Open Hearth Gaming Community
@openhearthrpg.bsky.social
Managed by Lowell Francis aka edige23 designer for Hearts of Wulin. An online ttrpg community focused on indie rpgs, storygames & other ttrpgs-- with a commitment to safety and inclusivity.
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What a thrill to be part of @talkingpointsmemo.com's series about the past 25 years of digital media! I wrote about why private equity goons destroyed Deadspin and why it matters.
There Are No Weird Blogs Anymore Cause It’s More Fruitful to Drive Them Out of Business
I learned many surprising lessons from my 20 months as editor-in-chief of...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
What a thrill to be part of @talkingpointsmemo.com's series about the past 25 years of digital media! I wrote about why private equity goons destroyed Deadspin and why it matters.
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For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
A Different Kind of Hex Ep. 5- Playing to Fail
Content Warning: character death, ritual sacrifice
Wyllora joins Ian & José to explore what it means to fail in RPGs & why we might want to do it on purpose. How do we define "success"? What are ways we can step outside that limit w/ agency?
#ttrpg
Content Warning: character death, ritual sacrifice
Wyllora joins Ian & José to explore what it means to fail in RPGs & why we might want to do it on purpose. How do we define "success"? What are ways we can step outside that limit w/ agency?
#ttrpg
Around the Hearth | A Different Kind of Hex Ep. 5 - Playing to Fail
Content Advisory: character death, ritual sacrificeIan & José are joined by Wyllora to explore what it means to fail in an RPG, and why we might want to do it on purpose. How do we define
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November 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A Different Kind of Hex Ep. 5- Playing to Fail
Content Warning: character death, ritual sacrifice
Wyllora joins Ian & José to explore what it means to fail in RPGs & why we might want to do it on purpose. How do we define "success"? What are ways we can step outside that limit w/ agency?
#ttrpg
Content Warning: character death, ritual sacrifice
Wyllora joins Ian & José to explore what it means to fail in RPGs & why we might want to do it on purpose. How do we define "success"? What are ways we can step outside that limit w/ agency?
#ttrpg
Open Hearth Video Roundup - November 7, 2025
Collected videos from recent community games and our Shared Hearth Event. Includes sessions of great games like R'leyhwatch, Rapscallion, Toffet Station & more. Check the full post for link to audio versions & details on how to join in the fun!
#ttrpg
Collected videos from recent community games and our Shared Hearth Event. Includes sessions of great games like R'leyhwatch, Rapscallion, Toffet Station & more. Check the full post for link to audio versions & details on how to join in the fun!
#ttrpg
Open Hearth Video Roundup - November 7, 2025 — Open Hearth Gaming
Collected videos from recent Open Hearth Gaming Community games. This roundup includes sessions of great games like R'leyhwatch , Rapscallion , Toffet Station , and more. Check the full post for de...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Open Hearth Video Roundup - November 7, 2025
Collected videos from recent community games and our Shared Hearth Event. Includes sessions of great games like R'leyhwatch, Rapscallion, Toffet Station & more. Check the full post for link to audio versions & details on how to join in the fun!
#ttrpg
Collected videos from recent community games and our Shared Hearth Event. Includes sessions of great games like R'leyhwatch, Rapscallion, Toffet Station & more. Check the full post for link to audio versions & details on how to join in the fun!
#ttrpg
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Your town has deep secrets, terrifying monsters, unspeakable evils, a clandestine city council...and a public radio station!
Tell the tales of your own strange town in Community Radio. #ttrpg
Itch: thoughtcrimegames.it...
IPR: www.indiepressrevolu...
TBS: tabletopbookshelf.co...
Tell the tales of your own strange town in Community Radio. #ttrpg
Itch: thoughtcrimegames.it...
IPR: www.indiepressrevolu...
TBS: tabletopbookshelf.co...
November 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Your town has deep secrets, terrifying monsters, unspeakable evils, a clandestine city council...and a public radio station!
Tell the tales of your own strange town in Community Radio. #ttrpg
Itch: thoughtcrimegames.it...
IPR: www.indiepressrevolu...
TBS: tabletopbookshelf.co...
Tell the tales of your own strange town in Community Radio. #ttrpg
Itch: thoughtcrimegames.it...
IPR: www.indiepressrevolu...
TBS: tabletopbookshelf.co...
