The Last Caravan: Retail Therapy (Session 9)

An episode of the Playing at the Hearth podcast, hosted by The Open Hearth Gaming Community, titled "The Last Caravan: Retail Therapy (Session 9)" was published on March 18, 2026 and runs 106 minutes.

March 18, 2026 ·106m · Playing at the Hearth

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Summary

The caravaners find a bookshop where they can pick up some material to help fill in the gaps of Ree's education, there they meet an interesting figure from The Answer, but their thoughts that everything can't be this perfect are unhappily answered.The Last Caravan is a cars and aliens tabletop role-playing game about a midwinter road trip in the wake of an alien invasion. Starting from the East Coast, you and your fellow travelers will navigate a shattered North America. You’ll explore landscapes transformed by xenoflora, search abandoned towns and crashed spaceships, discover the otherworldly technology called Harmonics, negotiate with newly-formed factions both human and alien, outrun hostile pursuers, and fight for the future of your world.Your story is about normal people finding heroism under extraordinary pressures. It’s about relationships tested by a crisis, and rediscovering what matters when the world is ending.Your people need you. Will you join the caravan?The Last Caravan is by Ted Bushman and is available here https://tedbushman.itch.io/the-last-caravan-a-cars-and-aliens-roleplaying-game***Find 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 #OpenHearth #ForgedInTheDarkOriginal video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oNzBRNwtQQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Episode Description

The caravaners find a bookshop where they can pick up some material to help fill in the gaps of Ree's education, there they meet an interesting figure from The Answer, but their thoughts that everything can't be this perfect are unhappily answered.

The Last Caravan is a cars and aliens tabletop role-playing game about a midwinter road trip in the wake of an alien invasion. Starting from the East Coast, you and your fellow travelers will navigate a shattered North America. You’ll explore landscapes transformed by xenoflora, search abandoned towns and crashed spaceships, discover the otherworldly technology called Harmonics, negotiate with newly-formed factions both human and alien, outrun hostile pursuers, and fight for the future of your world.

Your story is about normal people finding heroism under extraordinary pressures. It’s about relationships tested by a crisis, and rediscovering what matters when the world is ending.

Your people need you. Will you join the caravan?

The Last Caravan is by Ted Bushman and is available here https://tedbushman.itch.io/the-last-caravan-a-cars-and-aliens-roleplaying-game

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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 #ForgedInTheDark

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oNzBRNwtQQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★