Fear the Boot

* (0:25) Introducing Kimi from , , and Golden Lasso Girl (, ). * (7:07) The Decuma Kickstarter, which . * (11:03) What Decuma is meant to do, and how it plays. * (16:20) Establishing characters and a setting so we can do a live demo. * (20:41) Playing the game demo, starting with character connection cards. A side note on how to shuffle a tarot deck. * (26:55) What we got from just two cards, including plot points for the GM. * (29:12) The world dynamics card, between the character connection rounds. * (34:09) Two location card examples. * (38:44) Building an area map as you work through the cards. * (40:50) The meaning of the name Decuma. Hosts: Chad, Dale, Dan, Wayne Guests: Kimi

* (0:29) Laura in Chad’s shoes. Dogs in the hood. * (8:18) Fear the Con’s  and ready for your games! * (12:10) Wayne is in the process of improving . * (17:01) Why there are certain games we won’t run or won’t play. * (18:06) Why Wayne won’t run Battletech, and Dan won’t play Mechwarrior. * (19:00) Why Wayne won’t run Blades in the Dark, but Laura will. * (19:37) Why Dan won’t run Dresden. * (20:24) Why Dale won’t run Dresden or Misspent Youth. * (23:33) Why Dan struggles running horror, and most of the hosts struggle with Lovecraft. * (33:47) Why Dan won’t run a supers game but would love to play in one. * (35:16) Wayne ran , simply for the challenge of it. * (36:21) The simultaneous value and limitation of practice. Dan pitches a supers game based on Owlman’s  (). Hosts: Dale, Dan, Laura, Wayne

* (0:22) A very important number. * (8:45) Lura, Chad, Stacy, Cathy, and Karen. * (15:38) Why Lura isn’t allowed on Fear the Boot anymore. * (22:25) Why Julia is still allowed on Fear the Boot. * (31:58) Fear the Con’s shifting demographics. You can sign-up to attend . * (36:42) Cucks, clucks, pedants, and show prep. * (42:12) Wayne misses his own dinner. * (53:03) How Chad controls a room. Hosts: Chad, Dan, Laura, Wayne

* (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. * (9:34) How publishers can do errata wrong. * (17:39) Chad’s Dresden character makes him realize things he ought to know to accurately portray his character’s life experiences. The  podcast. * (24:04) Researching the minimum viable product. * (30:30) What to do with information beyond the minimum viable product. * (35:03) Playing your own character lawyer. * (40:08) Information that can flesh out your roleplaying. Hosts: Chad, Dale, Dan, Laura

* (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 Palladium books. * (9:21) Chad’s  for soups and stews. * (17:13) The  and old-time cooking. * (20:24) Reporting on a bit of holiday loot. * (21:18) The . * (22:42)  espresso. * (23:57) , and ebony dice . * (26:56) . * (29:07)  and . Hosts: Chad, Dan, Laura, Wayne

* (0:29) The holidays came in like a wrecking ball! * (2:01) Wayne’s Family Feud survey is still up for answers! * (3:24) Gnarl is here to save your Christmas! Available on Amazon and Audible. * (5:54) Chad’s opinions save the show! * (7:26) No one likes distractions. * (10:10) Why Chad doesn’t like basements. * (16:43) Wayne’s aversion to cluttered tables. * (25:04) Chad’s distaste for chairs and high tables. * (34:21) Why Dan wants chairs instead of a couch. * (41:02) Once upon a time, through thin bathroom walls. * (46:35) The ups and downs of having food present. * (52:39) Gaming outside the normal flow of the household. Hosts: Chad, Dan, Laura, Wayne

* (0:23) Wayne’s Family Feud survey. * (3:09) Love for D&D and its sister games. * (5:24) A conversation with Chris Hussey about the strata of podcasts. * (10:46) What D&D has come to represent within the hobby. Gamers Table’s weekly Big 20 show (previous episodes here). * (19:31) Gaming as an aspect of a person’s identity. * (29:02) Handling the preconceptions in a constructive way. * (41:30) A call to action. * (44:47) The value the attention brings. Hosts: Chad, Dale, Dan, Wayne

* (0:29) The Audacity that can end the show! * (1:30) A topic from Jesse, with two parameters from Dan. * (5:42) Watch out for any real-world impact between the players. * (18:28) Managing your own reaction to the bully character. * (19:25) The attitude behind, “That’s what my character would do.” * (21:57) The in-character consequences of playing a bully. * (28:34) Targeting the penalties at the right party. * (34:58) Calling out your own character. * (37:50) GM-created deterrents against the bully. * (44:26) When you’re unintentionally bullying the Game Master, or the bully is going otherwise unchallenged. * (51:49) Inviting consequences upon yourself. Hosts: Chad, Dale, Dan, Wayne

* (0:28) A big THANK YOU to everyone that backed Fear the Con! * (2:43) Gamers Table’s weekly Big 20 show (previous episodes here). * (5:22) Blades in the Dark gives way to a Traveller game. Working through Traveller’s character creation system. * (16:10) Finding the patterns—and inventing the story—created by the random rolls. * (28:19) How the individual character patterns affect group design. * (34:30) Out-of-character misery as a weird flex. * (37:19) In-character misery as a point of story development. * (42:34) Swalwell’s musical number. Hosts: Chad, Dale, Dan

* (0:29) Introducing Laura. The episode where we first setup this topic. * (1:24) Fear the Con has funded! Start getting your games listed! * (2:18) Chris Hussey’s Savage Worlds setting book, The Wolverines Take the Highway to the Danger Zone. * (9:21) Why Laura GMed, and how she felt about the prospect of running a game. * (14:30) Where she got her early help. The Blind GM. * (18:06) How Laura structured her game prep. Getting help from an advocate. Keeping game notes in a topical structure. * (26:51) Writing the pre-generated player-characters. * (33:49) Executing the first few seconds of the game. * (37:31) The first curve-ball the party threw. * (42:53) Adding a sanity mechanic to D&D. * (47:11) How Laura felt the game went. * (50:31) Giving Laura a letter grade. * (55:31) Don’t take your first game too seriously, but be prepared to improve. Hosts: Chad, Dan, Laura, Wayne