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Friendly reminder: If your flight gets canceled or massively delayed in the coming weeks and you booked directly with the airline, you are entitled to a refund, not just a voucher. But you have to decline any rebooked flight, credit, miles, or voucher they offer.
November 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Friendly reminder: If your flight gets canceled or massively delayed in the coming weeks and you booked directly with the airline, you are entitled to a refund, not just a voucher. But you have to decline any rebooked flight, credit, miles, or voucher they offer.
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Under new head of Paramount David Ellison, the studio has drawn up a list of actors who opposed the Gaza genocide and will not allow them to appear in its films and TV shows.
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Paramount Has Blacklist for Stars Deemed “Overtly Antisemitic” — World of Reel
It sure looks like the likes of Javier Bardem, Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, and Mark Ruffalo won’t be making movies for Paramount in the foreseeable future.
www.worldofreel.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Under new head of Paramount David Ellison, the studio has drawn up a list of actors who opposed the Gaza genocide and will not allow them to appear in its films and TV shows.
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
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Catholic anti-feminist Leah Libresco in this article is Leah Sargeant of Cloven Pine Games. She co-wrote several indie RPGs like "Back Again From the Broken Land" and "The Great Soul Train Robbery." You might want to think twice before buying those #TTRPG s.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
Opinion | Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace?
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Catholic anti-feminist Leah Libresco in this article is Leah Sargeant of Cloven Pine Games. She co-wrote several indie RPGs like "Back Again From the Broken Land" and "The Great Soul Train Robbery." You might want to think twice before buying those #TTRPG s.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
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Uninstall Grammarly NOW. They've partnered with an AI company and actively scrape your writing to train its models.
HEAD'S UP FELLOW #CREATIVES!
If you haven't heard, #Grammarly is changing...and one change that doesn't pass the smell test is the incorporation of the ocean-boiling plagiarism machine that is #AI. 😒
I'm ditching Grammarly TONIGHT. #Writing #Writers #NoAI
www.grammarly.com/blog/company...
If you haven't heard, #Grammarly is changing...and one change that doesn't pass the smell test is the incorporation of the ocean-boiling plagiarism machine that is #AI. 😒
I'm ditching Grammarly TONIGHT. #Writing #Writers #NoAI
www.grammarly.com/blog/company...
Grammarly Rebrands Company as Superhuman, Introduces Superhuman Suite and Superhuman Go
Superhuman Platform delivers proactive, context-aware AI agents that work in the flow of work, wherever people work Grammarly today announced it is changing its company…
www.grammarly.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Uninstall Grammarly NOW. They've partnered with an AI company and actively scrape your writing to train its models.
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Word. Aldi's has a deal to feed 10 for $40. The Target deal is 4 for $20. Not only is Aldi's better financially, it's not run by simpering ring-kissers.
corporate.aldi.us/newsroom/new...
corporate.aldi.us/newsroom/new...
November 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Word. Aldi's has a deal to feed 10 for $40. The Target deal is 4 for $20. Not only is Aldi's better financially, it's not run by simpering ring-kissers.
corporate.aldi.us/newsroom/new...
corporate.aldi.us/newsroom/new...
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(RPG PDF Spotlight) Streets of New Babel, Solo RPG by Keith DEdinburgh
Welcome to New Babel
Streets of New Babel is a solo tabletop game of cunning, intrigue and danger set in a jazz-age urban fantasy metropolis.
Start your journey to infamy today…
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Welcome to New Babel
Streets of New Babel is a solo tabletop game of cunning, intrigue and danger set in a jazz-age urban fantasy metropolis.
Start your journey to infamy today…
angusabranson.com/2025/11/01/r...
(RPG PDF Spotlight) Streets of New Babel
Streets of New Babel Solo RPG by Keith DEdinburgh Welcome to New Babel Streets of New Babel is a solo tabletop game of cunning, intrigue and danger set in a jazz-age urban fantasy metropolis. …
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November 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
(RPG PDF Spotlight) Streets of New Babel, Solo RPG by Keith DEdinburgh
Welcome to New Babel
Streets of New Babel is a solo tabletop game of cunning, intrigue and danger set in a jazz-age urban fantasy metropolis.
Start your journey to infamy today…
angusabranson.com/2025/11/01/r...
Welcome to New Babel
Streets of New Babel is a solo tabletop game of cunning, intrigue and danger set in a jazz-age urban fantasy metropolis.
