Toffet Station

An episode of the Playing at the Hearth podcast, hosted by The Open Hearth Gaming Community, titled "Toffet Station" was published on October 6, 2025 and runs 80 minutes.

October 6, 2025 ·80m · Playing at the Hearth

Summary

Mercury Orbit, 2188An underfunded and overworked research team aboard the United Mining and Development observation and research facility. Stretched to their limits, so close to a breakthrough they can taste it. A single terrible mishap precipitates the end of the crew, the station, and their precious research. Some may survive, but not without great sacrifice. As Toffet Station breaks apart, the rest find only ruin, delirium, and the burning cold of the void.In the end, was it all worth it?***Toffet Station is a storytelling game about the inevitable descent of a United Mining and Development observation and research facility orbiting Mercury in 2188, and the regrettably unavoidable fates of its research team. A terrible mishap will mean the end of the crew, the station, and their work.The project is overtasked and underfunded, stretched to the limits of safety and reason, and so close to a breakthrough they can taste it. Toffet station is a dark, lyrical science fiction game set in the not-too-distant future about people pushing themselves too far.Toffet Station runs on the Desperation Engine by Bully Pulpit Games.It is by Marc Majcher and is available here https://majcher.itch.io/toffet-stationFind 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 #SharedHearthOriginal video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMUzChMnM6E ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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