The Cluster: A Debt Repaid? (Session 3)

An episode of the Playing at the Hearth podcast, hosted by The Open Hearth Gaming Community, titled "The Cluster: A Debt Repaid? (Session 3)" was published on February 19, 2026 and runs 171 minutes.

February 19, 2026 ·171m · Playing at the Hearth

Summary

Alun R facilitates the next session in a series of 'The Cluster', his own PbtA space opera game.This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/the_open_hearth/overview).Picking up from last session's cliffhanger, the Crew agree to disagree about the demand from the Guild of the Metal Flower rep. There's the threat of pursuit and fallout but also the offer of a job. Gort gets them there; Beckett gets them in; and Serena stimulates a distraction to get them out. Nothing goes entirely to plan, but they begin to pay off Gort's debts. Then Ring Space, manual labour, and a tricky job offer involving a planet wracked by endless war and the consequences of an ancient nuclear holocaust ...Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRP7BaVS1es ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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