Start your journey to infamy today…
angusabranson.com/2025/11/01/r...
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are phaser vaporized victims safe to breathe
November 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
are phaser vaporized victims safe to breathe
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It's cool how we keep proving over and over and over again that there's a significant market for narrative-heavy, character-driven, single-player experiences in video games and publishers just categorically refuse to believe us
Dispatch has sold 1 million copies in under two weeks
Dispatch has sold 1 million copies in under two weeks
The episodic superhero comedy features big-name actors like Aaron Paul and Jeffrey Wright.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
It's cool how we keep proving over and over and over again that there's a significant market for narrative-heavy, character-driven, single-player experiences in video games and publishers just categorically refuse to believe us
Talking Space Opera
New episode in our ttrpg podcast feed!
In another community talk, we cover widescreen games of space fleets, interstellar empires, sometimes aliens-- big ideas and lasers. Games like Fading Suns, Space Wyrm vs Moonicorn, Dune, Scum & Villainy, Ashen Stars & more.
#ttrpg
New episode in our ttrpg podcast feed!
In another community talk, we cover widescreen games of space fleets, interstellar empires, sometimes aliens-- big ideas and lasers. Games like Fading Suns, Space Wyrm vs Moonicorn, Dune, Scum & Villainy, Ashen Stars & more.
#ttrpg
Around the Hearth | Talking Space Opera
Lets talk widescreen, big idea sci-fi. Games of space fleets, interstellar empires, sometimes aliens-- big ideas and lasers. Games like Star Trek Adventures, Traveller, Fading Suns, Space Wyrm vs M...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Talking Space Opera
New episode in our ttrpg podcast feed!
In another community talk, we cover widescreen games of space fleets, interstellar empires, sometimes aliens-- big ideas and lasers. Games like Fading Suns, Space Wyrm vs Moonicorn, Dune, Scum & Villainy, Ashen Stars & more.
#ttrpg
New episode in our ttrpg podcast feed!
In another community talk, we cover widescreen games of space fleets, interstellar empires, sometimes aliens-- big ideas and lasers. Games like Fading Suns, Space Wyrm vs Moonicorn, Dune, Scum & Villainy, Ashen Stars & more.
#ttrpg
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The email we got back from them was wild. So much damning stuff (some of which is directly quoted in the article) stated with full conviction like it's no big deal.
UK Games Expo promoted a tabletop RPG on Instagram that claimed to use "fully ethical and transparent" generative AI. Everything went downhill once the publisher began responding to criticism.
UK Games Expo criticized for promoting RPG with generative AI imagery
Gates of Krystalia’s creators insult commenters, struggle to explain provenance of LLM training material.
www.rascal.news
November 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The email we got back from them was wild. So much damning stuff (some of which is directly quoted in the article) stated with full conviction like it's no big deal.
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We finished "The Legend of ShenLi" today and it was a really fun show - it has the epic xianxia action sequences and melodrama that you expect from this type of CDrama, but what made it stand out is the thread of comedy throughout - I like a show that knows when it's silly and leans in.
November 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
We finished "The Legend of ShenLi" today and it was a really fun show - it has the epic xianxia action sequences and melodrama that you expect from this type of CDrama, but what made it stand out is the thread of comedy throughout - I like a show that knows when it's silly and leans in.
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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This is so gross.
Anyone who has ever snidely tweeted about Teen Vogue having better political coverage than the NYT should be outraged bc that was Lex
Anyone who has ever snidely tweeted about Teen Vogue having better political coverage than the NYT should be outraged bc that was Lex
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This is so gross.
Anyone who has ever snidely tweeted about Teen Vogue having better political coverage than the NYT should be outraged bc that was Lex
Anyone who has ever snidely tweeted about Teen Vogue having better political coverage than the NYT should be outraged bc that was Lex
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I'm really trying to enjoy Kamen Rider Zero-One but wow did the "let AI be people" angle not age well 😭
It's something I've noticed in my own storytelling as well, in a pre-AI world the story beat of using AI to deconstruct what it means to be human was one of my favorites. Now it feels...wrong.
It's something I've noticed in my own storytelling as well, in a pre-AI world the story beat of using AI to deconstruct what it means to be human was one of my favorites. Now it feels...wrong.
