It has been said before. I will say it again. The way this TTRPG “community” treats Black women, femmes & NBs is a fucking disgrace. What do we have to do to prove our pain is real? How much blood to we have to publicly spill? It’s a miracle some of us are still standing.

Hi hiiii! My name is Candace and I’m an actor, improv performer, TTRPG player and GM! You can hear more of my work on 3 Black Halflings, Bloom&Blight, and more, as well as on YouTube here: youtube.com/playlist?lis... You can support me with paid work or at my ko-fi: ko-fi.com/candacethema...

This was a One Shot months in the making. I cannot believe these amazing people who offered to join me on this wild adventure and celebrated by 100th episode and 2 year anniversary with me... Listen wherever you get your podcasts 💙 Thank you:

The GM sign-up for our 3rd Annual Star Wars Weekend Charity Event is LIVE! Are you BIPOC GM with a story to tell in a galaxy far, far away? Apply to the form in the replies by Feb 9th to be considered! 💫 As small team, we'll only be able to select a few games for this year. Get those apps in! 💚

ICYMI, our @officialpax.bsky.social Fallout RPG live show is now on YouTube! 😍 Head to the wild and wonderful Wasteland of New Vegas with a rough and ready bunch of individuals who are eager to seek their riches (and whatever else they can find that isn't nailed down). buff.ly/S4QgL4T

Our Fallout panel from PAX Unplugged is now online, and it's a blast! Join @jwcartwright.bsky.social, @luastardust.com, Mark Meer, @mayannaberrin.bsky.social, @sweeetanj.bsky.social and @taylorstaverntales.bsky.social for an unforgettable trip through the wasteland! www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_6u...

WE ARE LIVE WITH THE FOURTH AGE! Our fellowship meets one final time to reflect on the last two years of adventure, love, heartbreak, and hope. WATCH HERE: twitch.tv/woundedwarriorproject Join us in chat, as our cast reminisces and answers your questions!

It wouldn't be a live stream without tech troubles! We're just having to reboot a couple of computers, but we'll be live as soon as we're able. Thank you for your patience!

Our fellowship reunites, one final time, to answer YOUR questions! Ask them below, share your favourite memories, your wildest theories, and join us on Tuesday 20th January at 12:30pm Pacific, as we bid farewell to a story two years in the making.

After three seasons, The Fourth Age has finally come to an end. But we're not done! This Tuesday 20th, we will be holding a talkback episode, as our fellowship reflects on the last two years of storytelling. Do you have questions for the cast? Post them below, and join us live at 12:30pm Pacific!

It’s time to meet our gritty and pretty princesses! Perils & Princesses | Session Zero Join @danielleradford.bsky.social @bobigail.bsky.social @symphonyhorror.bsky.social and @shenuque.bsky.social as they build their characters and decide what kind of world we want to play in. pca.st/d84n3wh8

I am honestly without words now that The Fourth Age ( @calltoadventure.bsky.social ) is over. To craft stories with love from front to back with every person within a story is so special. To do it with profoundly gifted storytellers is a dream. Hannon le, gwadoras nin.

What does it mean to end? To truly cease any forward momentum. Today, The Fourth Age comes to its final moments. Three books. Many chapters. Multiple stories. I am not ready for this show to end. But, as inevitability dictates, it must come. Join us. // twitch.tv/woundedwarriorproject

WE ARE LIVE WITH THE FOURTH AGE! The fellowship reaches the end of their journey together. Great joy lies ahead. Grief too. For this will be a time of happy unions and of sorrowful partings... WATCH HERE: twitch.tv/woundedwarriorproject Join us in chat, for the finale of our three season epic.

In one hour, our story comes to an end. An adventure two years in the making reaches its conclusion, and we say a final farewell to this fellowship. I hope you'll join us.

It's suddenly hit me. I'm not ready to say goodbye.

Winter is over. Spring has come. Tomorrow, our tale ends.

Slightly diminish a game: Orbital Blue

Slightly diminish a game: Force of Exhaustion

I have just started writing my final monologue for this, and I'm already in tears. Join us on Tuesday 13th January (12:30pm Pacific). After three seasons and two years of storytelling... ...it is time for one final chapter.

Y'all I'm FREAKING OUT. I wrote a game for two players about wanting to fuck each other so bad you save the world from fascism about it. Caro's art perfectly encapsulates the game and I have been itching so bad to be able to share it Please go pre save the campaign for this one PLEASE

All meaningful stories must end. And this has meant so much to me. Join @blackgirlmage.bsky.social, @causticphoenix.bsky.social, @critbard.com, @estelofimladris.bsky.social, @jwcartwright.bsky.social and @seum.bsky.social on Jan 13th, as we dive into the Fourth Age of Middle-earth, one final time.

"Don’t the great tales ever end?” The war is over. The fellowship stands victorious. All there is left to tell is the ending of their tale... The final chapter of The Fourth Age, our three season ode to the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, airs on Tuesday 13th January, 12:30pm Pacific.

We are honoured to be placed in such esteemed company. That our trilogy of seasons has touched so many means more than we can possibly express. Thank you all for the love, for your stories, and for your kindness. We will need them all as we enter a new year.

