Read, Play, Game

SPOILER WARNING: We discuss things that happened in our Heart - Play (Part 1) episode, so if you haven't listened to it yet we would recommend doing that first!We wanted to include our discussion on character progression without interrupting the narrative flow of the game. So we're adding it as a bonus episode!Our characters get a couple new abilities... but mostly we descend into a bit of madness ourselves.

Our team of delvers sink deeper into the cavernous abyss as they try to the elusive question answer: what really is The Heart?Want to try out the game yourself? Check out the publisher's website where you can buy Heart: The City Beneath as well as all the other games published by Rowan, Rook, and Decard.If you have a suggestion for an RPG we should try out, email us at readplaygamepod@gmail.com or leave a comment on our socials: https://linktr.ee/readplaygameSongs used in this episode:Poets Word Shijin No Kotoba by Kadir DemirBetween Light and Shadow by Fabien FustinoniDancing in the Sand by Kadir DemirCesare Pastanella by MorHeart: The City Beneath is a horror game with a lot of dark and potentially upsetting imagery and topics. Here are some content warnings we'd like to make you aware of before the descent:-Frequent mention of a range of body horror including dismemberment and consumption of flesh.-Occasional mention of bees.

Be sure you pack enough Supplies so you can Echo our advice in your Mind as you prepare to seek your Fortune without shedding any Blood while you descend with us into the mysterious Heart.Want to try out the game yourself? Check out the publisher's website where you can buy Heart: The City Beneath as well as all the other games published by Rowan, Rook, and Decard.If you have a suggestion for an RPG we should try out, email us at readplaygamepod@gmail.com or leave a comment on our socials: https://linktr.ee/readplaygameTheme song is "Do You Really Wanna Know?" by Captain QubzHeart: The City Beneath is a horror game with a lot of dark and potentially upsetting imagery and topics. Here are some content warnings we'd like to make you aware of before the descent:-Frequent mention of a range of body horror including dismemberment and consumption of flesh.-Occasional mention of bees.

Illustrator, TTRPG Designer, and Captain-Of-Niche-Ships Ira Prince joins us to chat about designing a fake marriage RPG (and to banter about our problematic faves).Want to try out the game yourself? Check out https://iraprince.itch.io/ where you can buy Eyes on the Prize as well as all the other great games designed by Ira! You can also support You are Beheld, a queer collective of game designers featuring Ira's work, at https://youarebeheld.itch.io/.If you have a suggestion for an RPG we should try out, email us at readplaygamepod@gmail.com or leave a comment on our socials: https://linktr.ee/readplaygameTheme song is "Do You Really Wanna Know?" by Captain QubzGames and creators referenced by Ira throughout the episode:marn silverman (house, alone with the fucked up guy looking at you): https://marns.itch.io/garfield +- you: https://dannymakesrpgs.itch.io/garfield-plusminus-youdueling fops of vindamere: https://crankshaftconstellation.itch.io/fopslike skyscrapers blotting out the sun: https://speakthesky.itch.io/like-skyscrapersorchidelirium: https://aethercorpgames.itch.io/orchidelirium-volume-one-expedition-rulesriverhouse games: hot gay bro dragons, let these mermaids touch your dick maybe https://riverhousegames.itch.io/SAPPHICWORLD: darlingdemoneclipse https://darlingdemoneclipse.itch.io/sapphicworld-dream-ashcan 

Reflecting on our favorite moments during the complicated affairs of Fitzwilliam and Ferra Crumpet (no relation) and Violet and Mira Crowblossom.Want to try out the game yourself? Check out Ira Prince's itch.io at iraprince.itch.io/ to find Eyes on the Prize alongside many of its other games!If you have a suggestion for an RPG we should try out, email us at readplaygamepod@gmail.com or leave a comment on our socials: https://linktr.ee/readplaygameTheme song is "Do You Really Wanna Know?" by Captain Qubz

Things are heating up this (fake) marriage season as the race to win the coveted title of “Divine Lovers” begins! Who will win in a season full of jealous exes, suspicious families, and intense romantic tension?Want to try out the game yourself? Check out Ira Prince's itch.io at iraprince.itch.io/ to find Eyes on the Prize alongside many of its other games!If you have a suggestion for an RPG we should try out, email us at readplaygamepod@gmail.com or leave a comment on our socials: https://linktr.ee/readplaygameSongs used in this episode:Fascinating Life by Lux-InspiraA Farewell to Love (Elgar) by Yael Kareth, Artlist Classics, and Edward Elgar.