3, 2, 1…

Forte, Ichigo, and Matias have collected some winnings at the House of Dice casino, but someone is tipping the scales – and it’s not in favor of the bounty hunters’ employer. As the chips and whiskey fly, cybernetic eyeballs are put through their paces, and oddly similar figures move through the crowd, will the crew of the Progressive figure out who’s rigging the game?

Now Playing: Cowboy Bebop – Trifecta Tango Pt. 2!

Starring:

Aaron as the Big Shot

Aki as Forte

Geni as Ichigo

Editor Seamus as Matias

Check out our review of the Cowboy Bebop Roleplaying Game from Fumble GDR and Mana Project Studio!

You can follow us on the various socials @cannibalhalflinggaming for article and show updates! You can also drop by the Tavern of our Discord to chat with us, or reach out to us via email at [email protected]

If you like what we’re doing with CHR, give us a hand and leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! You can also support us on Patreon.

“Loopster”, Vibing Over Venus”, “Verano Sensual”, and “Night on the Town” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License.

Swing Time from Music by Pedro.

You’re Gonna Carry That Weight…

I think it’s time we blow this scene. Get everybody and the stuff together… On a ship named Progressive, three bounty hunters down on their luck jump at the chance to score big at the House of Dice casino, in orbit over the Jovian moon Europa. Rather than rolling the dice at the tables, though, they’ll be gambling on whether or not they can track down a culprit who is already in the system…

Now Playing: Cowboy Bebop – Trifecta Tango Pt. 1!

Starring:

Aaron as the Big Shot

Aki as Forte

Geni as Ichigo

Editor Seamus as Matias

Check out our review of the Cowboy Bebop Roleplaying Game from Fumble GDR and Mana Project Studio!

You can follow us on Twitter @HungryHalfling and on all the other socials @cannibalhalflinggaming for article and show updates! You can also drop by the Tavern of our Discord to chat with us, or reach out to us via email at [email protected].

If you like what we’re doing with CHR, give us a hand and leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! You can also support us on Patreon.

“Loopster”, Vibing Over Venus” and “Verano Sensual” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License.

Swing Time from Music by Pedro.

Four friends who drifted apart came back to play a game together for old times’ sake, only to find themselves becoming their characters. Jay the gamemaster has vanished, leaving Fitz, Evelyn, and Max wondering exactly what is going on. When they track Jay down will the game continue, or come to a final end? Find out as the Cannibal Halflings find one another in the Fields of the Lost in the conclusion to our actual play trilogy of Now Playing: DIE the RPG!

Starring:

Editor Aaron as Jay the Master/the GM

Aki as Fitz the Loathing Knight

Geni as Evelyn the Fool

Seamus as Max the Godbinder

Based on the comic DIE, the first issue of which can be read for free here, DIE: The Roleplaying Game can be purchased in PDF form on DriveThruRPG and from Rowan, Rook, and Decard. Physical copies can be pre-ordered through BackerKit.

You can follow us on Twitter @HungryHalfling for article and show updates! You can also drop by the Tavern of our Discord to chat with us, or reach out to us via email at [email protected].

If you like what we’re doing with CHR, give us a hand and leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify! You can also support us on Patreon.

Music is Feral Angel Waltz (feat. Alexander Nakarada) by Kevin MacLeod – License

Last time, we learned about the lives of Jay, Fitz, Evelyn, and Max – who they were in high school, the gaming group they formed together, how their lives didn’t exactly go according to plan since. As the gamemaster kicks things off the players find themselves wondering: what the hell is going on here? Find out as the Cannibal Halflings pick up their dice in Now Playing: DIE the RPG Part 2.

Starring:

Editor Aaron as Jay/the GM

Aki as Fitz

Geni as Evelyn

Seamus as Max

Based on the comic DIE, the first issue of which can be read for free here, DIE: The Roleplaying Game can be purchased in PDF form on DriveThruRPG and from Rowan, Rook, and Decard. Physical copies can be pre-ordered through BackerKit.

You can follow us on Twitter  @HungryHalfling for article and show updates! You can also drop by the Tavern of our Discord to chat with us, or reach out to us via email at [email protected].

If you like what we’re doing with CHR, give us a hand and leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify! You can also support us on Patreon.

You can follow us on Twitter  @HungryHalfling for article and show updates! You can also drop by the Tavern of our Discord to chat with us, or reach out to us via email at [email protected].

If you like what we’re doing with CHR, give us a hand and leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify! You can also support us on Patreon.

Music is Feral Angel Waltz (feat. Alexander Nakarada) by Kevin MacLeod – License

Jay, Fitz, Max, and Evelyn gather together for their high school reunion, and to revisit the tabletop roleplaying game that they played together so many years ago. There’s going to be quite a bit more emotional bleed than they expected… but first, who are they? What are their discarded dreams and deep-seated problems? Why should they have never come back together… and why do they absolutely have to? Find out as the Cannibal Halflings don their Personas in Now Playing: DIE the RPG Part 1.

Starring:

Editor Aaron as Jay/the GM

Aki as Fitz

Geni as Evelyn

Seamus as Max

Based on the comic DIE, the first issue of which can be read for free here, DIE: The Roleplaying Game can be purchased in PDF form on DriveThruRPG and from Rowan, Rook, and Decard. Physical copies can be pre-ordered through BackerKit.

