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Bonus Episode 100–becoming the curmudgeon from 2023-11-07T07:09:52
* (0:22) Picking out the point we became curmudgeons and what exactly that means. * (4:48) Being too set in our ways. * (11:19) The self-destruction that comes with stagnation. * (21:32) Wii have a...
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Episode 618–no, low, and mo’expectations from 2023-10-20T02:30:50
* (0:29) Reintroducing Julia’s husband, Mike. * (2:24) Lowered expectations, inspired by a post-pandemic world. * (7:25) Being a bit more experimental. * (13:18) Playing online instead of returning...
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Episode 617–the value of questionable from 2023-09-06T05:46:34
* (0:29) Thanks to Eric Van Note for Swole Mole! * (3:15) The value of terrible GMing. * (8:42) Everyone is their own most inept critic. Sojourn Volume 2. * (15:28) The worst possible outcome: some...
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Episode 616–affiliated or not from 2023-08-10T05:00:44
* (0:29) Dan prefers affiliated groups, Wayne does not. * (2:15) Cohesion, identity, and help. * (9:35) Affiliations you start with as opposed to those you pick up along the way. * (11:56) The part...
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Episode 615–inspecting InSpectres from 2023-07-19T06:21:35
* (0:28) An update on the Actual Play. * (4:48) The InSpectres RPG (at least temporarily back in print!) and our AP interlude using its rules. * (8:09) Why play InSpectres as an interlude to the ma...
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Episode 614–session X.5 from 2023-06-07T10:39:50
* (0:28) Things are getting set for Fear the Con! An intro to RPGs game is available for newcomers. * (2:03) A shared Minecraft server. You can find more information on Discord. * (5:52) Realigning...
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Episode 613–the eleventh dollar from 2023-05-30T08:07:44
* (0:29) Julia ruins everything. * (1:35) Things are getting set for Fear the Con! An intro to RPGs game is available for newcomers. You can also announce your games on Discord. * (9:03) Coming out...
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Episode 612–running the unknown from 2023-05-09T11:02:41
* (0:28) Running a game when someone else knows the setting a whole lot better than you do. * (2:07) The lack of pronunciation guides in most games. * (3:16) Narrowing down the task by asking what’...
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Episode 611–paid GMing from 2023-04-17T06:38:10
Show links… * StartPlaying Games * Bite Size Tales * Gaming with Gage Hosts: Chris, DJ, Josh, Wayne
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Episode 610–the value of chaos from 2023-03-29T07:26:57
* (0:29) The Kickstarter for Fear the Con 2023 is live for one more week! * (1:56) The wonderful confusion new players and GMs bring to a roleplaying game. * (16:59) An imagined internal-consistenc...
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Episode 609–the best mechanics from 2023-03-22T10:04:44
* (0:31) The Kickstarter for Fear the Con 2023 is live! * (1:04) The new fiction podcast, Bite Size Tales. * (3:09) Game mechanics we’re particularly fond of. * (4:54) Rerolls and other roll-modify...
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Episode 608–bringing a world to life from 2023-03-07T07:50:08
* (0:28) The Kickstarter for Fear the Con 2023 is live! * (1:12) Things a Game Master has done to make a world seem a little more alive (with credit to JoshB for the topic). * (5:46) Plot hooks, su...
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Episode 607–maybe a misunderstanding from 2023-02-21T08:24:54
* (0:28) The new fiction podcast, Bite Size Tales. * (1:43) Dan re-reads the D&D 2nd Edition Dungeon Master’s Guide. Wayne watches Secrets of Blackmoor. The inspiration D&D’s creators drew from Str...
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Bonus Episode 99–AI creativity from 2023-01-27T06:05:58
* (0:36) An odd tangent on names. * (3:39) A conversation about AI art. Some parameters we’re putting on this episode. AI art wins a fine arts competition. * (8:08) An admittedly non-technical over...
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Episode 606–contexting the OGL from 2023-01-18T08:11
* (0:30) Giving a remote episode a try. We have a fix for Dan’s audio that should improve the quality on our next remote show. * (1:42) Catching up with Brodeur and DJ, who was on episode 466 to ta...
