Around the Hearth

In this episode of the Open Hearth Podcast, host Tea talks with a couple of community members about their gaming. This time Moria and Shane discuss things they recently played, cover three RPGs in more depth (Basic Fantasy RPG, Fearful Symmetries, and Void Technicians), and then the group finishes up with some things they've been digging recently.

Links:

Moria

Hobby blog: https://trashpile.blog/

Carrd: https://the-trashpile.carrd.co/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Shane-Marble/videos

Games Discussed:
Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game - https://www.basicfantasy.org/
Fearful Symmetries by Steve Dempsey for Trail of Cthulhu - https://pelgranepress.com/product/fearful-symmetries/
Void Technicians - https://thecastlebuilder.itch.io/void-technicians

Other Games & Misc Mentioned:
Basic Fantasy RPG is not to be confused with Basic Roleplaying
Shadowdark
Lancer
Mothership
Strange Towns for Cortex Prime
Good Society
Under Hollow Hills
For The Queen
Beach Blanket Body Bag (Carved from Brindlewood)
Rune Seekers of Glorantha (in development)
Rosewood Abbey
Biophage
With Fire Thy Affections Hold A Wing
Harvest
Ghosts of El Paso for The Between
Goblin Errands
Armor Astir: Advent
Ocean Tides
D&D
Oh Captain, My Captain!
Stonetop
Turnip 28

Other Mentions:
Fearful Symmetries session videos
Rune Seekers of Glorantha session videos
Shared Hearth free open gaming event is coming October 1st - October 4th, 2026
The xkcd "Average Familiarity" comic
Playingcards.io

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00:00 Introduction
01:50 Moria & Basic Fantasy RPG
09:48 Shane & Fearful Symmetries
17:38 Tea & Void Technicians
27:58 Giving Me Life