Best Open Hearth Gaming Community Podcasts (2025)

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Our Haunt Actual Play (Open Hearth Gaming Community) 4/4 1:01:14

14d ago1:01:14

1:01:14

A bittersweet finale. With the assistance of The Witch, both Autumn and Mirage discover their own ways of moving on. This is the final session of our game of Our Haunt by Rae Nedjadi. For more on Our Haunt, visit https://temporalhiccup.itch.io/our-haunt This session is part of the Open Hearth Gaming Calendar. To find out more about the Open Hearth …

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Silent Falls - Two Summers (4 of 9) 1:51:19

4d ago1:51:19

1:51:19

See two sides of the same ship/wreck as Jeremiah and Terry date as teens but bump into each other as awkward exes in the present day. But of course Kira invites them both to dinner at her place! She has her own marriage to save... Find out what goes on in the Monteiro house, as Jeremiah goes down to the wine cellar! ***** Two Summers is a game of s…

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Ultraviolet Grasslands episode 17 2:45:24

6d ago2:45:24

2:45:24

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands, our caravan takes a little break at the Behemoth shell to recover a bit, negotiate with some sentient fungus carpets after a wolf attack, and have a lovely tea party with an eloquent naked mole rat hive mind in a ruined biomancer's lab. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTqQUWy74Rs ★ Support th…

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Star Trek Adventures 2e: Kintsugi S8 2:10:58

7d ago2:10:58

2:10:58

"Search & Rescue" In the face of ongoing Dominion gains, the Kintsugi is tasked with a series of readiness drills. Captain Vate finally makes a decision about his first officer, and not a moment too soon. When the ship picks up a distress call, they rush to a scene of devastation and a battle against a pair of enemy ships. This is part of Open Hear…

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SWS: HyperspaceD6 - Tapani 05 1:12:51

8d ago1:12:51

1:12:51

Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your team are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers…

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Writers' Room - Star Trek 2:25:23

8d ago2:25:23

2:25:23

I join up with Gabe, Jim, and Gerwin to create a new live action Star Trek show. Here is the resulting document: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QF8wFqqvwiuTHfjwprDnF7TsEhIR-HvBME_QEUkBe7k/edit?usp=sharing Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=941Vv14G-3A ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★…

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Sunken Hearts: The Deepening Gulf Session 16 2:10:27

11d ago2:10:27

2:10:27

Heartfelt talks between the protagonists as they try to decide next steps. That leads them back to the Island and the House in the Undertow. There they confront what seems to be the Blood Creature which hunted Mr. Suit, but there's more to its identity than what they expected. That dealt with the return to the last locked room in the house and prep…

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Writers' Room: The Flight of the Kosmo 1:41:54

11d ago1:41:54

1:41:54

A play test session of my game Writers' Room, inspired by Microscope. In this session we create a teen military scifi series inspired by Battlestar Galactica and RoboTech. Here's the resulting series overview: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lRIXBSceJSP8oM5OeqZB5Es4f2XgzaobDo4TGsU0DM4/edit?usp=sharing Original video: https://www.youtube.com…

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Silent Falls - Two Summers (3 of 9) 1:59:50

11d ago1:59:50

1:59:50

Two Summers is a game of sunny adventures and light drama across two timelines by Côme Martin. We'll be using the supplement Other Summers - which means that our adventures will have less sunshine (as befits Silent Falls). In this game, players take the role of characters living an adventure during two different time periods, freely alternating bet…

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Sunken Hearts: The Deepening Gulf Session 15 1:42:02

11d ago1:42:02

1:42:02

Having left the island, the group reconvenes to talk about next steps. As they recover and consider the costs for what they have gained, we see flashbacks into the lives of several of them. Marrow searches for information and confronts his own ongoing Sinking. Meanwhile, Superbowl Sunday looms... This is a modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by…

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Open Hearth Podcast Ep 8: Take the Universe, Triangle Agency, Apocalypse Keys 1:00:00

12d ago1:00:00

1:00:00

In this podcast, community members join us to talk about their recent gaming and discuss one in depth that they really enjoyed. Host Andrea Rick (https://plotbunnygames.itch.io/) is joined today by Agatha (https://mightyyshrimp.itch.io/) and Wyllora (https://wyllora.itch.io/). Games Discussed Take the Universe Triangle Agency Apocalypse Keys Andrea…

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Star Trek Adventures 2e: Kintsugi S7: Lower Decks 2:33:12

