About this episode

The episode discusses preparations for an Ars Magica campaign, the challenges of long-running story campaigns, and modern superhero gaming.

In this episode of the Open Hearth Podcast, host Lowell Francis (edige23) once again talks with a couple of community members about their recent gaming. This time we have veteran community couple Tyler and Patrick. We talk preparations for an upcoming Ars Magica campaign and how it fits with past campaigns, the challenges and joys of long-running story campaigns, and the intersection of current events and modern superhero gaming. We finish up with some of the things we've been digging recently. May the Fourth: Star Wars Minicon 2026 Ars Magica Manager Tyler's YouTube Find out more about the Open Hearth Gaming Community Support us on Patreon! Our actual play podcast can be found here Follow us on Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg Mastodon: @openhearthrpg@dice.camp 00:00 Introduction 01:40 Patrick & Ars Magica 16:22 Tyler & long-running story campaigns 29:33 Lowell & the challenges of modern supers games 40:52 Giving Me Life

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