This episode is sponsored by Black Wives™️: They Will Fix Your Shit! This week, Jeremy, Liv and Candace take a look at the intersectionality of black and queer culture in ttrpgs and their wider media representations, beyond the months of June and July! So come take a listen to the history how Stonewall has had a lasting impact, how pride in UK and the US is fundamentally different, a few coming out stories, and few at the table experiences to boot. Also - did you miss out on our first 🎉FULLY FU...
Jul 24, 2025•1 hr 52 min
SURPRISE HALFLINGS! We're catching up with an OG today - one Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo , but everybody calls them UNATI! And my god have they been BUSY. Join Jeremy and Canace as they catch up with Unati from voice acting in Baldur's Gate 3 and Space Marine II, to appearing in Netflix's own Wednesday, and a variety of Actual Plays! Come listen to the experience they've gained, advice on using game mechanics to enhance your actual play performance, their love of racoons, and explain why low rise ...
Jul 17, 2025•1 hr 7 min
Join Jeremy and Candace as we take a look at where the line needs to be drawn when playing TTRPGS when allowing certain actions in-game. Listen to a few personal stories from both hosts, and how they resolved such instances, how consent and safety tools can combat over-reaching players to keep the game grounded, the value of player communication, enthusiastic consent, and one hell of a Batman impression to bring that point home! Also - did you miss out on our first 🎉FULLY FUNDED🎉 Kickstarter, ...
Jul 10, 2025•1 hr 31 min
Minor Spoilers for ALIEN: Romulus Spoilers for the stage show Gypsy This week! Our freshly minted halfling, Candace The Magnificent, and our OG host Jeremy Cobb, are chatting about casting issues in modern media. From the race, gender, disability of the characters being portrayed against the actors portraying them, whether we should be casting actors who can accurately portray the role of disabled people with lived experiences, and the problem with ALIEN: Romulus. An extended cut of this episode...
Jul 03, 2025•1 hr 38 min
🎉Happy 5 Year Anniversary Halflings🎉 To celebrate, we got you a gift! Joining Jeremy, Jasper, and Liv is our brand new full-time halfling Candace The Magnificent with a special end of episode voice note from halfling alumni Unati Lewis-Nyawo !! Come take a listen to the halflings reminisce on their favourite moments from the past 5 years; from interviewing folks like Lou Wilson and Brennan Lee Mulligan, to playing with Emily Axeford and chatting with literal hobbits Billy Boyd and Dominic M...
Jun 25, 2025•1 hr 53 min
Oh Halflings, have we got some catching up to do! Join Jeremy and Candace The Magnificent as they cover the last few truly WILD weeks - from an update on the Kickstarter and running our one-shot in collaboration with Darrington Press, to celebrating Juneteenth in the face of the ongoing situation in America right now, and the effect it's all having on the TTRPG community. Our very first Kickstarter for the City of the Black Rose Campaign setting is LIVE NOW , in collaboration with Roll and Pl...
Jun 19, 2025•1 hr 25 min
It's not looking good... it's not looking good at all ... using the brand new Daggerheart system from Critical Role's Darrington Press, we dive into part 2 of our City of the Black Rose one-shot, with our party at the mercy of the Boogeyman, Synapse. Will they be able to overcome the situation they've found themselves in? Will they uncover the motivations behind the murders? And will our small band of heroes, who have failed time and time again, finally come up on top? Because those heroes are: ...
Jun 12, 2025•1 hr 59 min
Welcome back to Mavros, citizens! Using the brand new Daggerheart system from Critical Role's Darrington Press, we dive into a one-shot set in the Lowers of Mavros. The owner of the storied Carnelian Casino, a decaying monument to vice and excess, is carrying out murders and doing something deeply sinister with the souls of his victims. A small band of heroes, haunted by ghosts of failure and trauma, will stop at nothing to bring him down. And those heroes are: Connie Chang as Yùn Zuìhuo (she/th...
Jun 05, 2025•1 hr 59 min
Jasper, Jeremy, Liv & Candace fling open the detective’s briefcase to reveal Three Black Halflings’ debut Kickstarter for City of the Black Rose in collaboration with Roll & Play Press. Expect chaotic conversations, reward reveals, and Jeremy’s relentless thirst for “problems, always” as five years of big, diverse dreams hit the pledge page. Our very first official campaign setting module , City of the Black Rose: A Dark Metropolis Campaign Setting , set in non-other than Mavros, will be...
May 28, 2025•1 hr 23 min
This week, Jeremy, Liv & Candace are joined by Christian Navarro & Luis Carazo to talk all about their incredible new show Tales Unrolled . Tales Unrolled: Alma is a dark, fantasy mystery that explores themes like ancestry, sacrifice, lineage, and legacy. There is also a healthy dose of romance! Watch new episodes of Tales Unrolled every Tuesday on YouTube, on the Tales Unrolled YouTube channel, or as a podcast with extra sound design on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen. New episod...
