HAPPY 1 YEAR OF READ PLAY GAME!!!!! To celebrate we're bringing back our first characters ever, not from the podcast but from our first home game! Meet our goblin family as we create our old characters in the no-prep game Goblin Errands by Martin Nerurkar.

Want to try out the game yourself? Check out Sharkbomb Studios's itch.io where you can buy Goblin Errands now!

If you have a suggestion for an RPG we should try out, email us at [email protected] or leave a comment on our socials: https://linktr.ee/readplaygame

Theme song is "Do You Really Wanna Know?" by Captain Qubz

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What lies beneath even the Heart? Our discussion of the game, of course!

Want to try out the game yourself? Check out the publisher's website where you can buy Heart: The City Beneath as well as all the other games published by Rowan, Rook, and Decard.

If you have a suggestion for an RPG we should try out, email us at [email protected] or leave a comment on our socials: https://linktr.ee/readplaygame

Theme song is "Do You Really Wanna Know?" by Captain Qubz

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In our final Heart Play episode, will our doomed heroes be able to escape their fates? Likely not.

Want to try out the game yourself? Check out the publisher's website where you can buy Heart: The City Beneath as well as all the other games published by Rowan, Rook, and Decard.

If you have a suggestion for an RPG we should try out, email us at [email protected] or leave a comment on our socials: https://linktr.ee/readplaygame

Songs used in this episode:

Memory and Forgetting - Cello Version by SPEARFISHER

Kiss of Death by Kadir Demir

The Journey by Cesare Pastanella

Heart: The City Beneath is a horror game with a lot of dark and potentially upsetting imagery and topics. Here are some content warnings we'd like to make you aware of before the descent:

-Frequent mention of a range of body horror including dismemberment and consumption of flesh.

-Occasional mention of bees.

-Occasional mention of vomiting

-Body horror including breaking of bones and limbs

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As proximity to the Heart grows closer, our delvers could not be further apart. What would you give up to get your own heart's desires?

Want to try out the game yourself? Check out the publisher's website where you can buy Heart: The City Beneath as well as all the other games published by Rowan, Rook, and Decard.

If you have a suggestion for an RPG we should try out, email us at [email protected] or leave a comment on our socials: https://linktr.ee/readplaygame

Songs used in this episode:

War Chant by Kadir Demir

Event Horizon by SPEARFISHER

Duality by Kyle Preston

The Return of the Gladiator by Kadir Demir

Migration Routes by Kadir Demir

Evidence by Kadir Demir

Memory and Forgetting - Cello Version by SPEARFISHER

Kiss of Death by Kadir Demir

The Journey by Cesare Pastanella

Heart: The City Beneath is a horror game with a lot of dark and potentially upsetting imagery and topics. Here are some content warnings we'd like to make you aware of before the descent:

-Frequent mention of a range of body horror including dismemberment and consumption of flesh.

-Occasional mention of bees.

-Occasional mention of vomiting

-Body horror including breaking of bones and limbs

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As a haven falls apart around our delvers, they’re forced to reckon with the heart of their issues—and what they’ll sacrifice to solve them.

Want to try out the game yourself? Check out the publisher's website where you can buy Heart: The City Beneath as well as all the other games published by Rowan, Rook, and Decard.

If you have a suggestion for an RPG we should try out, email us at [email protected] or leave a comment on our socials: https://linktr.ee/readplaygame

Songs used in this episode:

Migration Routes by Kadir Demir

Cartel by Kadir Demir

Kings Table by Kadir Demir

The Gallant Men by Kadir Demir

Sacred Mountain by Shahead Mostafafar

Heart: The City Beneath is a horror game with a lot of dark and potentially upsetting imagery and topics. Here are some content warnings we'd like to make you aware of before the descent:

-Frequent mention of a range of body horror including dismemberment and consumption of flesh.

-Occasional mention of bees.

-Occasional mention of vomiting

-Body horror including breaking of bones and limbs

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Rest up for a moment while we learn about the city of Ghorryn and argue about a lot of rules.

