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Heart: The City Beneath - Play (Part 1)

Ep. 42
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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/readplaygame


Songs used in this episode:

Poets Word Shijin No Kotoba by Kadir Demir

Between Light and Shadow by Fabien Fustinoni

Dancing in the Sand by Kadir Demir

Cesare Pastanella by Mor


Heart: 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.

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