Around the Hearth

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 have veteran community couple Tyler and Patrick. We talk preparations for an upcoming Ars Magica campaign and how it fits with past campaigns, the challenges and joys of long-running story campaigns, and the intersection of current events and modern superhero gaming. We finish up with some of the things we've been digging recently.

May the Fourth: Star Wars Minicon 2026
Ars Magica Manager
Tyler's YouTube

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00:00 Introduction
01:40 Patrick & Ars Magica
16:22 Tyler & long-running story campaigns
29:33 Lowell & the challenges of modern supers games
40:52 Giving Me Life