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 2025-06-18 16:00:19 +0000 UTC
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EXTRA EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT!
It's time to run a post mortem on this case - join the party that brought Daggerheart to Mavros as their players discuss the motivations behind the characters, and Jeremy reveals a little more about what was going on behind the scenes...
Starring:
Connie Chang as Yùn Zuìhuo (she/they/ta)
2025-06-12 16:00:09 +0000 UTC
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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 ...
2025-06-11 16:00:10 +0000 UTC
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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:
2025-06-04 16:00:16 +0000 UTC
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HALFLINGS! OH BOY DO WE HAVE NEWS FOR YOU!!
Dropping today at 5pm GMT, Part 1 of our brand new One Shot set in none other than the City of the Black Rose, using the one and only DAGGERHEART system made by our pals over at Critical Role (which you may have seen our little Kickstarter featured on!! AAAAA!!)
It's name? Dice, Danger, and DAGGERHEART!
Our players are:
2025-06-04 11:47:44 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks, Jasper here!
I am going to be at UKGE with Roll & Play Press tomorrow!
PLUS I will be selling some very limited edition COTBR dice! Come by and grab yours!
2025-05-29 12:54:51 +0000 UTC
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KICKSTARTER GOES LIVE 3 PM TODAY!!! - 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, 2025-05-28 11:42:23 +0000 UTC
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This week, Jeremy, Liv & Candace are joined by Christian Navarro & Luis Carazo to talk all about their incredible new show Tale...
2025-05-21 10:40:02 +0000 UTC
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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...
2025-05-14 16:00:16 +0000 UTC
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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
2025-05-07 17:00:09 +0000 UTC
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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 ...
2025-05-01 17:00:26 +0000 UTC
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Jeremy and Candace are joined in the hobbit hole this week by content creators Ginny Di and Pointy Hat, to talk about DragonWeek '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 ...
2025-04-25 08:48:10 +0000 UTC
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EXTRA EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! This week, we wrap up our Herald of Shadows city watches, with last addition to the party - but by no means the least. Ozrik 'Rik' Johnson, as played by the incredible Caldwell Tanner. Discussing everything from the choice to run as a cleric in this deadly campaign, to how the long term hot-dog-hunt shaped him, come take a listen to Rik's world in Rik's own words.
2025-04-24 09:20:35 +0000 UTC
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EXTRA EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! This week, we wrap up with Mavros's mortician in residence, Hecatae Hopewell, as played by the incredible Candace the Magnificent. In this City Watch, we dive into one of the most interesting character arcs of the season, from a lonely, reclusive, out-of-work elf stuck in a rut, to an investigator supreme who touches all the shiny plot points and making the ultimate sacrif...
2025-04-18 15:00:14 +0000 UTC
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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 bett...
2025-04-18 09:00:28 +0000 UTC
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EXTRA EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! Come take a listen to the wrap up of the character who triggered it all, Johnny Charles aka Bilwop Wunkle is in the City Watch seat with Jeremy this week, to catch up on how Bilwop has changed this season... and not necessarily in the good way. From country bumpkin to potential nightmare, Johnny discusses all the facets the Bilwop brought to the table, and some of the others we may have yet to see...
2025-04-11 15:00:15 +0000 UTC
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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're elbow deep in bringing the City of the Black Rose: A Dark Metrop...
2025-04-11 08:59:38 +0000 UTC
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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 gro...
2025-04-04 10:00:08 +0000 UTC
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EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! It's the final instalment of Duncan's story - that's right, Mavros' favourite problematic-sphinx-Tabaxi-trauma-boy finally gets to rest. Catch up with Jasper and Jeremy as they chat about how Duncan's story might have ended, at what point redemption no longer became an option, and how playing games designed for horror are so fundamentally different from your average D&D table.
2025-04-03 19:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Heeeeelllllllllloooooooooooooooooooo Halflings!
We’ve got a bit more plotting to do to make sure everything is absolutely perfect for the big COTBR launch, so we're going to be moving our Kickstarter Launch date for City of the Black Rose: A Horror Noir Campaign Setting back from April 2025 just a little. We’ll share the update...
2025-04-02 19:00:13 +0000 UTC
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EXTRA EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! As the final episode wraps, Jeremy catches up with our very own angelic artificer, Liv Kennedy! Get ready for a full season wrap on one Angela Crawford/Mia Hildebrandt, including a deep dive into their family connections, Mona's influence, the emergent love triangle involving Theodore (aka Krystina Arielle) and how Liv managed to deal the most amount of damage ever dealt in a 3BH campaign!
2025-03-27 16:00:11 +0000 UTC
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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 2-part Patreon Finale.
Starring:
Jasper Wi...
2025-03-22 18:25:43 +0000 UTC
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Apologies folks! Our editor is working overtime to get City of the Black Rose: Herald of Shadows Episode 10 - Part 2 up as soon as possible, but tying everything together is taking a little longer than anticipated, because that lore is THICK.
We'll endeavour to get this big epic finale up this weekend, with the first of 5 individual City Watch episodes catching up with each individual character starting next week in the lead up to our Kickstarter Launch!
Unifier protect you all......
2025-03-21 16:23:56 +0000 UTC
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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 2-part Patreon Finale.
Unifier protect us all...
Starring:
<...
2025-03-16 09:45:55 +0000 UTC
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IT'S HERE! The first proofs of our very first campaign setting have hit the desks of Roll & Play Press! DOESN'T IT LOOK INCREDIBLE?!
We can now also reveal that the Kickstarter for the City of the Black Rose campaign setting (compatible for ALL fantasy RPGs) will be launching on APRIL 7th 2025!
You can follow 2025-03-07 12:36:41 +0000 UTC
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EXTRA EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! The party that gets thoroughly mulched together, chats together. Following the horrors that occurred in episode 9, Jasper, Liv, Candace and Jeremy catch up about the implications that episode 9 has on their characters. A few particularly choice lines from this City Watch recording for your listening pleasure:
"I might have survived, if only I hadn't punched myself in my own face"
"Parental Disappointment might need to be a new con...
2025-03-06 18:00:14 +0000 UTC
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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)
The penultimate episode.
The second to last chapter.
We're in the end game now.
And all our story hangs by a thread on The Magician, played by one Josephine McAdam
Unifier protect us all...
2025-02-28 12:49:21 +0000 UTC
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EXTRA EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! Mrs Jenkins ain't what she seems, the shadow merge has had several unintended consequences, and the leads from Dr Harold Jennings are beginning to make sense. Oh, and you fight fire with gators... gotta tell you folks, this City Watch takes a couple of crazy tangents next to even crazier revelations!
Due to a small technical issue, you may notice Candace's voice is a little quiet in this talk back - problems with backup recordings have me...
2025-02-20 18:00:03 +0000 UTC
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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? ...Or will this be our final episode? Stay tuned, dear listener.
Starring:
2025-02-16 12:59:02 +0000 UTC
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