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Episode 605–dosing out setting from 2023-01-05T09:28:04
* (0:44) Friday night chit-chat on Discord each week, starting at 8pm Central. * (2:18) Fear the Con 2023 dates have been reserved with the hotel for June 16th and 17th of 2023, with the Wing Night...
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Bonus Episode 98–tired tropes from 2022-12-15T09:44:24
* (0:22) The villain as the dark inverse of the hero. * (9:20) A big CGI fight at the end that seems visually out of continuity. * (16:06) Zombies and Lovecraft. * (20:37) The freedom to like or di...
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Bonus Episode 97–manis, pedis, and fandoms from 2022-11-14T09:28:35
* (0:24) Brodeur recommends a manicure and pedicure to Dan. * (5:58) Dan, Wayne, and their muscle tension. * (11:24) A straight-razor shave and the thrill of death. * (15:56) Fandoms that (at least...
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Episode 604–crapping on an ending from 2022-11-07T03:17:03
* (0:28) Brodeur flees to Oregon. * (4:08) Failure comes to East Texas University. * (7:26) Dividing the blame between the players and Game Master. * (11:40) Player silence and passivity. * (17:30)...
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Episode 603–ending without a boss fight from 2022-10-29T05:53:53
* (0:33) Wayne gives a shoutout to Gaming with Gage + Friends (but not Brodeur). * (1:53) Wayne ends a D&D campaign without a boss fight. * (3:11) The mutual theft of ideas between video games and ...
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Episode 602–personalizing a module from 2022-09-13T06:21:23
* (0:29) Brodeur’s post-Gen-Con review. (I know, we’re right on top of the latest news.) A shoutout to Imagining Games, Acheron Books, and RogueOperative. * (8:02) Customizing modules for your play...
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Episode 601–leveraging PC backgrounds from 2022-08-17T04:15:41
* (0:29) A listener, James, gets us talking about integrating player-character backstories into your game. It starts with the players giving you something to work with. * (3:01) Sitting for too lon...
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Episode 600–passivity and dysfunction from 2022-07-29T07:30:28
* (0:29) How awful can a few years be? (Spoilers: Multiple things got worse since this recording!) * (3:49) An experiment in unequal levels of preparation and participation. * (8:34) Not all player...
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Bonus Episode 96–Fear the Con 2022 report from 2022-07-05T02:30:14
* (0:24) Releasing episodes out of order. * (1:24) The little convention that could, despite how hard life tried to stop it. * (6:59) All of the hurdles that weren’t COVID. * (14:00) The obstacles ...
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Episode 599–splitting the difference from 2022-06-14T05:52:05
* (0:29) Interrogating Mary on her gaming history. * (1:33) The last few days before Fear the Con! * (4:54) The distinct moral perspective of a child. * (7:39) Leif responds to our show on vertical...
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Episode 598–the Uno metaphor from 2022-06-03T03:20:31
* (0:29) A difficult GM learns a lesson from an Uno game. * (4:10) Navigating the internal conflict between “roleplaying” and “game”. * (11:20) The need for control that ultimately comes from fear....
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Episode 597–the game you aren’t running from 2022-05-18T04:47:12
* (0:29) Fear the Con appears to have catering, but we could still use more GMs! * (5:21) Laundering identities. * (7:03) Game Masters getting fixated on things that aren’t important to the game th...
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Episode 596–an invited intruder from 2022-05-07T04:45:03
* (0:29) A new show type on the horizon: phone the Boot, or something similarly clever. * (2:04) Kids’ games at Fear the Con. Our episode on gaming with children can be found here. * (4:15) Brodeur...
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Episode 595–death and consequences from 2022-04-26T22:20:54
* (0:29) A shoutout and thanks to WashingCon! * (1:09) Fear the Con is coming up in mid-June. * (2:25) Wayne annihilates his player-characters in a Legion of Liberty game, and they love it. Our epi...
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Episode 594–horizontal creativity from 2022-04-05T08:22:46
* (0:29) June 16th, 17th, and 18th for Fear the Con! You can see Mikey Mason’s material on BandCamp. * (2:40) Reviewing the idea of horizontal and vertical creativity. * (4:56) Horizontal creativit...