May 21, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 330
This week, Jeremy, Liv & Candace are joined by the co-founders of Smiling Mythos Games , Jacob Mooney and Billy Eline , chatting about the making of their game Machine: Impossible - Fast and Furious meets Cyberpunk meets Mission: Impossible meets dice! We dive into the inspirations behind the making of the game, take a brief tangent to discuss the horrors of Darth Jar-Jar, and then build a world in Machine: Impossible ourselves. Check out Machine: Impossible on itch.io! And speaking of world...
May 15, 2025•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 329
Jeremy and Liv are joined once again by Candace the Magnificent , and this week we're discussing our favourite tabletop RPGS that don't involve dungeons and/or dragons, along with some of the truly wild stories that have inspired that love. Including: Shiver Savage Worlds Paradox Perfect (listen to our Paradox Perfect playthrough with NADDPOD! ) Good Strong Hands Thirsty Sword Lesbians (listen to our Thirsty Sword Lesbians playthrough!) Daggerheart (Oh, if you like Daggerheart, you're in for one...
May 08, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 328
Trigger Warning: non-explicit discussion of sexual assault. This week, Jeremy & Liv are joined by by fellow City of the Black Rose: Herald of Shadows player Candace the Magnificent to talk specifically about playing femme presenting and female characters in horror Actual Plays and TTRPGS. From how the female/femme experience affects horror role play experiences, to their experiences of how horror TTRPGS and Actual Play can be liberating, and how real-world dynamics can affect the playstyles ...
May 02, 2025•57 min•Ep. 327
Jeremy and Candace are joined in the hobbit hole this week by content creators Ginny Di and Pointy Hat , to talk about Dragon Week 25! A recurring community event on YouTube encouraging content creators to come together and make videos about their favourite monsters. And to get real, digging into the lack of minority YouTube content creators in the TTRPG space, why that is, and how DragonWeek is challenging that. Our very first official campaign setting module , City of the Black Rose: A Dark Me...
Apr 25, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 326
Strap in folks! This week, Jeremy, Jasper and Candace the Magnificent address the effect that the US's tariff hike now has on the TTRPG industry, and then - on a lighter note - how to run horror games in a way that fulfils your players. If you're a small TTRPG-related business owner who's been affected by the tariff hike, and want to talk to us about it to give us a better insight into what's happening, please get in touch at producer@tbhalflings.com. Speaking of horror... Our very first officia...
Apr 18, 2025•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 325
THE KICKSTARTER IS NIGH! With our big release coming soon, so soon, today Jeremy, Liv and Candace are chatting to our pals and partners from Roll & Play Press: Chief Creative Officer Sam Bartlett & Editorial Manager Beth Davies who are elbow deep in bringing the City of the Black Rose: A Dark Metropolis Campaign Setting to life. Join us as we talk about the process of making a modular, system agnostic playbook, how they're making it work for all settings - from D&D to Vampire the Mas...
Apr 11, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 324
WE ARE BACK BABY! After a 6 month actual play run, Jasper & Jeremy sit down for the first time to catch up on what's happened outside of Mavros - from their birthdays, to Black History Month, to Kendrick Lamar's legendary Superbowl performance (ignore EVERYTHING Jasper says about Ricky Gervais. please. god.) - and then, Jasper finally sits down to interview the creator of 'City of the Herald of Shadows: Herald of Shadows', one Jeremy Cobb, to talk about how he built the world from the ground...
Apr 04, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 323
It began with an oath.... but it ends with blood. The party faces the final adversary. Will they be able to overcome the prophecy? Or will the City of the Black Rose claim what rightfully belongs to it? Who lives? Who dies? And who pays the ultimate price? This is the final instalment of our 3-part finale. Unifier protect you all... you're going to need it... Starring: Jasper William Cartwright as Duncan Dullahan (he/him) Dhampir Tabaxi Pugelist - Hand Of Dread Candace the Magnificent as Hecatae...
Mar 28, 2025•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 322
The part now faces their final reckoning. Will Mathers seize control, or will Duncan, Hecatae, Ozrik, Angela and Bilwop be able top overcome their differences and stop him for good? This is the second instalment of our 3-part finale. Unifier protect you all... Starring: Jasper William Cartwright as Duncan Dullahan (he/him) Dhampir Tabaxi Pugelist - Hand Of Dread Candace the Magnificent as Hecatae 'Heck' Hopewell (they/she) Shadar Kai Elf Shadow Sorcerer Jonathan Charles as Officer Bilwop Wunkle ...
Mar 21, 2025•2 hr 27 min•Ep. 321
It's here! The Prophecy has come full circle! And it's not looking good for the party. After enduring an utterly gruelling battle with the Whip-Poor-Will, leaving some characters more dead than they realised, our heroes now face their final challenge. They have their answers, they've pooled all their resources, now all that's left is to face Mathers head on This is the first instalment of our 3-part finale. Unifier protect us all... Starring: Jasper William Cartwright as Duncan Dullahan (he/him)...
