Fear the Boot, RPG Podcast

Fear the Boot, RPG Podcast

FearTheBoot.com

Episodes 50
Avg. Duration 39m
Activity Dormant
Since Feb 2022
Latest Episode Dec 2024

Publishing Details

Schedule
Monthly
Format
Episodic
Hosting
www.feartheboot.com

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About This Podcast

An irreverent look at tabletop roleplaying games and a little bit more.

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Recent Episodes

Bonus Episode 104 – WPC 1: random traits

Dec 19, 2024 33m

* (0:24) A joke to an AI becomes a show topic. * (2:48) Characters born in a cursed forest, without sunlight. * (7:48) Characters who compulsively collect…feathers…? * (13:18) Characters who…

Episode 628 – player bucket list

Nov 30, 2024 38m

* (0:29) Switching to a bucket list of what we want to play. * (1:30) Wayne wants to play Dresden Files. * (4:13) Dan still wants to play an Injustice game. * (6:11) Mary wants to play a…

Episode 627 – GM bucket list

Sep 04, 2024 37m

* (0:29) The bucket list of games we want to run. * (1:31) Doug’s long-term campaign. * (3:10) Wayne’s Fallout: St. Louis game. * (7:03) Dan’s Battletech: Silver Scorpions game. A Fabian…

Episode 626 – video games to tabletop

Aug 20, 2024 40m

* (0:30) An old Apple //c computer and early computer RPGs. * (4:16) Transitioning from video games into tabletop RPGs. * (9:44) The expectations players bring from a video game to…

Episode 625 – profiting from session one

Jul 21, 2024 43m

* (0:29) What is your goal for the first session of a game? * (2:10) Who are these characters really? * (6:08) When the person you wanted to be isn’t who you became. * (11:34) A buffet of…

Bonus Episode 103 – WGM 3: clockwork crystals

Jul 12, 2024 35m

* (0:23) Prompts and prepositions. The clockwork circus is coming to town! * (1:40) Wayne’s circus in space. * (4:13) Mary’s circus on the frontier. * (7:53) Doug’s carnival of…

Episode 624 – back to what you enjoy

May 26, 2024 31m

* (0:29) Fear the Con has funded and the sign-up site is live! We hope to see you Thursday, June 20th to Saturday, June 22nd. * (1:58) Getting back to what you love, inspired by Ray Bradbury’s Zen…

Episode 623 – too big to fail

May 13, 2024 33m

* (0:29) Wayne has a problem: the Wardens from Dresden Files. Coming up with too many excuses for why powerful organizations don’t care about the characters’ problems. * (7:14) Session Zero can…

Episode 622 – bringing your PC to life

Apr 17, 2024 36m

* (0:30) What steps do we take to bring a character to life? * (1:49) Ask what’s important. * (6:53) Seeing the good and bad in a single trait. * (8:06) Doug’s personality triangle…

Bonus Episode 102 – WGM 2: dead consuming the living

Apr 09, 2024 26m

Today’s ingredient: The dead are consuming the living. Why and how? Let’s find out! Fear the Con 2024’s Kickstarter can be found here. Hosts: Dan, Doug, Mary, Wayne

Episode 621 – juice is worth the squeeze

Mar 31, 2024 48m

* (0:29) In defense of technology at the gaming table. Caleb’s setup with Owlbear Rodeo. * (5:13) Dan’s Lion King sing-a-long and Wayne’s Ghostbusters game. * (6:27) The deeper pool of online…

Bonus Episode 101 – WGM 1: dead air

Mar 25, 2024 35m

I decided to skip over the Iron GM and go for a Tungsten GM. The ingredient? All broadcasts cease because something won’t let them get through. What’s the game plot? Also, the Fear the Con 2024…

Episode 620 – juice ain’t worth the squeeze

Feb 15, 2024 33m

* (0:30) Dan runs a game a bit too literally. * (4:12) The intersection of technology and roleplaying in a way that isn’t required by the game. * (7:32) Why multimedia doesn’t pay-off the way…

Episode 619 – a closed setting

Jan 11, 2024 38m

* (0:29) Why talk about intelligence? The Why Files episode about Cicada 3301. * (9:24) A game takes an unhelpfully long break, only to be replaced by another RPG. * (12:44) The lack of a…

Bonus Episode 100 – becoming the curmudgeon

Nov 07, 2023 44m

* (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…

Episode 618 – no, low, and mo’ expectations

Oct 20, 2023 39m

* (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…

Episode 617 – the value of questionable

Sep 06, 2023 38m

* (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…

Episode 616 – affiliated or not

Aug 10, 2023 34m

* (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)…

Episode 615 – inspecting InSpectres

Jul 19, 2023 42m

* (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…

Episode 614 – session X.5

Jun 07, 2023 33m

* (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)…

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