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Episode 593–vertical creativity from 2022-03-24T03:43:23
* (0:29) – Bordeur, Dan, and Julia will be at Washingcon this weekend: March 26th and 27th, 2022. * (2:23) – Defining how we’ll be using “vertical” and “horizontal” creativity over the next two sho...
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Episode 592–de-escalation from 2022-03-11T18:00
* (0:44) Get signed up for Fear the Con! * (1:02) Brodeur is now on TikTok for some reason. Here’s the link. Do what you will. * (5:45) Welcoming Jason back to the show. * (6:31) There I Was…When N...
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Episode 591–weathering weather from 2022-03-06T22:39:53
* (0:28) The teeth on the dog go click, click, click. * (1:30) Brodeur discovers New Game+ mode in video games. * (10:23) Weather and environmental effects in an RPG. * (13:09) Weather as a reflect...
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Bonus Episode 95–Bedtime Stories 8 from 2022-03-02T05:57:03
* (0:18) Time to set the mood for bedtime. * (5:06) Wayne, Boxman, and the latex room. * (14:32) Watching sports for all the wrong reasons. Brodeur joins TikTok. God forgive us all. * (16:57) Wayne...
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Episode 590–game recordings from 2022-02-08T16:00
* (0:28) The site for Fear the Con is now live! * (2:07) Monday Morning Quarterbacking your own games (the definition for anyone that doesn’t know that phrase). * (3:36) Getting past being your own...
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Episode 589–just inexperienced from 2022-02-05T08:01:36
* (0:29) A fond farewell to Chad. * (4:50) Keeping the perspective that we all started somewhere. * (7:34) The amount of good advice every human being ignores; sometimes experience is the only effe...
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Episode 588–new beginnings from 2022-01-21T08:18:01
* (0:29) Ghost of Tsushima, Red Dead Redemption 2, and archery in schools. * (8:51) Starting up new games as old ones end. Fear the Boot’s Patreon. * (14:34) East Texas University. Preliminary ques...
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Bonus Episode 94–Fairview from 2022-01-09T07:27:57
* (0:23) Brodeur’s interview of Jim Pinto. * (4:10) The Fairview RPG. * (7:29) A descriptive and contextual character sheet. * (15:35) The game’s replayability. * (19:01) The art book. * (23:09) Wa...
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Episode 587–rocking the afterlife from 2022-01-01T01:00
* (0:35) Brodeur’s syphi-list. * (3:48) Continuing a game after mass-character-death by playing in the afterlife. * (16:43) What happens to the characters that didn’t die? * (20:15) When a player c...
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Bonus Episode 93–hot gossip from 2021-12-30T03:52:45
* (0:36) Press or entertainment? The Influence Foundation. * (2:41) Asmodee, Embracer Group, and Miniature Market. * (9:57) The consolidation of our hobby. * (16:30) Shareholder vs stakeholder econ...
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Episode 586–questions and prompts from 2021-12-19T06:32:27
* (0:28) The scheduling crush of Christmas, and some love for Pete Petrusha. * (7:06) The many stories you can get from a single game idea, as demonstrated by For the Queen. * (11:14) The greater n...
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Episode 585–cutscenes from 2021-12-10T11:00
* (0:28) Brodeur starts off a game session with a cutscene, which becomes its own pun. * (5:02) Other media as a metaphor for how you structure your storytelling. * (6:50) Not withholding player ag...
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Episode 584–developing past in the present from 2021-12-07T07:15:30
* (0:44) When only the shell of a character gets made, for lack of knowledge about the world. The episode where we previously discussed this can be found here. * (13:19) Using an opportunity in the...
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Episode 583–does it bring you joy from 2021-11-24T08:31:27
* (0:33) Brodeur went to Gamehole Con, and Dan can’t take other people’s money. * (8:08) How age changes what you care about. * (10:02) The end-of-year blackhole that consumes our schedules (and, b...
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Episode 582–degrees of separation from 2021-11-06T03:23:24
* (0:32) Fear the Con’s room block number is 2413940. You can place your room reservations at this link, which should prepopulate the con dates. * (1:08) Brodeur’s second product pick from the con ...
