# Open Hearth Podcast Ep 16: Ars Magica, Long Campaigns & Modern Supers Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/around-the-hearth-6854113/open-hearth-podcast-ep-16-ars-magica-long-campaigns-modern-supers Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/around-the-hearth-6854113/open-hearth-podcast-ep-16-ars-magica-long-campaigns-modern-supers.md Podcast: [Around the Hearth](https://stenobird.com/podcast/around-the-hearth-6854113) Published: 2026-03-31T11:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/24bafbd4 Audio file: https://media.transistor.fm/24bafbd4/21b7b962.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/around-the-hearth-6854113/episodes/open-hearth-podcast-ep-16-ars-magica-long-campaigns-modern-supers Duration seconds: 2845 ## Resource In this episode of the Open Hearth Podcast, host Lowell Francis (edige23) once again talks with a couple of community members about their recent gaming. This time we have veteran community couple Tyler and Patrick. We talk preparations for an upcoming Ars Magica campaign and how it fits with past campaigns, the challenges and joys of long-running story campaigns, and the intersection of current events and modern superhero gaming. We finish up with some of the things we've been digging recently. May the Fourth: Star Wars Minicon 2026 Ars Magica Manager Tyler's YouTube Find out more about the Open Hearth Gaming Community Support us on Patreon! Our actual play podcast can be found here Follow us on Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg Mastodon: @openhearthrpg@dice.camp 00:00 Introduction 01:40 Patrick & Ars Magica 16:22 Tyler & long-running story campaigns 29:33 Lowell & the challenges of modern supers games 40:52 Giving Me Life ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/around-the-hearth-6854113/episodes/open-hearth-podcast-ep-16-ars-magica-long-campaigns-modern-supers/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/around-the-hearth-6854113/open-hearth-podcast-ep-16-ars-magica-long-campaigns-modern-supers.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.