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 [email protected].

Speaking of horror...

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 launching in May/June 2025! Be sure to be among the first notified of its launch, as we'll have tiers and goals featuring limited edition merch (which you can get a sneak peak at over on the Patreon!)

Follow the halflings! Jasper William Cartwright: @JW_Cartwright, Jeremy Cobb: @JeremyCobb1 Liv Kennedy: @doesdarkmagic

Find all of our links here: https://linktr.ee/tbhalflings 

You can buy all our lovely merchandise here! as featured on Critical Role - thanks Brennan!

Connect with us on Instagram, Bluesky and Facebook @3blackhalflings, on our Discord, or email

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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 Masquerade to Kids on Bikes!

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 launching in May/June 2025! Be sure to be among the first notified of its launch, as we'll have tiers and goals featuring limited edition merch (which you can get a sneak peak at over on the Patreon!)

Follow the halflings! Jasper William Cartwright: @JW_Cartwright, Jeremy Cobb: @JeremyCobb1 Liv Kennedy: @doesdarkmagic

Find all of our links here: https://linktr.ee/tbhalflings 

You can buy all our lovely merchandise here! as featured on Critical Role - thanks Brennan!

Connect with us on Instagram, Bluesky and Facebook @3blackhalflings, on our Discord, or email

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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 up, what makes Mavros tick, and how to bring horror fantasy to life.

But that's not all...

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 launching in May/June 2025! Be sure to be among the first notified of its launch, as we'll have tiers and goals featuring limited edition merch (which you can get a sneak peak at over on the Patreon!)

Follow the halflings! Jasper William Cartwright: @JW_Cartwright, Jeremy Cobb: @JeremyCobb1 Liv Kennedy: @doesdarkmagic

Find all of our links here: https://linktr.ee/tbhalflings 

You can buy all our lovely merchandise here! as featured on Critical Role - thanks Brennan!

Connect with us on Instagram, Bluesky and Facebook @3blackhalflings, on our Discord, or email

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 'Heck' Hopewell (they/she)

Jonathan Charles as Officer Bilwop Wunkle (he/him)

• Forest Gnome Swarmkeeper Ranger

Olivia 'Liv' Kennedy as Angela Crawford (she/her)

• Human Armorer Artificer

Caldwell Tanner as Ozrik 'Rik' Johnson (he/him)

• Grave Cleric, Custom Lineage

Jeremy Cobb as your not-so-neighbourhood Dungeon Master

Sponsored by Heroforge Minis - visit www.heroforge.com

Series art by Kyle Crompton and Val Babayants

Post-production by Daniel Ramos

Produced by 12 Sided Studios

But wait... there's more...

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 launching on April 7th 2025! Finally, a date! Be sure to be among the first notified of its launch, as we'll have tiers and goals featuring limited edition merch (which you can get a sneak peak at over on the Patreon!)

Follow the halflings! Jasper William Cartwright: @JW_Cartwright, Jeremy Cobb: @JeremyCobb1 Liv Kennedy: @doesdarkmagic

Find all of our links here: https://linktr.ee/tbhalflings 

You can buy all our lovely merchandise here! as featured on Critical Role - thanks Brennan!

Connect with us on Instagram, Bluesky and Facebook @3blackhalflings, on our Discord, or email

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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)

Jonathan Charles as Officer Bilwop Wunkle (he/him)

• Forest Gnome Swarmkeeper Ranger

Olivia 'Liv' Kennedy as Angela Crawford (she/her)

• Human Armorer Artificer

Caldwell Tanner as Ozrik 'Rik' Johnson (he/him)

• Grave Cleric, Custom Lineage

Jeremy Cobb as your not-so-neighbourhood Dungeon Master

Sponsored by Heroforge Minis - visit www.heroforge.com

Series art by Kyle Crompton and Val Babayants

Post-production by Daniel Ramos

Produced by 12 Sided Studios

But wait... there's more...

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 launching on April 7th 2025! Finally, a date! Be sure to be among the first notified of its launch, as we'll have tiers and goals featuring limited edition merch (which you can get a sneak peak at over on the Patreon!)

Follow the halflings! Jasper William Cartwright: @JW_Cartwright, Jeremy Cobb: @JeremyCobb1 Liv Kennedy: @doesdarkmagic

Find all of our links here: https://linktr.ee/tbhalflings 

You can buy all our lovely merchandise here! as featured on Critical Role - thanks Brennan!

Connect with us on Instagram, Bluesky and Facebook @3blackhalflings, on our Discord, or email

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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)

• Dhampir Tabaxi Pugelist - Hand Of Dread

Candace the Magnificent as Hecatae 'Heck' Hopewell (they/she)

Jonathan Charles as Officer Bilwop Wunkle (he/him)

• Forest Gnome Swarmkeeper Ranger

Olivia 'Liv' Kennedy as Angela Crawford (she/her)

• Human Armorer Artificer

Caldwell Tanner as Ozrik 'Rik' Johnson (he/him)

• Grave Cleric, Custom Lineage

Jeremy Cobb as your not-so-neighbourhood Dungeon Master

Sponsored by Heroforge Minis - visit www.heroforge.com

Series art by Kyle Crompton and Val Babayants

Post-production by Daniel Ramos

Produced by 12 Sided Studios

But wait... there's more...

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 launching on April 7th 2025! Finally, a date! Be sure to be among the first notified of its launch, as we'll have tiers and goals featuring limited edition merch (which you can get a sneak peak at over on the Patreon!)

Follow the halflings! Jasper William Cartwright: @JW_Cartwright, Jeremy Cobb: @JeremyCobb1 Liv Kennedy: @doesdarkmagic

Find all of our links here: https://linktr.ee/tbhalflings 

You can buy all our lovely merchandise here! as featured on Critical Role - thanks Brennan!