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Episode 581–Gen Con, et al from 2021-10-26T04:45:07
* (0:28) Dan is the new Brodeur. * (4:51) Fear the Con coming up June 16th – 18th, 2022. * (5:52) Brodeur hits a few conventions. We start by talking attendance numbers. * (15:33) The companies tha...
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Episode 580–compelling depth from 2021-10-16T06:27:20
* (0:28) Fear the Con coming up June 16th – 18th, 2022. * (2:54) Making a plot that’s personal to the characters, without falling back to cheap shots. * (9:42) If you don’t want purely violent resp...
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Episode 579–playtesting a game from 2021-10-07T22:29:25
* (0:29) Introducing Vece. You can find the Skies of Glass playtest on our Patreon. * (1:35) Brodeur continues hurting himself. You can find his podcast here. * (11:35) What got us thinking about p...
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Episode 578–action economy from 2021-09-24T00:53:32
* (0:30) Let the bodies hit the floor! * (5:24) Defining the “action economy”. The video of three master fencers versus 50 random people can be found here. * (14:57) Consider not using a lone enemy...
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Episode 577–evolve instead of excise from 2021-08-20T07:01:24
* (0:28) Dan’s situation with his Blades in the Dark character. * (2:21) The “play cycle” of an RPG. * (6:06) Designing a character that works in the play cycle, but not very well outside of it. * ...
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Episode 576–cliffhangers and missing players from 2021-08-10T07:36:11
* (0:33) Brodeur’s ongoing work to blind himself. * (2:40) Gaming when down a person. Putting some parameters on the discussion. * (7:53) Avoiding cliffhangers that hinge on a single character. * (...
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Episode 575 – tension and violence, part 2 from 2021-07-16T06:28:31
* (0:24) Maybe combat shouldn’t be played to the point of annihilation. Violence as part of the human experience. * (5:50) The social contract of a fight. Jason Brick’s Safest Family on the Block s...
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Episode 574–tension and violence, part 1 from 2021-07-09T00:30:23
* (0:29) Wayne gives a shoutout to Old Man Hussey. (Unfortunately, there doesn’t appear to be a link to the AP he ran.) * (3:15) Brodeur gets us started on the joys of combat in roleplaying games. ...
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Episode 573–meeting people halfway from 2021-06-28T05:36:17
* (0:52) A love that makes Brodeur and Wayne uncomfortable. * (4:37) Actor has a seat at Brodeur’s table but doesn’t seem to enjoy it. * (10:14) The importance of looking for context and motive to ...
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Episode 572–reentry to in-person games from 2021-06-18T20:15:04
* (0:27) Where’s Brodeur? * (2:00) Fear the Con Online, June 25th – 27th. You can create and sign up for games on the website. * (4:04) Having patience for people, whether in discomfort or just str...
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Episode 571–remote gaming post-mortem from 2021-06-14T22:58:47
* (0:28) And the cat came back…! * (1:13) Fear the Con Online, June 25th – 27th. You can create and sign up for games on the website. * (4:00) As we get close to gaming face-to-face again, we look ...
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Episode 570–validating questionable ideas from 2021-05-21T09:01
* (0:39) Silver milk. * (7:54) Spotlight vs. validation. * (12:40) Being a fan of the players. * (18:27) Evaluating whether the idea is genuinely bad, or you’re just being judgmental. * (23:39) Ask...
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Episode 569–managing a dark tone from 2021-05-18T09:23:16
* (0:40) Delusions of Reference (or not) in a Mexican restaurant. * (21:16) Wayne’s weird skill of making eating interesting. * (23:45) A Dresden game gets a bit depressing, but not all entertainme...
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Bonus Episode 92–the stories behind the fiction from 2021-05-07T09:13:07
* (0:22) Hating on Zoom, and welcoming Tex and Old Man Hussey. * (1:48) Welcoming author and former Assistant BattleTech Line Developer Ben Rome, and other/new Tex from Tex Talks BattleTech (his re...
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Episode 568–GM negotiation, part 2 from 2021-04-30T07:00
* (0:24) Blades in the Dark as a Charles Dickens’ book, rewritten by H.P. Lovecraft. Fallen London as a genre. Richard Trager from Outlast. * (8:06) Where Dan’s plans for his character diverge from...
