Ian and José chat with Agatha Cheng about how we develop narrative arcs for our PCs and the art of calling scenes to illustrate those arcs.  Along the way, we indulge in bad boy tropes and the joys of PC/PC fandom.

Agatha’s Work:
Game Design + Consultancy: https://agathacheng.carrd.co/
Asians Represent!

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In this podcast community members join us to talk about their recent gaming and discuss one in depth that they really enjoyed. Host Rae Nedjadi (https://temporalhiccup.itch.io/) is joined today by Mint (https://mint-rabbit.itch.io/) and Casey.

Games Discussed
Protect the Child
Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast
Blades '68 (in Playtest)

Also Mentioned
There's a RPG for that!
The Righteous Gemstones
South of Midnight

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Chapters

01:05 Introduction​

03:07 Mint & Protect the Child

15:52 Casey & Yazebas Bed & Breakfast

32:52 Rae & Blades '68 (open playtest version)

43:41 Giving Me Life

Another in our series of Open Hearth Community talks, this time discussing hacking Powered by the Apocalypse and Forged in the Dark: approaches, challenges, best practices. Host Lowell Francis is joined by Anders, Puckett, Bryan L, Brushman, Amaze, Ethan, Dom, and Cinna.

Selected Games Mentioned

Adventures on Dungeon Planet

Ars Magica 

Blades in the Dark 

Girl by Moonlight 

Good Society 

Hearts of Wulin

Impulse Drive 

Monster of the Week 

Mountain Home 

Pasión de las Pasiones 

Slugblaster 

The Veil 

Veil: Iterations 

TTRPG Hacks and Getting Games to the Table

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)

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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

Ian and José welcome their first guest, Gwen Marshall, to talk about how players navigate the character creation process. We discuss our personal approaches to the process, reveal our recurring character “types”, and wonder how characters continue to evolve after Session Zero.

Link to Gwen’s work: https://drgwenmarshall.carrd.co/

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Open Hearth Gaming: https://openhearthgaming.com/


Show music: https://lloydeaves.bandcamp.com/album/a-different-kind-of-hex

Games Mentioned:

PbtA
Apocalypse World
Hearts of Wulin
Masks: A New Generation
Monsterhearts
Night Witches
Thirsty Sword Lesbians

Blades in the Dark
Lancer
Beacon
Heart: the City Beneath
Fathom

Eldritch High

Welcome to our fifth 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 Sherri and Anders.

Final Girl
Thousand Year Old Vampire
DIE

Anders Gabrielsson
https://undeshga.itch.io/

Lowell Francis
https://youtube.com/@lowellfrancis?si=p_rpzF2RWnNz3WEi
https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:24 Sherri & Playtesting
14:41 Anders & Solo Board Gaming
31:06 Lowell & DIE
46:56 Giving Me Life 

In this inaugural episode, hosts Ian and José introduce the new podcast’s focus on the player perspective in TTRPGs: As players, how do we optimize our own fun, as well as that of our peers? How do we learn to recognize, appreciate, and develop our own individual play styles? How do we embrace our own agency within games and deploy it to support the greater community of players?

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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/

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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

Host Lowell Francis (edige23) is joined this episode by community members Jex Thomas and Mike Minutillo to talk about their recent gaming experiences and in-depth discussions about a game they each enjoy.

Jex's Links:
Bump in the Dark
The Last Caravan
Urban Shadows 2E
The Haunting of Cliff Cove
The Girls of Genziana Hotel
Last Pine Press on Itch: https://jexjthomas.itch.io/
Last Pine Press on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lastpinepress.com

Mike's Links:
A Warning to the Curious

SUPER BANDIT

CryptidTV

Pasión de las Pasiones
Lovecraftesque 2E

Lowell Francis: https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

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Chapters

• (00:00) - Introduction

Hey! We made it to Episode 2! 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 Horst and Will H.

Horst's Mythic Bastionland Links:
https://newschoolrevolution.com/how-i-do-play-by-post/

https://weirdwonder.bearblog.dev/mythic-bastionland/#fn-1
Pbp transcript https://blackcitygauntlet.blogspot.com/search/label/pbp

Red Markets 2e Beta: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/509226/red-markets-2nd-edition-beta-playtest

Lowell Francis: https://age-of-ravens-games.itch.io/

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:55 Horst & Mythic Bastionland
18:08 Will H & Red Markets 2e
32:43 Lowell & Kingdom 2e
45:28 Giving Me Life