14d ago2:33:12

2:33:12

"The Galadriel Incident: Lower Decks" With much of the command staff off answering questions about the events at Epsilon Umbra III, our chief medical officer takes the captain's seat...a little unwillingly. We get a chance to meet some of our ship's ensigns as they participate in the rescue of a Klingon ship. Then they're drafted into a search miss…

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SWS HyperspaceD6 - Tapani 04 1:39:28

15d ago1:39:28

1:39:28

Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your team are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers…

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Writers' Room: Shadowrun 2:05:52

16d ago2:05:52

2:05:52

We create the outline of a tv show based on Shadowrun. Here's the end result: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DR9JOYuSfak7079zD0a6tsS2bctnNYxZsmhLL0ya_B0/edit?usp=sharing Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0803-1rohP8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By The Open Hearth Gaming Community

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Silent Falls - Two Summers (2 of 9) 1:21:29

18d ago1:21:29

1:21:29

Two Summers is a game of sunny adventures and light drama across two timelines by Côme Martin. We'll be using the supplement Other Summers - which means that our adventures will have less sunshine (as befits Silent Falls). In this game, players take the role of characters living an adventure during two different time periods, freely alternating bet…

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A Different Kind of Hex Ep. 2 - Negotiating Scenes 1:18:55

19d ago1:18:55

1:18:55

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! Find out more about the Open Hearth Gaming Com…

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Ultraviolet Grasslands episode 16 1:59:50

20d ago1:59:50

1:59:50

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands, Epate brings news (and a sack of cash for Modon) from the Last Serai of a polybody-cat wedding, dreams of Long, Long ago Behemoths, Adoron opens their third eye, and Ottokar shamefully transforms into a *shudder* human due to lunar proximity. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKyeh-aW7aA ★ Supp…

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Star Trek Adventures 2e: Kintsugi S6 2:34:01

21d ago2:34:01

2:34:01

"Right Hand of Darkness" Ward is taunted by Reagani Vost as sabotage on the Kintsugi prevents the ship from contacting the away team or beaming them up. Meanwhile on planet, the team evades the Lattice Empress's forces and tries to reach the House of Candles and the Farseers. But the situation becomes more dire with the arrival of a pair of Dominio…

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Our Haunt Actual Play (Open Hearth Gaming Community) 3/4 1:29:52

21d ago1:29:52

1:29:52

Autumn experiences a vivid realization of how she died, losing her doll eyes and restoring her old eyes in the process. Mirage uncovers the truth of their birth and how they came to the Snow Queen, and The Witch disrupts a centuries-old ritual in defiance of an old Hag's Eye. This is the third of four sessions of Our Haunt by Rae Nedjadi. For more …

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SWS HyperspaceD6 - Tapani 03 1:53:25

22d ago1:53:25

1:53:25

Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your team are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers…

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Writers' Room - X Men: After Xavier 2:29:49

23d ago2:29:49

2:29:49

A playtest of my Microscope Hack Writers' Room, featuring Rod and Marc. We hash out the plot and casting of a season of a hypothetical live action X-Men tv series. Here's a link to the results, including images of the cast: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sShHri7GeOvl0f8jaw3DbDyLcLvFXAAl_t-_rn0GQu8/edit?usp=sharing Original video: https://w…

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Silent Falls - Two Summers (1 of 9) 1:53:01

25d ago1:53:01

1:53:01

Two Summers is a game of sunny adventures and light drama across two timelines by Côme Martin. We'll be using the supplement Other Summers - which means that our adventures will have less sunshine (as befits Silent Falls). In this game, players take the role of characters living an adventure during two different time periods, freely alternating bet…

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Open Hearth Podcast Ep 7: Protect the Child, Yazeba's, Blades '68 54:42

26d ago54:42

54:42

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…

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Ultraviolet Grasslands episode 15 2:34:11

27d ago2:34:11

2:34:11

This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands, our caravan briefly rested at the Behemoth Shell before mounting an expedition up another ossified giant into a floating park full of poison gas and tasty fruit. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2-xXJDYeig ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By The Open Hearth Gaming Community

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Star Wars Saturday: Special Edition - Protect the Child 2:03:18

27d ago2:03:18

2:03:18

This game is part of this year's 'May the 4th be with You' Mini-Con' with the Open Hearth. The child Grogu is lost on Tatooine, and it seems like everyone wants to get their hands on them. A small group protects the child, tries to earn their trust and understand their goals. Protect the Child is a Forged in the Dark game about monsters caring for …

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Star Wars Mini-Con - Against the Sith Conspiracy 3:25:13