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Episode 567–GM negotiation, part 1 from 2021-04-28T06:30:42
* (0:29) Sharing space with other GMs and three kids. * (7:40) XP and loot in a West Marches game. * (11:57) And a child shall lead them… * (19:22) Lifelines to sanity. Wayne’s blog and fiction fra...
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Episode 566–on different rails from 2021-04-16T11:11:43
* (0:29) Brodeur’s slamdemic, language choices, and current game. * (6:13) The beginning of Brodeur’s problems with Actor. * (13:18) Cue Ball returns with some insight. * (17:20) Why this might hav...
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Bonus Episode 91–the things we tolerate from 2021-04-07T09:19:24
* (0:23) Who is Amy? * (1:07) Why do we tolerate so much bad behavior at our gaming tables? Separating this topic from what one might encounter during public games (e.g. conventions, organized play...
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Fear the Con 2021 update from 2021-03-23T19:00
An update on how COVID is impacting Fear the Con 2021.
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Episode 565–translating characters from 2021-03-23T04:26:39
* (0:28) In a world where… * (1:29) Laura is Lura, and now Dawn is Don? * (3:50) Explaining Masks and Powered by the Apocalypse. * (7:32) Transitioning the same characters from Masks to Necessary E...
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Episode 564–Wayne recovers a game from 2021-02-24T10:05:40
* (0:29) Lura struggles with her own name, but we’re there to help! * (3:39) The flash fiction anthology, Worth 1,000 Words, is still available for purchase. * (7:43) Laura is starting a game for m...
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Episode 563 – gaming with an audience, part 2 from 2021-02-12T10:59
* (0:24) A literal F-bomb. * (1:27) The fishbowl of gaming in a game shop. * (16:22) The desired safety—yet expected vulnerability—of a public gaming space. Missing context. * (21:49) An allegory o...
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Episode 562–gaming with an audience, part 1 from 2021-02-11T11:28:09
* (0:30) The flash fiction anthology, Worth 1,000 Words, is now out! * (3:35) Love for Johnny Lawrence that no child of the 80s should have. * (17:43) Wayne runs The Secret Lives of Gingerbread Men...
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Episode 561–why people roleplay, part 2 from 2021-01-27T11:38:38
* (0:24) Enjoying roleplaying as an artform. * (1:44) When desires collide. * (11:37) The opportunity to express or explore controversial ideas. * (16:54) Indulging a power fantasy. * (23:20) Stres...
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Episode 560–why people roleplay, part 1 from 2021-01-19T06:36:44
* (0:29) Brodeur gets back on the ladder again. * (1:13) Dan plays doctor, which gets us wondering what makes people want to roleplay anything at all. * (5:59) Why it’s good to know what motivates ...
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Episode 559–the unoccupied average from 2020-12-23T08:37:17
* (0:29) General Bootspital. * (7:19) More observations from roleplaying in an MMO. Not using freakshow characters to make yourself stand out. * (11:46) The great, unoccupied average. Distinguishin...
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Episode 558–roleplaying in an MMO from 2020-12-13T09:24:32
* (0:29) Fear the Boot: Quarantine Edition. Plus, Brodeur versus Ladder. Ladder wins. NOTE: Brodeur has not actually lost an arm or eye. I meant to say he’d lost use of them. * (3:57) Roleplaying i...
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Episode 557 – ending a long campaign, part 2 from 2020-11-30T10:01:38
* (0:24) Bringing everything together into a single ending. Remembering that the GM should get their say as well. * (8:05) The collaborative building of a world with conflict. The natural concern f...
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Episode 556–ending a long campaign, part 1 from 2020-11-12T08:00
* (0:30) Never humor Brodeur. * (1:17) Jason Brick is launching a new flash fiction anthology, with several Fear the Boot hosts contributing. You can find the Kickstarter here. * (4:23) The fine fo...
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Episode 555 – on models, part 2 from 2020-11-09T08:00
* (0:24) Brodeur’s response to our critiques. Settling disputes in online games. * (3:12) Minis are just cool to create and use. * (6:32) A form of art and inspiration. * (11:40) The value to visua...
