What's up Trav Nation? Yes, this week we have the one and only Travis McElroy in the house! Podcaster, comedian, writer and role-player extraordinaire, Travis is here to talk about how The Adventure Zone started out, the lineage of inspiration for the show that runs from Brennan Lee Mulligan to Aabria Iyengar, and how different systems affect your stories as a performer. Come take a listen!

The Adventure Zone: the Suffering Game is out now! Support your local gaming store and go grab a copy now!

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Jeremy, Candace The Magnificent and Navaar Jackson are back this week to talk about the news of the Assassin's Creed: Shadows release. Can you guess why? Yep, a lot of people seem very upset that one of the main protagonists - Yasuke - is a black man, in a game set in feudal Japan. Would we have this same backlash if it was a white guy? Is using the 'historical accuracy' label being used more by game and media companies just to avoid being classed as 'woke'? And how does it compare to game companies embracing gender? Let's talk about it!

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Back once again with the ill behaviour, honorary halflings Navaar Jackson and Candace The Magnificent join Jeremy this week to chat about a recently federally recognised holiday - Juneteenth! Taking a look into its (revisionist) history, the horrendous conversations our hosts have had around it as black americans growing up, other federally recognised black holidays in the US, and what Juneteenth might look like in the future... if capitalism gets its way.

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It's time for Part 2 of our Pride Special MONSTERHEARTS 2 one-shot! Our senior students have made it through the school day... just. Drama has unfolded, secrets are bubbling to the surface, and hearts have been well and truly broken... but the worst is yet to come...

Running her first game on the 3BH podcast, your GM this week Liv Kennedy! And your phenomenal players are:

Connie Chang as Jacqueline “Jack” Gui (they/she/ta) - The Ghoul

Sea Thomas as Sonia Gailey (they/them) - The Ghost

Jeremy Cobb as Marvin Graham (he/him) - The Infernal

Jess Jewell as Nina Phillips (she/her) - The Queen

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GODKILLER: Last Hope is out now on YouTube and Twitch

Episodes drop weekly on Saturdays at 8pm ET!

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Happy Pride Halflings! We're closing off this month with an incredibly queer one-shot; MONSTERHEARTS 2, a game about supernatural senior year kids discovering their darkest desires, their bloodthirsty natures, and teenage secrets worth killing for!

Running her first game on the 3BH podcast, your GM this week Liv Kennedy! And your phenomenal players are:

Connie Chang as Jacqueline “Jack” Gui (they/she/ta) - The Ghoul

Sea Thomas as Sonia Gailey (they/them) - The Ghost

Jeremy Cobb as Marvin Graham (he/him) - The Infernal

Jess Jewell as Nina Phillips (she/her) - The Queen

It's messy, it's chaotic, and it's queer as hell!

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GODKILLER: Last Hope premiers on June 29th on YouTube and Twitch

Episodes drop weekly on Saturdays at 8pm ET!

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HAPPY PRIDE MONTH HALFLINGS! From the all-trans, POC-lead actual play channel Transplanar, we have the incredible GM and returning friend of the show, Connie Chang, and Transplanar's first GODKILLER, Sea Thomas! They're here to give us an exclusive look into their very first studio shot series, GODKILLER: Last Hope. From how this two-person, immeasurably queer game engages all aspects of intimacy and trust, to Sea literally kissing god?! This is going to be one hell of a show, folks!

GODKILLER: Last Hope premiers on June 29th on YouTube and Twitch

Episodes drop weekly on Saturdays at 8pm ET!

Follow Connie here!

Follow Sea here!

Follow the halflings! Jasper William Cartwright: @JW_Cartwright , Jeremy Cobb: @JeremyCobb1 Liv Kennedy: @doesdarkmagic

Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/tbhalflings for your Bonus Episodes and so much more.

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Disclaimer - The Obojima: Tales from the Tall Grass at Momocon 2024 was cancelled on May 20th.

Hoo boy... May 2024 was Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and one actual play at Momocon... fumbled. Hard. The Obojima: Tales From the Tall Grass was advertised as a 'Studio Ghibli Inspired' live actual play that would feature at the event, which involved no asian and/or Japanese players. So, Jeremy, Navaar Jackson and Candace The Magnificent take a dive into how the organisers responded to the torrent of criticism (badly), why they fell on the wrong side of the appropriation/appreciation divide, and how to respectfully produce an Actual Play with a fantasy world built with real-world cultural significance.

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This week, we're diving into our recent zombie themed one-shot 'The Corrupted' with two incredible guests: the one and only Navaar Jackson, the game's writer and creator, and the phenomenal Candace the Magnificent, who you may have heard on last week's episode! Together, they dive into their favourite parts of the game, how to build atmosphere, and what makes agame like this so horrifying.

The Corrupted - Part 1

The Corrupted - Part 2

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Follow the halflings! Jasper William Cartwright: @JW_Cartwright , Jeremy Cobb: @JeremyCobb1 Liv Kennedy: @doesdarkmagic

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