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Three Black Halflings | A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast

“My Eggs Are Exploding!” - TTRPG Rules Vs Story

Three Black Halflings | A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast

Three Black Halflings

Leisure, Games

4.8531 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

This week! The Halflings are back to dive into the tug of war between rules and story, the chaos of GMless games, and rules-lite versus rules heavy systems. Along the way, they explore how imagination can completely change the way players approach gameplay, proving that with the right mindset, even the crunchiest mechanics can become pure storytelling magic. Also - did you miss out on our first 🎉FULLY FUNDED🎉 Kickstarter, the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠City of the Black Rose Campaign setting⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, in collaboration with ⁠⁠⁠Roll and Play Press? Well, good news! The pledge manager is now open! So everyone gets a chance to grab a copy of the book and any extras you'd like! Follow the halflings: Jasper William Cartwright: @JW_Cartwright Jeremy Cobb: @JeremyCobb1 Liv Kennedy: @livkennedy Candace: @candacethemagnificent Find all of our links here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/tbhalflings⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can buy all our lovely merchandise ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠as featured on Critical Role! Connect with us on Instagram, Bluesky and Facebook @3blackhalflings, on our Discord, or email. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ⁠⁠megaphone.fm/adchoices⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

What happens when two people who grew up in a very strange corner of Los Angeles look back and realize just how bizarre their upbringings really were?

0:09.0

They start a podcast, of course.

0:11.1

I'm Ashley Johnson.

0:12.3

And I'm Talas and Jaffe.

0:13.8

Before we became the internet people we are today, we spent our childhoods as working actors,

0:18.7

appearing in shows like growing pains and films like Mr. Mom.

0:21.8

In our podcast, Weird Kids, we're diving deep into our unique upbringings, our friendship

0:26.5

with each other, and all the delightfully odd interests we still carry with us today.

0:31.9

In each episode, we get to share stories of our youth, the things that bring us joy, the

0:36.6

problems that we face,

0:38.2

and occasionally the friends we've collected along the way.

0:41.1

If you're a misfit, an outcast, or just a weirdo who loves all things nostalgic and

0:45.7

unconventional, come take a seat at our table.

0:47.8

Each week, we'll be releasing previously members-only episodes on YouTube and all major podcast

0:53.2

platforms, with new episodes dropping exclusively

0:56.4

and ad-free on beacon.tv.

0:59.6

Hello, Halflings. It's me, Liv Kennedy, and I am joined today by...

1:07.0

It's me, Candace, the magnificent. My pronouns are they, she, and a sprinkle of he. And I'm not here alone with Just Live. Whose pronouns are she here, what? Biscuit is here, but also we have... What are Biscuitous pronouns? Biscuitons, he-him. He-him. Okay. Forbiki. Yeah, yeah. He's actually having a little nap. He's having a little nap now.

1:27.8

He's scuttled out.

1:28.8

I deeply apologize. But we did have a nice formal meeting between Biscuit and Candice. So that was good. Okay. So Biscuit has vacated, but in Biscuit's place. That's right. Biscuit was scheduled for this episode but pulled out last minute. And it's me,

1:43.9

Jeremy Cobb.

1:45.2

My pronouns are he,

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