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Episode 554–on models, part 1 from 2020-10-25T08:20:47
* (0:29) Models, minis, figs, and toy soldiers. Brodeur proposes Frostgrave. Why Chad is wrong about the Enclave being fully defeated. * (4:02) Minis in an RPG. Enriching or distracting? Brodeur’s ...
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Episode 553–revisiting COVID from 2020-10-16T07:09:26
* (0:28) Brodeur’s site, Wayne’s site, and Fear the Boot’s Patreon. * (3:49) Looking at an updated view of the effect COVID is having on tabletop gaming. Setting some parameters on the discussion. ...
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Episode 552–structure and authority from 2020-10-05T06:34:54
* (0:30) Nagging Brodeur to do an episode of Game Notes. Brodeur’s own show. * (7:21) Revisiting command structures in a game. Waiting to set roles until after you’ve had a chance to play your char...
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Episode 551–finding your voice as a GM from 2020-10-01T08:57:28
* (0:28) Developing a GMing style. * (2:38) Defining “GMing style,” as it will be used in this show. * (9:19) Laura, as a GM who is running her formative games. * (12:10) Picking up helpful ideas f...
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Episode 550–I’m the captain now from 2020-09-01T23:15:17
* (0:28) How this topic may tie into the next campaign in our actual play. * (7:47) The particular struggle over captain, as opposed to any other position on the bridge. * (9:21) The attractive fol...
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Episode 549–game request from one player from 2020-08-07T03:00:19
* (0:28) Have a game! And an online calendar. * (3:09) When one player asks for a very specific game. * (9:08) Determining exactly what they want from this game. Yes, Chad, Green Squadron really do...
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Bonus Episode 90–running an online con from 2020-07-27T07:53:38
* (0:24) Introducing Zylo and reintroducing Chris. * (0:49) A brief history of Fear the Conline. * (3:42) The dual novelty of running a con game and online game. * (7:10) Position the screen below ...
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Bonus Episode 89–Lura looks from 2020-07-15T07:19:35
* (0:29) Are there TWO soulless gingers on the show!? * (4:03) Minnesotans and their grey ducks. * (6:03) Lura explains her tarot deck and witchery. * (14:37) A reading for Gnarl. The Shadowscapes ...
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Episode 548 – launching a West Marches game from 2020-06-20T08:03:29
* (0:29) Bad Brodeur gets bashful. Lura and finding God’s love in F7.
* (8:13) Dan prepares to run a West Marches game. You can find our ...
Episode 547 – preserving a game from 2020-06-10T09:43:34
* (0:37) Wayne has to rather abruptly put his Dresden Files game on hold.
* (10:46) The added difficulty of an ending you couldn’t plan f...
Episode 546 – numinous fear from 2020-06-04T08:58:44
* (0:29) Unplugged cables and the ever-moving studio.
* (4:20) The cost of a press pass.
* (6:10) Th...
Bonus Episode 88 – the opera of Gen Con from 2020-05-21T10:18:50
* (0:18) Gen Con was cancelled after this episode was recorded but before it was released.
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Episode 545 – henchmen from 2020-05-15T09:09:13
* (0:29) Fear the Con Online, coming up on June 19th – 20th. The promo video can be found here and the signup site
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Episode 544 – GM insecurity from 2020-05-01T07:37:33
* (1:05) A message from Matt about some issues with a GM.
* (2:21) Player creativity can spook the GM into responding in frustrating ways.
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Bonus Episode 87 – three bits of context from 2020-04-19T07:42:13
* (0:36) Adapting the show to current realities.
* (1:52) The history of West Marches and the context of the advice we gave. Ben’s
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Episode 543 – West Marches from 2020-04-03T09:18:04
* (0:46) Repeating the announcement regarding Fear the Con 2020.
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Episode 542 – off the script from 2020-03-23T09:28:55
* (0:41) Some unfortunate news about Fear the Con 2020. A blog post with some more information is coming soon.
* (4:14) Brodeur’s new end...
Episode 541 – to splat or not, part 4 from 2020-03-21T08:05:34
* (0:24) Betrayal to the keys to power.
