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How I Heard It - Campfire Storytelling Game

Created by First Pancake Studios

Gather ‘round the campfire to tell the tale of a folk hero long past in this storytelling TTRPG inspired by framing narratives like Name of the Wind. Explore themes of power and history as the story is warped by the conflicting ideals of those telling it

Latest Updates from Our Project:

50% Funded, Guest Writers
6 months ago – Thu, Feb 05, 2026 at 10:16:45 AM

First Pancakes,

50% Funded in 48 Hours!

We are over 50% funded in the first 48 hours! I set a much more ambitious goal this year and I'm super proud of YOU for helping us barrel towards it! There's still halfway to go, so please share the game out with your friends, and help us fund a wonderful camping experience for everyone.

Guest Writers

One of the main reasons I set a more ambitious goal this year is to hire guest writers! Folk stories and oral traditions are deeply rooted in culture and identity, and I'd be doing this game a disservice by being the only writer involved.

For that reason, I am super excited by our 3 guest writers that we'll have working on the project. They'll be writing 5 world sheets that will give you totally different perspectives on storytelling and how influential people change the tales we tell.


I'm so excited to read their work, and when we fund we can add their wonderful voices to this game!

Even More Guest Writers???

My greatest goal for this game is to be anthology of compelling worlds to tell tales of around the flame, so the stretch goals are going to allow us to introduce even more guest writers! The first goal will introduce 2 new writers and 3 new worlds. I'm not ready to reveal them quite yet, but I'm setting us a community goal to reveal them to you! Once we hit 100 backers, I will reveal the first set of guest writers we'll be working towards as a stretch goal!

A Friend's Game: Food & Evil


Jordan of Goosepoop games is working on another banger! Do you like silly games? Do you like food? Have you ever wanted to be an infernal demon running a food truck? Jordan is a master of both silly and food based games (see the game Good Soup), so I can only imagine this is going to rule. And the guest writers he's got on this one!? My gosh go help him hit those stretch goals PLEASE!

Check it out: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/goosepoop-games/food-evil


In Word and Flame,
George Philbrick
First Pancake Studios

First Day Going Strong, Actual Play Around a Fire
6 months ago – Mon, Feb 02, 2026 at 04:09:10 PM

Hello First Pancakes,

How I Heard It's first day is going strong, so let's keep that train rolling. The first 48 hours are the absolute most important part of the campaign (or so the algorithomancers tell). To reward you early backers, I'm giving everyone who backs in these first 2 days a free one page RPG inspired by Daredevil!



I  spent this weekend among friends around a campfire to record a very unique actual play! It was one of the most fun gaming experiences I've ever had and I can't wait to share it with you soon. It may be the first actual play filmed around a real campfire, but please prove my cursory googling wrong!




I am very excited to share the actual play and more info about our guest writers in future updates, but for now, keep pushing. The sooner we fund, the sooner I can talk about the stretch goal guest writers in waiting!

In Flame and Word,
George Philbrick