All Episodes
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Open Hearth Podcast Ep 21: Blades '68, Firebrands System, Dungeon World 2
In this episode of the Open Hearth Podcast, host Gwen talks with a couple of community members about their gaming. This time Jex (Bump in the Dark) and Mads discuss th...
Known Territory: Ep 1 Band of Blades
Welcome to the first episode of a new series on the Around the Hearth podcast feed: Known Territory: GMs Talk Games. Each episode we sit down with an experienced game ...
Roll for Origin: Supers TTRPG History: Ep. 10 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness
Roll for Origin: Supers TTRPG History looks at Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness, one of the earliest and most successful licensed supers games, kicking...
Talking Romance
Love, lust, friendship, strong attachment-- the emotional beats which support drama and play. In this community talk, we consider romance in TTRPGs: running it, playin...
A Different Kind of Hex Ep. 9 - Character Interiority
Ian, José, and special guest Elle discuss the inner worlds of our characters and of ourselves! How do we as players express interiority and why would we want to, anywa...
Open Hearth Podcast Ep 20: Planet Raygun, Embers of the Void, A Land Once Magic
In this episode of the Open Hearth Podcast, host Tea talks with a couple of community members about their gaming. This time Amanda (Sprigs and Kindling) and Cale discu...
Roll for Mutation: Post-Apocalyptic TTRPG History: Ep. 7 The End of the World
In our seventh episode of Roll for Mutation, we look at a game series originally from a Spanish publisher, translated and released in English by Fantasy Flight. We tal...
Open Hearth Podcast Ep 19: Raccoon Sky Pirates, Capers, Traveller
In this episode of the Open Hearth Podcast, Lowell (edige23) talks with a pair of community members about their gaming. This time Chrys Sellers (Defy the Gods) and Jol...
Talking PbtA
Powered by the Apocalypse games still remain a strong force in the indie TTRPG space and heavily represented here on the Open Hearth. For this talk we're going to cons...
Open Hearth Podcast Ep 18: Paint the Town Red, The Last Caravan, & Midnight of the Century
In this episode of the Open Hearth Podcast, Lowell (edige23) talks with a couple of community members about their gaming. This time Dominik and Donogh discuss things t...
Roll for Origin: Supers TTRPG History: Ep. 9 Aberrant
Roll for Origin: Supers TTRPG History looks at Aberrant, part of a trilogy of games which defined a major pivot point in the history of White Wolf Publishing. We talk ...
Roll for Mutation: Post-Apocalyptic TTRPG History: Ep. 6 Mutant Year Zero
In our sixth episode of Roll for Mutation, we talk about one of the greatest modern post-apocalyptic games: Mutant: Year Zero (and the rest of the Mutant line). We tal...
Open Hearth Podcast Ep 17: Under Hollow Hills, Raccoon Sky Pirates, CAIN
In this episode of the Open Hearth Podcast, host Tea talks with a couple of community members about their gaming. This time maiya and Sina discuss things they recently...
A Different Kind of Hex Ep. 8 - Your Home Table
Ian, José, and special correspondent Danny put the knowledge we've gained from past episodes into practice. We talk about figuring out what you actually like in a game...
Roll for Origin: Supers TTRPG History: Ep. 8 Smallville & Marvel Heroic
Roll for Origin: Supers TTRPG History looks at two closely linked licensed supers games: Smallville and Marvel Heroic. To dig into this pair, Lowell and Jay bring on R...
Open Hearth Podcast Ep 16: Ars Magica, Long Campaigns & Modern Supers
In this episode of the Open Hearth Podcast, host Lowell Francis (edige23) once again talks with a couple of community members about their recent gaming. This time we h...
Talking Playtesting
This episode presents a community talk from back in 2022. It features Rae Nedjadi, David MK, and myself talking about managing and working with playtests. It seemed li...
Roll for Mutation: Post-Apocalyptic TTRPG History: Ep. 5 Tank Girl & Wizards
In our fifth episode of Roll for Mutation, we look at two different licensed post-apocalyptic TTRPGs from the 1990s. First, World of Tank Girl, part of West End Games ...
Talking Long Campaigns
While the Open Hearth Community has often focused on one-shots, two-shots, and monthly short campaigns, there's always the siren call of running a longer series: a qua...
A Different Kind of Hex Ep. 7 - Showing & Telling
Ian, José, and special guest Shane explore the space between direct exposition and embodied demonstration during play. How are these two approaches different? What are...