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Fear the Boot

Fear the Boot is an irreverent, round table discussion of tabletop role playing games. In this weekly show we debate game-related issues, offer advice for improving your game, and poke fun at the hobby. Our cast changes a little from show to show, but we always assemble a group of dynamic individuals with divergent views, guaranteeing you will hear several perspectives on everything we discuss.

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Episode 597 - the game you aren't running

Fear the Boot ·

2022/05/18

* (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 they’re running. * (12:00) A lack of flexibility. The three clue rule. * (19:36) GM distress when the party solves something too quickly. * (26:32) Let’s get passive-aggressive and make the GM solve their own problem! Obstructionist Game Masters. * (33:39) Problems should have purpose. * (43:24) Difficulty

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Episode 596 – an invited intruder

Fear the Boot ·

2022/05/07

* (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 goes on Safest Family on the Block and My 10th Level Paladin. * (6:17) Brodeur gets invited to crash someone else’s game as a guest GM. * (10:02) The whole situation is awkward, starting with the style of game. * (16:59) The gut-punch of unintentionally outshining the person that invited you. * (18:51)

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38:06

Episode 595 - death and consequences

Fear the Boot ·

2022/04/26

* (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 episode on action economy. * (10:22) The perspective that comes from getting your butt kicked. * (13:52) The difference between the party getting defeated, the party getting cheated, and the party getting destroyed. * (19:44) Rewinding as opposed to setting up round two. * (27:35) Consequences don’t have to

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40:53

Episode 594 - horizontal creativity

Fear the Boot ·

2022/04/05

* (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 creativity doesn’t mean the player has to get lazy. In fact, it may mean the GM is getting lazy. * (12:35) How horizontal creativity can add complexity to the story. * (16:22) Understanding why a GM is limiting something. * (20:56) Players taking ownership for how far off the ranch they’ve gone. * (31:59) Learning

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36:58

Episode 593 - vertical creativity

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2022/03/24

* (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 shows. * (5:45) – The laziness that often accompanies horizontal thinking. * (8:08) – Creativity within seemingly narrow (i.e. “vertical”) ideas. * (11:10) – Playing within the GM’s parameters and rules. * (19:16) – What is it about the player that refuses to conform? * (28:27) – How horizontal creativity

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Episode 592 - de-escalation

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2022/03/11

* (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 Nothing Happened. The Kickstarter can be found here. * (11:26) Why “winning the fight” may not be a winning strategy. * (17:24) Seeing another way out. * (22:16) The five stages of avoiding violence. * (31:33) The relationship between anger and fear. Understanding your own psychology. * (38:55) Designing

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Episode 591 - weathering weather

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2022/03/06

* (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 reflection of some other truth in the setting. * (14:53) Setting the mood and adding immersion. * (19:21) Does the environment not come up more often because it’s not in the rules? * (25:02) The storytelling side effects of being inside when we game. * (26:53) Using the environment to control the flow of the

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Bonus Episode 95 – Bedtime Stories 8

Fear the Boot ·

2022/03/02

* (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 pulls a plane, and Brodeur brings the pain. * (26:22) Kids versus bikes. Bikes win. * (28:54) Kids versus cars. Cars win. * (32:39) On blowing up toilets and toys. * (38:07) Waynezilla. Meanwhile, Phoenix gets really crazy and burns…a candle. * (44:23) Oh, the places you’ll go. Hosts: Brodeur, Dan,

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Episode 590 - game recordings

Fear the Boot ·

2022/02/08

* (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 worst critic. * (8:17) Speech disfluency and filler words. * (12:57) Using game recordings to prepare for the next session. * (17:01) Approaching your recording with the right mindset, goals, and expectations. * (25:20) Using game audio to exonerate yourself in your own mind. * (29:53) The freedom to no

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32:09

Episode 589 – just inexperienced

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2022/02/05

* (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 effective teacher. * (12:49) The less you’re willing to step up, the more you ought to be patient. * (16:24) Don’t confuse personal style with absolute right and wrong. * (21:40) Determining whether you should stick around or just find another use for your time. * (24:04) When you’re the only one loving or

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37:47

Episode 588 - new beginnings

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2022/01/21

* (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 questions and contagious enthusiasm. * (20:56) Wayne passes the GMing torch to Chad. * (28:12) Building a game around a set of parameters: a group of good guys with a lasting legacy. * (34:33) A game in three chapters, each with their own era and setting. Hosts: Brodeur, Chad, Dan, Wayne

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Bonus Episode 94 - Fairview

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2022/01/09

* (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) WashingCon on March 26th – 27th, 2022. * (25:07) Fear the Con on June 16th – 18th, 2022. The room block number is 2413940. You can place your room reservations at this link, which should prepopulate the con dates. * (25:39) Food drama! Hosts: Brodeur, Chad, Dan, Wayne

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Episode 587 - rocking the afterlife

Fear the Boot ·

2022/01/01

* (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 can’t attend their own afterlife. * (26:17) Alternate options for science fiction games. * (29:00) The price of coming back. Hosts: Brodeur, Dan, Wayne

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Bonus Episode 93 - hot gossip

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2021/12/30

* (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 economy. * (21:48) An important disclaimer. * (23:03) Some possible bad news for the current iteration of OGL products. * (27:48) The disparity between RPGs and everything else Hasbro does. Hosts: Brodeur, Dan, Wayne

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39:54

Episode 586 – questions and prompts

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2021/12/19

* (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 number of outcomes possible in story versus crunch. The Quiet Year. * (12:54) How prompts give you the framework to interpret and develop ideas. Rory’s Story Cubes and the Inspectres RPG. * (18:26) Having the right tool for the right story, and how too much freedom can become a problem. * (20:33) An odd

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54:45

Episode 585 - cutscenes

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2021/12/10

* (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 agency for too long. * (13:26) Having to roleplay with yourself. * (16:11) Revealing information to the players. * (22:31) Read the table and manage the length of these scenes. Letting the players have an emotional response to truths their characters don’t know. * (28:58) Using cutscenes to set the tone for

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56:51

Episode 584 - developing past in the present

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2021/12/07

* (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 present to expand the character’s past. The influence of other players on the process. * (17:01) The person with no past. Creating memories. * (26:07) Fixing on the fly instead of flushing. * (33:11) Players helping players. * (40:28) Your willingness to adjust, without allowing others to take unfair

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55:58

Episode 583 - does it bring you joy

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2021/11/24

* (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, by extension, our games). * (11:23) Brodeur loses his motivation to GM. * (15:28) Player satisfaction does not necessarily equate to GM satisfaction. * (21:49) Fighting the burnout that strips away your enjoyment of the hobby. * (31:28) The buy-in of the whole group to relieve one person’s pain. * (40:38)

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Episode 582 – degrees of separation

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2021/11/06

* (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 circuit: Never Going Home. * (6:13) The “World of Darkness” problem, when games sit too close to real-world ideas people hold near-and-dear. * (13:46) Why this occurs in some modern-day games but not others. * (30:36) Prepping for a game that will hit close to home. Argument from Anecdote. * (35:43)

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47:42

Episode 581 - Gen Con, et al

Fear the Boot ·

2021/10/26

* (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 that were conspicuously absent, and those that filled the void. * (18:45) Was the change for the better? * (22:46) The problem of talking about problems. * (28:09) Companies may no longer feel they need conventions. * (37:12) Accidental engagement and unexpected discovery. * (42:25) Brodeur’s post-Gen-Con

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