28d ago3:25:13

3:25:13

Alun R facilitates a one-shot of his own game, Against the Dark Conspiracy, hacked for play in the Star Wars Universe. This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community's 2025 Star Wars Mini-Con (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...). More than 30 years after the…

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Microscope: Star Wars Next Trilogy Writers' Room 2:49:58

29d ago2:49:58

2:49:58

It's December of 2012 and The Mouse now has the rights to Star Wars. All over the world, groups are rushing to create pitches for what the next trilogy will look like. We use Microscope to create a "What If?" history, going from the end of Return of the Jedi to the first of a new set of films. Not a definite history, but one of many possibilities. …

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SWS: Jedi Hearts 1:33:54

29d ago1:33:54

1:33:54

The Jedi Academy isn’t some gleaming tower of wisdom - it's a few lowly stone buildings swallowed by the forest. The canopy above hums with life, shadows shifting as sunlight fights its way through. Master Skywalker walks among you students like a man carrying something heavier than a lightsaber, and Master Katarn teaches like he’s been through hel…

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Ultraviolet Squadron: Fate TTRPG 2:49:27

30d ago2:49:27

2:49:27

A special session for Open Hearth's Star Wars minicon using Clark Valentine's Tachyon Squadron. We meet our squadron of Rebel pilots, pulled in different directions. After an initial skirmish, we see their day-to-day lives briefly before an Imperial attack forces them into a dogfight where they're outnumbered and faced with ghosts of their past. Ga…

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SWS Clone Troopers Game 1:41:28

30d ago1:41:28

1:41:28

Take the role of Clone Troopers caught in a war that has overtaken the entire Galaxy. Discover who you and your fellow Clone Troopers were and who you might become in the stressful throes of conflict. This game, part of the Star Wars Minicon, is set during the Clone Wars. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue_9WNFjnHo ★ Support this po…

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Sunken Hearts: The Deepening Gulf Session 14 2:06:56

1M ago2:06:56

2:06:56

Mr. Suit reunites with the group and we learn more about the nature of the goblins. Together again, the foursome makes their way through the house, discovering two very different spaces carved out by the sinister missing Sunken, as well as a door which refuses to yield to them... This is a modern urban fantasy PbtA game inspired by Changeling the L…

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Silent Falls - Come on In (4 of 4) 2:06:35

1M ago2:06:35

2:06:35

Content Warning: vampirism, gore. This is a prequel to a series of Alice is Missing & Monsterhearts 2 & taking place during the 80s in between subsequent series of A Town Called Malice & Bump in the Dark. COME ON IN is a role-playing game about a grisly murder case that rocks the small coastal Louisiana town of Bon Soleil and unravels a conspiracy …

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Sundered Isles: Test Drive Session 0 2:35:52

1M ago2:35:52

2:35:52

We undertake the setting building and character creation process from Sundered Isles, the Starforged remix which takes the game into the age of cannon and sail. We establish truths, create factions, sketch characters, set up the ship, and finally do some map-building at the end. While world-building is play, there's no actual character play here, j…

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Star Trek Adventures 2e: Kintsugi S4 2:31:27

1M ago2:31:27

2:31:27

"The Trials of Damocles" The crew recovers and checks over the results of the first leg of the race as well as the impact of the Experimental Impulse Drive module. After a somewhat tense reception with the captains of the other vessels, the second leg of the race begins. But things escalate quickly, beginning with a freak radiation burst knocking o…

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Ultraviolet Grasslands episode 14 2:14:35

1M ago2:14:35

2:14:35

In the Ultraviolet Grasslands this week, the caravan spent a month at the Stele of the Pierced Blossom: Phaedred translating ancient poetry and trading with time-slipped ghosts, Modan training with a bear, and Adoron getting mind blasted and ba-synced with The Rebuilder. Totally fine. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdJU0v4gT-o ★ Su…

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Our Haunt Actual Play (Open Hearth Gaming Community) 2/6 1:54:01

1M ago1:54:01

1:54:01

Introducing a new ghost, Mirage! During this session, Mirage and The Witch encounter conflict in the basement, a drifter with the ability to perceive the supernatural appears, Autumn loses her arm, and a haunted painting offers terrible revelations. This is the second of six sessions of Our Haunt by Rae Nedjadi. For more on Our Haunt, visit https:/…

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SWS HyperspaceD6 - Tapani 02 2:01:55

1M ago2:01:55

2:01:55

Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your team are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers…

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Silent Falls - Come on In (3 of 4) 2:25:15