* (4:40) Why Wayne abuses utility powers.
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Episode 540 – to splat or not, part 3 from 2020-03-19T08:39:57
* (0:24) Putting Dale in the hotseat as a Game Master.
* (10:01) Pitching the same idea to Chad and Wayne as theoretical players.
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Episode 539 – to splat or not, part 2 from 2020-03-08T21:32:40
* (0:24) Why Chad doesn’t have a strong opinion on splat. Getting to the player’s real reason for the request. Allowing unusual requests as a form of collaborative world-buil...
Episode 538 – to splat or not, part 1 from 2020-03-05T07:15:03
* (0:28) Our history with podcasts and…iPods…?
* (4:44) Fear the Con pla...
Interview 42 – Decuma from 2020-02-24T08:31:55
* (0:25) Introducing Kimi from Happy Jacks, The Mary Sues, and Golden Lasso Girl (Listen
Episode 537 – can’t run, can’t play from 2020-02-20T08:14:06
* (0:29) Laura in Chad’s shoes. Dogs in the hood.
* (8:18) Fear the Con’s Listen
Bonus Episode 86 – twenty-twenty from 2020-02-07T06:36:57
* (0:22) A very important number.
* (8:45) Lura, Chad, Stacy, Cathy, and Karen.
* (15:38) Why Lura i...
Episode 536 – character research from 2020-02-04T08:14:35
* (0:28) The joys of having a host rotation again.
* (3:10) Errata in tabletop games, and why we’re grateful when companies release them....
Episode 535 – game pitch report from 2020-01-25T07:22:23
* (0:28) Dan goes bye-bye!
* (0:49) Fear the Boot is now ...
Bonus Episode 85 – soup and loot from 2020-01-15T01:48:21
* (0:25) Holiday postmortem of our games. Wayne wastes money on nasty food.
* (2:49) The case for and against soup, and the dark gluttony of Pa...
Episode 534 – where you game from 2019-12-24T02:38:47
* (0:29) The holidays came in like a wrecking ball!
* (2:01) Wayne’s Listen
Bonus Episode 84 – what D&D represents from 2019-12-17T08:05:49
* (0:23) Wayne’s Family Feud survey.
Episode 533 – handling a bully character from 2019-12-05T06:25:23
* (0:29) The Audacity that can end the show!
* (1:30) A topic from Jesse, with two parameters from Dan.
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Episode 532 – reasoning out the random from 2019-11-27T23:44:05
* (0:28) A big THANK YOU to everyone that backed Fear the Con!
* (2:43) Game...
Episode 531 – first-time GM report from 2019-11-21T06:22:28
* (0:29) Introducing Laura. The episode where we first setup this topic.
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Episode 530 – a fast read of a character from 2019-11-08T09:50:25
* (0:31) Fear the Con’s Kickstarter and Listen
Episode 529 – hijacking a system, part 2 from 2019-11-01T09:04:34
* (0:24) Knowing why you’re changing the game, and by extension, whether it’s worth doing.
* (6:50) Describing damage. Hit points v...
Episode 528 – hijacking a system, part 1 from 2019-10-29T06:32:07
* (0:28) Fear the Con 2020’s Kickstarter, with added rewards for people that can’t attend.
Episode 527 – side plots from 2019-10-21T09:45:33
* (0:29) Fear the Con’s Kickstarter!
* (6:12) An encounter in...
Episode 526 – a split party from 2019-10-03T09:00
* (0:29) Fear the Con 2020’s Kickstarter is live!
* (4:50...
Episode 525 – setting as a home for plot from 2019-10-01T09:22:21
* (0:32) The Kickstarter for Gamers Table’s Season of the Glitch. <...
Episode 524 – new GM for veteran players from 2019-09-26T02:47:20
* (0:33) Fear the Con 2020 on June 18th – 20th! The Kickstarter is coming very soon. In the meantime, you can follow our progress Listen
Episode 523 – pacing information from 2019-09-13T08:29:36
* (0:54) All that matters is the d-o-g.
* (3:18) Answering part of Dustin’s question, and why it’s not getting a full answer just y...