Want to try out the game yourself? Check out the publisher's website where you can buy Heart: The City Beneath as well as all the other games published by Rowan, Rook, and Decard.

If you have a suggestion for an RPG we should try out, email us at [email protected] or leave a comment on our socials: https://linktr.ee/readplaygame

Songs used in this episode:

Mother Scent by Kadir Demir

Migration Routes by Kadir Demir

Heart: The City Beneath is a horror game with a lot of dark and potentially upsetting imagery and topics. Here are some content warnings we'd like to make you aware of before the descent:

-Frequent mention of a range of body horror including dismemberment and consumption of flesh.

-Occasional mention of bees.

-Occasional mention of vomiting

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SPOILER WARNING: We discuss things that happened in our Heart - Play (Part 1) episode, so if you haven't listened to it yet we would recommend doing that first!

We wanted to include our discussion on character progression without interrupting the narrative flow of the game. So we're adding it as a bonus episode!

Our characters get a couple new abilities... but mostly we descend into a bit of madness ourselves.

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Our team of delvers sink deeper into the cavernous abyss as they try to the elusive question answer: what really is The Heart?

Want to try out the game yourself? Check out the publisher's website where you can buy Heart: The City Beneath as well as all the other games published by Rowan, Rook, and Decard.

If you have a suggestion for an RPG we should try out, email us at [email protected] or leave a comment on our socials: https://linktr.ee/readplaygame

Songs used in this episode:

Poets Word Shijin No Kotoba by Kadir Demir

Between Light and Shadow by Fabien Fustinoni

Dancing in the Sand by Kadir Demir

Cesare Pastanella by Mor

Heart: The City Beneath is a horror game with a lot of dark and potentially upsetting imagery and topics. Here are some content warnings we'd like to make you aware of before the descent:

-Frequent mention of a range of body horror including dismemberment and consumption of flesh.

-Occasional mention of bees.

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Be sure you pack enough Supplies so you can Echo our advice in your Mind as you prepare to seek your Fortune without shedding any Blood while you descend with us into the mysterious Heart.

Want to try out the game yourself? Check out the publisher's website where you can buy Heart: The City Beneath as well as all the other games published by Rowan, Rook, and Decard.

If you have a suggestion for an RPG we should try out, email us at [email protected] or leave a comment on our socials: https://linktr.ee/readplaygame

Theme song is "Do You Really Wanna Know?" by Captain Qubz

Heart: The City Beneath is a horror game with a lot of dark and potentially upsetting imagery and topics. Here are some content warnings we'd like to make you aware of before the descent:

-Frequent mention of a range of body horror including dismemberment and consumption of flesh.

-Occasional mention of bees.

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Illustrator, TTRPG Designer, and Captain-Of-Niche-Ships Ira Prince joins us to chat about designing a fake marriage RPG (and to banter about our problematic faves).

Want to try out the game yourself? Check out https://iraprince.itch.io/ where you can buy Eyes on the Prize as well as all the other great games designed by Ira! You can also support You are Beheld, a queer collective of game designers featuring Ira's work, at https://youarebeheld.itch.io/.

If you have a suggestion for an RPG we should try out, email us at [email protected] or leave a comment on our socials: https://linktr.ee/readplaygame

Theme song is "Do You Really Wanna Know?" by Captain Qubz

Games and creators referenced by Ira throughout the episode:

• marn silverman (house, alone with the fucked up guy looking at you): https://marns.itch.io/
• garfield +- you: https://dannymakesrpgs.itch.io/garfield-plusminus-you
• dueling fops of vindamere: https://crankshaftconstellation.itch.io/fops
• like skyscrapers blotting out the sun: https://speakthesky.itch.io/like-skyscrapers
• orchidelirium: https://aethercorpgames.itch.io/orchidelirium-volume-one-expedition-rules
• riverhouse games: hot gay bro dragons, let these mermaids touch your dick maybe https://riverhousegames.itch.io/
• SAPPHICWORLD: darlingdemoneclipse https://darlingdemoneclipse.itch.io/sapphicworld-dream-ashcan 

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