November 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I'm really trying to enjoy Kamen Rider Zero-One but wow did the "let AI be people" angle not age well 😭
It's something I've noticed in my own storytelling as well, in a pre-AI world the story beat of using AI to deconstruct what it means to be human was one of my favorites. Now it feels...wrong.
It's something I've noticed in my own storytelling as well, in a pre-AI world the story beat of using AI to deconstruct what it means to be human was one of my favorites. Now it feels...wrong.
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God damn it, @loosf.bsky.social gave me a new brainworm by showing me this image and telling me that Guts from Berserk is an Elric, even though Griffith got the looks.
I am forever going to be looking for the Eternal Champion in every story I see from now on
Shadow is totally an Elric fursona, too
I am forever going to be looking for the Eternal Champion in every story I see from now on
Shadow is totally an Elric fursona, too
May 8, 2025 at 3:08 AM
God damn it, @loosf.bsky.social gave me a new brainworm by showing me this image and telling me that Guts from Berserk is an Elric, even though Griffith got the looks.
I am forever going to be looking for the Eternal Champion in every story I see from now on
Shadow is totally an Elric fursona, too
I am forever going to be looking for the Eternal Champion in every story I see from now on
Shadow is totally an Elric fursona, too
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Uh, we just won a World Fantasy Award wtf @sydneyficant137.bsky.social
Special Award – Professional: #WorldFantasyAwards2025
Winner: Sydney Paige Guerrero, Gabriela Lee & Anna Felicia Sanchez, for Mapping New Stars: A Sourcebook on Philippine Speculative Fiction (The University of the Philippines Press)
Winner: Sydney Paige Guerrero, Gabriela Lee & Anna Felicia Sanchez, for Mapping New Stars: A Sourcebook on Philippine Speculative Fiction (The University of the Philippines Press)
November 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Uh, we just won a World Fantasy Award wtf @sydneyficant137.bsky.social
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Folks are still catching up to @armaanautomatic.itch.io's brilliant piece on The Ultimates #17 and ADHD:
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Doom, Me & ADHD: Nothing in Marvel's Ultimates #17 needs fixing - COMICSXF
Doom learns that his torturer and foe is just another version of Reed Richards, and struggles with who he is in the face of that.
comicsxf.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Folks are still catching up to @armaanautomatic.itch.io's brilliant piece on The Ultimates #17 and ADHD:
comicsxf.com/2025/10/26/d...
comicsxf.com/2025/10/26/d...
@evilhat.bsky.social do you have like a RedBubble store or something where we can get Apocalypse Keys, WotW or other images on T-shirts?
October 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
@evilhat.bsky.social do you have like a RedBubble store or something where we can get Apocalypse Keys, WotW or other images on T-shirts?
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Hey everyone, here's a real simple way to disable "Super Resolution" on your channels:
• YouTube Studio
• Settings
• Channel
• Advanced settings
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance visual quality"
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance audio quality"
• YouTube Studio
• Settings
• Channel
• Advanced settings
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance visual quality"
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance audio quality"
October 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Hey everyone, here's a real simple way to disable "Super Resolution" on your channels:
• YouTube Studio
• Settings
• Channel
• Advanced settings
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance visual quality"
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance audio quality"
• YouTube Studio
• Settings
• Channel
• Advanced settings
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance visual quality"
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance audio quality"
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Well @dicefunctional.bsky.social anorhe rone for the list
This is exceptionallybsad to hear of yet another company going full bore onto generative ai
Be better, as for the rest of us be sure to avoid them and make sure they know how you feel (be civil)
This is exceptionallybsad to hear of yet another company going full bore onto generative ai
Be better, as for the rest of us be sure to avoid them and make sure they know how you feel (be civil)
@ukge.bsky.social shared a post on Instagram about a card game that has gAI 'art'. People (including me) commented on it expressing their disappointment. UKGE chose to respond by hiding the comments.
Should we assume UKGE is pro gAI and doesn't care for artists without whom the con wouldn't exist?
Should we assume UKGE is pro gAI and doesn't care for artists without whom the con wouldn't exist?
October 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Well @dicefunctional.bsky.social anorhe rone for the list
This is exceptionallybsad to hear of yet another company going full bore onto generative ai
Be better, as for the rest of us be sure to avoid them and make sure they know how you feel (be civil)
This is exceptionallybsad to hear of yet another company going full bore onto generative ai
Be better, as for the rest of us be sure to avoid them and make sure they know how you feel (be civil)