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Talking Forged in the Dark
Around the Hearth
01/29/24 • 84 min
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 of folks' experience with and advice for playing Forged in the Dark Games. This is the actual, unedited audio from the discussion.
Open Hearth Games of the Year 2023
Around the Hearth
12/30/23 • 86 min
Members of the Open Hearth Gaming Community submit their favorite games and gaming experiences of 2023 in our year-end special episode.
Website: https://openhearthgaming.com/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/openhearthgaming
Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@openhearthrpg
Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/open-hearth-rpg/
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@OpenHearthGaming
Time Codes
- (00:00) - Opening
- (01:29) - Rob Abrazado
- (02:15) - Ian Mitchell
- (05:35) - José
- (07:50) - Matt
- (11:14) - Donogh
- (13:08) - Ethan Harvey
- (14:39) - Anya
- (17:20) - Horst
- (19:45) - Mike M
- (22:55) - Chaotic
- (23:30) - machinic
- (24:55) - Rich Rogers
- (28:16) - Tyler Lominack
- (29:25) - WillH
- (32:53) - Mark W
- (33:45) - Anders
- (34:50) - Alun
- (37:45) - Kpop&RPGs
- (40:16) - Shane
- (43:28) - Harper
- (45:40) - Lowell and Sherri
- (59:55) - Casey T
- (01:01:48) - Stevie P
- (01:03:24) - David MK
- (01:04:52) - Gerrit
- (01:06:46) - Mike Ferdinando
- (01:10:45) - David S
- (01:13:42) - Sabine
- (01:16:18) - Dan Brown
- (01:18:40) - Mads
- (01:21:58) - Thomas
- (01:24:06) - Closing
Games Mentioned (a partial list)
Arcane Crimes Division
Back Again from the Broken Land
Be Seeing You
Bluebeard's Bride
Bump in the Dark
Court of Blades
Cthulhu Dark
CY_BORG
Demigods
Demon Hunters
Don't Kill a Bird with a Baseball
Eating Oranges Under the Shower
Fall of Magic
Fathom
Fearful Symmetries
Forbidden Lands
Free from the Shadows
Galaxies in Peril
Girl by Moonlight
Good Society
Hearts of Camelot
Hearts of Wulin
Hearts of Yokai
Hit the Streets: Defend the Block
Infinite Galaxies
Long Time Listener, Last Time Caller
Lord Why Have You Forsaken Me
Masks: A New Generation
Talking Hard Moves, Costs & Consequences
Around the Hearth
03/13/24 • 78 min
A community event talking about GMing and playing hard moves, managing costs, and balancing consequences for PbtA, Forged in the Dark, and other storygames.
Announcement: Playing at the Hearth
Around the Hearth
04/28/24 • 1 min
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.com/.
For more information about Open Hearth Gaming, including how to sign up for games, please visit https://openhearthgaming.com/.
Thanks, everyone, and happy gaming!
GMing Shop Talk: NPCs
Around the Hearth
06/25/24 • 71 min
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 GM group-- getting their ideas and suggestions.
Links mentioned in episode:
Behind the Names
Markov Name Generator
Speech Patterns for NPCs
02/25/25 • 54 min
Welcome to our fourth episode! 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 today by Dom and Donogh.
Wilderfeast
Bump in the Dark
Sunken Hearts AP Playlist
Rain World
Free from the Shadow Character Keeper
Free from the Shadow Play Materials
Donogh
Mastodon - https://dice.camp/@donogh
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@Donogh
itch.io - https://donogh.itch.io/
Lowell Francis
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@LowellFrancis
itch.io - https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
Find out more about the Open Hearth Gaming Community
Support us on Patreon!
Our actual play podcast can be found here
Follow us on Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:11 Dom & Wilderfeast
15:56 Donogh & Bump in the Dark
29:44 Lowell & Sunken Hearts
45:05 Giving Me Life
Open Hearth Podcast Ep 6: Urban Shadows, The David Web, Wanderhome
Around the Hearth
04/08/25 • 36 min
In this podcast community members join us to talk about their recent gaming and discuss one in depth that they really enjoyed. Host Fumi is joined today by Jesse (jesseabe) and Mads (madelancholy, https://www.youtube.com/@Madelancholy).
Games Discussed
Urban Shadows Second Edition
The David Web
Wanderhome
Some Other Games Mentioned
Teeth
Apocalypse World 2e
Inevitable
Books Mentioned
Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968 (Ryan Walsh)
Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World (Anne-Laure Le Cunff)
Waterblack (Alex Pheby)
Find out more about the Open Hearth Gaming Community
Support us on Patreon!
Our actual play podcast can be found here
Follow us on Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Chapters
00:27 Introduction
01:33 Jesse & Urban Shadows 2e
10:56 Mads & The David Web
20:41 Fumi & Wanderhome
31:05 Giving Me Life
Talking Game Facilitation
Around the Hearth
11/02/24 • 126 min
- (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/3UDCye3
This is a talk/seminar about game facilitation, particularly in our Open Hearth Gaming Community. In this single session, I will be walking through the material I usually cover in session one of our Game Facilitator Camps. I’ll walk through that syllabus, and we can stop off for questions and tangents. Then we’ll open things up to questions, general discussion, and any kinds of topics folks want to cover.
For more information on Open Hearth, see https://openhearthgaming.com/.
Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVYzlTDwVcQ
An Introduction to Designing with Cortex Prime
Around the Hearth
02/17/24 • 72 min
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 some different Cortex Plus games, a look at the different traits available in Cortex Prime, and some discussion on things to think about when making a Cortex Prime game.
The Open Hearth: https://openhearthgaming.com/
Cortex Prime: https://www.cortexrpg.com/compendium/explore-the-rules
The official Cortex Discord server: https://discord.gg/z4y8SpAHpJ
Open Hearth Podcast Ep 1: UVG, Tomb Raider, Community Radio
Around the Hearth
01/14/25 • 55 min
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 Francis (edige23) is joined today by Marc Majcher and Jim Crocker.
Marc Majcher: https://majcher.itch.io/
Jim Crocker: https://jimlikesgames.itch.io/
(you can also find Jim at StartPlaying)
Lowell Francis: https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/
Community Radio: https://thoughtcrimegames.itch.io/community-radio
UVG: https://wizardthieffighter.itch.io/ultraviolet-grasslands-and-the-black-city-uvg
Find out more about the Open Hearth Gaming Community
Support us on Patreon!
Our actual play podcast can be found here
Follow us on Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg
Mastadon: @[email protected]
00:00 Intro
01:40 Marc Majcher
15:17 Jim Crocker
31:47 Lowell
44:49 Giving Me Life
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FAQ
How many episodes does Around the Hearth have?
Around the Hearth currently has 17 episodes available.
What topics does Around the Hearth cover?
The podcast is about Leisure, Games, Podcasts, Roleplaying and Ttrpg.
What is the most popular episode on Around the Hearth?
The episode title 'Announcement: Playing at the Hearth' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Around the Hearth?
The average episode length on Around the Hearth is 68 minutes.
How often are episodes of Around the Hearth released?
Episodes of Around the Hearth are typically released every 14 days, 8 hours.
When was the first episode of Around the Hearth?
The first episode of Around the Hearth was released on Dec 30, 2023.
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