GONCHAROV (1973)

An episode of the Playing at the Hearth podcast, hosted by The Open Hearth Gaming Community, titled "GONCHAROV (1973)" was published on August 5, 2025 and runs 133 minutes.

August 5, 2025 ·133m · Playing at the Hearth

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Summary

Naples. Winter of 1972. A stranger has arrived, shrouded in rumors and cigarette smoke. A Russian. An assassin. An enigma. He carries a broken pocket watch and a reliable Soviet-make hand pistol. A lost love, not his wife, weighs heavy in his memory like concrete tied to a sinking corpse. His name is Goncharov and he brings with him upheaval like the city has never seen.Winter. Naples. 1972. The stage for the greatest mafia movie ever made.This is a GM-less rpg for 3-7 players written to emulate the 1973 mafia film Goncharov (which may or may not exist.) This game uses the Firebrands system (credit to Meguey Baker & D. Vincent Baker) to set up 13 evocative mini-games which can be played in any order to create your own perfect collection of powerful, tragic mafia film scenes.Goncharov is by shoulderfins and is available here https://shoulderfins.itch.io/goncharov-the-rpgFind me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donoghFind the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearthOriginal video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUSqP2NtsZk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Episode Description

Naples. Winter of 1972. A stranger has arrived, shrouded in rumors and cigarette smoke. A Russian. An assassin. An enigma. He carries a broken pocket watch and a reliable Soviet-make hand pistol. A lost love, not his wife, weighs heavy in his memory like concrete tied to a sinking corpse. His name is Goncharov and he brings with him upheaval like the city has never seen.

Winter. Naples. 1972. The stage for the greatest mafia movie ever made.

This is a GM-less rpg for 3-7 players written to emulate the 1973 mafia film Goncharov (which may or may not exist.)

This game uses the Firebrands system (credit to Meguey Baker & D. Vincent Baker) to set up 13 evocative mini-games which can be played in any order to create your own perfect collection of powerful, tragic mafia film scenes.

Goncharov is by shoulderfins and is available here https://shoulderfins.itch.io/goncharov-the-rpg

Find me on itch.io: https://donogh.itch.io
or on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@donogh
Find the Open Hearth gaming community: https://openhearthgaming.com/

#ActualPlay #TTRPG #OpenHearth

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUSqP2NtsZk ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★