit https://bit.ly/42ywRD4 to build the setting. This is part...
Feb 24, 2025•2 hr 16 min
Vaesen - Bavaria II Tabletop Roleplaying Game - Horror/Fantasy/Investigation RPG Set in Bavaria, 1836 Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og3lluywMys ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Feb 23, 2025•1 hr 47 min
Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your crew are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers, and daring pilots. This is a place of glamour and deception, where every handshake hides a dagger and every smile could spell betrayal. As crew memb...
Feb 22, 2025•2 hr 21 min
The group meets with an Immortal on the run who reveals that the Taken were not the only supernatural group in Mobile to receive a ominous oracle at New Year's. Later they consider the details they've learned and decide to investigate the island again, but not before each one handles some investigations and personal business. This is a modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, The Magicians, DIE, isekai, and more. Hearts of Yokai is a placeholder title for this forthcoming ...
Feb 20, 2025•2 hr 41 min
The team begins to pull together the keys they have looking deeper into the history of the seminary and the people there. The archives reveal some secrets, but others are consumed. But a picture begins to emerge... This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthgaming.com/ Follow us on https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg https://bsky.app/profile/openhea...
Feb 18, 2025•1 hr 55 min
Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u07gm7b8iN4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Feb 18, 2025•2 hr 10 min
Home is gone. The ruins and your memories remain. The Fall of Home is a diceless, GMless collaborative storytelling game for 2-5 players, about the place you used to call home, leaving it behind, and returning. It’s also a game about people, and how folks from a place can experience that place in wildly different ways. By picking through the ruins, together we will tell the story of Home, and why we ultimately left. The Fall of Home is by Jo Winter and is available here https://winterymute.itch....
Feb 17, 2025•2 hr 34 min
We see downtime in the aftermath of our first heist. Heat is lost and gained again. Overindulgence is the name of the game. Lee tries to right the ship and finds his own way to go off script. Svetlana suffers magical fallout, but it wasn't their fault. Remy bargains with the crews cadre. Cogito uncovers details of the past which have major ramifications and create delicious problems. We used the City Builder Toolkit https://bit.ly/4goY0eZ and the Faction Builder Toolkit https://bit.ly/42ywRD4 to...
Feb 17, 2025•2 hr 12 min
Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL_GsuIDG6U ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Feb 11, 2025•1 hr 54 min
We establish the finishing touches on our crew-- their goals, reputation, special abilities, and lair. Then we drop them into their first score- a simple job involving lifting a box of seeds & vegetative materials from the Drylander occupational forces and delivering them to the Bayou Biohackers. But, of course, nothing is quite that easy... We used the City Builder Toolkit https://bit.ly/4goY0eZ and the Faction Builder Toolkit https://bit.ly/42ywRD4 to build the setting. This is part of Ope...
Feb 09, 2025•2 hr 26 min
Alun R facilitates another session of 'The Cluster', his game-in-development bringing together aspects of Uncharted Worlds (by Sean Gomes), Starforged (by Shawn Tomkin), Rust Hulks (by Sam Sorensen), and Diaspora (by Murray, Marshall, Dyke & Kerr).... This session was organised as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...). Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgam...). Believing ...
Feb 09, 2025•1 hr 57 min
Vaesen - Bavaria Tabletop Roleplaying Game by Free League Set in Bavaria, 1836 Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myDfgmIUDfQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Feb 08, 2025•2 hr 19 min
Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your crew are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers, and daring pilots. This is a place of glamour and deception, where every handshake hides a dagger and every smile could spell betrayal. As crew memb...
Feb 08, 2025•2 hr 27 min
The team regroups and deals with some of the fallout from the start of the investigation. Then they split into two pairs, interviewing some of the Returners. The learn some of the secrets of the realms those otherworldly figures took them to. But this path leads to painful revelations, another murder, and a sudden change in the world around them... This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: ht...
Feb 08, 2025•2 hr 33 min
The second of two sessions trying out Sword Opera, a ttrpg of action, melodrama, swords, and romance. It's a new adaptation of Forged in the Dark to cover a variety of genres. The Kickstarter runs through Feb 11, 2025. You can check that out here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mythicgazetteer/sword-opera/ This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com Our audio version of these episodes can be found here: https://playingatthehearth.openhearthga...
Feb 07, 2025•2 hr 41 min
Recovering from the island attack, the group discusses their options, settling finally on revealing the dream-bullet killer to the master of the Goblin Market. Then they head in separate directions to handle personal business leading to harvesting, sinking secrets, cheese balls, and a dark football party bargain. Then they meet together again to talk about next steps. This is a modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the Lost, The Magicians, DIE, isekai, and more. Hearts of Yokai i...
Feb 06, 2025•2 hr 12 min
An audio-only TTRPG actual play of Star Trek Adventures. This first pilot episode is split into three smaller parts. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw9cPakwn3w ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Feb 05, 2025•49 min
An audio-only TTRPG actual play of Star Trek Adventures. This first pilot episode is split into three smaller parts. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnInWZwjZvk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Feb 05, 2025•1 hr 1 min
An audio-only actual play of Star Trek Adventures. This first pilot episode is split into three smaller parts. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joEAwFX3-aA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Feb 05, 2025•1 hr 15 min