We are overjoyed to announce that yesterday, our Loremaster @edwardspence.bsky.social won the Hollywood Series Award for Best Game Master - Actual Play (Video). Thank you to the judging panel, and to @tabletopartsfund.org for making our awards journey possible! What a perfect way to end the year.

What A Year. It's time for the biggest of cheers for our fantastic guests and our awesome audience who all helped make 2025 so special. To celebrate we've crammed some of the best (and worst!) moments into this short video!

Before New Year's Eve comes around... it feels fitting to share a small teaser for what we have in store for the coming year. May the Force be with you.

In 2026, the Force will be with you. Always.

It is strange, after thirty odd years, to finally find oneself. 2025 was transformative, personally and professionally. And there are so many to thank. For your art, your inspiration, and your friendship. There is not nearly enough space to put my gratitude into words. But I will certainly try.

My 2025 year in art. Created a lot and it was hard to pick for some months. I feel like I have levelled up in many of my technical skills. [ #artsummary2025 #art ]

Not everything is research for TTRPG actual play. But in this case... ...no, I couldn't possibly say.

The winter period is a tough time, even during the best of years. Help Liv out if you can. It means the world right now.

I've been keeping this to myself but I thought it was time to say, I was let go from my job just before Christmas after moving to a new city with my disabled partner for it🎄🎁 I've popped a few board games and TTRPGs on eBay, you'd be helping me out by treating yourself to one 💖 ebay.us/m/luBkh7

SEEKING PERFORMERS for SEASON 2 CAMPAIGN of UNDYING CORRUPTION, a 5e Korean Folk & Mythology adventure book, sponsored by @nineheavenspress.bsky.social & streaming live on Saturdays, starting in February 2026. Casting call closes January 10th. Apply: forms.gle/QVwbSC5hk1XF... 👻 #TTRPG #Casting

Jasper's work has come to define our show, no more so than with this piece. A monumentally skilled artist and an endlessly generous collaborator, we cannot recommend them enough.

So pleased to be able to reveal this piece I did for @calltoadventure.bsky.social for their amazing actual play TTRPG, The Fourth Age. [ #jasperdraws #fantasyart #thefourthage #lotr ]

How can you give lore beyond RPing with NPCs, offering PCs in-game texts, or just straight-up dumping information at the players? Jesse Galena and I are live NOW on Second Wind’s Twitch stream to discuss environmental storytelling in TTRPGs! Swing by and ask your Qs! ✨ twitch.tv/secondwindgroup ✨

I am so immeasurably proud of this epic story. Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined that I would be given the chance to explore Middle-earth, let alone with such a cast as this. I will never take it for granted. Our tale comes to an end early next year. We will see you then.

The Dark Tree is defeated. Middle-earth has been saved. Our fellowship endures. And after two years and three seasons, the multi-award winning next chapter in Middle-earth's story has come to an end. Our finale will air early 2026. Expect an announcement soon.

Nesting partner had a meeting while I was watching this today, it is nearly the end of the series so shit is getting intense and sad. I’m sorry to inform you watching emotional APs on mute is accidentally hilarious. Everyone looks SO UPSET 😭😂😭

Our penultimate episode begins now. The fellowship have won... but at what cost? Join us live in chat!

WE ARE LIVE WITH THE FOURTH AGE! Annúminas has been saved. The Dark Tree is defeated, and Middle-earth defended. But in a final, desperate act, the Enemy's eye turns toward the Grey Havens. One last battle yet remains... WATCH HERE: twitch.tv/woundedwarriorproject We'll see you in chat!

This piece speaks for itself (check out the timelapse response to the post below), but Nala's art for this PAX Unplugged panel was truly something else, elevating our game into something hilarious, accessible, and chameleonic. What an absolute joy to have a front row seat and watch them work.

This is the time lapse of the map; I wish I could have recorded in real time but alas :’) the nature of The Quiet Year is very transformative and the MAKING of the map is its own story. Huge thanks to @blackgirlmage.bsky.social for inviting me to do this!! I had a BLAST!!

Super late but at #PAXU this year, I was asked to be the live cartographer for a The Quiet Year actual play with @blackgirlmage.bsky.social @edwardspence.bsky.social @kendomakesfilms.bsky.social and @drakoniques.itch.io This was the final map of Company Town 🤠

The end of this episode has lived rent-free in my head all week. Mithlond, I'm coming.

And thus our final series of 2025 ends. 'Unburied' is a tale of bravery and inevitable doom, brought to a stunning conclusion by GM @edwardspence.bsky.social, guests @drakoniques.itch.io and @superdillin.bsky.social and the RPGeeks. Watch all four episodes now on youtube.com/RPGeeksDND.

I am so proud of this cast, their story, and the final chapter of this grim, dark western tale. Mythic in scope. Dark in its telling. And as for its ending... ...well, that would be telling. ⚰️

So @sirutherford.com - genius and unassuming monster that he is - started the day by making me cry at work. I have since been listening to a single piece of music for the duration of my shift. These two things are connected, and I cannot wait to share with you why. What a gift this man is.

Connie is THE bar. And it has never been set higher than their work in 2025. What an inspiration. Also, music is such an intrinsic part of storytelling. And the sheer number of songs that have been appearing in actual plays this year have been a joy to witness. Long may it continue.