{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Around the Hearth","title":"Known Territory: Ep 1 Band of Blades","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3504,"description":"Welcome to the first episode of a new series on the Around the Hearth podcast feed: Known Territory: GMs Talk Games. Each episode we sit down with an experienced game facilitator who has played a specific TTRPG extensively. They will discuss how they pitch the game, best practices for running, useful tools, potential pitfalls, and more. We hope this will be a useful primer for both GMs and players interested in this game.\nFor this first episode we have on Jim Crocker to discuss Band of Blades, Evil Hat's military fantasy Forged in the Dark TTRPG. Jim's run complete campaigns of this striking and complex story game of military survival and horror.\nJim on itch.io\nGames Mentioned\nBand of Blades\nBand of Blades on Roll20\nBlades in the Dark\nThe Watch\nNight Witches\nIf you dig this series, please rate, review, and subscribe.\nThis episode's host is Lowell Francis,  designer and co-author of Hearts of Wulin. He's the ENnie-winning creator of the Age of Ravens blog and community manager for the Open Hearth Gaming Community. He's the co-author of the Transverse Noir series of Shadowrun novellas. You can find Lowell's work on YouTube, on Itch.io, and on DriveThruRPG.\nHelp Rae Recover LinksSupport or donate at https://patreon.com/swordqueengames or https://ko-fi.com/matthewarcilla\nMusic: ‘Mission Control’ by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio\nFind out more about the Open Hearth Gaming Community\nSupport us on Patreon!\nOur actual play podcast can be found here\nFollow us on Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg\nBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg\nMastodon: @openhearthrpg@dice.camp","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/T8VIITqao1ZgLygQ-2zgvuKmwYkcrsjrkOdxemcmfZQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iMWNl/NTMwMjJjN2U4ZDQ2/YmU4YmU4ODIzZTZj/ODBhNy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}