Connect with us on Instagram, Bluesky and Facebook @3blackhalflings, on our Discord, or email

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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)

Jonathan Charles as Officer Bilwop Wunkle (he/him)

• Forest Gnome Swarmkeeper Ranger

Olivia 'Liv' Kennedy as Angela Crawford (she/her)

• Human armorer artificer

Caldwell Tanner as Ozrik 'Rik' Johnson (he/him)

• Grave Cleric, Custom Lineage

Jeremy Cobb as your not-so-neighbourhood Dungeon Master

Sponsored by Heroforge Minis - visit www.heroforge.com

Series art by Kyle Crompton and Val Babayants

Post-production by Daniel Ramos

Produced by 12 Sided Studios

AND EVEN MORE BIG NEWS

3 Black Halflings has partnered with Roll and Play Press to bring you...

City of the Black Rose: A Dark Metropolis Campaign Setting

That's right! Our very first official campaign setting module, set in non-other than Mavros! And it's launching soon on Kickstarter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Head on over to the pre-launch page now to be the first to be notified when it launches early in 2025.

Follow the halflings! Jasper William Cartwright: @JW_Cartwright, Jeremy Cobb: @JeremyCobb1 Liv Kennedy: @doesdarkmagic

Find all of our links here: https://linktr.ee/tbhalflings 

You can now buy merchandise here! as featured on Critical Role

Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @3blackhalflings, on our Discord, or email

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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)

Jonathan Charles as Officer Bilwop Wunkle (he/him)

• Forest Gnome Swarmkeeper Ranger

Olivia 'Liv' Kennedy as Angela Crawford (she/her)

• Human armorer artificer

Caldwell Tanner as Ozrik 'Rik' Johnson (he/him)

• Grave Cleric, Custom Lineage

Jeremy Cobb as your not-so-neighbourhood Dungeon Master

With special guest Josephine McAdam

Sponsored by Heroforge Minis - visit www.heroforge.com

Series art by Kyle Crompton and Val Babayants

Post-production by Daniel Ramos

Produced by 12 Sided Studios

AND EVEN MORE BIG NEWS

3 Black Halflings has partnered with Roll and Play Press to bring you...

City of the Black Rose: A Dark Metropolis Campaign Setting

That's right! Our very first official campaign setting module, set in non-other than Mavros! And it's launching soon on Kickstarter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Head on over to the pre-launch page now to be the first to be notified when it launches early in 2025.

Follow the halflings! Jasper William Cartwright: @JW_Cartwright, Jeremy Cobb: @JeremyCobb1 Liv Kennedy: @doesdarkmagic

Find all of our links here: https://linktr.ee/tbhalflings 

You can now buy merchandise here! as featured on Critical Role

Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @3blackhalflings, on our Discord, or email

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Dullahan (he/him)

• Dhampir Tabaxi Pugelist - Hand Of Dread

Candace the Magnificent as Hecatae 'Heck' Hopewell (they/she)

Jonathan Charles as Officer Bilwop Wunkle (he/him)

• Forest Gnome Swarmkeeper Ranger

Olivia 'Liv' Kennedy as Angela Crawford (she/her)

• Human Armorer Artificer

Caldwell Tanner as Ozrik 'Rik' Johnson (he/him)

• Grave Cleric, Custom Lineage

Jeremy Cobb as your not-so-neighbourhood Dungeon Master

With special guest Mark Meer as Nelson Ganymede

Sponsored by Heroforge Minis - visit www.heroforge.com

Series art by Kyle Crompton and Val Babayants

Post-production by Daniel Ramos

Produced by 12 Sided Studios

AND EVEN MORE BIG NEWS

3 Black Halflings has partnered with Roll and Play Press to bring you...

City of the Black Rose: A Dark Metropolis Campaign Setting

That's right! Our very first official campaign setting module, set in non-other than Mavros! And it's launching soon on Kickstarter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Head on over to the pre-launch page now to be the first to be notified when it launches later this year!

Follow the halflings! Jasper William Cartwright: @JW_Cartwright, Jeremy Cobb: @JeremyCobb1 Liv Kennedy: @doesdarkmagic

Find all of our links here: https://linktr.ee/tbhalflings 

You can now buy merchandise here! as featured on Critical Role

Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @3blackhalflings, on our Discord, or email

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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)

Jonathan Charles as Officer Bilwop Wunkle (he/him)

• Forest Gnome Swarmkeeper Ranger

Olivia 'Liv' Kennedy as Angela Crawford (she/her)

• Human armorer artificer

Caldwell Tanner as Ozrik 'Rik' Johnson (he/him)

• Grave Cleric, Custom Lineage

Jeremy Cobb as your not-so-neighbourhood Dungeon Master

Sponsored by Heroforge Minis - visit www.heroforge.com

Series art by Kyle Crompton and Val Babayants

Post-production by Daniel Ramos

Produced by 12 Sided Studios

AND EVEN MORE BIG NEWS

3 Black Halflings has partnered with Roll and Play Press to bring you...

City of the Black Rose: A Dark Metropolis Campaign Setting

That's right! Our very first official campaign setting module, set in non-other than Mavros! And it's launching soon on Kickstarter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Head on over to the pre-launch page now to be the first to be notified when it launches early in 2025.

Follow the halflings! Jasper William Cartwright: @JW_Cartwright, Jeremy Cobb: @JeremyCobb1 Liv Kennedy: @doesdarkmagic

Find all of our links here: https://linktr.ee/tbhalflings 

You can now buy merchandise here! as featured on Critical Role

Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @3blackhalflings, on our Discord, or email

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices