"Deeply Unserious Men In Power" - TTRPG Tariffs & Horror
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04/18/25 • 75 min
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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 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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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
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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"LOXODON VAMPIRES" - With Sam & Beth from Roll & Play Press
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
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Next Episode
"Dragons, Krakens, and Githyanki, oh my!" - with Ginny Di and Pointy Hat
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 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
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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