Three Black Halflings | A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast
Roll for Melanin... It’s a Nat 20! Three Black Halflings is a podcast by Jasper William Cartwright, Olivia Kennedy (but everybody calls her Liv), and Jeremy Cobb: three nerdy friends with strong opinions and even stronger Charisma scores. Join them in their quest to explore diversity in the incredible worlds of D&D and pop culture while doling out DM tips, thought-provoking conversations, a band of guests and good times! Connect with us on Bluesky, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @tbhalflings or email secondbreakfast@tbhalflings.com If you enjoy this podcast please help us out by leaving a review and sharing with your fellow adventurers.
Episodes
July 31, 2025 • 98 mins
This week - Jeremy, Candace and Liv are joined by the award winning game master for Tales Yet Told, Kendo Smith! From how they were introduced to TTRPGs, to how their AP Voices in the Wood (System: Void 1680 AM) brought its community together, and the crucible moments that've made Kendo's art what it is!
You can follow and listen to Tales Yet Told here!
You can take a look at Void 1680 AM here!
Also - did you miss out on ou...
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July 24, 2025 • 104 mins
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 ...
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July 17, 2025 • 69 mins
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 pl...
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July 10, 2025 • 84 mins
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!
A...
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July 3, 2025 • 92 mins
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 experience...
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June 25, 2025 • 106 mins
🎉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 A...
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June 19, 2025 • 79 mins
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 ...
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June 12, 2025 • 112 mins
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 a...
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June 5, 2025 • 113 mins
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 h...
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May 28, 2025 • 76 mins
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 C...
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May 21, 2025 • 54 mins
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 desi...
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May 15, 2025 • 107 mins
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.
Chec...
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May 8, 2025 • 77 mins
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 playthroug...
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May 2, 2025 • 50 mins
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 liber...
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April 25, 2025 • 69 mins
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 offi...
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April 18, 2025 • 80 mins
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 produ...
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April 11, 2025 • 66 mins
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 i...
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April 4, 2025 • 69 mins
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 Jere...
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March 27, 2025 • 119 mins
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 T...
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March 20, 2025 • 141 mins
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 ...
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