You can follow us on Twitter  @HungryHalfling for article and show updates! You can also drop by the Tavern of our Discord to chat with us, or reach out to us via email at [email protected].

If you like what we’re doing with CHR, give us a hand and leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify! You can also support us on Patreon.

Music is Feral Angel Waltz (feat. Alexander Nakarada) by Kevin MacLeod – License

The games continues…

How do you encourage players to engage with the game? How do you bribe, er, guide them into certain habits? How can the players do the same for the GM? Where do designers fit in all of this? Aki, Aaron, and Seamus are plenty incentivized to figure it out!

What We Talk About & Further Reading: Advancement, Powered by the Apocalypse, OSR, Masks, Star Trek Adventures, Burning Wheel, Dresden Files, Fate, Apocaylpse Keys, Band of Blades (actual play), Night Witches, MASHED, Death in Space, Blades in the Dark, Traveller, Ewoks

You can find us:

Editor Seamus: @RGM79Ace  Aaron: @LevelOneWonk

Aki: Our Discord!

And the CHG account @HungryHalfling for article and show updates! You can also drop by the Tavern of our Discord to chat with us.

If you like what we’re doing with CHR, give us a hand and leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify! You can also support us on Patreon.

Music is Sneaky Adventure by Kevin MacLeod

The game master rules, but what rules them? How do many games leave the one running the game out in the cold, what kind of rules do other games assign to them, and what is gained in the process? Seamus and Aaron try to figure it out!

What We Talk About & Further Reading: Looking for Players, Powered by the Apocalypse, Dungeons and Dragons (OD&D to 5e), Adventure Log, Anti–Boredom, Torchbearer, Masks, Eclipse Phase, Reading , Legend of the Five Rings, Cyberpunk, Burned Over, Twilight 2000, Setting a Dispute, GMless, Wanderhome, Band of Blades, Burning Wheel, Star Trek Adventures, Electric Bastionland, Worlds Without Number, Transit: The Spaceship RPG, Ryuutama, System Mastery: Haven City of Violence

You can find us on Twitter:

Editor Seamus: @RGM79Ace  Aaron: @LevelOneWonk

And the CHG account @HungryHalfling for article and show updates! You can also drop by the Tavern of our Discord to chat with us.

If you like what we’re doing with CHR, give us a hand and leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify! You can also support us on Patreon.

Music is Sneaky Adventure by Kevin MacLeod

Aaron, Geni, and Seamus take on the task of getting new players into the hobby – recruitment methods, mechanical choices, potential pitfalls, and what actually makes someone stick around in the first place.

Further Reading: This Discord Has Ghosts In It, Playing At The World, Living on Borrowed Time, Long-Running Campaigns, Setting a Dispute, Beginner Nights, Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide, Fiasco, Who Is Your Game Designed For?, Princess World, Power Outage

You can find us on Twitter

 Editor Seamus: @RGM79Ace  Aaron: @LevelOneWonk

Geni: @ Our Discord

And the CHG account @HungryHalfling for article and show updates! You can also drop by the Tavern of our Discord to chat with us.

If you like what we’re doing with CHR, give us a hand and leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify! You can also support us on Patreon.

Music is Sneaky Adventure by Kevin MacLeod

Where is the line between traditional and indie games, and what does it mean? Who is running the show in a game that has no master? How can you make your storytelling a solo affair? How can you find the indie game that’s right for you? Aaron and Seamus are Going Independent as they try to answer these questions and make leaving the traditional behind an easier and more rewarding experience.

Further Reading: Traditional Games, Powered by the Apocalypse, Monster of the Week, Fate, Burning Wheel, The Elusive Shift, Masks, Electronic Bastionland, OSR, Seven Wonders, Alice Is Missing, Belonging Outside Belonging, Dream Askew, Wanderhome, Fiasco, Mythic, The Wretched, Thousand Year Old Vampire, Solitaire Storytelling, Beginning Basics, You Are Quarantined With Adam Driver And He Is Insisting On Reading You His New Script,  Grimoire

You can find us on Twitter

 Editor Seamus: @RGM79Ace  Aaron: @LevelOneWonk

And the CHG account @HungryHalfling for article and show updates! You can also drop by the Tavern of our Discord to chat with us.

If you like what we’re doing with CHR, give us a hand and leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify! You can also support us on Patreon.

Music is Sneaky Adventure by Kevin MacLeod

Seamus and Aaron talk about getting your tabletop roleplaying game started – how to gather up a group of eager players, how to set things up,  and how to kick them off, followed by a trip to the local starting tavern to see what all the fuss is about.

Things We Talk About

Heroes of the Hydian Way, Endings, Cyberpunk Red JumpStart, Star Trek Adventures, Living on Borrowed Time, Distancing & Dragons, Long Arm of the Hutt, Nest in the Dark, Settings, Safety Tools, GURPS, Beginner’s Nights, Electric Bastionland, Fate, Weekend Updates, Starting Tavern, Starting Prison, CabbageCorp, Crap Guide to D&D, Beer Star Games, No Place Like (The Party’s) Home, The Jackie Welles

You can find us on Twitter

Aaron: @LevelOneWonk Editor Seamus: @RGM79Ace

And the CHG account @HungryHalfling for article and show updates! You can also drop by the Tavern of our Discord to chat with us.

If you like what we’re doing with CHR, give us a hand and leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify! You can also support us on Patreon.

Music is Sneaky Adventure by Kevin MacLeod