"Buffy Meets Beyoncé" - Femme & Female Experiences in Horror TTRPGS

Three Black Halflings | A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast

Three Black Halflings

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4.8 • 531 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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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 how horror TTRPGS and Actual Play can be liberating, and how real-world dynamics can affect the playstyles happening at YOUR table! Also, that vignette with one Connie Chang Jeremy mentioned will be dropping on the Patreon SOON! And 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 Summary 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Now, are all the traitors present?
0:02.5	Let's get started, shall we?
0:04.5	From rags to riches.
0:05.8	I'm so sick of this.
0:07.0	Working like a dog and being treated worse.
0:09.1	Yorkshire to New York.
0:10.7	Poor climbers, you and me.
0:12.4	A life dedicated to revenge.
0:14.4	Let's make this an occasion to remember.
0:16.9	A woman of substance on Channel 4.
0:19.1	Stream now.
0:19.8	What happens when two people who grew up in a very strange corner of Los Angeles
0:24.4	look back and realize just how bizarre their upbringings really were?
0:29.1	They start a podcast, of course.
0:31.1	I'm Ashley Johnson.
0:32.4	And I'm Talas and Jaffe.
0:33.8	Before we became the internet people we are today,
0:36.3	we spent our childhoods as working actors,
0:38.7	appearing in shows like growing pains and films like Mr. Mom.
0:41.8	In our podcast, Weird Kids, we're diving deep into our unique upbringings, our friendship
0:46.5	with each other, and all the delightfully odd interests we still carry with us today.
0:52.0	In each episode, we get to share stories of our youth, the things that bring us joy,
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