Heart: The City Beneath – “The Agony Engine 2”

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Mar 122025
 
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In this week’s episode, Gethen and Niluhn make one final delve to reach Hang Station and their encounter with the creature that dwells in the subterranean ocean beneath. On the way, they’ll encounter new dangers, meet strange denizens of the Heart, and find themselves drawn deeper into their misgivings about their work with The Ministry. Can they free the trapped creature from its prison, and what terrible consequences will they bring about if they do?

PLAYERS/Dramatis Personae:

ALEX: Gethen, a Forced Gnoll Hound

MEYER/Niluhn, a Heartsong-called Drow Witch

Heart: The City Beneath – “The Agony Engine 1”

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Feb 262025
 
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Two delvers set off into the depths of the Heart on orders from their handlers in the City Above. One, a Gnoll Hound, is forced to be there by the moonsilver collar he wears. The other, a Drow Witch, struggles with her past and is inexplicably drawn to the City Beneath. When they are tapped to escort a skittish academic to a deep Vermissian station, they find themselves embroiled in a plot to harness the suffering of a trapped creature to create a bomb, caught between their obligations and the Heart’s desire to set the creature free.

PLAYERS/Dramatis Personae:

ALEX: Gethen, a Forced Gnoll Hound

MEYER/Niluhn, a Heartsong-called Drow Witch

Board To Death – “Dominion”

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Dec 142023
 
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When three friends find themselves trapped inside the fictional world of the card game Dominion, they’ll have to play the game in order to escape. And that means–you guessed it–cranking out as much money as they possibly can and buying all the land they can get their grubby little hands on! Luckily, none of the people in the fictional world are real (or so they tell themselves), which means there’s no exploitative depths to which our…heroes…?…won’t sink if it means taking home the most Victory Points. Can they escape the game, or will they have to discard their futures to the trash? Listen to find out!

Fiasco – “Family Matters”

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Nov 162023
 
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(NOTE: Actual gameplay begins at 22 minutes 30 seconds)

The Poppleton Mall is a friendly place, where each welcoming storefront promises commerce and community. One Family-owned business in particular offers its customers the opportunity to become more—if they’re cheerful, hard-working, and willing to invest in themselves. Becoming a member of The Family is the first step to owning your own happy storefront where you, too, can spread the joy of premium dietary supplements. It’s as easy as purchasing your own starter supply, signing up for a series of Family leadership seminars, and sticking to your prescribed regimen of brain-enhancing nootropics. As the staff are medically conditioned to say, “Welcome to our home!” Welcome to Poppleton Mall!

Heart: The City Beneath – “Butcher and Baker”

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Oct 282023
 
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This last Spooktober game is a little bit late because it wasn’t actually recorded as one—shhh! People got sick and life got in the way, and we didn’t actually get to play a fourth spoopy one-shot. So please enjoy this re-purposed game of Heart that Ryan, Erik and Alex played a few months ago, and try to think Halloween-y thoughts while listening.

When a decadent high-elf noble sends an emissary to the undercity to procure a particular preferred pastry, it’ll be up to a Deadwalker and a Deep Apiarist to acquire the confection in question. In order to perform their assigned task and get paid, they’ll need to rescue the baker from a terrifying creature of the Heart. Will they survive their journey into the depths with their minds intact, or will a loaf of bread prove to be their undoing? Listen to find out!

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