Mar 14, 2025•2 hr•Ep. 320
This definitely wasn't how it was meant to go. Our party faces off against one of the monsters who's been stalking them through the streets, and our Fool, Damien Mathers has the last pieces of the prophecy within his grasp. Will our party manage to survive such an ambush and beat Mathers at his own game? It all hangs in the balance. Starring: Jasper William Cartwright as Duncan Dullahan (he/him) Dhampir Tabaxi Pugelist - Hand Of Dread Candace the Magnificent as Hecatae 'Heck' Hopewell (they/she)...
Mar 07, 2025•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 319
Beaten and bloodied, our heroes regroup at the Wunkle residence. It's time to go through all the clues, recall every scrap of information they can remember, and come to their final conclusion. The question is, will it be the right one? Starring: Jasper William Cartwright as Duncan Dullahan (he/him) Dhampir Tabaxi Pugelist - Hand Of Dread Candace the Magnificent as Hecatae 'Heck' Hopewell (they/she) Shadar Kai Elf Shadow Sorcerer Jonathan Charles as Officer Bilwop Wunkle (he/him) Forest Gnome Swa...
Mar 01, 2025•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 318
It's about to get real gritty. While hunting for answers linked to Mavros' ultimate prophecy, the team faces down against what might be their toughest battle yet - with no guarantees that anyone survives... will Hecatae learn the true origins of their past? Will Bilwop realise what Happy is really up to? Will Alphage's demise mean a break in the case? Luckily, our Hierophant is here to read us a few bedtime stories to put all our minds at ease... Starring: Jasper William Cartwright as Duncan Dul...
Feb 22, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 316
The revelations are coming thick and fast now. As the team wrestles with the information they found in the lowers, more questions are arising - what exactly was Dr Harold Jennings doing for Mathers? What does Mrs Jennings have to do with all of this? And how many of them will survive this time? All this, while the Fool approaches... Starring: Jasper William Cartwright as Duncan Dullahan (he/him) Dhampir Tabaxi Pugelist - Hand Of Dread Candace the Magnificent as Hecatae 'Heck' Hopewell (they/she)...
Feb 14, 2025•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 317
We leave the confines of the Hotel Amarant behind, heading off in search of a nightclub-cum-jazz-lounge, whose patrons may be able to help answer the mounting questions this crew has. As relative unknowns, they believe they have the element of surprise... but plans have a tendency of going awry in Mavros, leaving one of the party facing a flowery end, and at least one other staring down the barrel of their own sanity... Starring: Jasper William Cartwright as Duncan Dullahan (he/him) Dhampir Taba...
Feb 06, 2025•2 hr 45 min•Ep. 315
The Hotel Amarant is of of the most ancient and magical hotels in Mavros. And what is a hotel with a halfling concierge with a great handlebar moustache? We begin this episode following in the footsteps of one Nelson Ganymede, who's dealing with the regular duties of hotel management: scheduling, customer service, vanquishing elder gods tainting the staff. You know, standard procedure... until the Hotel decides it isn't. Starring: Jasper William Cartwright as Duncan Dullahan (he/him) Dhampir Tab...
Jan 31, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 314
The Gloaming has taken so much from our band of players, who started this off with good intentions but has left them with several questions: who will win control of Duncan? Is Angela who she says she is? What are the true consequences of Happy's decisions? And who exactly is this new guy? Starring: Jasper William Cartwright as Duncan Dullahan (he/him) Dhampir Tabaxi Pugelist - Hand Of Dread Candace the Magnificent as Hecatae 'Heck' Hopewell (they/she) Shadar Kai Elf Shadow Sorcerer Jonathan Char...
Jan 24, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 313
As the players explore the Gloaming further, all is not well within the party Hecatae and Shadow vie for control of Duncan's body, Angela tries to reconcile with her past, and as Bilwop faces the helplessness of Happy's decisions. And among all that chaos, a new player enters the game... in search of a hot dog. Starring: Jasper William Cartwright as Duncan Dullahan (he/him) Dhampir Tabaxi Pugelist - Hand Of Dread Candace the Magnificent as Hecatae 'Heck' Hopewell (they/she) Shadar Kai Elf Shadow...
Jan 17, 2025•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 312
Let us step back from The Lowers of Mavros and focus on the Uppers, to Fortuna specifically. A beautiful reprieve from the darkness the the darkness below, though there is still pain found here... and it is the worst kind of all... heartbreak. Disharmony rocks this pristine echelon, in a way that will only have consequences for all those beneath them. As Hecatae and Shadow vie for control of Duncan's body, as Angela tries to reconcile with her past, and as Bilwop faces the helplessness of it all...
Jan 11, 2025•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 311
The group moves closer to the answer they all seek, but with every move forward comes a step backwards. Though this particular step lands the group in more trouble than they'd ever hope they'd find. If only they had the Strength to continue... Starring: Candace the Magnificent as Hecatae 'Heck' Hopewell (they/she) Shadar Kai Elf Shadow Sorcerer Jonathan Charles as Officer Bilwop Wunkle (he/him) Forest Gnome Swarmkeeper Ranger Olivia 'Liv' Kennedy as Angela Crawford (she/her) Human armorer artifi...
Jan 03, 2025•2 hr 40 min•Ep. 310