1M ago2:25:15

2:25:15

Content Warning: aftermath of a bloody massacre. This is a prequel to a series of Alice is Missing & Monsterhearts 2 & taking place during the 80s in between subsequent series of A Town Called Malice & Bump in the Dark. COME ON IN is a role-playing game about a grisly murder case that rocks the small coastal Louisiana town of Bon Soleil and unravel…

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Our Haunt Actual Play (Open Hearth Gaming Community) 1/6 2:01:07

1M ago2:01:07

2:01:07

Character and setting creation followed by a quick opening scene in our six-session run of Rae Nedjadi's Belonging Outside Belonging game "Our Haunt." We are introduced to our four ghosts, a Betrayed ghost called "The Witch," a haunted doll named Autumn, a Faceless ghost named Elle, and a ghost returned from heaven (or something like it) named Sien…

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Talking Hacks: PbtA & Forged in the Dark 1:34:02

1M ago1:34:02

1:34:02

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…

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Ultraviolet Grasslands session 13 3:07:39

1M ago3:07:39

3:07:39

In the Ultraviolet Grasslands this week, Triumph Ventures gets back on the road, opening a totally safe dull-way portal at Waystone, finding a thousand lost soles at the Mausoleum of Wire, and inviting the wise bear Ottokar to join the caravan. Onward to Fallen Umber! Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8GTlHgaSRE ★ Support this podcas…

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Star Trek Adventures 2e: Kintsugi S3 2:40:37

1M ago2:40:37

2:40:37

"The Trials of Damocles" En route to deliver a shipment of rare botanical samples to a conference at Babel, the Kintsugi is retasked to assist in an experiment/demonstration involving a radical new impulse drive modification. However on arrival the crew discovers fighting vessels from there alien worlds in a stand-off, plans for a space race, and a…

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SWS: HyperspaceD6 - Tapani 01 1:01:20

1M ago1:01:20

1:01:20

Step into the era of the New Republic, where the Empire may be defeated, but its remnants still lurk in the shadows, and the galaxy is far from at peace. You and your team are about to embark on a high-stakes journey through the Tapani Sector - a system where the gilded halls of noble houses clash with the gritty starports full of rogues, smugglers…

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Silent Falls - Come on In (2 of 4) 2:06:01

2M ago2:06:01

2:06:01

This is a prequel to a series of Alice is Missing & Monsterhearts 2 & taking place during the 80s in between subsequent series of A Town Called Malice & Bump in the Dark. COME ON IN is a role-playing game about a grisly murder case that rocks the small coastal Louisiana town of Bon Soleil and unravels a conspiracy that cuts into the depths of the n…

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Ultraviole Grasslands session 12 2:40:49

2M ago2:40:49

2:40:49

In the Ultraviolet Grasslands this week, our caravan finishes out the winter in the Last Serai, get visits from the Butcher Bank and Oenerics Unlimited, settles some debts, listens to some rumors, and gets ready to set back out on the trail come spring... Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YafHON1qfJc ★ Support this podcast on Patreon …

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Star Trek Adventures 2e: Kintsugi S2 2:27:01

2M ago2:27:01

2:27:01

The away team rushes to uncover the truth behind the plague affecting a pre-contact world: is the Federation research team to blame for the outbreak? Meanwhile the Kintsugi tries to evade the Jem'Hadar ship, leading Captain Vate to a radical move... This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can find out more at openhearthgaming.com Our audi…

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Silent Falls - Come on In (1 of 4) 1:33:01

2M ago1:33:01

1:33:01

Content Warning: vampirism, ritual murder, gore This is a prequel to a series of Alice is Missing & Monsterhearts 2 & taking place during the 80s in between subsequent series of A Town Called Malice & Bump in the Dark. COME ON IN is a role-playing game about a grisly murder case that rocks the small coastal Louisiana town of Bon Soleil and unravels…

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Open Hearth Podcast Ep 6: Urban Shadows, The David Web, Wanderhome 36:11

2M ago36:11

36:11

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…

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Ultraviolet Grasslands session 11 2:34:46

2M ago2:34:46

2:34:46

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po5XxLKasv8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By The Open Hearth Gaming Community

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Star Trek Adventures 2e: Kintsugi S1 2:24:38

2M ago2:24:38

2:24:38

We begin a new quarterly series exploring the voyages of the Challenger-Class USS Kintsugi. In this new season we see characters new and old as the Federation enters into war with the Dominion. Finishing up a search and rescue mission, the Kintsugi is called to check on a lost scientist on a pre-warp world. But the situation is made complicated by …

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