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Once in a while, when talking about Of Hearth & the Harrowing I am asked why I made it as a Basic Roleplaying game, rather than as a D&D 5e conversion, Savage Worlds setting, or some other popular existing game system. There are several answers to that question, and all of them are true. But it is really the preponderance (not me knowing the word, but having to look up how to spell it...) of all the reasons that pushed me in that direction. First, I like the mechanics of ch

Heroes Helping Out at the Hearth The Hearth phase in Of Hearth & the Harrowing is part base building phase, part advancement, and part downtime. It was originally inspired by Runequest's adventure system where adventures often have plenty of time between them. If you want to adventure after you have used up all your Rune Points in that game, you can, but waiting until after a holy day where you can worship and get your points back is how you go at it with all your resources.

A Corrupted Rat Corruption as a Concept Corruption in Of Hearth & the Harrowing is a magical force that mutates that which it infects....

Of Hearth & the Harrowing Cover Mock Excited today to finally reveal to the world the cover for Of Hearth & the Harrowing by the ever...

WIP Map for the Shadows of the Southwall Region Updates on Core Rulebook: Playtesting is still churning along. Layout phase 1 is done,...

Cheesy Canva Mockup Been working a lot on non-writing stuff as well. Having a small business requires doing a ton of things that you...

Note: This post originally appeared on my Patreon right after the con. ChupacabraCon 2025 is in the books. It was a great con! Here are...

Well its done. The alpha rev of the layout of the book is complete. Sitting at 125 pages. I have no real idea how to feel. Proud....

Its been busy times for 'Of Hearth & the Harrowing'. Layout has started! I'm so stinking excited to see this starting to take shape. Long...

When designing games, the systemic approach means you take things and break them down into game loops and systems. The is a huge...

Great playtest for 'Of Hearth & the Harrowing' tonight. We tested rules changes from ChaosiumCon 25, and things went really well. Some...

Changes I'm working on for 'Of Hearth & the Harrowing' post Chaosium Con 2025 playtests: Tightening the skill list, some never used...